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Sorry, but I am still of the opinion that sharing with the GAA and the so called shrine were the major factors for the overwhelming majority of North of Ireland fans. Also I believe that the vast majority of people know damn well there is no viable site in Belfast for the stadium and have held out in the hope of a redeveloped Windsor Park which is again the preferred option of the vast majority of North of Ireland fans who simply want their wee stadium for their wee country. I also believe that Wells' preference for the Maze site was the prime reason for his removal

Sorry, without facts and figures, or even anecdotal evidence to back you up the above is merely the opinion of one individual and you know what they say about oponions and arseholes everyones got one and most of them stink 

Well, thats your opinion.

Exactly, although in my defence i will say that i have actually spoken to Northern Ireland supporters about this, i doubt very much if your man fearon above has.

Sorry, but I am still of the opinion that sharing with the GAA and the so called shrine were the major factors for the overwhelming majority of North of Ireland fans. Also I believe that the vast majority of people know damn well there is no viable site in Belfast for the stadium and have held out in the hope of a redeveloped Windsor Park which is again the preferred option of the vast majority of North of Ireland fans who simply want their wee stadium for their wee country. I also believe that Wells' preference for the Maze site was the prime reason for his removal

Sorry, without facts and figures, or even anecdotal evidence to back you up the above is merely the opinion of one individual and you know what they say about oponions and arseholes everyones got one and most of them stink 

The main reasons i would say for opposition to the maze in order of importance is

1) Its in the arse of nowhere.
2) Its too big, both the stadium and the pitch dimmensions
3) It has the associated conflict resolution/shrine centre.

Virtually all footy fans are primarily concerned with 1 and 2 and view opposition to 3 as merely a means to an end if it galvanishes the politicans to do something about it. All of the fans i've spoken to about it don't give a hoot about there being a conflict resolution centre at the maze as long as a stadium fit for purpose is built in Belfast.

Operation Ending Freedom (whatever was left of it) in Afghanistan has been acclaimed by Heroin traders/dealers/importers/users all around the world as a resounding success.
The Opium production must be close to hitting 9,000 tons a year compared to 185 tons before the invasion.
God bless the B Specials/UDR/RIR for their professional services rendered in helping to establish the circumstances for restoring Afghanistan's dominance and thereby ending the severe drought of heroin that hit the world market in 2001.

If thats the case it should reduce costs to the user meaning they don't have to mug/rob as much, meaning we get to live in a safer society 

Oh my God!!!!!!

The price of a pint of beer in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK could rise by as much as 20% next year, industry insiders have said.
Spiralling manufacturing costs are being blamed for the anticipated hike.

Stephen Kelly from the Federation of Licensed Vintners said the necessary raw materials have "risen in value enormously in the past year".

"The grains and the metals for kegs have risen so much that it's going to have a knock-on effect," he said.


If it goes up by 20% then it will be £3.10 a pint (rounded down)

Its profiteering, the raw materials for beer are a tiny fraction of the cost at the pump, for argument sakes say grain trebled it wouldn't come anywhere near to 20 % of the price at the pump.  The price of the grain to make a pint of beer is about 1 to 2 pence, so that would mean they rocket to 3-6 pence. The hops in commercial beers (read virtually zero) probably come out at less. Yes energy/transport costs have risen but they again make up a relatively small proportion of the overall cost.

Anything with stephen segeal is also pants.

Take that back, segal movies are so bad that they're actually 'good'

But of a misunderstanding on the student t-test guy, that was about 100 years ago that he published that work since then all major brewers use stats to help with conformity. I was highlighting this to show how much import guinness placed on precision.
I still take issue with your dodgy batch theory though, multinational brewing companies are brilliant at one thing they can consistently turn out batch after batch off the same beer time after time, its not nessacarily great beer but it is if nothing else consistent, thats the whole point of a brand.

Big brewers like guinness have a bunch of scientists,mathmeticans,engineers etc all working with the one aim to create the same beer time after time.
They have temperature controlled fermenting vats, they buy their grain and hops several years in advance so they know what they are getting, the constantly mix old hops and grains with new ones in case they might have some slight variation in flavour. But they do it in a slow very gradual way such that the man on the street notices no discernable difference, over the course of several years using this appoach they can actually change the formulation quite a lot but at no point could anyone point to where the change occured since they occured in such a small incremental way. 

The other very simple reason as to why there is so much support for keeping the eleven plus in the grammar schools is the fear that some of their teachers would have of teaching pupils of lower ability.

The first paragraph is surely an argument for not only abolishing academic selection but also faith maintained schools otherwise it isn't a level playing field?? School should be about educating children not indoctrinating them into one creed or another.

I totally understand where you are coming from, the showroom looks the part and the furniture is actually really very good. In fact i think i know the table you are talking about (looked a lovely bit of furniture) it was stuck in the window when i happened to walk past the place a few saturdays ago (was getting something to eat in the wee greasy spoon next to it).

Theres a fair load of oul shite talked about guiness, what it tastes like here, what its like there. To be honest i don't see what all the fuss is about its just a fairly mediocre dry stout pumped full of nitro to try and give it some character.

By far the biggest difference in guiness is how the guiness is served in the particular pub, how clean is the glass, how old is the keg, how competent is the bar man and most importantly whats the ratio of the pub gas (Nitro to Co2) and whats the pressure.

The idea that batches of guiness have huge variation is a nonsense, guinness were the first brewing company in the world who used statistics specifically to create conformity of batches, FFS the student T-test was created by a statitician in the employ of guinness to monitor their batches. Student wasn't his real name (it was William Sealy Gosset) but thats what he published it under so competitors wouldn't cope on to the advantages of using stats in brewing.

First off sorry to hear about the problems you are having, hope you get sorted.

Manor interiors what a shit company, im not surprised they went bust. I had dealings with them about a year ago bought some bedroom furniture. Paid for it but had a devil of a time getting them to deliver, was sick ringing the tossers. When the stuff finally came some of it was damaged and had to be sent back. They didn't have replacements but let own they would refund the money on the damaged goods.....lots of phone calls and no money, had to threaten them with the office of fair whaty you my call it.

In the end we door stepped them one saturday and refused to leave until we at least got either or money back or some differnet furniture, the woman we were dealing with finally cracked and told us that the only chance we had was to get some other furniture and it was company/the bosses policy to just keep stringing people along till they gave up. At this point i nearly felt sorry for the silly cow, to top it off the slimey salesman that sold it in the first place was dandering about the shop pissed  what a way to run a business.
Took about another 6 weeks and lots of phone calls to get the furniture but we did get there in the end, vowed never to buy anything again from them (looks like that won't be a problem now).

[The Irish passport is the key]

I'd say this ruling might stop some of the more mercenary glory hunters from passing over IFA and joining the FAI team - as it obv would take a bit of work to challenge this ruling and attempt to join the FAI side.

However, the FIFA/UEFA ruling would be destroyed by the Irish courts and presumeably also by EU and English(british) solicitors if challenged by a person born in NI but holding an Irish passport - irrespective of relations , grannies etc.
The Irish passport is the key.
Once a person holds this, they can declare for whatever team (note I dont say country) they like. I am sure the IFA will take NI born players with Irish passports.

this ruling will only help stop some of the glory hunters from declaring for the FAI - until the ruling is challenged and with out doubt, beaten, then the doors will be wide open again.

Surely if this is the case and passports are the key then the FAI have such a watertight case then they should be the ones banging on FIFAs door to disbar memebrs of the current northern ireland squad with irish passports turning out for northern ireland as they being irish citizens should be playing for the republic 

I actually think quite a few of the immigrants would vote to remain part of the UK, like it or not no matter what people think of British citizenship, it is still held in high regard (rightly or wrongly) by many foreign nationals from both europe and farther afield.

Straw poll around the bar in our club last night showed that the only time anyone watches soccer nowadays is when Match of the Day is on because the thought of sitting through 90 mins of torture is too much. Most people there including myself would have been glued to an Ireland match for the duration a few years ago shouting like fcuk at the telly.....like the players a lot of poeple couldnt be arsed now.

Fair weather fans 

From Act One of The Hostage, 1958 (Brendan Behan)

Pat: He was an Anglo-Irishman.
Meg: In the name of God, what's that?
Pat: A Protestant with a horse.
Ropeen: Leadbetter.
Pat: No, no, an ordinary Protestant like Leadbetter, the plumber in the back parlour next door, won't do, nor a Belfast orangeman, not if he was as black as your boot.
Meg: Why not?
Pat: Because they work. An Anglo-Irishman only works at riding horses, drinking whiskey, and reading double-meaning books in Irish at Trinity College.