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You'll just confirm how big a clown you are

LOL

I know  you can't exactly  go all Amish  with kids  these days regarding technology , but  I see worrying trends.

Friends of ours have  3 kids (under 7) , all had an iPad  from around a year old .  The kids don't  seem to  be able to travel in the  car , eat their  dinner  or entertain themselves without the  pads.  Countless times  I've heard both parents bemoaning about the pads ,  giving out to the kids for constantly being on them , or  not finding something else  to do .  At the same time , a fortune is spent at Xmas and birthdays on other toys , which are  never looked at, nor does the  time on the pads seem to be curtailed

Know of 2  instances of teens with  clear addiction issues and behavioural  issues regarding phones . Basically , it seems  to me because the parents   never curtailed the  amount of time spent on them . The kids got used to  being on them as much as they  wanted , and  now it's near impossible to deal with . One having anxiety issues and  other won't go to school or do  anything  they're told .  Everything's a screaming match, violent outbursts , the lot. Everything is all about  the phone . Hygiene, hanging out, reading,  sport, friends  ,all  gone for a burton, as Del Boy would say.

I have relatives in the same boat.  All kids under 5 have their own tablets and are never off them.  The two younger ones have issues talking and interacting.  The 5 year old has no interest in outdoor activities anymore, and has serious bags under his eyes. 

My brother on the other hand is the opposite with his kids roughly the same age.  They have a tablet between 4 of them, but they are not dependent on it and they have a lot of outside the house activities to get on with.

In an odd social experiment type way I am curious to see how they all pan out over the back of it. 
Each to their own, but my kids won't be sitting slaving away over tablets when they are young, no need for it.   

You have to parent. Ours have defined rules and screen time. No substitute for outside. 

Get an iPad. All Android or Amazon tablets are rubbish. You pay for what you get.

If I speak...

He's exactly what we need in politics

Is he f**k. We've enough arseholes without him spouting shite.

https://www.sportbible.com/football/football-news/liverpool/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-moises-caicedo-transfer-paul-pogba-393238-20230811

If I speak...

£111m today is £84m in 2016. You are forgetting about inflation. Oops.

Most expensive PL footballer ever
4th most expensive defender ever
2nd most expensive GK ever.

This guy is working miracles on an absolute shoestring.

You stole that from Jay Motty

Yeah he posted it. Correct.
Doesn't make it less true or less valid.

https://www.sportbible.com/football/football-news/liverpool/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-moises-caicedo-transfer-paul-pogba-393238-20230811

If I speak...

£111m today is £84m in 2016. You are forgetting about inflation. Oops.

Most expensive PL footballer ever
4th most expensive defender ever
2nd most expensive GK ever.

This guy is working miracles on an absolute shoestring.

The Derry game in 95 was the best memory of all those years.

The Derry game of 1995 was the best memory of my lifetime following Tyrone - easily the best.

I know we won 4 AI titles but that day was hard to beat. Actually the first AI win was a bit of an anti climax. But in fairness the 2005 final was a brilliant final to win as was 2008.

The opposition, the rivalry, the excessive heat on the day, the tension in the stands, the tension on the pitch, red cards, the animosity, the hits, the intensity in the air, the late winner - it had absolutely everything.

We will never forget that day !!!!

That was some day. The scorching heat. Hog Donnelly with a second half for the ages. f**k them Derry ones were sick.

https://www.sportbible.com/football/football-news/liverpool/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-moises-caicedo-transfer-paul-pogba-393238-20230811

If I speak...

Has anyone seen the data or know of anyone who has? I haven't seen or heard it circulated, so maybe they got it in time?

He's just a total narcissist. Listened to his podcast last week about self-help books. It's a topic he's spoken about many times on different platforms and every time, he ends up just using it as an excuse to make some really quite nasty and vitriolic attacks on Enda McNulty purely because Enda apparently wrote a few such self-help books. He told some story on last weeks episode about how he and Enda were once both speaking at a school prizegiving in Newry and the general gist of the whole story was: 'When Enda's speech was over, I was introduced as the man speaker and I got up and belittled Enda and oh the place exploded and everyone thought I was hilarious'. I've listened to most of his podcasts (since most are about post conflict society in the north and he's generally provides a good analysis of where it's at and eloquently makes a mockery of the free-stater 'I know better' bulls**t analysis provided by Dion Fanning) but f**k me he really doesn't miss an opportunity to remind everyone that he went to Trinity and that he does lots for charity. I've lost count of the number of times of late that I've heard/read him mention how he recently had a high level meeting with senior Goldmann Sachs executives in New York

Total narcissist is correct. Always question the motive and the accuracy of his selective narrative. On Red Lines he talks about his uncle Eunan - who was on the first St Pat's Maghera team to reach a MacRory final - yet Joe has him as a "St. Columb's Scholar". Then we have the recent personal and insulting comments on some of the current Derry team. On our best forward Shane McGuigan — "he can't run" according to Joe. The kidney donation explanation? Is he taking advice from anyone? He has left himself open to a lot of questioning in that regard, if true? And yet with his natural charm he just about seems to get paway with it - in the media. He could run out of road.

He has run completely out of road, hence he's ended up doing a podcast cause nobody would give him a platform.

Did Anyone listen to the RedLines with Mark Caruthers?

Joe is a well rounded individual. To be taken seriously.

Except for his hatred of Tyrone 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0g3zthw

A buffoon. I haven't listened to the red lines podcast just yet but friends raved about his Free State podcast. So I gave it a go. f**k me, it's a one man diatribe. Dion Fanning who hosts it can't get a word in edgeways. Joe just rants on about whatever point he wants to make and he's the most important voice. The RTE stuff was utterly bizarre. 2 hours of Joe settling scores. It had serious Father Ted Golden Cleric speech vibes. He's not to be taken seriously.

Deal agreed with West Ham for Maguire, best thing for him and the club.

Also a massive wage off the books, will there be a replacement before the window closes?

Do they need a replacement? Varane, Martinez, Lindelof, Evans and then Shaw can slot in.

[An easy mistake to make,]

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/catastrophic-psni-blunder-identifies-every-serving-police-officer-and-civilian-staff-prompting-security-nightmare/a1823676448.html

Monumental f*** up by the psni.

An easy mistake to make, and I suspect a new employee and slack line management. Doubt anyone would get sacked - surely it's very difficult to sack a civil servant?

If you have the mental capacity of an amoeba, which lets face it many in the silly service do.

Art McCrory - Former Tyrone player and Manager taking Tyrone to their first All Ireland final in 1986
Some man for one man.

RIP