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#1
General discussion / Re: Weather
Today at 07:36:20 AM
Quote from: armaghniac on March 28, 2024, 07:49:56 PM
Quote from: clarshack on March 28, 2024, 07:29:05 PM
Quote from: Sportacus on March 28, 2024, 04:33:05 PM
Quote from: clarshack on March 28, 2024, 04:22:17 PM
Quote from: trueblue1234 on March 28, 2024, 04:14:13 PM
Quote from: Armagh18 on March 28, 2024, 10:45:28 AMGlobal warming my hole, cold wet and miserable March.
Except for the fact last year was the hottest on record globally.


Some people need to understand weather and climate.

Not here it wasn't as I can mind debating whether (pardon the pun) or not to put on the fire last Summer which i'd never done in any summer prior.
Doesn't Weather refer to short term atmospheric conditions? cos it's been shite for a good while now.
It was the warmest year on record in Ireland.

2023 certainly felt colder than any year of 2020/2021/2022.

July was colder than usual. But months like February, June, December were quite a bit warmer than usual and the average was higher as a consequence.
Thats not much use lol. May and June were mostly class last year.
#2
General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
March 28, 2024, 08:48:41 PM
Quote from: Itchy on March 28, 2024, 08:39:57 PM
Quote from: Armagh18 on March 28, 2024, 08:36:35 PM
Quote from: Truthsayer on March 28, 2024, 07:11:15 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on March 28, 2024, 06:55:58 PM
Quote from: whitey on March 28, 2024, 06:22:08 PMSo if I understand you correctly, in your view, ALL concerns regarding immigration are driven by either racism or stupidity (or both)?

And if the answer is yes-do you support open borders?

All concerns? Not in the slightest. But anyone who regards it as a priority or anything close to one, or who spends more time obsessing about it than about they do about health, education, taxation etc...Well you have to question their motivation.


After all, other than racism or stupidity, why would anyone be angry enough to take to the streets, or to base their voting decisions in protest about immigration ahead of in protest about the state of the health service, or housing crisis, or tax evasion by the super wealthy etc etc etc?
Hear hear... is a very useful distraction used by FG and Tories from those other more pressing issues
Seeing millions being spent on housing refugees etc is bound to (rightly or wrongly) piss people off when they can see the state of things like the roads, hospitals, schools etc. low hanging fruit for a protest vote.

Screaming far right doesn't help.

Hospitals have been a shambles long before a refugee was about the place. If you blame hospital issues on refugees it's as simple as this, you are a racist.
Absolutely. But look at the optics. Money being spent on refugees = money not spent on hospitals. Its an easy distraction. Nevermind that health services (North and South) are filled with immigrants working and would be in worse shape if not for them.
#3
General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
March 28, 2024, 08:36:35 PM
Quote from: Truthsayer on March 28, 2024, 07:11:15 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on March 28, 2024, 06:55:58 PM
Quote from: whitey on March 28, 2024, 06:22:08 PMSo if I understand you correctly, in your view, ALL concerns regarding immigration are driven by either racism or stupidity (or both)?

And if the answer is yes-do you support open borders?

All concerns? Not in the slightest. But anyone who regards it as a priority or anything close to one, or who spends more time obsessing about it than about they do about health, education, taxation etc...Well you have to question their motivation.


After all, other than racism or stupidity, why would anyone be angry enough to take to the streets, or to base their voting decisions in protest about immigration ahead of in protest about the state of the health service, or housing crisis, or tax evasion by the super wealthy etc etc etc?
Hear hear... is a very useful distraction used by FG and Tories from those other more pressing issues
Seeing millions being spent on housing refugees etc is bound to (rightly or wrongly) piss people off when they can see the state of things like the roads, hospitals, schools etc. low hanging fruit for a protest vote.

Screaming far right doesn't help.
#4
General discussion / Re: Weather
March 28, 2024, 02:22:15 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on March 28, 2024, 01:47:36 PM
Quote from: johnnycool on March 28, 2024, 12:32:02 PM
Quote from: Armagh18 on March 28, 2024, 10:45:28 AMGlobal warming my hole, cold wet and miserable March.

The spuds will be poor this year again.

We've just stumped out quite a load of £££ to redrain our pitch and the lad doing it struggled to get on it due to the rain, he's most of the main drains in, just needs to come back and finish the sand slitting over the top dressing once it's knitted a bit better.

Never been so persistently wet this winter that I can remember...









Farmers have to "watch, hope and pray" for a "sweet spot" of dry weather in the coming weeks or many will have to debate whether to plant at all this year.

As continuous rainfall adds to already saturated ground, many big and small potato farmers are warning that the Irish favourite variety of Rooster may be in scarce supply by June.


"We are still waiting to get planting. We should have some potatoes already planted for supply to Tayto," said Meath farmer Ivan Curran from his holding in Stamullen.

Mr Curran yields 11,000 tonnes of potatoes in a good year but last year was the worst year for rain he has seen in his 40 years in agriculture.
Great, now the crisps will be going up in price.

Soon won't have change from a tenner for a pint snd bag of crisps ffs
#5
General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
March 28, 2024, 02:20:04 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on March 28, 2024, 12:58:24 PM
Quote from: armaghniac on March 28, 2024, 12:55:42 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on March 28, 2024, 12:48:18 PMIf you're the sort of person for whom immigration is more imporant than healthcare, taxation, education, housing, the cost of living, then you're too f**king stupid to see how you're being manipulated.

Immigration affects health, education and housing.

If you cant afford to full your oil tank, or if you cant access a GP, and your first thought is to blame immigrants, then, again, you're either stupid, or racist and stupid.
Calling being stupid isn't gonna win too many votes. There are an awful lot of stupid people around though lol
#6
General discussion / Re: Weather
March 28, 2024, 10:45:28 AM
Global warming my hole, cold wet and miserable March.
#7
General discussion / Re: The Fine Gael thread
March 28, 2024, 08:51:59 AM
Unfortunately theres a fair chunk of ordinary people with genuine concerns about immigration (fair few there will be a small bit racist too I'll admit) but they're by no stretch far right looneys. The danger is the far right looneys who are probably 0.001% can appeal to that more moderate chunk who have been let down the major parties and feel like they've no choice.
#8
GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster U20 Championship 2024
March 28, 2024, 08:00:54 AM
Nice to see Armagh actually winning games at underage for once. I'm sure Donegal in Ballybofey will be a step up though.
#9
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nl58ejvgdo

Didn't know Sinn Fein had exclusive rights to the tricolour. 
#10
GAA Discussion / Re: UTV & BBC & RTE & TV3
March 27, 2024, 04:13:31 PM
Quote from: tiempo on March 27, 2024, 04:10:43 PMWhat happened to Thomas Kane, thought he was the heir apparent to Mark Sidebottom, only just released this Niblock fella isn't Kane tbh. Two absolutely delicious young men. Phenomenal.
:o
#11
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
March 27, 2024, 01:36:00 PM
Quote from: les Antiques on March 27, 2024, 01:12:54 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on March 27, 2024, 12:37:46 PM
Quote from: toby47 on March 27, 2024, 09:09:42 AMHow many do we expect to be in Croke Part on Sunday?

According to Crokepark.ie they are expecting 40k and 10k for Saturday.

Optimistic on both counts from Crokepark.ie in my opinion.
Down will take a decent crowd down the road I'd say. We'll take a fair few and obviously the Dubs always come out in numbers.
#12
General discussion / Re: extortion
March 27, 2024, 10:56:04 AM
The price of a keg goes down the more you're ordering.
#13
Quote from: yellowcard on March 27, 2024, 08:42:00 AM
Quote from: marty34 on March 26, 2024, 09:58:59 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on March 26, 2024, 07:43:19 PMJim McGuinness on current scheduling.

"The whole thing is blurred. One thing to the next thing to the next thing. There is no gap.

"There is no opportunities. It is hard to develop a team as well when you are constantly playing. Listen, we basically are managing, we took in eight kids, U20s, to bring us up to 40.

"For most of this national league and preseason, we have been operating with 22 to 24, that is the reality.

"Sometimes you are down 50 per cent of availability. Most of them were issues that had to be sorted out from last year and have followed through.

"There is a huge residue in terms of the split season, people coming in injured, trying to get people up to a level. I haven't experienced this level really in my life.

"We are trying to find a way to get as many back on the pitch as possible. We haven't had everyone on the pitch at the one time yet, I am looking forward to that.

"The more it goes on I'm not even sure it will happen. When I was manager of Donegal previously, you always had injuries that is why you carry a couple extra.

There is a strong element of managers and players being on tenterhooks because one slip. Time frames are so tight and you could miss everything. Literally everything.

"Even if you do get back are you going to be at the level to compete because of the intensity of the games you are going into. It is tricky, really tricky for players."



Meanwhile Kieran McGeeney reckons all pre-season competitions need to be scrapped a total waste of time. He would prefer the NFL to start in the first week of January and two have home and away matches with 14 league games instead of 7. 



Carrying a panel of 40 but only has 22 training?

Jimmy not happy but it's only for about 2% of players.

As I said before, why do they have to train so much between matches?

Maybe it's just a coincidence but I wonder is there any correlation between the frequency and intensity of training sessions and the Donegal lengthy injury list. They were thought to have been training 9/10 times per week in December which is bound to put a huge strain on the bodies of amateur players. Its therefore ironic that Jimmy is now complaining that he can't train them often enough as the games come thick and fast.

The county managers have far too much power and aren't happy unless they have full control over their players 24/7. Carrying 40 of a squad knowing well that 14 of them are just being used to play in house training games, it takes a serious committment and certain type of character for players to buy into that type of regime. 
Think Armagh something the same but players that aren't making the 26 will be allowed to play club league games which start early April. Surely the hard yards are done by now in training and its a matter of getting a couple of light recovery/tactical sessions in ( boys not getting game time would still be doing more runs I'd imagine). We're getting fair buy in from lads and Donegal seem to be getting the same.
#14
GAA Discussion / Re: Power Rankings
March 26, 2024, 10:20:26 PM
Roscommon you'd imagine will be in the last 12. After that depends who they draw.
#15
General discussion / Re: extortion
March 26, 2024, 10:17:43 PM
Quote from: angermanagement on March 26, 2024, 09:47:02 PMReceived my car insurance renewal yesterday. Was £670 last year, no accidents or claims, 6 years no claim bonus and the feckers are looking £3760.
Jesus. Must be some mistake there surely??