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#16
General discussion / Re: Van attack in Barcelona
August 18, 2017, 10:10:44 AM
Quote from: Boycey on August 18, 2017, 09:14:51 AM
Quote from: doodaa on August 18, 2017, 08:22:15 AM
I cant understand these people that take their phone out and start filming injured and dead people.
Even if you aren't first aid trained surely your first instinct should be to go and help the people instead of filming them.

Its sickening behaviour and is also a valuable tool for the terrorists in terms of propaganda. Why do their job for them?

New buildings these days are built/ landscaped with terrorism in mind...strategically placed stone/ concrete sculptures, seats, anything really would reduce the scale of the carnage. It would work in pedestrian areas and shouldn't impact on daily life. Even Belfast City Airport has now got a big grass bank where the old drop off used to be and doesn't detract from the look of the place.

Active bollards exist as well for the likes of Fire Engines/ Ambulances etc

I don't understand it either although I did read somewhere that that footage is useful to police in the aftermath. However it's one thing to record it quite another to post it on social media? I was searching yesterday for news on it and clicked what I thought was a link from an on scene news reporter which I had to turn off after 2/3 seconds as it was making me ill.

I would doubt if evidence gathering is their main motive, more than likely they want their name on a little BBC caption on the news that night. Sick.
#17
General discussion / Re: Van attack in Barcelona
August 18, 2017, 08:22:15 AM
I cant understand these people that take their phone out and start filming injured and dead people.
Even if you aren't first aid trained surely your first instinct should be to go and help the people instead of filming them.

Its sickening behaviour and is also a valuable tool for the terrorists in terms of propaganda. Why do their job for them?

New buildings these days are built/ landscaped with terrorism in mind...strategically placed stone/ concrete sculptures, seats, anything really would reduce the scale of the carnage. It would work in pedestrian areas and shouldn't impact on daily life. Even Belfast City Airport has now got a big grass bank where the old drop off used to be and doesn't detract from the look of the place.

Active bollards exist as well for the likes of Fire Engines/ Ambulances etc
#18
General discussion / Re: Car Servicing/Maintaince
July 28, 2017, 09:41:45 AM
Quote from: angermanagement on July 27, 2017, 11:51:57 AM
Any VW drivers out there who got the emissions recall done to their vehicle? Did it make any difference? Have read a few reports of problems with the EGR valve after getting it done.

Getting a load of letters of VW saying it has to be done, can't see the point myself.

You will get a less powerful and more thirsty car back so I wouldn't bother.
#19
General discussion / Re: Potterin' about...
March 09, 2017, 01:40:12 PM
Il try my hand at anything, DIY, gardening, car mechanics, spray painting. My big problem is ive a while bad habit of starting a new project before finishing the last project. That drives the wife crazy lol
#20
I am surprised that Netflix haven't went after shows like Gold Rush/ Swamp Loggers/ Ax Men etc or even produced their own versions. Perhaps it will come in time.
#21
Where can the Discovery channels be watched after that date?
Ive always wanted them but didn't want to pay for Sky subscription....thank god I didn't change from BT in September past!
#22
General discussion / Re: Brexit.
January 26, 2017, 10:51:19 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38756747

I wonder will the Craigavon facility lose 100 jobs in a couple of years time when Brexit actually happens?
#23
General discussion / Re: Shingles
December 13, 2016, 08:51:33 AM
Had it when I was around 12yo. I don't recall it being overly painful or even painful at all, just a rash on my back and had to keep well away from my granny as its a lot more serious if an elderly person were to get it.
#24
General discussion / Re: Latest NI Balls Up
December 09, 2016, 12:07:29 PM
Quote from: whiskeysteve on December 09, 2016, 12:00:04 PM
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on December 09, 2016, 09:59:34 AM
Seems the newly commissioned Strangford Ferry vessel, which was purpose built at a cost of £6M, can't be used as it is unable to dock at high tide as the ramps don't drop down low enough to allow vehicles to disembark.

without knowing jack about the project can they not just install an adjustable hydraulic ramp on the edge of the jetty to meet it?

They probably could but it sort of defeats the point of having a "purpose built" ferry if they then have to alter the jetty.
#25
Quote from: stew on November 30, 2016, 01:25:45 PM
Quote from: Main Street on November 30, 2016, 11:35:31 AM
Quote from: stew on November 24, 2016, 01:09:52 AM
Quote from: muppet on November 23, 2016, 11:50:14 PM
The problem Stew is that in court the niece admitted that she made it all up.

I know she recanted Muppet!

That does not mean it is not true however, the problem is that they are incapable of the truth.

Anyhow, Dassey needs to be freed, he has suffered enough.
Basically Stew you are saying that your evidenced based belief in Dassey's guilt is primarily based on a bit of hearsay, the weakest of evidence which ranks alongside tittle tattle and gossip. And even that tenuos hearsay was denied later by it's advocate.

No it is not, do not put words in my mouth!

You lot know nothing about this case other than that fanned documentary, I heard the evidence daily in the papers, on tv and online, not a one of you had ever heard of the case prior to hearing about the documentary, but of a difference in fairness.

Unless you sat in the jury box or viewed the whole thing live in the courtroom then you know as much about this case as the rest of us. Local papers/ TV/ online are about as much good as the documentary was in forming an opinion on this case.
#26
General discussion / Re: The Daily Mail
November 23, 2016, 04:45:08 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on November 22, 2016, 08:29:00 PM
Jeremy Hopkiss rips into Gary Lineker today...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/jeremy-hopkiss/oi-lineker-no.html

OI, LEFTY LINEKER, NO! - WE'RE NOT PAYING YOU TO TWEET LIBERAL PROPAGANDA!

HOPKISS AT LARGE - BRITAIN'S NUMBER ONE - TOUGH ON LIBERALS, TOUGH ON THE CAUSES OF LIBERALS!

Just who does Gary Lineker think he is? A BBC football presenter or a professional SJW?

Over the last month, Lineker, not content with his cosseted, protected existence as a BBC presenter, has tweeted a stream of subversive left-wing propaganda that undermines the values this country stands for.

What right has he to give his views on politics? WE pay your salary, Gary, just like we pay for the bloated, liberal BBC which employs you. And we DON'T pay you to spout lefty liberal propaganda over Twitter.

So, Gary, why don't you put your money where your mouth is? Why don't YOU take in a Muslim family? Why don't YOU subject your family to the risk of being suicide bombed in their own house?

Why don't YOU go off to live in the Jungle in Calais, or go to the beaches in Greece where illegal immigrants are landing by the hour, or to the front line in Syria where they're cutting each other's heads off and see how you get on with these "victims"? Because if you don't, you're a hypocrite.

You have people like the communist thug George Galloway praising you on Twitter. You retweet the awful Owen Jones of the Guardian. Why are you not disassociating yourself from people like them?

You defend the inefficient socialised medicine of the bloated NHS, claiming it "saved your son's life". Well, I guess you got lucky. I bet you go private next time, though. I would too.

Smoking guns

The proof of Lineker's dangerous, politically correct liberal views is clear. A quick look back over his Twitter timeline uncovers a long list of smoking guns.

Today, Lineker retweeted the following vile message sent to Nigel Farage by another poster: "Oh, f**k off. You've failed SEVEN times to be elected as an MP. You don't represent anyone other than yourself."

Who the hell do you think you are, Gary, retweeting that? How many times have you stood for election? None, that's how many. You're a coward who's content to sit on the sidelines and sneer at others. While Nigel Farage was setting up UKIP, where were you? You were prancing around Japan picking toe injuries, that's where.

Oh, and mind your language while you're at it, please. Is this the kind of language you want children to read? Is this the kind of language you plan on using on Match of the Day in future?

Shill for the homeless

Yesterday, Lineker retweeted a message from a "homeless charity".

Do YOU help the homeless, Gary? If you're retweeting a message from a homeless charity, why aren't YOU out on the streets each night giving meals to the useless layabouts, alcoholics and drug addicts who occupy the streets scaring people to death?

Well, dear readers, if Mr. Lineker walks the walk as well as he talks the talk, maybe the next time one of you readers go to an ATM machine and there's a homeless person squatting beside it, intimidating you to part with the cash YOU'VE earned, maybe Gary Lineker will be there too.

Maybe he'll have some Walker's crisps with him. Maybe he'll be feeding his Walker's crisps to the homeless person. Or maybe he'll be trying to scam you out of parting with more of the money YOU use to pay HIS salary, rubbing metaphorical salt and vinegar (Lineker) into your wounds. Or maybe he'll be at home, still being paid by YOU to sit on his sofa reading about football or reading about whatever politically correct, lefty liberal SJW cause he thinks is trendy these days, and tweeting about it.

Syrian shill

In another tweet yesterday, he said the following about the Syrian leeches that threaten our national security: "how could you possibly not have sympathy with those that flee to look for homes elsewhere. Poor, poor people."

Oh, do me a favour, Gary, and play me the world's smallest violin. These people are not coming to Europe to make a better life. They're coming here to take advantage of our naive hospitality. They want to take over the place. Have you not heard about ISIS? Have you not heard about how they want to set up a caliphate? They want to kill us. And you want to roll out the red carpet for them? You sicken me.

Doesn't do irony

On November 20th, he accused Donald Trump of being "the best parody account on twitter" after the President-elect of the United States rightly stated that Nigel Farage would make a great British ambassador.

Do you do irony, Gary? It appears not. Donald Trump's Twitter account is NOT a parody. It's a VERIFIED account. And you should read it, it might knock some of the wooly nonsense out of your brain and knock some much needed truth into it.

Thinks an iguana is better than Jamie Vardy

On November 7th Lineker tweeted : "This marine Iguana is getting my vote for BBC Sports Personality of the year".

What an insult to our great sportspeople who did our country proud. And this is the man who is only presenting the BBC Sports Personality of Year programme! Andy Murray, Chris Froome, Alaistair Brownlee, Jason Kenny and Nick Skelton, I wonder what they'd think of Lineker disrespecting them like that.

I wonder what Jamie Vardy, who plays in the position Lineker used to play for for Leicester, and who unlike Lineker, actually inspired them to win the league rather than be relegated, would think if he heard Lineker saying an iguana is a better centre-forward than he is.

Can't take a joke, can't handle the truth

Yet Gary cannot take a joke. When the account "2playthewhiteman" (@Amen1924) joked in the wake of Donald Trump's resounding victory that "I would be the first to applaud if that smug self-righteous b**tard topped himself, I REALLY WOULD", Gary lamely responded: "Well I'm sorry to disappoint but I have no intention of topping myself. Some lovely folk on here."

Such a delicate soul, our Gary.

Then a few minutes later, Gary showed how much he respects free speech by tweeting: "Blocking a lot of hate filled people."

You don't like the truth, Gary. You can't handle the truth.

Divisive

On November 4th he tweeted: "But Im entitled to free speech too. What they are doing is divisive, irresponsible and dangerous."

No, Gary, what you're doing is divisive, irresponsible and dangerous.

On November 3rd when the front page of this very newspaper hit the nail on the head when it said "We Must Get Out Of The EU", Lineker tweeted: "The opening paragraph is quite possibly the biggest overreaction in newspaper history."

Attacking us for attacking the cossetted, undemocratic judges who want to deny the people by "upholding the law". "Upholding the law", what a lovely euphemism.

On November 2nd he disgracefully accused this newspaper of "dangerously divisive racial incitement" when we fearlessly exposed the scandal of foreign lorry drivers using mobile phones under the headline "Madness!" http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/5D49/production/_92218832_mail1-11.jpg

He even had to cheek to claim it wasn't just foreign lorry drivers who used mobile phones while driving, but claimed, completely without evidence, that our British lorry drivers did so as well. That, right there, is a self-hating Englishman, a self-hating Briton.

And there's more. Go back further on his Twitter timeline if you don't believe me - I haven't had the heart to go back any further as it disgusts and depresses me too much.

Emperor's new clothes

Gary has said that if Leicester win the Premier League again he'll present Match of the Day with no clothes on. But he already does that every week, metaphorically. We all know the emperor has no clothes. He's proved it with his ridiculous ramblings on Twitter. Is there any trendy liberal cause he won't support?

It's time to stop telling us what to think and leave politics to the adults, Gary. You've already been a goal thief, a crisp thief and a wages thief. You will not thieve anything else from the British people. We have spoken, and lefties like you had better get used to it.

It's time to turn off your Twitter, Gary. Either that, or do the decent thing and resign. Because we do NOT pay you to lecture us with lefty propaganda!

Jeremy Hopkiss must be on the wind up ^^^^^
Does this actually get printed by the Daily Mail?
#27
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
November 02, 2016, 09:16:19 AM
I would have put Keady ahead of Carrickmore in terms of ability. Did Keady not operate in the Ulster Senior Championship for a few years? Experience like that would stand to them. That said ive not seen them play for a number of years now.
#28
General discussion / Re: Ashers cake controversy.
October 25, 2016, 10:44:17 AM
Quote from: muppet on October 24, 2016, 10:12:40 PM
Quote from: T Fearon on October 24, 2016, 10:09:12 PM
If they had baked the cake and offered it for sale to him without the slogan surely that would have kept them on the right side of the law

As OmaghJoe said above, they could have said they were busy. They could have done what many tradesmen the world over do every day and 'forgot' or another favourite, price it so high that no one in their right mind would pay for it lol. They could have got the message wring and 'accidentally' wrote something else.

It looks to me that Ashers wanted the fight, and still want it.

Agreed.
#29
Antrim / Re: ANTRIM HURLING
October 24, 2016, 09:18:33 AM
Quote from: hurlingstick on October 23, 2016, 07:37:55 PM
Quote from: Jesusjones on October 23, 2016, 06:49:48 PM
Why would you think Slaughtneil would get a hammering? They are after beating Loughgiel and it was no fluke. They have been as good a team as there is in Ulster this 5 years. Every bit as good as ourselves and Loughgiel. They'll give anyone a game


Today they slowed the game down at every opportunity. They brought the game down to a physical tussle. There was minimal hurling played. They won because of physical strength and fair play to them for it. They won't get away with it against the standard of team they'll play next time round.


We are coming into the depths of winter where it tends to favour the more physical sides so I wouldn't be surprised if they do win the next day out.
There doesn't be too much pretty hurling played in All Ireland Club semi's going by previous years.
#30
General discussion / Re: Stuff that has aged well
October 11, 2016, 11:28:53 AM
Quote from: No wides on October 11, 2016, 10:09:42 AM
Quote from: TabClear on October 11, 2016, 09:42:28 AM
80s comedies
  Only fools and horses
  Yes Prime Minister

Only if you see the proper ones, like Porridge all these are now edited to make them politically correct and as a result if you watch them on Gold for example or the BBC repeats a lot of good gags are missing.

Ive the boxsets of Porridge and Only Fools and Horses, I could watch them all day long.
Some of the jokes and even general references just wouldn't be aired today.