Off Topic thread time to say goodbye

amacachi · 26-05-2009 3:39am

ShawnRaven wrote: »

On that note.
Exactly one month to the day since i've given up drink.
C'MOOON!

Pfft, I regularly go that long without noticing. :P

ShawnRaven · 26-05-2009 3:53am

amacachi wrote: »

Pfft, I regularly go that long without noticing. :P

I wasn't going for a competition here, but if you insist...
My record is seven years from 99-06, give it a shot if you think you're hard enough :P

amacachi · 26-05-2009 4:21am

ShawnRaven wrote: »

I wasn't going for a competition here, but if you insist...
My record is seven years from 99-06, give it a shot if you think you're hard enough :P

When I'm you're age I'm sure I will have done.

ShawnRaven · 26-05-2009 4:31am

amacachi wrote: »

When I'm you're age I'm sure I will have done.

When you're my age? Pft!
I'll still be around when you fall, pal!... and i'll be the one laughing.

amacachi · 26-05-2009 4:36am

ShawnRaven wrote: »

When you're my age? Pft!
I'll still be around when you fall, pal!... and i'll be the one laughing.

The hope is to be a doctor at 27 and start nicking heroin, no drink once I have a clean reliable source of something else. :P

ShawnRaven · 26-05-2009 8:23pm

Meaning that i'll still outlive you!

Meanwhile, i got reminded that not EVERYTHING about the 90s was complete cack.
Most awesome TV commercial ad ever, if you were around in 93 with a sense of humour, you'll remember it.

If not, your loss!

ShawnRaven · 26-05-2009 8:23pm

Meaning that i'll still outlive you!

Meanwhile, i got reminded that not EVERYTHING about the 90s was complete cack.
Most awesome TV commercial ad ever, if you were around in 93 with a sense of humour, you'll remember it.

If not, your loss!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vz2nxdM0qc

Cactus Col · 26-05-2009 8:42pm

I remember being pretty excited when tab was brought out here. And i also remember being hugely disappointed when a moment after I tasted it. As soon as that diet coke after taste kicked in.

ShawnRaven · 26-05-2009 9:37pm

Cactus Col wrote: »

I remember being pretty excited when tab was brought out here. And i also remember being hugely disappointed when a moment after I tasted it. As soon as that diet coke after taste kicked in.

That was Tab clear, the Tab in the 80s tasted VERY differently though.
Both were considered diet drinks though, I think.

flahavaj · 27-05-2009 6:33pm

amacachi wrote: »

The hope is to be a doctor at 27 and start nicking heroin, no drink once I have a clean reliable source of something else. :P

Sure no bother to you, aren't you the fella who thinks the Leaving is a piece of p*ss!? Make sure and let us know how that goes!:p

ShawnRaven · 27-05-2009 6:55pm

Keep it civil guys!

amacachi · 27-05-2009 7:00pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Sure no bother to you, aren't you the fella who thinks the Leaving is a piece of p*ss!? Make sure and let us know how that goes!:p

Done two days of studying so far, still on track for a couple of As.

What's everyone reckon to the football tonight? I stuck a fiver on Ronnie first goal and United 3-1 and a fiver on Ronnie first goalscorer and United 3-1. If Ronaldo doesn't score the first I'll be cheering for Barce big style. :P

Diabhal Beag · 27-05-2009 7:09pm

The match will be posponed due to a terrorist alert. Thats my prediction

flahavaj · 27-05-2009 7:43pm

I've just realised Carlos Puyol looks shocking like kerry von Erich, the Texas Tornado.:pac:

amacachi · 27-05-2009 7:50pm

****sake, that was probably Ronaldo's only good free kick of the game used up.

Lone Kimono · 27-05-2009 9:41pm

ShawnRaven wrote: »

I wasn't going for a competition here, but if you insist...
My record is seven years from 99-06, give it a shot if you think you're hard enough :P

Was there a reason for going off drink for so long? If you were a regular drinker before that then that was quite impressive.

I'll be off drink three weeks if I can last until Sunday. Yes I know, its a bit less than your seven years!

flahavaj · 27-05-2009 9:44pm

Barca were sensational tonight. Several of United's players were exposed as being inferior tonight at the top level of the game.

ShawnRaven · 27-05-2009 9:48pm

Lone Kimono wrote: »

Was there a reason for going off drink for so long? If you were a regular drinker before that then that was quite impressive.

In a nutshell, when i was nearly 24, my doctor had told me that if i mantained my current lifestyle at the time, that I wouldn't reach 30. It was a scary prospect and a wake up call. I was a fairly heavy drinker, not in an AA needed way, but more in a case of, work's done, no reason to head home, off to the local.

More a case of wanting to, as opposed to needing to.

amacachi · 27-05-2009 9:53pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Barca were sensational tonight. Several of United's players were exposed as being inferior tonight at the top level of the game.

United just never got going tonight, don't think it's fair to judge United purely on tonight's performance.

Still delighted Barca won.

flahavaj · 27-05-2009 9:58pm

amacachi wrote: »

United just never got going tonight, don't think it's fair to judge United purely on tonight's performance.

Still delighted Barca won.

Why not? carrick, Park, Anderson not good enough. Good enough for the Prem perhaps, but not at that levek. United need a top class defensive midfielder in the Summer.

amacachi · 27-05-2009 10:03pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Why not? carrick, Park, Anderson not good enough. Good enough for the Prem perhaps, but not at that levek. United need a top class defensive midfielder in the Summer.

Carrick seemed to do OK in last year's final. Park isn't great but I thought his playing was a necessity? Anderson the same.
They just never got going tonight, the entire team looked slow to change direction and change direction right from the start. Starts like that can make or break a team for the whole match.

Lone Kimono · 27-05-2009 10:05pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Why not? carrick, Park, Anderson not good enough. Good enough for the Prem perhaps, but not at that levek. United need a top class defensive midfielder in the Summer.

I agree with that. Also when you take into consideration the ages of Giggs and Scholes now, they need to sign a few midfilders. Add to that a striker if they dont keep Tevez.

flahavaj · 27-05-2009 10:07pm

amacachi wrote: »

Carrick seemed to do OK in last year's final. Park isn't great but I thought his playing was a necessity? Anderson the same.
They just never got going tonight, the entire team looked slow to change direction and change direction right from the start. Starts like that can make or break a team for the whole match.

He wasn't in any way great in the final last year. He's a decent premier league level midfielder. They needed a top class holding midfielder in there tonight, whos comfortable on the ball. Carrick's just so awkward with the ball at his feet in tight situations, and he doesn't have the discipline to track back effectively like he should do. And Tevez would have done every bit as much work as Park and offered twice as much going forward.

amacachi · 27-05-2009 10:09pm

flahavaj wrote: »

He wasn't in any way great in the final last year. He's a decent premier league level midfielder. They needed a top class holding midfielder in there tonight, whos comfortable on the ball. Carrick's just so awkward with the ball at his feet in tight situations, and he doesn't have the discipline to track back effectively like he should do. And Tevez would have done every bit as much work as Park and offered twice as much going forward.

Sorry, I reread the first post you made about it, I thought you said that united were exposed as inferior, but you said some players were, and you're right. Why Tevez doesn't start more often is beyond me anyway.

flahavaj · 27-05-2009 10:12pm

amacachi wrote: »

Sorry, I reread the first post you made about it, I thought you said that united were exposed as inferior, but you said some players were, and you're right. Why Tevez doesn't start more often is beyond me anyway.

No bother. Shouldn't you be at the books anyway!?;)

In all seriousness have you applied for medicine and where?

amacachi · 27-05-2009 10:25pm

flahavaj wrote: »

No bother. Shouldn't you be at the books anyway!?;)

In all seriousness have you applied for medicine and where?

Yeah I've applied to Trinity. With the apptitude test I'm guessing about 520 points could get me in. All depends on the apptitude test I already did, judging from asking people after the exam I seemed to do pretty well, but the results of it aren't out until after the LC is over. Pain in the nuts.

flahavaj · 27-05-2009 10:31pm

amacachi wrote: »

Yeah I've applied to Trinity. With the apptitude test I'm guessing about 520 points could get me in. All depends on the apptitude test I already did, judging from asking people after the exam I seemed to do pretty well, but the results of it aren't out until after the LC is over. Pain in the nuts.

Is this aptitude test a new thing? Never heard of it before.

If you get into medicine be prepared to have no life for the next decade. The sister did it. Its a brutal way of life, not at all as glamorous as its made out to be.

amacachi · 27-05-2009 10:41pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Is this aptitude test a new thing? Never heard of it before.

If you get into medicine be prepared to have no life for the next decade. The sister did it. Its a brutal way of life, not at all as glamorous as its made out to be.

Yep, aptitude test is a new thing, just for medicine, it's worth up to 300 points, then the points in the leaving are worth the usual up to 550, then 1 point for every 5 over that, so the most in the LC is 560 for a total of 860. I know I got 7 of the last 11 right in the aptitude test right, and was picking between two for the other 4, everyone else said they guessed at least 10 of the last 15, so fingers crossed.

Aye I'm not expecting glamour or easy living for a good while if I do get it, will be bringing a bucket for when we start on cadavers. :P TBH it'll suit me just fine, having as little time as possible to think is probably my best chance to make it through the next few years.

flahavaj · 27-05-2009 10:43pm

amacachi wrote: »

Yep, aptitude test is a new thing, just for medicine, it's worth up to 300 points, then the points in the leaving are worth the usual up to 550, then 1 point for every 5 over that, so the most in the LC is 560 for a total of 860. I know I got 7 of the last 11 right in the aptitude test right, and was picking between two for the other 4, everyone else said they guessed at least 10 of the last 15, so fingers crossed.

Aye I'm not expecting glamour or easy living for a good while if I do get it, will be bringing a bucket for when we start on cadavers. :P TBH it'll suit me just fine, having as little time as possible to think is probably my best chance to make it through the next few years.

You won't even have time to sleep when you're a junior doctor, not to mind think!:p

amacachi · 27-05-2009 10:45pm

flahavaj wrote: »

You won't even have time to sleep when you're a junior doctor, not to mind think!:p

That's the hope.

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