General Chit chat / Randomness

shakencat

hello =]

oeb

martina81 wrote: »

Has anybody ever seen a priest pump petrol? cos i sure havent yet they all drive mmmmmmm!

Yes I have, it was about 6 years ago, in a filling station on the Muckross Road in Killarney.

He was also smoking at the time =/

LenaClaire

I think I will need many beers on Friday.

corkcomp

martina81 wrote: »

Hi folks, im a first timer...be gentle;)
suffering a bout of insomnia so thought i'd join in on some late nite chat!!
The general randomness caught my attention as there is an unsolved question that has haunted me for some time.......Has anybody ever seen a priest pump petrol? cos i sure havent yet they all drive mmmmmmm!

welcome:) I couldnt tell you the last time I even saw a priest, and dont ever recall seeing one filling petrol.. our local one is off the road at present:rolleyes::p

stevexo wrote: »

nah, its everyone else's turn to visit. i spent 8 months visiting cork :P

haha:D we must do sometime...

oeb wrote: »

Yes I have, it was about 6 years ago, in a filling station on the Muckross Road in Killarney.

He was also smoking at the time =/

LOL:pac:

jujibee wrote: »

I think I will need many beers on Friday.

+1000 me too

Blitzkrieger

stevexo wrote: »

nah, its everyone else's turn to visit. i spent 8 months visiting cork :P

That's crazy talk :eek: I visited Longford once. Nice enough town but there's not a long that would temp me to make the long journey back.

What a miserable day. I think I'll spend the day playing that game my nephew is playing behind me - it looks awesome.

LikePlace

Cork City's poor ratings got a bloody nose in today's Cork Independent newspaper.

http://www.corkindependent.com/local-news/local-news/cork-scores-poorly-in-online-review/

LenaClaire

LikePlace wrote: »

Cork City's poor ratings got a bloody nose in today's Cork Independent newspaper.

http://www.corkindependent.com/local-news/local-news/cork-scores-poorly-in-online-review/

Cork got 3.8/5.0 and Dublin got 3.2/5.0 so it ain't all bad :P

mudokon

The rating system is flawed, if you check the detailed ratings for rebel. They have not put any rating in for the cost of living so effectively 0 out of 5 but their full score still amounts to 4.9 out of 5.

There should probably be a minimum amount of people required to rate an area before they are published as results as the top places only have one vote each.

LenaClaire

yeah, I was noticing that like the top 30 places all had only 1 reviewer each. Silly nonsense of an article.

mudokon

Totally agree, a useless article based on figures from a poorly designed website. :pac:

shakencat

shakencat wrote: »

hello =]

Hi u How's the tour plans going

stevexo

Blitzkrieger wrote: »

That's crazy talk :eek: I visited Longford once. Nice enough town but there's not a long that would temp me to make the long journey back.

good thing im in kildare then.

jasonpkennedy

mudokon wrote: »

Totally agree, a useless article based on figures from a poorly designed website. :pac:

Hello everyone,
I'm the person who wrote this article. I can see where you're coming from. I did mention in the article that:

"Areas with fewer ratings are placing higher in the list. With one five out of five rating, Ballinlough, Ballymakeagh, Coolacoosane, Conna, Ballindangan and Kilavoy are currently rated the as the best places to live in Cork. The lowest rating areas in Cork, which have also just received one rating each are Ballycotton, Mitchelstown, Dunmanway, Mahon and Rathcormac."

The website does have some major flaws, but I found the website interest. It sounds to me that it's a website that was designed to annoy people. From what I've heard so far, it's doing a good job of it too. It has a real ratemyteachers kind of feel to it. Not sure if it will take off.

Malice

I thought I might just pop into this monster thread and say hello so, hello!

LenaClaire

jasonpkennedy wrote: »

Hello everyone,
I'm the person who wrote this article. I can see where you're coming from. I did mention in the article that:

"Areas with fewer ratings are placing higher in the list. With one five out of five rating, Ballinlough, Ballymakeagh, Coolacoosane, Conna, Ballindangan and Kilavoy are currently rated the as the best places to live in Cork. The lowest rating areas in Cork, which have also just received one rating each are Ballycotton, Mitchelstown, Dunmanway, Mahon and Rathcormac."

The website does have some major flaws, but I found the website interest. It sounds to me that it's a website that was designed to annoy people. From what I've heard so far, it's doing a good job of it too. It has a real ratemyteachers kind of feel to it. Not sure if it will take off.

Hi jasonpkennedy! Yes, your article did point out the discrepancies in the voting and thank you for that:) I think that your article might have driven more traffic to the site since as Cork has now dropped in score but we are still higher than Dublin :P

Malice_ wrote: »

I thought I might just pop into this monster thread and say hello so, hello!

Hello!

mudokon

jasonpkennedy wrote: »

Hello everyone,
I'm the person who wrote this article. I can see where you're coming from. I did mention in the article that:

"Areas with fewer ratings are placing higher in the list. With one five out of five rating, Ballinlough, Ballymakeagh, Coolacoosane, Conna, Ballindangan and Kilavoy are currently rated the as the best places to live in Cork. The lowest rating areas in Cork, which have also just received one rating each are Ballycotton, Mitchelstown, Dunmanway, Mahon and Rathcormac."

The website does have some major flaws, but I found the website interest. It sounds to me that it's a website that was designed to annoy people. From what I've heard so far, it's doing a good job of it too. It has a real ratemyteachers kind of feel to it. Not sure if it will take off.

Hi jasonpkennedy,

You did point out the discrepancies to be fair & you could only write the article on the material that was in front of you so the problem really lies with the website itself.

It could be an interesting site if it was taken seriously but the problem with these sites are that they are open to abuse. This is highlighted by the fact that over 9% of the people that have voted gave Cork City a perfect score & 6% gave the lowest possible score (there are only 33 votes though). I'd only looked at the website for a couple of minutes earlier & you didn't have to look hard to find the flaws.

As you also said in the article the website is in it's infancy so maybe we should give it a chance & see how it develops before writing it off altogether.

NoDice

Hey there bitches!

NoDice

NoDice wrote: »

Hey there bitches!

Ms Dice You've been missed, hope all is good your end

corkcomp

NoDice wrote: »

Hey there bitches!

Yo;) Morning... welcome back to Chaos:pac:

She was only teasing us :rolleyes:

NoDice

Teasing ye? No way! I was catching up on the reading in AH, good for a giggle in the morning!!

All is well, I've just been so busy at work I've tried my best (and clearly succeeded) to stay away from Boards. Ha!

How are you guys?? Aon sceal?

NoDice

NoDice wrote: »

How are you guys?? Aon sceal?

Not really, happy out at the mo

mudokon

Hey NoDice, because of your Aon sceal I've learned stuff. That's not what the internet is meant for. :mad::P

NoDice

I'm glad everything is going well RJ!

Ha ha @ Mudokon!!

mudokon

seeing as we were talking about it yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=donN-JA5USs

LenaClaire

mudokon wrote: »

seeing as we were talking about it yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=donN-JA5USs

Thanks for posting that! How is work treating you?

mudokon

jujibee wrote: »

Thanks for posting that! How is work treating you?

Morning , you are up very early for someone who has the day off. Work isn't too bad so far. Could have done with a little more sleep though.

How are you?

corkcomp

Holy sh1t, I didnt realise they were that extreme with packing people in:eek:

Hows everyone this morning? I woke up at 7.30, damn built in alarm clocks;)

morning everyone !:D hope everyone is having a good weekend . anything strange or startling ? :eek:

FTGFOP

mudokon wrote: »

seeing as we were talking about it yesterday.
[Japanese train packing]

That's nearly as bad as the No. 5 on a friday.

But seriously, that's mental.

What happens if someone in the centre of the human mass wants the next stop but nobody else does? Do they all get out and then get back in again? These people need a voice.

In fact...

LenaClaire

mudokon wrote: »

Morning , you are up very early for someone who has the day off. Work isn't too bad so far. Could have done with a little more sleep though.

How are you?

I am okay, I never sleep in after drinking. Just wake up. But I did take a nap at around 10 so all good

mudokon

corkcomp wrote: »

Holy sh1t, I didnt realise they were that extreme with packing people in:eek:

Hows everyone this morning? I woke up at 7.30, damn built in alarm clocks;)

It's a bit extreme alright, 7:30 that's a lie in. :pac:

Zachary Lively Restaurant wrote: »

morning everyone !:D hope everyone is having a good weekend . anything strange or startling ? :eek:

Hi Zachary Lively Restaurant, how are you? My weekend is about to get better. 10 mins more & I'm done with work.

FTGFOP wrote: »

That's nearly as bad as the No. 5 on a friday.

But seriously, that's mental.

What happens if someone in the centre of the human mass wants the next stop but nobody else does? Do they all get out and then get back in again? These people need a voice.

I'd say once your in that's it. They have a voice but it's a bit muffled as it's squashed into someone's armpit. :P

jujibee wrote: »

I am okay, I never sleep in after drinking. Just wake up. But I did take a nap at around 10 so all good

Nap time is always great.

Webmonkey

What ye all get up to last night

shakencat

drunk

sick

bed

wake up not knowing where i was

work


*yay*:D

deRanged

evening all. I just went to see The Expendables. loved it

Webmonkey

Hmm there's an idea for tonight... How you doing deRanged?

deRanged

Webmonkey wrote: »

How you doing deRanged?

very well thanks - and you?

Webmonkey

deRanged wrote: »

very well thanks - and you?

Same as myself! Done a good few jobs on my car today now and feeling great after it! A nice change from the computers

deRanged

cool - I was going to work on my (mountain) bike today but it rained so I just watched tv
tomorrow instead, then a cycle. this fitness thing will be the death of me!

Webmonkey

deRanged wrote: »

cool - I was going to work on my (mountain) bike today but it rained so I just watched tv
tomorrow instead, then a cycle. this fitness thing will be the death of me!

Raining today? It was a grand day in Kerry! I don't know how we getting away with it.

Ah fitness time, know what you mean. I started a new daily walk thing, fast walk 1 hour each evening. Made some difference to me. My route is, my house to Lidl to Bandon road, to barracks street to Washington street to oliver Plunket Street to bus station to top of Patricks street to grand parade to western road and back to my house! 1 hour and 5 minutes exactly every day!

deRanged

ah it only rained for about an hour and a half after lunch, but it was just when I went out to work on the bike.

that's a grand walk - I used to hate walking up Patrick's hill when I was in school.
I'll have to meet you for a pint en route some evening. consider it a water stop, marathon style

just realised I misread that as you heading to the top of the hill - now I'm slightly less impressed :P

corkcomp

deRanged wrote: »

evening all. I just went to see The Expendables. loved it

evening:D we were meant to see that last night but the usual beers instead routine kicked in:p

Webmonkey wrote: »

Same as myself! Done a good few jobs on my car today now and feeling great after it! A nice change from the computers

true! i went over 24 hours without using a computer there.. longest in years I think:o

deRanged

corkcomp wrote: »

evening:D we were meant to see that last night but the usual beers instead routine kicked in:p

cool - I was at dinner or I'd have called over. I might go along again if ye go next weekend instead.

Webmonkey

deRanged wrote: »

ah it only rained for about an hour and a half after lunch, but it was just when I went out to work on the bike.

that's a grand walk - I used to hate walking up Patrick's hill when I was in school.
I'll have to meet you for a pint en route some evening. consider it a water stop, marathon style

just realised I misread that as you heading to the top of the hill - now I'm slightly less impressed :P

Ha no, I didn't go up patricks hill! That might be an option next time though!

Yeah I'll call some evening for a pint!

corkcomp

deRanged wrote: »

cool - I was at dinner or I'd have called over. I might go along again if ye go next weekend instead.

must defo try to see it soon.. I probably wont surface until the weekend after next now though.. I managed to get roped into help with organising community event next weekend and its going to take up tuesday night, friday night and all day Sat and Sun.. free time which doesnt exist:( I'll be sure to have my excuses ready next year:D

Cadyboo

Its veeerrry quiet in here! Those dubs are really p'ing me off, constantly hitting our players, delighted they lost!!!

shakencat

your sound

corkcomp

LOL:D fight fight fight! I agree though Cadyboo but then again its normal form.. I only watched 30 minutes of it because it was on where I was so no choice

Cadyboo

Thanks Shakencat
Lol Corkcomp, I didnt see it all either, went for dinner and was watching it, but had to rush home for the end of it.
How has everyones weekend gone?

corkcomp

haha weekend was great but I find them getting much shorter! how about you?