The A/R Off Topic Thread

BeepBeep67

tunguska wrote: »

Goddamitt tv3 is being difficult with me, not loading up at all.

Don't worry about it - Spurs have a long trip home

RayCun

The other tie sounds much better anyway - including this goal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4oWnb3XCSA

xebec

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

I'm an apple fan but my Jesus the iPad is a piece of crap!

Funny, was just thinking how lucky I was to have mine today, loaded it up with videos and tv shows at the weekend and it's been a godsend while I've been stuck in my sick bed!

Not an apple fanboi, but the iPad does suit me cos I'm travelling at least two days a week...

TheRoadRunner

xebec wrote: »

Funny, was just thinking how lucky I was to have mine today, loaded it up with videos and tv shows at the weekend and it's been a godsend while I've been stuck in my sick bed!

Not an apple fanboi, but the iPad does suit me cos I'm travelling at least two days a week...

No adobe flash makes TRR mad :mad:

osnola ibax

Be interesting to see how the new android tablets compare. Certainly the phones are far more functional if maybe not as fluid, intuitive. Apple iTunes was always the Achilles heel for me. Just mount your android as an external hard drive and drag and drop. Apple never had a Bluetooth file share protocol when I used it but that may have changed, you can't update firmware over the air afaik and can't download file of any type from any old website. Major drawbacks for me.

BeepBeep67

Gomez -> Dodgy Keeper

dermCu

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

No adobe flash makes TRR mad :mad:

Download iSwifter, it'll take the edge off that rage

RoyMcC

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Gomez -> Dodgy Keeper

Yup, normally he's a good stopper but he looked like a rabbit in the headlights last night.

rainbow kirby

Wish the Man U and Barcelona matches weren't on at the same time tonight... going to have to watch one on TV and one on my laptop. :eek:

donothoponpop

Finally got my latest assessment completed. "Simple" Harmonic Motion, my arse.

gerard65

So Portugal need a bailout now. It'll be interesting to see what interest rates they'll pay.

donothoponpop

gerard65 wrote: »

So Portugal need a bailout now. It'll be interesting to see what interest rates they'll pay.

Say they pay 4%, and we're paying 5% currently. If we borrow €80B from them at 4.5%, pay back the IMF early, we save money. We use the money we've borrowed from the IMF to pay back Portugal. Portugal gets a 0.5% bonus, they're happy. The IMF have just lent at 4%, and got back at 4.5%, all in the space of a week or so, they're happy. Crisis over.

Brianderunner

Chelsea keep getting shafted in the CL, the one English team that have a chance of beating the spanish giants in the final.

RayCun

donothoponpop wrote: »

Say they pay 4%, and we're paying 5% currently. If we borrow €80B from them at 4.5%, pay back the IMF early, we save money. We use the money we've borrowed from the IMF to pay back Portugal. Portugal gets a 0.5% bonus, they're happy. The IMF have just lent at 4%, and got back at 4.5%, all in the space of a week or so, they're happy. Crisis over.

Except we'd still have to pay back €80B at 4.5%. All this fecking around with asking for a lower interest rate is like sweeping up the peanut shells the elephant dropped on your floor.

donothoponpop

RayCun wrote: »

Except we'd still have to pay back €80B at 4.5%. All this fecking around with asking for a lower interest rate is like sweeping up the peanut shells the elephant dropped on your floor.

We apply to the IMF for a loan of €80B at the same 4% rate Portugal got (that's only fair, having proved ourselves good payer-backers). Pay back the €80B we've borrowed at 4.5% with that, we now have 0.5% of €80B (€400 Million) profit, sure we could buy the sites of several more prisons for that. And throw Bertie a few bob for his Presidential Campaign.
If its all done quick enough no-one will spot any flaws.

jeffontour

Brianderunner wrote: »

Chelsea keep getting shafted in the CL, the one English team that have a chance of beating the spanish giants in the final.

I'm a Utd fan so take this as you will but Chelsea were muck tonight. No failure in refereeing can hide that. To steal a draw with a late penalty would not have been a reflection on their performance as individuals and a team. Utd were only marginally better.

Chelsea defo win in the sulk match though. For a big lad Drogba is a complete pansy.

--amadeus--

It was on in the background and I was half watching it but it seemed like although neither team played particularly well Chelsea were dire. How Torres wasn't substituted only Abramovitch & Ancolotti know, he wouldn't score against our local U12's at the minute. Luiz looked like a big loss for them as well.

rainbow kirby

Tbh, I'll be delighted if Torres keeps playing like that for the return leg at Old Trafford

He can't seem to hit a barn door since he signed for Chelsea.

PaulieC

JKF wrote: »

I had an ultrasound today. TWINS :eek:



*We're not telling family just yet but I'm dying to let it all out and hubby is still too shocked to speak so here will have to do

Congrats. I have twins, I still remember the day we found out, the shock and slow realisation that things will never be the same again . It's hard work, but it gets easier after about 4 years...

PaulieC

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

robinph, rainbow Kirby, Gerard65, RayCun, RacoonQueen and TheRoadRunner,

as I've recently been informed by a particularly charming member on this board, everyone who says that a marathon is 26.2 miles is insecure and elitist.

You're all insecure and elitist!

Grist to the mill, I know, but I heard a woman on Ray D'Arcy this morning being interviewed after doing the 5k in Galway yesterday...

"this was my first one, but I'll definitely be doing more marathons in the future". I smiled...

pgmcpq

donothoponpop wrote: »

We apply to the IMF for a loan of €80B at the same 4% rate Portugal got (that's only fair, having proved ourselves good payer-backers). Pay back the €80B we've borrowed at 4.5% with that, we now have 0.5% of €80B (€400 Million) profit, sure we could buy the sites of several more prisons for that. And throw Bertie a few bob for his Presidential Campaign.
If its all done quick enough no-one will spot any flaws.

Eh .... didn't Bernie Madoff just try this ?:)

donothoponpop

pgmcpq wrote: »

Eh .... didn't Bernie Madoff just try this ?:)

He was small potatoes in comparison to what I'm suggesting... although I take your point. Hmmm. Maybe we should look to borrow €80 Trillion, now that's a scale thats bound to impress. Either way it'll have to be done quick, and we'll need a smokey room and some mirrors...

Seres

Have cut down majorily on sweet stuff since lent started , so why the hell am i gettin a feckin toothache !:mad:

BeepBeep67

1st and 3rd in the National, small bets, but a nice €115 back off a €20 stake.
Might treat myself to a Boards Tech T

Woddle

Nice one beepbeep, I had state of play at 42s and don't push it at 12s but sadly both were win only.

eliwallach

Woddle wrote: »

but sadly both were win only.

Win only :eek:!!! In The 'National.
The man has balls. But ultimately comes up short......

Woddle

eliwallach wrote: »

Win only :eek:!!! In The 'National.
The man has balls. But ultimately comes up short......

I had 2 other selections aswell, so my dilemma was pick 2 each way or 4 win only but I didn't want to leave the other 2 out. The other 2 didn't do so well.

Peterx

I know I'm the worst in the world when it comes to computers but the feckin run ireland website is a pile of poo.
Fair enough it simply refuses to let me log in but it could at least tell me it didn't log me in instead of letting fill out race entry forms repeatedly and then telling me I've nothing in my cart.
Piece of crap!

I feel better now now though

robinph

robinph wrote: »

Had a bath in a cattle trough today. :eek:

Finally got emailed the pictures of this today:



Nice reminder of what it's like to run in mud now that we are into the nice dry road running season.

robinph

As of 5 minutes ago I'm finnally down to just the 9 toe nails. It kind of just fell off
, although it had been threatening to for a while. :eek: