The A/R Off Topic Thread

Paranoid Mandroid · 21-10-2012 11:19pm

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

No sh1t!

Ha ha, very good

rainbow kirby · 01-11-2012 11:16pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW0oFTMTxkw

Some of this sounds horribly familiar :pac:

BeepBeep67 · 02-11-2012 10:11pm

liamo123 · 04-11-2012 8:21pm

Interesting article on page 10 of todays Mail on Sunday about certain athlete who competed in DCM finishing 17th in 2.30.17 and whose progress was discussed in length on a recently locked thread here... Photo included :cool:

RacoonQueen · 04-11-2012 9:33pm

liamo123 wrote: »

Interesting article on page 10 of todays Mail on Sunday about certain athlete who competed in DCM finishing 17th in 2.30.17 and whose progress was discussed in length on a recently locked thread here... Photo included :cool:

Searched for it on their online version. Not there.

Jaysus, I hope he really did cheat now if he's made the papers.

liamo123 · 04-11-2012 10:43pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Searched for it on their online version. Not there.

Jaysus, I hope he really did cheat now if he's made the papers.

Well it looks like they've done their research.. extract from piece A spokeswoman for the Dublin Marathon said ( his name is mentioned in full ) " D.... C..... was disqualified because he did not run the full route "

endswell · 04-11-2012 11:59pm

liamo123 wrote: »

Well it looks like they've done their research.. extract from piece A spokeswoman for the Dublin Marathon said ( his name is mentioned in full ) " D.... C..... was disqualified because he did not run the full route "

friends mam spotted a girl doin the same near ucd. no idea of time

Krusty_Clown · 11-11-2012 12:47am

Social media at its best (and most shallow):
1. Visit Mitt Romney's Facebook page.
2. Note the number of 'likes' of his facebook page.
3. Hit [F5] to refresh.

Sacksian · 14-11-2012 12:13pm

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Social media at its best (and most shallow):
1. Visit Mitt Romney's Facebook page.
2. Note the number of 'likes' of his facebook page.
3. Hit [F5] to refresh.

Just in case anyone is interested in a graphical representation of this:

http://disappearingromney.com/

RacoonQueen · 21-11-2012 12:56pm

HURRAH!*

http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20121121/gfh-capital-to-take-over-leeds-united_2247585_2986979

* I think, I've been fooled before

robinph · 24-11-2012 12:33pm

Won my first parkrun today.

Ok, so it was a slower run by me than last week, and the M50 who beat me last time wasn't there...but I'll take the glory... and the coffee and cake after the run as my prize.

robinph · 24-11-2012 12:34pm

Won my first parkrun today.

Ok, so it was a slower run by me than last week, and the M50 who beat me last time wasn't there...but I'll take the glory... and the coffee and cake after the run as my prize.

RacoonQueen · 24-11-2012 9:30pm

I thanked you twice because I think you are THAT amazing.

robinph · 25-11-2012 3:38pm

Stupid duplicate posting phone.

But I'll leave the extra post there so I can keep the extra thanks.

nerraw1111 · 04-12-2012 12:30pm

Nice story about one man and his Dublin marathon medal.

http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/12/04/john-gets-his-medal/#comments

ThisRegard · 05-12-2012 5:29pm

So was out for a run last night, was crossing and running along side some pretty busy roads so had a high vis/reflective vest on.

Now I don't know if wearing such a clothing item makes you appear more reliable and trustworthy, but I was stopped twice by people looking for directions.

And it's also a lot harder to find somewhere discrete to go for a pee. Bushes aren't even a safe haven as you're lit up by any nearby lighting so you end up just looking like a safety conscious perv.

robinph · 06-12-2012 12:48am

Try going for a pee in the Phoenix Park when you've got a big flag on your back saying 3:30, trying not to get tangled up in the trees with the flag, and a few hundred people cheering you on.

nerraw1111 · 06-12-2012 11:49am

ThisRegard wrote: »

So was out for a run last night, was crossing and running along side some pretty busy roads so had a high vis/reflective vest on.

Now I don't know if wearing such a clothing item makes you appear more reliable and trustworthy, but I was stopped twice by people looking for directions.

And it's also a lot harder to find somewhere discrete to go for a pee. Bushes aren't even a safe haven as you're lit up by any nearby lighting so you end up just looking like a safety conscious perv.

There was an interesting social experiment done before about people trusting those in reflective gear. From what I can remember, a person donned one of those reflective waist jackets that are everywhere these days and went around telling people what to do. Everyone obeyed.

PaulieC · 06-12-2012 12:03pm

nerraw1111 wrote: »

There was an interesting social experiment done before about people trusting those in reflective gear. From what I can remember, a person donned one of those reflective waist jackets that are everywhere these days and went around telling people what to do. Everyone obeyed.

I was helping out at the WMM last year and had a high viz jacket on. I got asked anything and everything from 'where are the toilets?' to where 'I'm supposed to meet my friends here, have you seen them?'

BeepBeep67 · 06-12-2012 1:44pm

Nearly got nobbled by a dog walker last night.
Right at the end of my run, I'm on the path, see woman, dog (greyhound) and young boy, it's dark. Dogs is on the path, woman moves onto the grass verge, boys stays close to the wall so all is good, I slow down, pick my line and run straight into a black lead FFS :mad:. Nearly do a flip over it, but managed to keep my balance.
After several expletives from me and an equal number of apologies from her, I'm off up the road scratching my head at her stupidity and I've 2 nice welts across my legs.

In the words of hill street blues - 'be careful out there'

robinph · 10-12-2012 4:37pm

Three separate deliveries from Wiggle over the last couple of days and not one free bag of Haribo included in the boxes.

RacoonQueen · 10-12-2012 4:41pm

robinph wrote: »

Three separate deliveries from Wiggle over the last couple of days and not one free bag of Haribo included in the boxes.

Haribo in boxes? I got two deliveries of bike stuff last week but didn't really go through the boxes. Are you telling me there is a chance that there is haribo in one or both of these? :eek:

robinph · 10-12-2012 4:48pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Haribo in boxes? I got two deliveries of bike stuff last week but didn't really go through the boxes. Are you telling me there is a chance that there is haribo in one or both of these? :eek:

Yep, most deliveries I get from them include a small packet of Haribo thrown in as well. With the amount I just spent with them I was expecting enough Haribo to really mess up my insulin needs, but got none.

robinph · 10-12-2012 9:58pm

Disaster averted. Found some Haribo in the sealed box that the turbo was in, rather th the Wiggle box where I expected to find them.

RacoonQueen · 10-12-2012 10:11pm

I've never got free haribo from wiggle

BeepBeep67 · 11-12-2012 11:42pm

Oops: http://www.sincearsenallastwonatrophy.co.uk/

belcarra · 12-12-2012 12:09am

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Oops: http://www.sincearsenallastwonatrophy.co.uk/

Feck off...it was an understrength team:rolleyes:...we need to buy a LOT of players in January!!

nerraw1111 · 12-12-2012 11:35pm

Photo finish but was it a fair body check?

http://t.co/XeSXAoVY

copacetic · 12-12-2012 11:48pm

nerraw1111 wrote: »

Photo finish but was it a fair body check?

http://t.co/XeSXAoVY

Can you have a fair shoulder in running? Doubt the guy who was about to win was expecting it and it clearly put his off his stride and made him fall.

robinph · 13-12-2012 1:49am

nerraw1111 wrote: »

Photo finish but was it a fair body check?

http://t.co/XeSXAoVY

Should be disqualified for that as a lot of the comments on the video were saying. No need for it at all.

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