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The A/R Off Topic Thread

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    #4682
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    Chivito550 wrote: »
    So essentially 35 blips for dinner, a drink and entry into a raffle?

    I would have thought such an event appeals to a sprinter :rolleyes:


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    #4683
    Chivito550
    Registered Users Posts: 7,695 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    TFBubendorfer wrote: »
    I would have thought such an event appeals to a sprinter :rolleyes:

    Yeh because 400m runners are lazy right?


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    #4684
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    Chivito550 wrote: »
    Yeh because 400m runners are lazy right?

    So I'm led to believe ... not that I would ever mingle with that kind of crowd :)http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87486003&postcount=11


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    #4685
    BeepBeep67
    Registered Users Posts: 8,082 ✭✭✭BeepBeep67


    57456930.jpg


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    #4686
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users Posts: 19,524 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    ^ Brilliant!


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    #4687
    BeepBeep67
    Registered Users Posts: 8,082 ✭✭✭BeepBeep67


    Great name for a race :D
    http://www.active.com/bay-city-mi/running/distance-running-races/barc-freeze-your-fanny-5k-run-walk-2015


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    #4688
    aero2k
    Registered Users Posts: 1,722 ✭✭✭aero2k


    BeepBeep67 wrote: »
    Great name for a race :D
    http://www.active.com/bay-city-mi/running/distance-running-races/barc-freeze-your-fanny-5k-run-walk-2015

    And another:

    Happy New Year to all the boardsies!


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    #4689
    Chivito550
    Registered Users Posts: 7,695 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    Great article in the Irish Times today about the flaws behind The Irish Heart Foundation's "On The Dry" campaign. Nail on the head below.
    "In general, the campaign can be read as supportive of an all-or-nothing approach to alcohol, with the idea of consumption in moderation failing to get a look-in."

    http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/why-on-the-dry-alcohol-abstinence-campaign-sends-out-the-wrong-message-1.2056763


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    #4690
    dna_leri
    Registered Users Posts: 2,623 ✭✭✭dna_leri


    Surely this is the greatest off-topic zombie thread ever:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=96968


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    #4691
    BeepBeep67
    Registered Users Posts: 8,082 ✭✭✭BeepBeep67


    The magic of the Cup :eek:


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    #4692
    AuldManKing
    Registered Users Posts: 5,236 ✭✭✭AuldManKing


    BeepBeep67 wrote: »
    The magic of the Cup :eek:


    Magic alright - it made Spurs disappear.


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    #4693
    opus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,007 ✭✭✭opus


    Spotted this in the changing room at work last evening, guess someone was in such a rush to get out for their run they forgot about their apple :)

    2147fgy.jpg


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    #4694
    tunguska
    Registered Users Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭tunguska


    I'm sure everyone knows at this stage about the "official" crumlin shopping centre Facebook page. But just in case you didn't, get over there ASAP before its, eh removed.......comedy Gold.


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    #4695
    opus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,007 ✭✭✭opus


    Tokyo’s ‘running police’ help marathon to go smoothly

    JapanRunningCops_large.jpg

    Wonder if we'll see the same sort of thing at other big city marathons?


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    #4696
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    opus wrote: »
    Wonder if we'll see the same sort of thing at other big city marathons?

    The running cop is more likely to spot something strange going on amongst the runners, but would need to be a fairly odd terrorist attacker that tried to do something after running a 40km warmup. It is purely part of the security theatre to try and make people think they are safe, the same as airport security. The people on bikes that you now get around the elites after the crazy Irish bloke in the Greek Olympic Marathon* might actually be a bit more useful as will deter people from doing something silly on the spur of the moment, they have a better view of the crowd and are not going to be so knackered if something does happen. But if crazy bloke decided to do something again, a couple of blokes on bikes are not going to be quick enough to stop him.



    * I am already getting annoyed that I know he will be hanging out beside the GFA start again this year and despite their being a order banning him from any of the London boroughs during the marathon the cops will still just be stood there watching and regular punters will be taking pictures of him so encouraging the nutter, whilst I get annoyed that nobody has punched him in the head yet. :mad:


    <Goes off to sit in a corner quietly for a bit to calm down.>


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    #4697
    opus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,007 ✭✭✭opus


    robinph wrote: »
    * I am already getting annoyed that I know he will be hanging out beside the GFA start again this year and despite their being a order banning him from any of the London boroughs during the marathon the cops will still just be stood there watching and regular punters will be taking pictures of him so encouraging the nutter, whilst I get annoyed that nobody has punched him in the head yet. :mad:


    <Goes off to sit in a corner quietly for a bit to calm down.>

    That nutter is still around :confused: That bit of news surprised me but then when it comes to priests maybe nothing should e.g. Yoga and Indian head massages lead to Satanism, says priest

    Hope you've been able to calm down!


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    #4698
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    opus wrote: »
    That nutter is still around :confused: That bit of news surprised me but then when it comes to priests maybe nothing should e.g. Yoga and Indian head massages lead to Satanism, says priest

    Hope you've been able to calm down!

    Yep, he's been hanging around doing some bad attempt at dancing the last three years beside the GFA start at least. Last year there were a couple of cops stood watching him which was something I guess and better than previous years. He is breaking his ASBO though by being in London that weekend, unless it has now expired or something.


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    #4699
    adrian522
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,129 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    There is a documentary on ITV4 next Tuesday night about Paula Radcliffe at 10pm. Looks interesting enough from the ad for it.


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    #4700
    annapr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,936 ✭✭✭annapr


    I love that the 'off topic' thread seems to be, well, all about, eh... running :) half the training logs are more off topic than this thread!


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    #4701
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    annapr wrote: »
    I love that the 'off topic' thread seems to be, well, all about, eh... running :) half the training logs are more off topic than this thread!

    This belongs in the rant thread, not the Off Topic Thread ;)


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    #4702
    annapr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,936 ✭✭✭annapr


    menoscemo wrote: »
    This belongs in the rant thread, not the Off Topic Thread ;)

    actually it was a rave :p


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    #4703
    gerard_65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭gerard_65


    Was the dress blue/black or white/gold?


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    #4704
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    gerard_65 wrote: »
    Was the dress blue/black or white/gold?

    I just saw it on After Hours there, how can anyone seriously think it's white and gold? :confused:

    Just after watch the LLS for the first time in years. Christ those 5 Eurovision songs were awful. The first one was actually embarrassing.


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    #4705
    gerard_65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭gerard_65


    menoscemo wrote: »
    I just saw it on After Hours there, how can anyone seriously think it's white and gold? :confused:
    Most people in work today said white/gold. I see it as blue/black. It seems about 2/3 people see it white/gold.


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    #4706
    Ososlo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭Ososlo


    gerard_65 wrote: »
    Most people in work today said white/gold. I see it as blue/black. It seems about 2/3 people see it white/gold.

    depends on the photo you're looking at. The one on AH it's blue and black but the one I saw on the news was silver and black.
    The whole thing is really dumb.
    Nobody in the world could think this was anything other than blue and black.
    https://40.media.tumblr.com/a391a1b4b46dd6b498d379e50f96ecbc/tumblr_nkcjuq8Tdr1tnacy1o1_500.jpg


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    #4707
    tang1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,121 ✭✭✭tang1


    Ososlo wrote: »
    depends on the photo you're looking at. The one on AH it's blue and black but the one I saw on the news was silver and black.
    The whole thing is really dumb.
    Nobody in the world could think this was anything other than blue and black.
    https://40.media.tumblr.com/a391a1b4b46dd6b498d379e50f96ecbc/tumblr_nkcjuq8Tdr1tnacy1o1_500.jpg

    White & gold all the way.


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    #4708
    Ososlo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭Ososlo


    tang1 wrote: »
    White & gold all the way.

    are you for real? Do you really see white and gold in that link I posted?

    Are people all looking at that particular photo and not different photos of the same dress? I missed most of the whole thing today.


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    #4709
    gerard_65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭gerard_65


    Ososlo wrote: »
    depends on the photo you're looking at. The one on AH it's blue and black but the one I saw on the news was silver and black.
    The whole thing is really dumb.
    Nobody in the world could think this was anything other than blue and black.
    https://40.media.tumblr.com/a391a1b4b46dd6b498d379e50f96ecbc/tumblr_nkcjuq8Tdr1tnacy1o1_500.jpg
    Thats why everyone is talking about it. You see blue/black, but others are seeing white/gold and can't understand why someone sees blue/black. It depends on how your brain is hard wired.


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    #4710
    Ososlo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭Ososlo


    gerard_65 wrote: »
    Thats why everyone is talking about it. You see blue/black, but others are seeing white/gold and can't understand why someone sees blue/black. It depends on how your brain is hard wired.

    but I did see it on the news and it was silver and black I think, but no blue. It was a video of it on a hanger in a shop and not a photo.
    I'm confused:o


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    #4711
    tang1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,121 ✭✭✭tang1


    Ososlo wrote: »
    are you for real? Do you really see white and gold in that link I posted?

    Are people all looking at that particular photo and not different photos of the same dress? I missed most of the whole thing today.

    Genuinely see white & gold, not a hint of royal blue or black when i look at it.


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