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gnfnrhead

Rjd2 wrote: »

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

Sad thing is, it isnt as bad as I expected.

gimmick

Its self aware which makes it even worse.

Friday is an ironic classic. Saturday is just shíte.

Rjd2

Friday was good fun and no worse than anything Jessie J or Katy Perry will ever do. Saturday sadly is quite dull.:(

Sunday will be probably be a bit more hip hoppy.

CastorTroy

She's the new Whigfield going from "Saturday Night" to "Another Day"

Of course Rebecca can get multiple albums out of it by working her way through months and seasons as well.

Rebecca Black - The Seasonal Album

Hashtag_HEEL

Just back from the Hobbit Premiere! Fantastic film, would recommend it to everyone!

GTR63

Hashtag_HEEL wrote: »

Just back from the Hobbit Premiere! Fantastic film, would recommend it to everyone!

Might go to see it next Friday (should I pre book a ticket?) If I don't see it by then it'll be a dvd watch tbh.

Lord TSC

Youtube rewind! Marked for the Slow Mo Guys with the Vav t-shirt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7jtC8vjXw8

EdK

Anyone use Shopto.net? Had a PS4 on order there since October 19th and it went to backorder and they assured me I'd have it before Christmas only to cancel the order today telling me they can no longer ship outside the UK despite originally charging me £21 for the privilege. I am beyond pissed off right now. Unreal!!!

cena

What is the imax like in dublin . Brother wants to see the hobbit. Is it expensive to go into. I would have to drive up from galway.

beakerjoe

Never been to it myself, but would like to go, its in cineworld isn't it?

Liked the big screen in the Odeon in Point village myself and the butter popcorn lures me in

jaykhunter

Cineworld is bigger but odeon has better audio system. Recommend Cineworld due to location and screen size. Go see the hobbit 2! If they offer 60fps 3D then do it! Crazy tech screening experience!

cena

jaykhunter wrote: »

Cineworld is bigger but odeon has better audio system. Recommend Cineworld due to location and screen size. Go see the hobbit 2! If they offer 60fps 3D then do it! Crazy tech screening experience!

It is in 3d. Ten past 11 showing friday is the only left.

where abouts is cineworld?

beakerjoe

cena wrote: »

It is in 3d. Ten past 11 showing friday is the only left.

where abouts is cineworld?

Parnell St

end of O'Connell st , turn left at the ambassador and its straight down on your right hand side

cena

beakerjoe wrote: »

Parnell St

end of O'Connell st , turn left at the ambassador and its straight down on your right hand side

Is there parking

beakerjoe

Yes there is my friend, at the back of the cinema is the entrance to the car park.

cena

beakerjoe wrote: »

Yes there is my friend, at the back of the cinema is the entrance to the car park.

Thank you, 16 euro to see the movie. I wouldn't pay more than ten euro in athlone to see the film

Rjd2

Only heard this for the first time earlier, new kate Bush i think.:D

CastorTroy

Like a cross between Friday and Fast Food Song, with guest appearance from a certain bear in disguise.

Lord TSC

So...Dara O Briain announced on Twitter that he's doing a Panel Reunion show at Vicar street in February. Tickets on sale Monday.

On my brother's birthday too, so that's his present sorted :P

GTR63

Bought DVDs from Amazon yesterday(tried my damndest to get them in a shop but to no avail) for about £45 and they charged me £10 in VAT. What i`m wondering is if they normally charge that for everything (Games, Books , Electronics). Just find it a bit steep is all...

Lord TSC

I tend to find that even counting VAT and P&P, amazon tends to work out far cheaper when it comes to buying books.

GTR63

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

I tend to find that even counting VAT and P&P, amazon tends to work out far cheaper when it comes to buying books.

Apparently kids clothes, groceries, safety equiptment & books are exempt from VAT but everything else is 23%

Charisteas

Check out http://www.bookdepository.com/ , UK based online book dealer, they have free worldwide shipping, not sure about VAT though.

eh i dunno

Charisteas wrote: »

Check out http://www.bookdepository.com/ , UK based online book dealer, they have free worldwide shipping, not sure about VAT though.

Never charge me VAT and good prices on books too

beakerjoe

Charisteas wrote: »

Check out http://www.bookdepository.com/ , UK based online book dealer, they have free worldwide shipping, not sure about VAT though.

This made me think of the Texas Cheesecake Depository :pac:

Charisteas

Joey Jordison has left Slipknot

beakerjoe

Charisteas wrote: »

Joey Jordison has left Slipknot

Really, jesus you go to sleep and wake up to this before xmas shopping... Gonna be a bad day me thinks.

What happened?

Charisteas

beakerjoe wrote: »

Really, jesus you go to sleep and wake up to this before xmas shopping... Gonna be a bad day me thinks.

What happened?

They wrote

To our Maggots and fans around the world, It is with great pain but quiet respect, that for personal reasons Joey Jordison and Slipknot are parting ways. We all wish Joey the best in whatever his future holds. We understand that many of you will want to know how and why this has come to be, and we will do our best to respond to these questions in the near future. It is our love for all of you, as well as for the music we create, that spurs us to continue on and move forward with our plans for releasing new material in the next year. We hope that all of you will come to understand this, and we appreciate your continued support while we plan the next phase of the future of Slipknot. Thank you, The ‘Knot

Think they have a new album coming out in early 2014, hope it doesn't delay that.

beakerjoe

Charisteas wrote: »

They wrote



Think they have a new album coming out in early 2014, hope it doesn't delay that.

Sounds like a Johnny Ace "future endeavour" speech!

People Power

JP Liz V1

That bloody Central Remedial Clinic scandal is making me wary of donating to charities now, not that we donate a lot at home but we always give to 3 or 4 causes yearly :mad: I think I might donate my time instead

Charisteas

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

That bloody Central Remedial Clinic scandal is making me wary of donating to charities now, not that we donate a lot at home but we always give to 3 or 4 causes yearly :mad: I think I might donate my time instead

I only donate to animal charities, generally because I don't like people but the DSPCA are a great cause if you have a little change left over after the Xmas ballyhoo. They also have a lovely site in Rathfarmham, at the bottom of the Dublin mountains which visitors are welcome to stroll around the site.

Hashtag_HEEL

I volunteer with the st.John ambulance year round. Great fun and very educational!

eh i dunno

Had a monthly direct debit to charity for over 4 years but after the crc scandal I cancelled as that's who I was currently donating to. Sickened to see where my money went. Would love to go into temple street and buy toys for sick kids than feed greedy charity fat cats any longer

Diabhal Beag

I'd rather donate my time than my money when I'm not 100% sure if even 20% would end up going to the actual cause rather than admin fees. You'd be surprised how sleazy some of the biggest charities can be.

GTR63

You just can't trust any crowd nowdays, some of them are the lowest of the low. Its sad(yet understandable) to hear people being put off donating when they need it most.

Lord TSC

The whole Ian Watkins story has me annoyed and upset.

When I was 15, a friend of mine died. He loved LostProhpets, playing their music constantly, to such an extent that a song was even played at his funeral. As such, I always related their stuff to him, in both a sad way but also a happy way, remembering the memories.

But now....now those songs are ruined. Don't get me wrong, I know thats trivial compared to the lives he ruined, and while I'm mostly desensitized to these sorts of story, I really can't believe how vile he was. But it just upsets me so much that I can never really listen to those songs again, even for the nostalgia, cause of what he's done.

beakerjoe

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

The whole Ian Watkins story has me annoyed and upset.

When I was 15, a friend of mine died. He loved LostProhpets, playing their music constantly, to such an extent that a song was even played at his funeral. As such, I always related their stuff to him, in both a sad way but also a happy way, remembering the memories.

But now....now those songs are ruined. Don't get me wrong, I know thats trivial compared to the lives he ruined, and while I'm mostly desensitized to these sorts of story, I really can't believe how vile he was. But it just upsets me so much that I can never really listen to those songs again, even for the nostalgia, cause of what he's done.

Yeah the music of the band is now unlistenable. As you say it is trivial in the grand scheme of things but I liked alot of their work. Shame it will only remind me what a monster Watkins is.

JP Liz V1

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

The whole Ian Watkins story has me annoyed and upset.

When I was 15, a friend of mine died. He loved LostProhpets, playing their music constantly, to such an extent that a song was even played at his funeral. As such, I always related their stuff to him, in both a sad way but also a happy way, remembering the memories.

But now....now those songs are ruined. Don't get me wrong, I know thats trivial compared to the lives he ruined, and while I'm mostly desensitized to these sorts of story, I really can't believe how vile he was. But it just upsets me so much that I can never really listen to those songs again, even for the nostalgia, cause of what he's done.

Castration is even too good for him

Furious-Red

Agreed what Watkins done is horrendous and 35 years is not enough especially some of the comments he made during the trial . But i will still listen to LP music if it comes on my i tunes since imo as bad and disgusting stuff ian did the band (not just ian) made some good music imo.

Having said that if people like yourselves feel uncomfortable listening to their music its totally up the each person

beakerjoe

Furious-Red wrote: »

Agreed what Watkins done is horrendous and 35 years is not enough especially some of the comments he made during the trial . But i will still listen to LP music if it comes on my i tunes since imo as bad and disgusting stuff ian did the band (not just ian) made some good music imo.

Having said that if people like yourselves feel uncomfortable listening to their music its totally up the each person

It just reminds me of the what hes done. Same way Gary Glittlers My Gang reminds me of what hes done.

I feel sorry for his band mates in LP, their work will be forever tarnished which is unfair on them.

waltersobchak

Furious-Red wrote: »

Agreed what Watkins done is horrendous and 35 years is not enough especially some of the comments he made during the trial . But i will still listen to LP music if it comes on my i tunes since imo as bad and disgusting stuff ian did the band (not just ian) made some good music imo.

Having said that if people like yourselves feel uncomfortable listening to their music its totally up the each person

Reminds me of the way that people still think of Chris Benoit.. Some can still watches his matches and separate the man from the character.. I guess its the same with Lostprophets music as well.. At the end of the day he was only one part of the music i guess. Utter Scumbag though

Angron

wrt Benoit, I still watch old matches he's had in PPVs and the like. Guy was a great wrestler. I'll probably never listen to LP again though, but I didn't really listen to them before so it's kind of a moot point.

cena

I.m over a month waiting for my new sky viewing card to come. I have had the new sky box 3 weeks.

I rang up one day to see what was happening with the card the feckers cancelled that card and sent out a new one. I have since got the cancelled card which I rang up to see if it could be reactivated.

I was told once cancelled the card is no good. Such a had service.

Diabhal Beag

Not another Diabhal Beag HDMI question!

So I got a lovely HDMI cable there. Worked lovely with my cheap Acer. Now I'm having a problem with my Panasonic Viera TV. When I connect the HDMI to the HDMI1 port all is right in the world. But when it's put into HDMI2 it won't work. I've moved the Sky HDMI cable down to HDMI2 and it works but I usually have that in the HDMI1 port because my parents are thick when it comes to technology.

Please help before the darts get proper serious for Christmas.

gerTheGreat

This might be an option for you. I bought a HDMI splitter for my parents' TV. When they turn on the TV, it's set to the HDMI channel that the splitter is plugged into. Their UPC box, DVD player and the younger brother's xbox are all plugged into the splitter. When the DVD player or xbox is turned on, the splitter automatically switches to that feed and switches back to the UPC DVR once the DVD player/ xbox has been turned off again. Net result is much less need for the remote and a simpler experience for my folks. I bought the splitter from cables.ie, but I'd suspect that DID, Argos or Powercity would all carry them.

Diabhal Beag

Another classy Ger. Thanks very much.

JP Liz V1

Be careful on the roads all


Watching Elf by a cosy fire, never tire of that film

Lord TSC

Never seen Elf. Always thought it looked silly.

But my God, everyone seems to be raving about it this Xmas Must give it a try.

JP Liz V1

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

Never seen Elf. Always thought it looked silly.

But my God, everyone seems to be raving about it this Xmas Must give it a try.

I'd recommend Elf to all

Angron

If there's one thing Elf taught me, it's that Zooey Deschanel looks really different without a fringe.