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chupacabra · 22-12-2014 3:55pm

Ah the joy of the midday pint in a quiet killarney pub while everyone outside rushes around in a panic to finish their Christmas shopping. How so many people leave things to the last minute is beyond me.

irishbucsfan · 22-12-2014 4:05pm

chupacabra wrote: »

Ah the joy of the midday pint in a quiet killarney pub while everyone outside rushes around in a panic to finish their Christmas shopping. How so many people leave things to the last minute is beyond me.

Yeah..... those people....

CatFromHue · 22-12-2014 4:13pm

chupacabra wrote: »

Ah the joy of the midday pint in a quiet killarney pub while everyone outside rushes around in a panic to finish their Christmas shopping. How so many people leave things to the last minute is beyond me.

I've got the food, well bar a ham, still have to start on the presents.

I don't have many though, my nieces and nephews can get bent if they think I'm putting myself through buying presents for 6 under 8's.

The last time I spent 4 hours looking for one specific thing for 3 of my nephews and when I gave it to them they just dropped on in the ground, mumbled they didn't like it, and ran away. Saps!

Podge_irl · 22-12-2014 4:57pm

Buer wrote: »

.....in the 4th quarter after a landslide of TDs for both.

(Team name changed)

You, sir, are a jackass.

Zzippy · 22-12-2014 6:09pm

CatFromHue wrote: »

I've got the food, well bar a ham, still have to start on the presents.

I don't have many though, my nieces and nephews can get bent if they think I'm putting myself through buying presents for 6 under 8's.

The last time I spent 4 hours looking for one specific thing for 3 of my nephews and when I gave it to them they just dropped on in the ground, mumbled they didn't like it, and ran away. Saps!

One word. Lego. And if they don't like it, they're weird, and I'll have a good play with it myself...

Swiwi. · 22-12-2014 7:28pm

Joe Cocker RIP

sydthebeat · 22-12-2014 7:50pm

Swiwi. wrote: »

Joe Cocker RIP

Feck!

another one bites the dust.

sydthebeat · 22-12-2014 7:52pm

Swiwi. wrote: »

Joe Cocker RIP

Feck!

another one bites the dust.

Buer · 23-12-2014 10:03am

Commiserations, Podge. I went to bed on Sunday night thinking my season was done. Near 75 points from my last 3 players....it's a Christmas miracle!

mfceiling · 23-12-2014 6:41pm

Ok, this lad is either mad or a genius...probably closer to mad.

The front flip at 6.10 is nuts...

Molester Stallone II · 24-12-2014 9:22am

Survived the 23rd without going drinking...have had 2 near fatal alcohol related accidents on that date previously.
But, on the downside, I have tonsilitis and my wisdom tooth is fckin killing me

mfceiling · 24-12-2014 10:55am

Thinking of heading out to do my christmas shopping this evening...anyone know if any of the Topaz's open late today?

SuprSi · 24-12-2014 11:40am

mfceiling wrote: »

Ok, this lad is either mad or a genius...probably closer to mad.

The front flip at 6.10 is nuts...

That is simply phenomenal! I love mountain biking but I'd hardly walk with full safety gear in some of the places he's cycling! Unbelievable. And as for that flip! I wonder if he got that wrong many times before.

kuang1 · 24-12-2014 11:43am

mfceiling wrote: »

Ok, this lad is either mad or a genius...probably closer to mad.

The front flip at 6.10 is nuts...

Jesus...I literally broke into a sweat watching that...still not the better of it.
Mind blowing.

.ak · 24-12-2014 11:49am

Yeah seen it before. If any of you have tried mountain biking you'll know how difficult it is and even the little things he's doing in the video is astounding. His control on the pedals is unbelievable.

locum-motion · 24-12-2014 8:22pm

Happy Christmas to y'all!

chupacabra · 24-12-2014 9:32pm

When tragic things happen around this time of year it makes you realise how much you take for granted. Stay safe for te holiday boyeens and..... girleens.

phog · 25-12-2014 4:08pm

Daughter got a new phone for Xmas. She's with Meteor.

She's trying to get 4G working but not having much success.

She has 4G coverage, the Meteor plan and Sim Card for a 4 G phone but cannot get phone to work for calls/messages. Doors she need to contact Meteor Support or should she be able to get it working without support.

awec · 25-12-2014 4:38pm

Should just work. Is it a 4G phone?

phog · 25-12-2014 5:14pm

awec wrote: »

Should just work. Is it a 4G phone?

Yes, it's a 4G phone, must be Meteor network just overloaded today.

.ak · 25-12-2014 8:41pm

phog wrote: »

Yes, it's a 4G phone, must be Meteor network just overloaded today.

Could be a dodgy sim. Sim swap should fix it. The meteor stores are open tomorrow for Stephens day.

.ak · 25-12-2014 8:43pm

Also did you buy the phone from meteor?

dregin · 25-12-2014 9:04pm

A mate had a similar problem with a 3 sim. Had the sim replaced twice by the same shop and 4g was broken on both. Issue with sim was confirmed by trying the I'm in another 4g-capable phone. He went to a different 3 store and their sim worked fine.

phog · 25-12-2014 9:13pm

.ak wrote: »

Also did you buy the phone from meteor?

Yes both Sim and Phone purchased from Metoer.

.ak · 25-12-2014 10:59pm

phog wrote: »

Yes both Sim and Phone purchased from Metoer.

Yeah I'd say it's the sim then.

irishbucsfan · 26-12-2014 6:09pm

So I'll be spending the majority of the day in Geneva on my own tomorrow, any Geneva experts recommend anywhere worth going to kill some time?

Podge_irl · 26-12-2014 6:13pm

irishbucsfan wrote: »

So I'll be spending the majority of the day in Geneva on my own tomorrow, any Geneva experts recommend anywhere worth going to kill some time?

Somewhere else.

What kind of thing you looking for?

Podge_irl · 26-12-2014 7:13pm

Geneva is quite quiet this time of year, I'd suggest just heading straight to the Old Town. The cathedral is impressive and there are a few nice museums (there is a good one just beside the cannon guns with a giant model of the old town that I think is quite cool). The old town is quite nice to stroll around in and is a good epicentre for all the museums anyway.

If you wanna have a drink in the old town and it's not too freezing then just sitting outside in Place du Bourg-de-Four in the old town is pleasant enough. Wouldn't be expecting any lively places for a drink though. If you wanna watch any sport I can direct you to the right place.

The lake is nice but not much you can do by it in winter! Will have a further think and get back to you

Swiwi. · 27-12-2014 1:55pm

irishbucsfan wrote: »

So I'll be spending the majority of the day in Geneva on my own tomorrow, any Geneva experts recommend anywhere worth going to kill some time?

Hmmm. The epicentre of Swiss Calvanism during the apogee of the festive season. Risks being a barrel of laughs.

A nice winebar, with a hot fire, a decent book, and try out the local wine. Out of principle (and pain of being otherwise treated as a leper) I must recommend the Valais wines over those of Geneva or Vaud.

Otherwise...it is snowing heavily here, and you could always buy a cheap toboggan and recapture the halycon days of your youth...

awec · 27-12-2014 3:42pm

Anyone know anything about TVs here?

Why is this 50 inch, Smart, 3D, Full HD LED TV only 400 GBP?

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3592326.htm

Edit: feck, out of stock.

mfceiling · 27-12-2014 6:15pm

awec wrote: »

Anyone know anything about TVs here?

Why is this 50 inch, Smart, 3D, Full HD LED TV only 400 GBP?

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3592326.htm

Edit: feck, out of stock.

Richer Sounds forum is your best call Awec...under the "Talk to" forums.

Ridiculously cheap - they have a bricks and mortar store out the back of castlecourt.

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Belfast,+UK/@54.601189,-5.9334628,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sevYSqdG6gE7-iNE71W47wA!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x4860fffdd7d08a3b:0x2e57162cefc7c531

irishbucsfan · 28-12-2014 12:36am

Yeah the snow put the kybosh on my Geneva adventure plans, ended up being heavily delayed so I didn't have enough time to do anything!

I was quite excited to go see CERN, but it's closed

Ah well, I really appreciate the ideas! I ended up spending a few hours reading a book in the airport starbucks (Mansfield's history of the middle east in case anyone is interested

CatFromHue · 28-12-2014 12:38am

History of The Middle East......Yikes, that sounds like it should be a million pages long!

Zzippy · 28-12-2014 1:08am

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Yeah the snow put the kybosh on my Geneva adventure plans, ended up being heavily delayed so I didn't have enough time to do anything!

I was quite excited to go see CERN, but it's closed

Ah well, I really appreciate the ideas! I ended up spending a few hours reading a book in the airport starbucks (Mansfield's history of the middle east in case anyone is interested

The book any good?

awec · 28-12-2014 1:45am

The sucky thing about being at home is the parent's rubbish internet. 4mbps download speed - crap. Want to buy the new Call of Duty, 43GB download would take about 24 hours ffs.

Would be done in less than an hour in my place.

chupacabra · 28-12-2014 5:01pm

awec wrote: »

The sucky thing about being at home is the parent's rubbish internet. 4mbps download speed - crap. Want to buy the new Call of Duty, 43GB download would take about 24 hours ffs.

Would be done in less than an hour in my place.

My parents are moving from the middle of a town to literally the middle of nowhere on the side of a mountain next year. I guess it saves me from the drunk facebook posts.

Molester Stallone II · 28-12-2014 5:56pm

Saw this on the twitter machine, thought thomond might like it, and can he tell me is John Hayes on the left or right ?

Zzippy · 28-12-2014 6:37pm

So we signed a contract today for a wedding venue. Hotel booked. Anything else to do now? :pac:

awec · 28-12-2014 6:38pm

Zzippy wrote: »

So we signed a contract today for a wedding venue. Hotel booked. Anything else to do now? :pac:

Figure out which of us is getting an invite.

Hagz · 28-12-2014 6:45pm

awec wrote: »

The sucky thing about being at home is the parent's rubbish internet. 4mbps download speed - crap. Want to buy the new Call of Duty, 43GB download would take about 24 hours ffs.

Would be done in less than an hour in my place.

I have 40 mbps in my house and it still takes about 12 hours to download a game on my xbox. I started at 4.30 and I'm 9% in.

irishbucsfan · 28-12-2014 7:34pm

awec wrote: »

The sucky thing about being at home is the parent's rubbish internet. 4mbps download speed - crap. Want to buy the new Call of Duty, 43GB download would take about 24 hours ffs.

Would be done in less than an hour in my place.

I have a 1 gig connection, it'd probably be quicker for me to download it, stick it on a CD, and post it to you.

I remember downloading the demo for Age of Empires (the first one) on a 54 kbps dial-up connection. My dad let me do it as a christmas present (because the connection itself probably cost as much as just going out and buying it in a shop).

awec · 28-12-2014 7:58pm

irishbucsfan wrote: »

I have a 1 gig connection, it'd probably be quicker for me to download it, stick it on a CD, and post it to you.

I remember downloading the demo for Age of Empires (the first one) on a 54 kbps dial-up connection. My dad let me do it as a christmas present (because the connection itself probably cost as much as just going out and buying it in a shop).

1gb in your house or your work?

I could go buy it in a shop but I prefer not having discs.

irishbucsfan · 28-12-2014 8:04pm

awec wrote: »

1gb in your house or your work?

I could go buy it in a shop but I prefer not having discs.

In work it's considerably more, but I work in a datacenter so we need that capacity for other things most of the time! I obviously don't need anything like that at home (it's not even really beneficial to have a connection of that speed yet in the UK the vast majority of the time) but a friend runs the very small provider who I use.

irishbucsfan · 28-12-2014 8:07pm

Zzippy wrote: »

The book any good?

Yeah it's quite good, it's a bit divisive: http://www.amazon.com/History-Middle-East-Peter-Mansfield/dp/0786173890

awec · 28-12-2014 8:08pm

irishbucsfan wrote: »

In work it's considerably more, but I work in a datacenter so we need that capacity for other things most of the time! I obviously don't need anything like that at home (it's not even really beneficial to have a connection of that speed yet in the UK the vast majority of the time) but a friend runs the very small provider who I use.

I have the UPC 120 mb connection and it does the job. Once you start going over that sort of speed you start getting limited by things other than the connection itself.

I also used to love Age of Empires, would built big huge fortresses.

mfceiling · 28-12-2014 8:11pm

Zzippy wrote: »

So we signed a contract today for a wedding venue. Hotel booked. Anything else to do now? :pac:

Yep...leave everything else to herself. Seriously they revel in it. My missus would show me 3 or 4 different types of invite.
"Which one do you like MF?"
"This one here"...
"yeah that one is rotten, we are getting this one"...
"well why the fcuk did you ask me in the first place?"

Same for venue, church, suit colours, menu, wine etc...

Congratulations, i think!!

Swiwi. · 28-12-2014 8:45pm

Zzippy wrote: »

So we signed a contract today for a wedding venue. Hotel booked. Anything else to do now? :pac:

Double check the rugby calendar and the planned date :pac:

Zzippy · 28-12-2014 8:49pm

mfceiling wrote: »

Yep...leave everything else to herself. Seriously they revel in it. My missus would show me 3 or 4 different types of invite.
"Which one do you like MF?"
"This one here"...
"yeah that one is rotten, we are getting this one"...
"well why the fcuk did you ask me in the first place?"

Same for venue, church, suit colours, menu, wine etc...

Congratulations, i think!!

Cheers. If only it was that simple. Modern marriage = split the jobs equally apparently...

Swiwi. wrote: »

Double check the rugby calendar and the planned date :pac:

First thing I did! All good.

awec · 28-12-2014 9:09pm

How many years have you been with your significant other Zzippy?

Podge_irl · 28-12-2014 10:03pm

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Yeah the snow put the kybosh on my Geneva adventure plans, ended up being heavily delayed so I didn't have enough time to do anything!

I was quite excited to go see CERN, but it's closed

Ah well, I really appreciate the ideas! I ended up spending a few hours reading a book in the airport starbucks (Mansfield's history of the middle east in case anyone is interested

You get delayed coming into Geneva!??

I work very near the airport and go to the BK beside the Starbucks there a frankly ludicrous amount. If I hadn't returned to the Irish wonderland we could have had a pint!

The LHC, as a science experiment, is closed for a year but obviously the visitor centre is closed for the festive season only. It's exactly 3.5km from my office so its good for a lunch run.

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