The all new and only slightly recycled off topic thread (read post 1)

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

.ak wrote: »

Ha, you sure they're DOMs and you just haven't pulled everything?

haha, I was walking up Grafton street on saturday and my calves kept spasming at random times. It looked like I was doing some sort of weird jug up the street

awec

.ak wrote: »

Can you even find lycra that's small enough to be tight on you? :pac:

I've to wear medium in lycra bib shorts.

Pudsy33

awec wrote: »

I've to wear medium in lycra bib shorts.

Cycling gear is bizarrely tiny, I bought XL despite the fact I'm fairly average.

awec

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Cycling gear is bizarrely tiny, I bought XL despite the fact I'm fairly average.

Yea it's weirdly sized, that's why I find buying online to be a risk.

I found the difference between S and M to be just the length.

justsomebloke

Can we please change the topic before some of the more delicate posters need to go to mental image hospital

awec

Nothing wrong with a bit of lycra justsomebloke.

Actually surprising how much you need the lycra shorts when you're on a bike. Without the gel padded bit around the arse you'd have a very sore hole at the end of it.

justsomebloke

awec wrote: »

Nothing wrong with a bit of lycra justsomebloke

If you were to see me in lycra your opinion would change VERY RAPIDLY!!!!!

.ak

justsomebloke wrote: »

If you were to see me in lycra your opinion would change VERY RAPIDLY!!!!!

Pic or GTFO

Podge_irl

awec wrote: »

Nothing wrong with a bit of lycra justsomebloke.

Actually surprising how much you need the lycra shorts when you're on a bike. Without the gel padded bit around the arse you'd have a very sore hole at the end of it.

I did a 170k loop around the lake last summer. It wasn't padded enough.

justsomebloke

.ak wrote: »

Pic or GTFO

ok I'll have to buy some first, so can someone give me a link to cheap (but semi decent) shorts

awec

justsomebloke wrote: »

ok I'll have to buy some first, so can someone give me a link to cheap (but semi decent) shorts

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/cannondale-bethel-71-bibshort-2m218/rp-prod110217

Do the job alright!

Bib shorts are better than just shorts.

molloyjh

justsomebloke wrote: »

ok I'll have to buy some first, so can someone give me a link to cheap (but semi decent) shorts

Don't forget the NSFW tag....

P_1

Clermont is some bloody town. Sadly cafe pascal was closed but other pubs filled the void. I'm sat in paris in a dazed state as a consequence though...

awec

Got a letter today from UPC to say they are upgrading me from 50MB/s to 120MB/s!

ScissorPaperRock

awec wrote: »

Got a letter today from UPC to say they are upgrading me from 50MB/s to 120MB/s!

Awwwww yeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

ssaye2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlvlwG9jCv4

.ak

Ahahahha the last one! You can't say that Nick! Ahahahahah

irishbucsfan

"You cant eat chickens before they hatch"

Inspector Coptoor

.ak wrote: »

Anyone here cycle heads? Anyone have experience with either Giant or Cube?

I got a Giant Defy 2 road bike a year ago.
Use it to commute to work (100km per week) & the odd 50-100km spin aswell.
It cost €1k on the Bike to work scheme, will be paid off shortly and has saved me a fortune on bus fares and helped me drop from 108kg to 98kg.
I've had zero trouble with the bike itself, got a lot of punctures for a while but then upgraded to Continental Gatorskins €40 each, and haven't looked back since.

Ugo, what lifts you doing with GVT?

I'm doing a German Body Comp programme at the moment.
Going reasonably well.

awec

The Nick Cummins video is great :pac:

pickarooney

He's not actually hideous without the moustache.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Jesus True Detective is some show

.ak

Didn't get a chance to watch EP6 last night cuz I was wrecked from training. Looking forward to seeing it tonight.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

.ak wrote: »

Didn't get a chance to watch EP6 last night cuz I was wrecked from training. Looking forward to seeing it tonight.

Don't watch it with the missus.....................................

.ak

Ha, I'd be in trouble if I didn't.

justsomebloke

.ak wrote: »

Ha, I'd be in trouble if I didn't.

Would it be a ballonable offence?

.ak

justsomebloke wrote: »

Would it be a ballonable offence?

... I'm not sure I want to know what that word means.

justsomebloke

.ak wrote: »

... I'm not sure I want to know what that word means.

will she send more ballons into your office if your watch it without her

.ak

justsomebloke wrote: »

will she send more ballons into your office if your watch it without her

Ah Jesus, thanks for reminding me.

Still need to think of a revenge plan....

Hagz

Why don't you do something romantic? Like take her up on a hot air ballon.

dregin

define:balon - "the ability to appear effortlessly suspended while performing movements during a jump."

This is not something I would object to appearing in my office.

.ak

Hagz wrote: »

Why don't you do something romantic? Like take her up on a hot air ballon.

And throw her off it? I like it.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Hot air balloon eh?

molloyjh

Hagz wrote: »

Why don't you do something romantic? Like take her up on a hot air ballon.

.ak wrote: »

And throw her off it? I like it.

And here was me thinking of a romantic balloon ride where you jump out as it's taking off leaving her on her own for the whole thing, not grevious bodily harm or murder. Either you really don't like balloons or you need to have a long hard look at your relationship ak.....

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience wrote: »

Hot air balloon eh?

I really wanted that to be real.

dregin

Just been made aware of the benefits of beoir.org membership!

http://www.beoir.org/index.php/beoir-membership/membership-benefits

For €10, you're certainly getting bang for your buck. Especially if you're doing any home brews of your own.

The 10% discount on drinkstore.ie orders alone makes it worth my while.

awec

That reminds me that I have a cupboard full of craft beers that I got before christmas.

irishbucsfan

awec wrote: »

That reminds me that I have a cupboard full of craft beers that I got before christmas.

So do I! There's never a good enough opportunity for me to drink em, but they're lovely red ales from the Marlow Rebellion brewery around the corner. Problem is work or rugby always rudely overlaps with nights where I can sit at home and drink them in peace.

awec

I have a load of different ones that I got as part of a craft beer selection box type thing. I keep meaning to drink them but they are the sort of thing you need to sit back and enjoy rather than firing them in to you during a match on the TV.

I do enjoy a beer with my dinner, but use the cheapo Heineken for that usually!

justsomebloke

awec wrote: »

That reminds me that I have a cupboard full of craft beers that I got before christmas.

keeping spares in case the Harp ran out?

awec

justsomebloke wrote: »

keeping spares in case the Harp ran out?

Haven't had a Harp in months!

Have you tried it yet ?

justsomebloke

awec wrote: »

Haven't had a Harp in months!

Have you tried it yet ?

god no, but mostly that's down to the fact I don't really drink anymore. Bought a tray of Heineken for christmas and I still have over half of it left for feck sake ( the whiskey and captain morgan haven't fared so well though)

justsomebloke

Paul O'Connell has been lying to us the whole time!!!!!!

CatFromHue

About 2 weeks before I moved out of my last place the landlord installed Pinergy.

It worked out at about 1euro a day was the standing charge ie without turning on 1 electrical appliance you've to pay 1euro a day. To put that in perspective my previous bill from ESB was 56 euro for 63 days......

.ak

justsomebloke wrote: »

Paul O'Connell has been lying to us the whole time!!!!!!

I knew it.

CatFromHue

We were meant to have an Eircom Technician call out to install their eVision bundle today. They never did and I've spent the afternoon on and off the phone trying to find out what's happening.........they've no idea.

I shall be sampling some craft beer tonight I think!!

awec

Journos and other people who know the rules of the English language out there...

This is wrong, right?

matthew8

awec wrote: »

Journos and other people who know the rules of the English language out there...

This is wrong, right?

Yes it is wrong.

Buer

There's no official grammatical rule stating that it's unacceptable, that I'm aware of.

Some teachers will say that it is an eyesore but it is actually fine, grammatically.

A general rule of thumb is to think of how you'd pronounce it. If you'd say aloud Williams's (phonetically Williamses) then it's fine to write it as an additional 's.

There are proper nouns, however, that don't have that. For example, "Sarah Connors' son was mates with the terminator". You wouldn't pronounce it "Connorses" so the sole apostrophe would generally be the way to go.

In short, there's no black and white.

CatFromHue

I'd go with whatever the Terminator thinks is right myself.

irishbucsfan

CatFromHue wrote: »

I'd go with whatever the Terminator thinks is right myself.

What if Nick Williams disagrees with you?