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diusmr8a504cvk

I look forward to the thread title saying Happy Birthday to me next Tuesday for mine

Nerdkiller1991

eh i dunno wrote: »

IM at a boring wedding. Help

Be like Hugh Grant and see if you can sleep with Andie MacDowell.

Stereomaniac

Uriah Beautiful Self-denial wrote: »

What type of music? I won't be there but I'm curious

We get told that we sound like Sonic Youth and Pavement a lot, so I guess that type?

eh i dunno

Lithium93_ wrote: »

The bar is your friend

The bed is now my friend

Stereomaniac

The never being able to sleep until this time of the morning isn't my friend. God-damn wrestling.

connemara man

Has anyone used parcel motel? I have ordered some stuff and am wondering will I get notified when they land in Belfast or when it gets delivered to my collection point?

JP Liz V1

connemara man wrote: »

Has anyone used parcel motel? I have ordered some stuff and am wondering will I get notified when they land in Belfast or when it gets delivered to my collection point?

I got a text message when there were at my collection point not the NI address

Stereomaniac

A friend of mine was raving about them, saying it's a great service. They seem pretty reasonable.

Diabhal Beag

connemara man wrote: »

Has anyone used parcel motel? I have ordered some stuff and am wondering will I get notified when they land in Belfast or when it gets delivered to my collection point?

You can track it online but you get a text or email alert when it arrives at your selected spot. Love it as my job means I'm never at home and rarely at the office.

Lord TSC

I think I've had a picture emailed to me when it arrives in N.Ireland once or twice, but yeah, usually a text on the morning it drops into the box.

Great service. One right beside the Tesco I go to regularly so usually not out of my way, and can often be cheaper to get "free P&P" on Amazon to NI and use Parcel Motel

connemara man

cool I'm building a computer and had to put a few parts I wanted through parcel motel and I'm starting to get nervous about the parts, I spent a bit more than I have on technology in ages

2 of the items aren't tracking proper for me aswell

diusmr8a504cvk

connemara man wrote: »

cool I'm building a computer and had to put a few parts I wanted through parcel motel and I'm starting to get nervous about the parts, I spent a bit more than I have on technology in ages

2 of the items aren't tracking proper for me aswell

So what are the PC Specs and what case did you buy?

connemara man

Quad core Intel i7
16 gig ram crucial ballistix
Gigabyte series 9 motherboard
Corsair carbide 500r case
250gig ssd
SVGA EVGA GT740 SC 2048MB motherboard
The case and power supply are my worries at the moment about delivery.

diusmr8a504cvk

Couldn't help but think of this



But seriously, nice rig hope you get on alright with the power supply and case

connemara man

ha ha I know I felt it writing it out.

I need a rig for editing so it will do the job nicely

diusmr8a504cvk

connemara man wrote: »

ha ha I know I felt it writing it out.

I need a rig for editing so it will do the job nicely

Editing as in YouTube videos or something else? Sorry if I'm diving head first into your private life

connemara man

Uriah Beautiful Self-denial wrote: »

Editing as in YouTube videos or something else? Sorry if I'm diving head first into your private life

not at all I'm a free lance editor music videos short movies and stuff.

also trying to get into a bit of graphic work and script writing so I need a bit of a strong machine

diusmr8a504cvk

connemara man wrote: »

not at all I'm a free lance editor music videos short movies and stuff.

also trying to get into a bit of graphic work and script writing so I need a bit of a strong machine

Ah cool that seems like a nice occupation, you play any bit of games on the side?

connemara man

xbox only really and casually at that

and on a mac gaming isn't great...

diusmr8a504cvk

Bro you could probably run a lot of stuff on that PC but that's up to you of course, thanks for answering all my questions

gimmick

eh i dunno wrote: »

IM at a boring wedding. Help

who the bloody hell gets married on a Tuesday?

connemara man

Uriah Beautiful Self-denial wrote: »

Bro you could probably run a lot of stuff on that PC but that's up to you of course, thanks for answering all my questions

Im contemplating a duel boot alright for gaming and stuff

Stereomaniac

What part of Connemara are you from, Connemara Man? I'm not sure if I asked you that before.

jaykhunter

gimmick wrote: »

who the bloody hell gets married on a Tuesday?

I'm thinking the bar tab would be substantially less! But God help anyone coming in from overseas having to get 2-3 days off work because of a Tuesday wedding.

Stereomaniac

The last wedding I went to I didn't even bother going to the reception. Now it was a free for all kind of arrangement, so I wasn't after costing them money for a seat but I just couldn't.

connemara man

Stereomaniac wrote: »

What part of Connemara are you from, Connemara Man? I'm not sure if I asked you that before.

Nearest place to me that people would know is spidal and I'm another half hour out the coast Rd further back than that.

gimmick

jaykhunter wrote: »

I'm thinking the bar tab would be substantially less! But God help anyone coming in from overseas having to get 2-3 days off work because of a Tuesday wedding.

At least people coming from overseas would probably eb taking a few days off anyway. If it were me you would need to take a Tuesday and a wednesday off. What a waste of holiday leave.

Dancor

gimmick wrote: »

who the bloody hell gets married on a Tuesday?

I'm getting married on a Monday :P Next month actually.

Although it is abroad, so whatever day it is doesn't matter to us.

Hashtag_HEEL

I'm giving a TEDx talk on sexism in geek culture later in the month and I was wondering if any of you lads/lasses have any opinions on it? (Wrasslin' is included)

jaykhunter

Hashtag_HEEL wrote: »

I'm giving a TEDx talk on sexism in geek culture later in the month and I was wondering if any of you lads/lasses have any opinions on it? (Wrasslin' is included)

Congratulations mate, that's brilliant! If it's recorded please link it when it's up.

I can only really speak of videogames. As a generality, I think videogames are sexist, in that they're promoted using women as sex appeal (gigantic breasts, skimpy armour etc) but I also think the recent games with strong female characters are overlooked in the conversation (e.g. Ellie from The Last Of Us, Clem from The Walking Dead, even Crystal Dynamics' Lara Croft had her smallest bust-size and a dismissal of any kind of titillation). I also feel the debate has been used as an excuse to spew hatred towards any kind of celebrity or public figure by the anonymous internet masses.