Off Topic Thread too point uh

BBDBB

Birdie birdie finish needed. I can't seem him doing it

thomond2006

Peter Alliss is a ligind.

BBDBB

Spieth looking anxious over it

He missed

It's willet

awec

Spieth is an incredibly boring player to watch. The grass grows quicker than he actually plays.

BBDBB

Great entertainment
Some fantastic golf

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

awec wrote: »

Spieth is an incredibly boring player to watch. The grass grows quicker than he actually plays.

He's trying to make the round last forever so he doesn't have to hand over the jacket.

swiwi_

Teferi wrote: »

True. It's a pity nobody is putting it up to him though, Majors that are locked up this early are a bit boring.

Ah Teferi. Bless you.

BBDBB

He's slow, which is annoying but his shot execution is generally superb

thomond2006

For a Fuddy-Duddy game, it's brutal.

- Peter Alliss

BBDBB

Well done Danny Willet
Good to see the spoils being shared about

Teferi

swiwi_ wrote: »

Ah Teferi. Bless you.

I got exactly what I wanted so I'm delighted!

Teferi

Oh god, jacket ceremony always gives us an awkward moment or two!

Synode

Teferi wrote: »

Oh god, jacket ceremony always gives us an awkward moment or two!

It was particularly cringy. Spieth looked like he wanted to murder them all

swiwi_

Some light reading for the forum...

Yeah_Right

swiwi_ wrote: »

Some light reading for the forum...

So glad we don't have to deal with women on this forum

swiwi_

Yeah_Right wrote: »

So glad we don't have to deal with women on this forum

Personally I wish there were more black muslim gay females on the forum.

But you have to work with what you've got I suppose.

irishbucsfan

Yeah_Right wrote: »

So glad we don't have to deal with women on this forum

I was going to make an obvious joke here but I feel we've hit the quota for anti-kiwi jokes for the short-term

wp_rathead

Yeah_Right wrote: »

So glad we don't have to deal with women on this forum

Stentho and CatFromHue no?

I accidentally stumbled upon r/theredpill on reddit
Oh my gawd - what an absolute cesspool of a place

Zzippy

Ugh, the fear of knowing you have work in the morning for the first time in nearly 5 weeks...

Stheno

wp_rathead wrote: »

Stentho and CatFromHue no?

I accidentally stumbled upon r/theredpill on reddit
Oh my gawd - what an absolute cesspool of a place

There's a few more :pac:

At least four more I can think of

swiwi_

Zzippy wrote: »

Ugh, the fear of knowing you have work in the morning for the first time in nearly 5 weeks...

Especially when you're already totally shagged after the honeymoon...

The Pheasant2

swiwi_ wrote: »

Especially when you're already totally shagged after the honeymoon...

Emphasis on the "shagged" oi oi :P

Zzippy

swiwi_ wrote: »

Especially when you're already totally shagged after the honeymoon...

Worn out, swiwi...

wp_rathead

Stheno wrote: »

There's a few more :pac:

At least four more I can think of

I'm sure there are, ye only two I know though

swiwi_

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

Emphasis on the "shagged" oi oi :P

I was referring to zzippy holidaying in NZ and no doubt paying a visit to any number of NZ's bird sanctuaries, of which the shag is a prevalent species.

Of course, someone always has to lower the tone of the thread with not too subtle sexual innuendo.

How zzippy and the now Mrs zzippy spent their horizontal moments in NZ does not concern me.

Zzippy

swiwi_ wrote: »

I was referring to zzippy holidaying in NZ and no doubt paying a visit to any number of NZ's bird sanctuaries, of which the shag is a prevalent species.

Of course, someone always has to lower the tone of the thread with not too subtle sexual innuendo.

How zzippy and the now Mrs zzippy spent their horizontal moments in NZ does not concern me.

Indeed, as keen twitchers we notched up kiwis, hawks, a penguin or two and plenty of shags, which are easily found in NZ...

swiwi_

Zzippy wrote: »

Indeed, as keen twitchers we notched up kiwis, hawks, a penguin or two and plenty of shags, which are easily found in NZ...

And (being serious) did you hear the Moreporks?

I miss that sound which always makes me think of camping out in the NZ wild.

(sheds a tear).

Stheno

swiwi_ wrote: »

And (being serious) did you hear the Moreporks?

I miss that sound which always makes me think of camping out in the NZ wild.

(sheds a tear).

Shags, twitchers, moreporks.......


Has pinkfairy hacked a few accounts on here?:pac:

swiwi_

Stheno wrote: »

Shags, twitchers, moreporks.......


Has pinkfairy hacked a few accounts on here?:pac:

Ok you've lost me there.

If a Morepork is anything other than a cute little NZ owl clearly my childhood was too sheltered...

irishbucsfan

Those puny super rugby backs could do with more pork

CatFromHue

wp_rathead wrote: »

Stentho and CatFromHue no?

I accidentally stumbled upon r/theredpill on reddit
Oh my gawd - what an absolute cesspool of a place

Lol what?

What makes you think I'm a woman?

I'm all man baby :cool:

chupacabra

I've been away from Ireland for some time now on and off. But goodness me Zaytoon's is always amazing.

pickarooney

swiwi_ wrote: »

Some light reading for the forum...

I can't imagine why anyone would respond to Jessica Valenti's thoughtful, balanced writing with anything other than admiration.

wp_rathead

CatFromHue wrote: »

Lol what?

What makes you think I'm a woman?

I'm all man baby :cool:

Haha whoops
Who the feck am I thinking of so?

Buer

CatFromHue wrote: »

Lol what?

What makes you think I'm a woman?

I'm all man baby :cool:

I was really questioning everything I thought I knew of this forum for a minute there.

CatFromHue

CatFromHue wrote: »

Lol what?

What makes you think I'm a woman?

I'm all man baby :cool:

A man baby?

thomond2006

So how does this LUAS dispute end?

thomond2006

thomond2006 wrote: »

So how does this LUAS dispute end?

badly

Zzippy

thomond2006 wrote: »

So how does this LUAS dispute end?

With an epic fight scene

Synode

Don't think they have much public support at all. First with their ridiculous 50%+ initial claim then rejecting a generous offer of up to 18%. They're being completely unreasonable and imo we can't let a group of workers hold the capital to ransom. I'm at the stage where I think they should all be sacked and replaced with people who want to work. They'll have nobody to blame but themselves

dregin

Synode wrote: »

Don't think they have much public support at all. First with their ridiculous 50%+ initial claim then rejecting a generous offer of up to 18%. They're being completely unreasonable and imo we can't let a group of workers hold the capital to ransom. I'm at the stage where I think they should all be sacked and replaced with people who want to work. They'll have nobody to blame but themselves

There's an AWFUL lot of mis-information going on about this in the media. Don't have it to hand, but if you do a bit of googling there's a breakdown of what they're actually looking for. While I was initially pretty skeptical of their requests, I reeled that in after doing a bit of research.

Transdev are going to regret putting staff on protective notice.

awec

Their requests are insane. If they get it then Luas price hikes will follow.

I don't think I've ever seen a strike with so little public support, they are literally holding the Dublin commuters to ransom.

SIPTU need their wings clipped too. I reckon they thought Transdev wouldn't have the balls for the fight and have been giving bad advice to the drivers. Doubt they predicted how little support they'd be able to drum up either.

There are ulterior motives at play here and SIPTU keep running to the government to sort it out which is kind of like the school bully running to the teacher when the person they have been bullying hits them back.

irishbucsfan

I have this great idea. We can do a "Lockout". And then maybe some chancer can write a good poem about it afterwards.

"Was it for this the wild geese spread
The grey wing upon every tide;
For this that all that blood was shed,
For this Edward Fitzgerald died,
And Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone,
All that delirium of the brave?
Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
It's with O'Leary in the grave."

awec

Beautiful, beautiful ibf.

Do you write much poetry?

irishbucsfan

awec wrote: »

Beautiful, beautiful ibf.

Do you write much poetry?

I do yeah, mostly in very longform prose in threads in response to emmet's posts, it's more akin to an art installation mind you.

dregin

dregin wrote: »

There's an AWFUL lot of mis-information going on about this in the media. Don't have it to hand, but if you do a bit of googling there's a breakdown of what they're actually looking for. While I was initially pretty skeptical of their requests, I reeled that in after doing a bit of research.

Transdev are going to regret putting staff on protective notice.

If you could be so kind as to direct us that would be superb. I've been following it for quite some time, and what I have seen ties very very closely to what the media has portrayed.

I'd be extremely interested in seeing the 'real info' that might be available elsewhere.

This was illuminating for me - http://transdevireland.ie/assets/files/Claim%20For%20Transdev%20Employees-%202.pdf

I posted it previously, broken into what that kind of claim actually amounts to per employee at each level - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=99009602&postcount=520

I believe that the presence of a third-party independent accessor of the claim costs is worth noting too...

The cost of the Unions claims have been verified independently by Mazars

awec

irishbucsfan wrote: »

I do yeah, mostly in very longform prose in threads in response to emmet's posts, it's more akin to an art installation mind you.

Emmet and ibf,
Sitting in a tree,
k-i-s-s-i-n-g,
emmet said to ibf will you mate with me,
ibf says yes certainly.

I am also a poet it seems.

Zzippy

irishbucsfan wrote: »

I do yeah, mostly in very longform prose in threads in response to emmet's posts, it's more akin to an art installation mind you.

I'd actually describe it as a whole other genre. Have you considered applying for a grant, or artist's tax exemption?

irishbucsfan

awec wrote: »

Emmet and ibf,
Sitting in a tree,
k-i-s-s-i-n-g,
emmet said to ibf will you mate with me,
ibf says yes certainly.

I am also a poet it seems.

Is this an intentional butchery of a childhood classic or is this actually how kids north of the wall say it?

Buer

dregin wrote: »

There's an AWFUL lot of mis-information going on about this in the media. Don't have it to hand, but if you do a bit of googling there's a breakdown of what they're actually looking for. While I was initially pretty skeptical of their requests, I reeled that in after doing a bit of research.

Transdev are going to regret putting staff on protective notice.

I'd agree that there's a huge amount of sensationalism and misinformation around the numbers. The incremental approach is very different to how it's being reported with the ridiculous numbers or 40% etc. being thrown out. I think a number of people believe it's a blanket increase.

However, the increases are still bullsh*t. They are unrealistic and out of touch. I'm not just referring to the salary demands but the additional benefits. A full, free GP service? €100 is a driver has to transfer a tram between Red Cow and Sandyford depots plus 1 hour in lieu? 10% pension contributions? Potential 10% bonus of basic salaries?

Whatever about the details, whoever is doing the PR for the Luas workers should be shot. I'd say less than 5% of the public has any sympathy for them.