Last Late Late before Christmas

PeterTheEighth

Did you see yer wan with the thousands of Christmas tree lights on her house. If you were a bad b*st*rd, head down there discretely in the middle of the night and replace one good bulb with a bad one.

disclaimer: presuming they are all in series (disclaimer: which they probably are not)

PeterTheEighth

Christy Moore ? Well that the mulled wine off the menu anyway. :(

Skid X

grey_so_what wrote: »

In all fairness Skid, they have to really do have to stop working at 80 odd??....:P

Ah sure, he'll be a long time dead.

It was nice of Gay Byrne to pass on the show to give youth a chance!

Atlantic Dawn

It would be better to have your house burned to the ground than flooded.

Roger_007

Stupid people build houses beside rivers and then whinge when they get flooded!

grey_so_what

Skid X wrote: »

Ah sure, he'll be a long time dead.

It was nice of Gay Byrne to pass on the show to give youth a chance!

:D:D

Skid, you're priceless....:D

Firefox11

Ah back to earth with the misery slot......

grey_so_what

I can't even imagine the devastation of the floods.

The dirt and the smell after the clearing of it....just before Christmas, it was just the most awful time for all concerned...

Happyman42

She got the highlights done though...thank god.

monkey9

Whack up some more Theresa Mannion videos there, will ya!!

Welsh Megaman

In all seriousness, must be horrible to have your house destroyed by flooding, especially just before Christmas. Know a few people in the Lake District who will take weeks, even months, to get sorted.

Lady Chatterton

Roger_007 wrote: »

Stupid people build houses beside rivers and then whinge when they get flooded!

Rubbish!

Clonlara didn't have a history of serious flooding until 2009.

Atlantic Dawn

If he mentions climate change he can feck right off.

Ol' Donie

Why is it so warm today? Y'know since we're on about weather and that.

grey_so_what

Happyman42 wrote: »

She got the highlights done though...thank god.

That's a disingenuous comment Happyman, she has had her plate full, give the lady a break....

Atlantic Dawn

Sewage in some of it too.

monkey9

Christ the floods must have been really bad, she still hasn't dried her hair.

Ol' Donie

monkey9 wrote: »

Whack up some more Theresa Mannion videos there, will ya!!

Ha, not so funny tonight, is it Ryan?

Lady Chatterton

This is the warm up item for Mary Robinson's lecture on climate change.

PeterTheEighth

I think she got drenched on the way in as well. The irony.

Welsh Megaman

monkey9 wrote: »

Whack up some more Theresa Mannion videos there, will ya!!

Lovely dive :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqeQP6-zkOM

Happyman42

grey_so_what wrote: »

That's a disingenuous comment Happyman, she has had her plate full, give the lady a break....

I know...nothing against her personally, but I am not sure what the point of this is.

Atlantic Dawn

First thing they need to do before they start slapping 50 cent on a bag of coal is stop new houses being built in these areas.

Harry Angstrom

I heard somebody say on the radio the other day that the last time that parts of The Shannon were properly dredged was when the British were here.

Roger_007

No insurance!......Ah shure don't worry, the rest of us will pick up the bill!

C.K Dexter Haven

I drove past Athlone this week- the river looked like a lake- in Galway the river was absolutely "raging" running through the city- God knows what it left further up

Red Kev

Roger_007 wrote: »

Stupid people build houses beside rivers and then whinge when they get flooded!

I'm from Roscommon. There's a lot of reasons for the flooding in localised areas, some of it is down to bad planning, some is down to bad management of flood plains, drains and rivers and some of it is down to historical deluges.

There's been a lot of shlte spoken the past couple of weeks about the flooding, most of it coming from politiicans. It's a complex issue and the government will have forgotten about it completely after the next election.

You'll see some of those houses are new, but some are decades, if not a century or two old, so yes, something drastic is happening, both with the climate, planning and maintenance.

Kerrydude1981

This fella sounds more annoyed having to help people out

PeterTheEighth

Oh no, dont show the after picture... :(:(

Ol' Donie

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

I heard somebody say on the radio the other day that the last time that parts of The Shannon were properly dredged was when the British were here.

They still are! Grrr.

Etc etc.

Atlantic Dawn

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

I heard somebody say on the radio the other day that the last time that parts of The Shannon were properly dredged was when the British were here.

There's environmental impact studies you have to do now to protect animals etc, such bollixology. I remember back growing up as a kid the councils out cleaning dirt from shores during the summer, you never see this done any more, that's half the problem.

grey_so_what

Happyman42 wrote: »

I know...nothing against her personally, but I am not sure what the point of this is.

You know the lady has nice hair...

She has for sure.

I think you would agree she has had hardship when her house was flooded. She is not alone.

coolhull

grey_so_what wrote: »

The dirt and the smell...

Aww, c'mon, grey. I know the audience looks a bit odd, but they're not that bad

thunderdog

I think there will be a pic of that nursery under water

Skid X

AryaStark wrote: »

I got an email saying I have two tickets for the Late Late show next Thursday night (its on Thursday 17th and is the last show of the year).
I can't wait, am hoping that maybe some of the cast of Star Wars will be there and that there will be good freebies!!!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=98028597


Star Wars? I'm guessing Arya isn't a regular viewer

Atlantic Dawn

Would Irish Water be looking at these pictures in the same was JR Ewing would look seeing a fresh oil discover?

Skid X

Some nice houses in the videos, all ruined.

grey_so_what

coolhull wrote: »

Aww, c'mon, grey. I know the audience looks a bit odd, but they're not that bad

At least you're not talking about me!!....:D:p

Poor families.....

Save the doggie!!.......:(

Look at the devastation of that home....:(

Ol' Donie

I was in a taxi earlier.

Talking about how warm it is, he said "Yeah, it's been very cold and then very warm and then cold again. Bleedin ridiculous!"

Roger_007

It's not so long ago that there was a campaign to stop water being taken from the Shannon and being piped to Dublin?

Greentopia

That photo of the plant nursery under water makes me sad. Poor man.:(

Horticulture student here.

grey_so_what

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

There's environmental impact studies you have to do now to protect animals etc, such bollixology. I remember back growing up as a kid the councils out cleaning dirt from shores during the summer, you never see this done any more, that's half the problem.

I agree.

Atlantic Dawn

You could see someone else's logs in your garden so to speak.

monkey9

It must be so horrible putting up with this though.

PeterTheEighth

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I was in a taxi earlier.

Talking about how warm it is, he said "Yeah, it's been very cold and then very warm and then cold again. Bleedin ridiculous!"

Where did you drop him off

Spanish Eyes

I am not watching LLS but I can honestly say this thread is far more entertaining than the real thing.

Azrel

Just say it's a new swimming pool and charge the locals €10 for a swim, the kids will be off for christmas soon looking for something to do during the days. The damage will be paid off in no time.

Atlantic Dawn

Is that really €40k, looks light.

homerjay2005

have utmost sympathy for them, but blaming the government for this is just pure nonsense when its a problem thats been there for 100's of years.

building houses on flood planes is a complete and utter bullsh*t also.

Skid X

Could he not give them a voucher for an electrical store or something?

The vultures at the Toy Show audience get thousands of euro worth of goodies just for sitting through it.