Off Topic Thread 4.0

sydthebeat

Should have stayed outside.

Hell of a run though

stephen_n

mfceiling wrote: »

What do you buy your father for his 70th birthday?
He's not a big drinker, not into his clothes, doesn't follow sport...Pretty much impossible to buy for every year and at Christmas.

We get my dad a subscription to the Irish Times for the year.

mfceiling

Some good calls lads thank you.

The brothers and myself threw in a few quid to send him and the mother to Australia to visit the youngest brother. Just wanted something else to wrap up as a present.

mfceiling

mfceiling wrote: »

Some good calls lads thank you.

The brothers and myself threw in a few quid to send him and the mother to Australia to visit the youngest brother. Just wanted something else to wrap up as a present.

Squidgy Black

Outstanding game so far despite the weather, but Hogan's potentially ruined it there. Absolutely brain-dead

thomond2006

Absolute madness from Hogan. No debate on that decision by the (assistant) ref. Pity as it was a fierce battle up to that point.

Virgin Media ain't secure

https://twitter.com/timfathers/status/1162772365354385410

I've opted to buy a bike for those still on the edge of their seats btw. Bus to work 3 days a week isn't the worst thing in the world.

thomond2006

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-08-15/lung-damage-bacteria-sniffed-out-by-dogs-in-cystic-fibrosis-research/

We don't deserve dogs.

DGRulz

That's amazing, my niece has CF any and all discoveries like this are very welcome.

aloooof

Haven't seen it posted anywhere else on here, but James Haskell has signed to fight with Bellator, the MMA promotion.

https://twitter.com/Bellator_Europe/status/1164464980630093824

Zzippy

aloooof wrote: »

Haven't seen it posted anywhere else on here, but James Haskell has signed to fight with Bellator, the MMA promotion.

https://twitter.com/Bellator_Europe/status/1164464980630093824

He's gonna get the S.H.I.T. kicked out of him...

thomond2006

Andrew Luck retires at 29 a few weeks before the regular season begins. Massive story in the NFL.

Squidgy Black

thomond2006 wrote: »

Andrew Luck retires at 29 a few weeks before the regular season begins. Massive story in the NFL.

Absolutely mental. If he hadn't had such a bad run of injuries because of the absolute dire o-lines Grigson and the rest of the colts front office stuck him behind, I reckon he could've been one of the greatest QBs of the century.

mfceiling

Sitting on a flight to head home. 3 seats "A B C" are occupied. Herself and myself are in "D and E".
Large stupid man stands staring at the row numbers and seat numbers for about 90 seconds saying "I seem to be in 17...F I think"
Eventually I say to him "you're at the window there... that empty seat". Queue is halfway down the plane.
Another 10 or 15 seconds then...."would you move over so I can sit on the aisle"

How do people like this live. Do they wear headphones with the phrase "remember to breathe" played on a loop?
Travel brings out the absolute inner dope on some people.

thomond2006

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Absolutely mental. If he hadn't had such a bad run of injuries because of the absolute dire o-lines Grigson and the rest of the colts front office stuck him behind, I reckon he could've been one of the greatest QBs of the century.

He was fantastic last year when he actually had an offensive line but it looks like the damage was done.

ClanofLams

Big moment in McIlroys career tonight. Out in the final group with Koepka, it happened at the WGC and Koepka won pulling up. Similar outcome tonight would be fairly devestating. Think McIlroy gets it done tonight though.

ClanofLams

McIlroy putting on a clinic, will be 15 million better off in a hour.

Zzippy

ClanofLams wrote: »

Big moment in McIlroys career tonight. Out in the final group with Koepka, it happened at the WGC and Koepka won pulling up. Similar outcome tonight would be fairly devestating. Think McIlroy gets it done tonight though.

Going well for him so far.

Dave_The_Sheep

mfceiling wrote: »

Sitting on a flight to head home. 3 seats "A B C" are occupied. Herself and myself are in "D and E".
Large stupid man stands staring at the row numbers and seat numbers for about 90 seconds saying "I seem to be in 17...F I think"
Eventually I say to him "you're at the window there... that empty seat". Queue is halfway down the plane.
Another 10 or 15 seconds then...."would you move over so I can sit on the aisle"

Depending on how he asked it, there are two responses.

a) He's acknowledging that he's a larger bloke and would like the empty seat and asks you would you mind moving given that's the situation.

In which case, up to you, personally wouldn't mind.

b) He's ignorant and stupid and he's saying it in a "I want the aisle seat despite you having booked it" in which case the answer is "Go **** yourself".

mfceiling

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Depending on how he asked it, there are two responses.

a) He's acknowledging that he's a larger bloke and would like the empty seat and asks you would you mind moving given that's the situation.

In which case, up to you, personally wouldn't mind.

b) He's ignorant and stupid and he's saying it in a "I want the aisle seat despite you having booked it" in which case the answer is "Go **** yourself".

I was p*ssed off at his stupidity so I moved in to speed it up. She moaned cause she paid for an aisle seat (I didn't know that).
In fairness when he got off he had some sort of a walking difficulty so I gave him a pass.... it was only a 2hr 20 min flight.

On a side note....Lisbon is an absolutely cracking city.

Bridge93

Surely if you’re massive and have a walking disability you make sure you have an appropriate seat in advance of standing in the aisle blocking the flight

mfceiling

Bridge93 wrote: »

Surely if you’re massive and have a walking disability you make sure you have an appropriate seat in advance of standing in the aisle blocking the flight

You'd think that. But then you probably work with reason and logic.

Stheno

Do you kebab lovers rate Zaytoon?

part time punk

Stheno wrote: »

Do you kebab lovers rate Zaytoon?

Yes, they are amazing kebabs. Want one now in fact .... drools on his phone

awec

Stheno wrote: »

Do you kebab lovers rate Zaytoon?

Nope, absolute muck.

Stheno

awec wrote: »

Nope, absolute muck.

I am not alone ate there for the first time today

You don't go to Zaytoon for the taste or quality, you go when you're starving or drunk.

molloyjh

Deleted User wrote: »

You don't go to Zaytoon for the taste or quality, you go when you're starving and drunk.

Fixed that for you.

Stheno

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You don't go to Zaytoon for the taste or quality, you go when you're starving or drunk.

I was starving but sober

It was vile

Stheno

Stheno wrote: »

Do you kebab lovers rate Zaytoon?

Best kebab in dublin. That isn't saying a whole lot though.

thomond2006

When to go to Europe and eat the kebabs there, they are incomparable to the muck served here.

Podge_irl

mfceiling wrote: »

You'd think that. But then you probably work with reason and logic.

While it is increasingly rare, there are still people who just don't fly and get pretty confused by the experience. This was probably not the situation just on the bounds of probability but you'd be surprised.

irishbucsfan

Kebabs are bad and people who like them are bad

Squidgy Black

thomond2006 wrote: »

When to go to Europe and eat the kebabs there, they are incomparable to the muck served here.

I'm not mad into kebabs, but got one from a small Turkish restaurant one night off a side street in Cologne a few years ago and have never tasted anything close to it since.

Stheno

Squidgy Black wrote: »

I'm not mad into kebabs, but got one from a small Turkish restaurant one night off a side street in Cologne a few years ago and have never tasted anything close to it since.

There are a pike of Turkisk kebab places in Malta they are Devine.

On another topic can I stream music from spotify on my phone to some sort of speaker in a room and if so what?

Podge_irl

Stheno wrote: »

There are a pike of Turkisk kebab places in Malta they are Devine.

On another topic can I stream music from spotify on my phone to some sort of speaker in a room and if so what?

Any kind of speaker that can connect either to your phone via bluetooth or up to the wifi will do the job. Depends how nice a one you want really and whether you would like it to be portable and battery powered also.

I have a Sony XRS-SB30 which I'm very fond of as it has a massive battery life (24 hours or something silly), is waterproof and has great sound for its size. But you can get much better ones if they are going to be plugged in and not moving (e.g. Bose Soundtouch 30).

errlloyd

Stheno wrote: »

On another topic can I stream music from spotify on my phone to some sort of speaker in a room and if so what?

If you buy a chromecast audio (it's a 20en dongle that plugs into the AUX in on nearly any speaker) you can connect it to WiFi and control it from your phone. Crystal clear audio from Spotify.

errlloyd

Stheno wrote: »

Do you kebab lovers rate Zaytoon?

I eat Zaytoon a fair amount. Sober and Drunk. Pretty decent. Passion4Food and Rotana also do decent Kebabs in the area.

thomond2006

Squidgy Black wrote: »

I'm not mad into kebabs, but got one from a small Turkish restaurant one night off a side street in Cologne a few years ago and have never tasted anything close to it since.

Berlin for me. €6 for a crunchy flavoursome kebab.

Neil3030

Where's the best Mexican food in Dublin?

So I can go there next time I'm back, and arrogantly proclaim that it's not real Mexican food.

Neil3030

Neil3030 wrote: »

Where's the best Mexican food in Dublin?

So I can go there next time I'm back, and arrogantly proclaim that it's not real Mexican food.

Masa

Neil3030

Deleted User wrote: »

Masa

Just looked at their site - looks pretty good actually.

Dave_The_Sheep

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Masa

Looks a bit hipstery. Food actually that good?

(Speaking of looking hipstery but actually being really good, Hang Dai , Chinese place, was excellent food wise, and very reasonable price wise. Camden St, very unassuming outside. Well worth a visit.)

errlloyd

Masa is from the people behind Bunsen. If you want Tacos it is comfortably the best in Dublin. Decent value, I think about 5:20 gets you two tacos. I eat between 4 and 6 depending.

stephen_n

thomond2006 wrote: »

Berlin for me. €6 for a crunchy flavoursome kebab.

Where is Berlin? Is that the bar on Dame Street?

Iskanders is probably the best in town IMO.

Dave_The_Sheep

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Looks a bit hipstery. Food actually that good?

(Speaking of looking hipstery but actually being really good, Hang Dai , Chinese place, was excellent food wise, and very reasonable price wise. Camden St, very unassuming outside. Well worth a visit.)

Yeah its decent. Closest thing to actual mexican tacos I could find in dublin. It's reasonably cheap too.

thomond2006

stephen_n wrote: »

Where is Berlin? Is that the bar on Dame Street?

Iskanders is probably the best in town IMO.

Berlin, Germany. Tried two different places there. Delish.

The Brits are a grand bunch but they've completely lost it.

Zzippy

Much and all as I love discussing Brexit, and yes Britain is fast becoming a failed state, NO POLITICS, so there we will leave it. Politics forum is here.