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Zzippy

Squidgy Black wrote: »

It's being shown on FreeSport but you can tune it in on Sky boxes I think: 11.426 V 27.5 FEC 5/6 DVB-S QPSK should be the frequency

"No channel found "

awec

This Chinese hospital that they’re building in 6 days is actually incredible. Not the first time they’ve done this too.

Get them in to sort out the NCH.

Squidgy Black

awec wrote: »

This Chinese hospital that they’re building in 6 days is actually incredible. Not the first time they’ve done this too.

Get them in to sort out the NCH.

Something to be said for prefabricated designs all the same. Same with housing etc could you imagine the cut in lead times if people were onboard with prefabbed materials and set designs/guides.

I saw a video on Reddit yesterday about Gutter oil. Any and all future virus outbreaks in China will come as no surprise when you hear about stuff like that.

steves2

awec wrote: »

This Chinese hospital that they’re building in 6 days is actually incredible. Not the first time they’ve done this too.

Get them in to sort out the NCH.

Meh China is a totally different country than here or anywhere else in the West for planning/building nevermind anything else. That chap in Kildare who's opposing Intel, if this was China they would have built it over him already. They move people out of their homes to build stuff, no planning authorities or objections allowed. I don't think we should compare ourselves to a communist country in that way, though of course the NCH is a total disaster. I don't think we'll ever know about all the problems with the NCH, there's so many layers to it.

Bazzo

American Factory on Netflix gives a good insight in to how things work in China and what's sacrificed to achieve the end goals(basically it's any semblance of quality of life).

Neil3030

I've probably watched this over twenty times at this stage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRM2Gn9nU7Q

It's just phenomenal - The precision, consistency, understated showmanship.

All to fairly unorthodox timing - MJ would write songs using drum machines, and then Sugarfoot would need to figure out how to play them on a live kit.

This comment below is probably my favourite:

"I aways thought Michael Jackson used a drum machine... I was right"

Dave_The_Sheep

Speaking of drummer videos I've watched a lot.

CatFromHue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfML1WEWfwk

There is something very pleasurable about watching a drummer at work

Clegg

RIP Kobe Bryant.

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1221521133608079368?s=19

Squidgy Black

Clegg wrote: »

RIP Kobe Bryant.

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1221521133608079368?s=19

Absolutely mental. LeBron only passed his all-time scoring record last night and then this happens.

Clegg

One of Kobe's daughter's was in the helicopter. She was 13.

Stheno

Clegg wrote: »

One of Kobe's daughter's was in the helicopter. She was 13.

Jesus

prawnsambo

Clegg wrote: »

One of Kobe's daughter's was in the helicopter. She was 13.

In this video playing with her dad.

MOR316

Neil3030 wrote: »

I've probably watched this over twenty times at this stage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRM2Gn9nU7Q

It's just phenomenal - The precision, consistency, understated showmanship.

All to fairly unorthodox timing - MJ would write songs using drum machines, and then Sugarfoot would need to figure out how to play them on a live kit.

This comment below is probably my favourite:

"I aways thought Michael Jackson used a drum machine... I was right"

Ricky Lawson was a pretty **** hot drummer too. Was used on the Bad tour

awec

Where has Alice Dirty Axe gone?

Stheno

awec wrote: »

Where has Alice Dirty Axe gone?

Is he the one with the twins?

Zzippy

Stheno wrote: »

Is he the one with the twins?

The poor b@stard...

awec

Stheno wrote: »

Is he the one with the twins?

No I believe you're thinking of another of our esteemed posters.

Stheno

awec wrote: »

No I believe you're thinking of another of our esteemed posters.

I can never keep track

Is your one kid still puking?

Clegg

These leaders debates are a mess. Nobody gives a straight answer to what's being asked, everybody piles on FF for the 08 meltdown, Mary Lou heaps on populist nonsense that gets cheap applause but offers no actual solutions, Leo remains a smug, deeply unlikeable man.

Neil3030

MOR316 wrote: »

Ricky Lawson was a pretty **** hot drummer too. Was used on the Bad tour

Not an easy job too - arguably the second most important person on the stage after MJ himself. Ignoring all the pyro, lights and absolutely manic fans, and holding the beats unaccompanied through an entire choreography routine, e.g., from 4:05 here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obq0q62XHe4

Clegg

Clegg wrote: »

These leaders debates are a mess. Nobody gives a straight answer to what's being asked, everybody piles on FF for the 08 meltdown, Mary Lou heaps on populist nonsense that gets cheap applause but offers no actual solutions, Leo remains a smug, deeply unlikeable man.

Thought Leo came across very well personally, though for some reason he doesn't bother me in the way he seems to with others.

SF solid, greens solid and Labour solid. SF over promising as usual but got caught out trying to explain the 'how'.

Michael Martin was really poor. Didn't represent himself or FF at all well and I'd suspect they lost some undecideds tonight.

molloyjh

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Thought Leo came across very well personally, though for some reason he doesn't bother me in the way he seems to with others.

SF solid, greens solid and Labour solid. SF over promising as usual but got caught out trying to explain the 'how'.

Michael Martin was really poor. Didn't represent himself or FF at all well and I'd suspect they lost some undecideds tonight.

Yeah I thought Leo was decent. Ryan unsurprisingly did well too. And Howlin caught me off guard. I'm not a Labour man, but he was up there. Mary Lou did a lot of grandstanding, promising not to be mean to anyone other than the bad guys. MM wasnt great. Neither was Shortall. And Boyd Barrett did his best tin foil hat routine.

Buer

Stheno wrote: »

Is he the one with the twins?

You cut me deep, Stheno.

You cut me real deep.

aloooof

Clegg wrote: »

These leaders debates are a mess. Nobody gives a straight answer to what's being asked, everybody piles on FF for the 08 meltdown, Mary Lou heaps on populist nonsense that gets cheap applause but offers no actual solutions, Leo remains a smug, deeply unlikeable man.

Sounds a bit like the Ireland / 6N thread.

These <Ireland team> debates are a mess. Nobody gives a straight answer to what's being asked, everybody piles on <Schmidt for the 2019> meltdown, <WUM posters> heap on populist nonsense that gets cheap applause but offer no actual solutions, <Eddie Jones> remains a smug, deeply unlikeable man.

Buer

I haven't been this hungover in a long, long time.

Being a parent right now is not pleasant.

mfceiling

Buer wrote: »

I haven't been this hungover in a long, long time.

Being a parent right now is not pleasant.

I haven't had a hangover proper in about 12 years. Probably the morning after tyrone won their last All Ireland in 2008...walked in to the little ones room and the nappy contents outweighed my interest in ever drinking to excess again.

irishbucsfan

Maybe your lack of commitment is why Tyrone haven’t won since?

mfceiling

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Maybe your lack of commitment is why Tyrone haven’t won since?

Could be...or the millions of euro that the gaa pump into dublin every year?

Squidgy Black

mfceiling wrote: »

Could be...or the millions of euro that the gaa pump into dublin every year?

Nope. Definitely Mickey Harte's disappointment in you being a dry shíte.

awec

I just need to look at beer these days and I'm destined for a hangover.

Buer

Superbowl tonight and work at 8am tomorrow.

I might actually die.

mfceiling

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Nope. Definitely Mickey Harte's disappointment in you being a dry shíte.

Mickey would be proud of my pious attitude to life now.

thomond2006

Buer wrote: »

Superbowl tonight and work at 8am tomorrow.

I might actually die.

What's your pick?

Buer

thomond2006 wrote: »

What's your pick?

Everyone is gonna have a swell time.

Also, 49ers to strangle the game and win by 9.

thomond2006

Buer wrote: »

Everyone is gonna have a swell time.

Also, 49ers to strangle the game and win by 9.

If Mahomes turns up I can't see past a KC win.

thomond2006

thomond2006 wrote: »

What's your pick?

By the sounds of it, he's so hungover that he might pick death

Podge_irl

thomond2006 wrote: »

If Mahomes turns up I can't see past a KC win.

Defences win championships.

The better D has a much better record in the super bowl then the better QB in the last 15 years or so. Also Mahomes only matters if KC can stop 9ers running the ball down their throat and I don’t think they can.

thomond2006

Took over 52.5 points, hopeful of a high scoring game.

Podge_irl

Podge_irl wrote: »

Defences win championships.

The better D has a much better record in the super bowl then the better QB in the last 15 years or so. Also Mahomes only matters if KC can stop 9ers running the ball down their throat and I don’t think they can.

Never mind...

Podge_irl

Podge_irl wrote: »

Never mind...

Never mind never minding

thomond2006

Absolute belter of a second half.

thomond2006

Mahomes got the job done despite incredible pressure from the SF D-Line. Great Superbowl.

Neil3030

I've been lolling at this for about 4 hours:

https://twitter.com/GerryMcBride/status/1224818554832400384

errlloyd

Does anyone know of any health insurance plan that is particularly good for Physio / sports injuries.

I have to get health insurance because my new employer doesn't offer it. It's pretty much all I ever claimed on so I want to get the correct one.

long_b

Anyone get trains to Newbridge from Grand Canal Dock after a match? Do they run as scheduled?

The Lost Sheep

long_b wrote: »

Anyone get trains to Newbridge from Grand Canal Dock after a match? Do they run as scheduled?

grand canal station closes during matches for a while. Dont know how that affects trains to elsewhere as dart just goes straight through to pearse

sydthebeat

long_b wrote: »

Anyone get trains to Newbridge from Grand Canal Dock after a match? Do they run as scheduled?

there is no direct train that runs that route tomorrow

in fact it would need 2 changes

Squidgy Black

long_b wrote: »

Anyone get trains to Newbridge from Grand Canal Dock after a match? Do they run as scheduled?

That line doesn't run on a Saturday, it's only Monday to Friday and then Saturday/Sunday is from Heuston only. You'd have to get the dart from Lansdowne to Connolly, and then the red line luas to Heuston