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[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What's the difference between awec and a prawn sambo eating, wax jacket wearing, d4 Leinster supporter?

Seriously folks.. Does anyone know?

Stheno

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Seriously folks.. Does anyone know?

Potato farls?

Stheno

Stheno wrote: »

Potato farls?

Not if you put caviar on them

stephen_n

My daughter went skiing in Andorra last year and then 5 days on the Camino a few weeks later. TY is great gas, just not very good for your bank balance. Posh isn’t a word anyone would use to describe her school, that’s for sure.

mfceiling

Stheno wrote: »

So is mfceiling.

Feck covid-19 the world is ending:pac:

You've obviously never met me Stheno. I am a pure bred culchie!!

stephen_n

mfceiling wrote: »

You've obviously never met me Stheno. I am an inbred culchie!!

Fixed that for you, otherwise it’s an oxymoron

prawnsambo

Deleted User wrote: »

What's the difference between awec and a prawn sambo eating, wax jacket wearing, d4 Leinster supporter?

This is getting personal. :mad:

Dave_The_Sheep

stephen_n wrote: »

Fixed that for you, otherwise it’s an oxymoron

Sure, but isn't inbred a bit redundant?

Rigor Mortis

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Sure, but isn't inbred a bit redundant?

Sure all them culchies are redundant. All the jobs are in the shmoke.

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

You've obviously never met me Stheno. I am a pure bred culchie!!

This is what I thought about you and your missus which is why I was so confused!!
Tis far from school skiing trips ye were reared!

I'm gonna put it out there. Proper top level schools wouldn't do something like a ski trip as they value education above all else and there is very little educational merit in a ski trip.

I'm bitter my school never did a ski trip

Podge_irl

stephen_n wrote: »

My daughter went skiing in Andorra last year and then 5 days on the Camino a few weeks later. TY is great gas, just not very good for your bank balance. Posh isn’t a word anyone would use to describe her school, that’s for sure.

We worked the school shop as a "business learning experience" in TY. Which in retrospect was just free labour.

mfceiling

Stheno wrote: »

This is what I thought about you and your missus which is why I was so confused!!
Tis far from school skiing trips ye were reared!

And you're not wrong. We're rearing a bunch of self entitled kids!!

stephen_n

Podge_irl wrote: »

We worked the school shop as a "business learning experience" in TY. Which in retrospect was just free labour.

We didn’t have TY in my time, if you did 4th year in those days it was because you had done the group cert before your inter.

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

And you're not wrong. We're rearing a bunch of self entitled kids!!

Assign them chores to pay back the cost of the trip!!!

Stheno

stephen_n wrote: »

We didn’t have TY in my time, if you did 4th year in those days it was because you had done the group cert before your inter.

We had a school bank in fifth year

stephen_n

Stheno wrote: »

We had a school bank in fifth year

I barely made it that far.

Stheno

stephen_n wrote: »

I barely made it that far.

You missed out.

I had the job yuk ous role of being the school bank manager

Between that and doing maths in the boys school and another subject in a third school I was grounded for months due to mothers spies regularly reporting me out of school during the school day

Yeah_Right

Former Former wrote: »

When I was in school (early 90s) we went on a week's trip to France, but they at least made some effort at making it educational - Bayeux tapestry, WW2 cemeteries, Versailles, etc.

That sounds like a great trip. My school did ski trips but it was only a 4 hour bus trip away. I went on a geography trip to Hawaii, French language trips to New Caledonia and Tahiti and a few sports trips to Australia.

mfceiling

Did any of you fix televisions as part of your school work?

Screen just went blank on our tele there. Sound is still grand but the picture is gone. I've tried turning it on and off so that's my knowledge of electrical devices complete.

mfceiling

mfceiling wrote: »

Did any of you fix televisions as part of your school work?

Screen just went blank on our tele there. Sound is still grand but the picture is gone. I've tried turning it on and off so that's my knowledge of electrical devices complete.

did you try percussive maintenance?

mfceiling

Addison Yummy Fashion wrote: »

did you try percussive maintenance?

If by percussive maintenance you mean thumping it a few times then yes...yes I did try percussive maintenance. Or as my dad would say "hit that yoke a skite"

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

If by percussive maintenance you mean thumping it a few times then yes...yes I did try percussive maintenance. Or as my dad would say "hit that yoke a skite"

Did you check the input on the remote?
And power it off at the plug?

Check the cables going into the back of the tv. Often if it's picking up one of either the sound or visual it's because the cable is very slightly loose. Make sure it's fully in then try again.

awec

mfceiling wrote: »

Did any of you fix televisions as part of your school work?

Screen just went blank on our tele there. Sound is still grand but the picture is gone. I've tried turning it on and off so that's my knowledge of electrical devices complete.

Buy a new one.

Stheno

awec wrote: »

Buy a new one.

This is the posh response......

What do you get if you cross awec, with someone who owns two summer homes?

...


awec

mfceiling

awec wrote: »

Buy a new one.

Yeah tried everything. Actually had to talk to each other tonight. That was weird.

Told her to beat the door of Harvey Norman's down at 9 in the morning.

Dave_The_Sheep

mfceiling wrote: »

Told her to beat the door of Harvey Norman's down at 9 in the morning.

When you said you talked to each other, this was the extent of your conversation, wasn't it?

Rigor Mortis

awec wrote: »

Buy a new one.

Look at you doing your common people routine. We know your real answer is buy two new ones.

Just remember, everybody hates a tourist.

stephen_n

mfceiling wrote: »

Yeah tried everything. Actually had to talk to each other tonight. That was weird.

Told her to beat the door of Harvey Norman's down at 9 in the morning.

You should probably try replacing the HDMI cable first. We can’t all be as rich as Awec.

Why did awec go into Harvey Norman?

So he could buy all the TV stock before mfceiling arrived

stephen_n

Deleted User wrote: »

Why did awec go into Harvey Norman?

So he could buy all the TV stock before mfceiling arrived

Awec wouldn’t be seen dead in Harvey Norman’s, too many commoners. It’s Brown Thomas or nothing for him.

stephen_n

stephen_n wrote: »

Awec wouldn’t be seen dead in Harvey Norman’s, too many commoners. It’s Brown Thomas or nothing for him.

I briefly worked in Brown Thomas one Christmas. I'll never forget some older man walking through with his wife saying, "I need new driving gloves".

I wonder will I ever be in the position where I not only need driving gloves, but I need a new pair of driving gloves.

stephen_n

Deleted User wrote: »

I briefly worked in Brown Thomas one Christmas. I'll never forget some older man walking through with his wife saying, "I need new driving gloves".

I wonder will I ever be in the position where I not only need driving gloves, but I need a new pair of driving gloves.

I want to be in the position to have the Bentley that probably went with them.

Rigor Mortis

stephen_n wrote: »

I want to be in the position to have the Bentley that probably went with them.

You can own driving gloves with a Rover 825.

stephen_n

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

You can own driving gloves with a Rover 825.

Chances are if you’re buying driving gloves in BT’s you aren’t driving a banger. As the gloves would probably cost as much as the rover.

prawnsambo

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

You can own driving gloves with a Rover 825.

It's actually required. The heater usually doesn't work.

Yeah_Right

mfceiling wrote: »

Yeah tried everything. Actually had to talk to each other tonight. That was weird.

Why didn't you just watch one of the other TVs?

Stheno

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Why didn't you just watch one of the other TVs?

He's the only bloke in a house of 3-4 females ffs

Yeah_Right

Stheno wrote: »

He's the only bloke in a house of 3-4 females ffs

So you're saying he has 3-4 slaves to cook his food, bring him beer etc. Nice.

Stheno

Yeah_Right wrote: »

So you're saying he has 3-4 slaves to cook his food, bring him beer etc. Nice.

Heeeheeeee

mfceiling

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Why didn't you just watch one of the other TVs?

People find this hard to believe but we have 1 tv in our house!! In the living room and that's it.

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

People find this hard to believe but we have 1 tv in our house!! In the living room and that's it.

But... but you are posh!

You are supposed to have built in TVs in all five bathrooms, the fridge, utility, dining, living and study areas and of course, one in each bedroom!!! All connected to netflix

Or are you a millennial family who each own a tablet?

We also only have one t.v that is hooked up the other currently functions as an ornament

mfceiling

Stheno wrote: »

But... but you are posh!

You are supposed to have built in TVs in all five bathrooms, the fridge, utility, dining, living and study areas and of course, one in each bedroom!!! All connected to netflix

Or are you a millennial family who each own a tablet?

We also only have one t.v that is hooked up the other currently functions as an ornament

I don't even think we have a working tablet in the house stheno!!
I probably listen to more music than watch tv. The youngest 2 mostly make tik tok videos (apparently this is huge worldwide) and the eldest looks up from her phone if she needs money or a lift.

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

I don't even think we have a working tablet in the house stheno!!
I probably listen to more music than watch tv. The youngest 2 mostly make tik tok videos (apparently this is huge worldwide) and the eldest looks up from her phone if she needs money or a lift.

You don't know what tiktok is?

Do you even use online banking ofr re you a true breakfast roll man?

Squidgy Black

First case of the virus confirmed in the republic anyways, let the hysteria really begin.

DGRulz

So eh ... it's here. Was nice knowing you everyone.

If anything happens to me I forfeit all my 'thanks' to Granny15.

TO THE VICTOR - GO THE SPOILS

Neil3030

You know, if this gets people covering their damn mouths when coughing, washing their hands more often, and staying the hell at home when they're sick, we'll probably see a net decrease in seasonal flu deaths.