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La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

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    #5882
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,617 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Deleted User wrote: »
    They're not that risky this time of year. It's when they get drunk on over ripe fruit later in the summer you have to worry,
    from what i understand, it's because the queen stops laying so they run out of food and get hungry so pester anything that might be food.


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    #5883
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Oh that makes sense, I always figured they were mean drunks from the alcohol in over ripe fruits late in summer.


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    #5884
    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,975 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    wasps are pollinators too.

    We had a nest in our garden wall right beside the back door - I put powdered poison around the entrance and it was gone within days.
    I'd never actually been stung by one until last summer, wasn't too bad compared to a bee sting or (the worst) a horsefly bite.


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    #5885
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,788 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    Wasp removal tomorrow, €60 well spent for me.


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    #5886
    dinneenp
    Registered Users Posts: 8,138 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    dahat wrote: »
    Wasp removal tomorrow, €60 well spent for me.

    A bit of a buzzkill.....


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    #5887
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    dinneenp wrote: »
    A bit of a buzzkill.....

    I hope they don't sting you with a huge bill...


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    #5888
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    maybe ring elverys? they list whistles on their website anyway, €4.

    Thanks for recommendations. Elvery's in Omni closed but Lifestyle had loads in stock oddly enough.


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    #5889
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    Ended up in my local last night, nachos and a shedload of pints. Team meeting over zoom this morning was less than nice


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    #5890
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,846 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    Team meeting over zoom this morning was less than nice
    Just use Ctrl + Shift + 7...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1UB1-LKX5E


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    #5891
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,515 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    Ended up in my local last night, nachos and a shedload of pints. Team meeting over zoom this morning was less than nice

    How many pints can one have in 105 minutes?

    A younger me, would see that as a challenge, but I'd gather a lot of pubs/people are taking it as a challenge


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    #5892
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,617 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    there's a tweet going round, with a photo of a receipt for one meal and 31 pints of heineken, which is disgusting behaviour.

    really, you've not been able to get to a pub for months and you order *heineken*?


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    #5893
    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,975 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    there's a tweet going round, with a photo of a receipt for one meal and 31 pints of heineken, which is disgusting behaviour.

    fools. you don't actually have to order any food.


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    #5894
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    Weepsie wrote: »
    How many pints can one have in 105 minutes?

    A younger me, would see that as a challenge, but I'd gather a lot of pubs/people are taking it as a challenge

    The 105minute thing is in no way enforcable, I was there from 8.30 until midnight. They seem to be ok with only asking people to go if there are others waiting to get in


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    #5895
    dinneenp
    Registered Users Posts: 8,138 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    loyatemu wrote: »
    fools. you don't actually have to order any food.

    Friend was in an establishment last night- couldn't get drink until food arrived...


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    #5896
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    dinneenp wrote: »
    Friend was in an establishment last night- couldn't get drink until food arrived...

    Really? We were 3 pints deep before we even ordered


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    #5897
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,515 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    The 105minute thing is in no way enforcable, I was there from 8.30 until midnight. They seem to be ok with only asking people to go if there are others waiting to get in

    It's entirely enforceable though. Pubs have no problem enforcing people to wait or leave when it suits them, so during a cautious reopening in the midst of a global pandemic, it is.


    Given what the smallest if businesses have been able to enforce the last 3 months, pubs can enforce this.


    Pubs that can't should have their licences temporarily revoked.


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    #5898
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,617 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1277914065973784576


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    #5899
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,232 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    https://twitter.com/mission753/status/1278031408339070976?s=19


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    #5900
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Was just watching this, Lanterne Rouge covering the mens Slovenian ITT and some interesting findings re: bike changes and some points about a later stage of the Tour this year.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e0E1x2N0AU


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    #5901
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,081 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Is there any decent bike parking on Parnell St in Dublin? Outside the cinema probably isn't as safe as it used to be given the lack of foot traffic. Outside Pennys might be the best option.


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    #5902
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,940 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Was parking outside the Cinema ever safe? For as long as I can remember there were people knocking bikes outside there on a daily basis.


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    #5903
    shaveAbullock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭shaveAbullock


    What style of cycling socks are en vogue right now?
    I always get it wrong.


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    #5904
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,617 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    what's the deal with the flyby option in strava? it can be awful at correlation - i was chatting to a chap from skerries last night, from the naul to ballyboughal, and according to strava, both the correlation score and spatial correlation score of the cycles are 0.


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    #5905
    De Bhál
    Registered Users Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    buffalo wrote: »
    Is there any decent bike parking on Parnell St in Dublin? Outside the cinema probably isn't as safe as it used to be given the lack of foot traffic. Outside Pennys might be the best option.

    probably in the carpark of DIT is the safest option around there - don't know if it's open at the moment though


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    #5906
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    What style of cycling socks are en vogue right now?
    I always get it wrong.

    Have a look at the ones Armstrong used to wear, take careful note of the colour and height and avoid.
    Anything else is fine..


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    #5907
    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,005 ✭✭✭cletus


    shaveAbullock wrote: »
    What style of cycling socks are en vogue right now?
    I always get it wrong.

    Ankle socks all the way, preferably with unshaved legs


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    #5908
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,846 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    cletus wrote: »
    Ankle socks all the way, preferably with unshaved legs
    ...and what about the male cyclists? :D


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    #5909
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    cletus wrote: »
    Ankle socks all the way, preferably with unshaved legs

    It's funny I've been in cargo shorts more or less every day since lockdown and working from home and on the bike I wear ankle socks too so my shins that get smoothed from regular sock and trouser wearing are getting their fuzz back :D


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    #5910
    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,005 ✭✭✭cletus


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    It's funny I've been in cargo shorts more or less every day since lockdown and working from home and on the bike I wear ankle socks too so my shins that get smoothed from regular sock and trouser wearing are getting their fuzz back :D

    I wear shorts from about mid April to September every year. I have ridiculously hairy legs.

    I also only wear ankle socks when cycling, unless I'm wearing full leggings (rare), in which case it's long socks


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    #5911
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,995 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    what's the deal with the flyby option in strava? it can be awful at correlation - i was chatting to a chap from skerries last night, from the naul to ballyboughal, and according to strava, both the correlation score and spatial correlation score of the cycles are 0.
    You both must have been doing serious physical distancing.

    Another first world problem with FlyBy is that the tick box feature to eliminate runners/walkers doesn't seem to work properly (although perhaps that's because some of those runners/walkers have their recording devices set for cycling?)


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