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    #4622
    TheRepentent
    Registered Users Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭TheRepentent


    New Home wrote: »
    Fair enough, but all the Finns I've ever spoken to (and they are quite a lot) always made sure to correct anyone who would call them Scandinavians.
    I just call them Russian instead :P:eek::pac::pac::pac:

    Wanna support genocide?Cheer on the murder of women and children?The Ruzzians aren't rapey enough for you? Morally bankrupt cockroaches and islamaphobes , Israel needs your help NOW!!

    http://tinyurl.com/2ksb4ejk


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_war_crimes

    https://www.btselem.org/



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    #4623
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,955 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Who took the picture of Charles and where is their photo ?

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=117337444&postcount=3754


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    #4624
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,176 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    GBX wrote: »
    Who took the picture of Charles and where is their photo ?

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=117337444&postcount=3754
    Calm down there JJJ GBX, it was obviously Spider-man.


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    #4625
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,955 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Of course - who else could it have been!


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    #4626
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,303 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    GBX wrote: »
    Who took the picture of Charles and where is their photo ?

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=117337444&postcount=3754

    the-worlds-first-camera_o_987364.webp


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    #4627
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,303 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    New Home wrote: »
    625713.jpg
    reminds me of :o

    https://theoatmeal.com/comics/movie_theater_layout


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    #4628
    roosterman71
    Registered Users Posts: 5,516 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    m17 wrote: »
    WnaSa0w.jpg

    No reason whatsoever to have 2 sliproads off each lane. Kinda negates a lot of the functionality of a roundabout


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    #4629
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,303 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    New Home wrote: »
    625326.gif

    60c14a43fb4745795b3b358868517e79.png

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/60/c1/4a/60c14a43fb4745795b3b358868517e79.png


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    #4630
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,775 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    That's not a QR code, that's a QRR code, I'll bet.


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    #4631
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,371 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    roosterman71 wrote: »
    No reason whatsoever to have 2 sliproads off each lane. Kinda negates a lot of the functionality of a roundabout
    What?

    Each section of mainline motorway has one off-ramp and one on-ramp. The off-ramp then splits. The right hand part goes to the roundabout, the left bypasses the roundabout. All movements are facilitated, while traffic on the roundabout is minimised.


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    #4632
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,775 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Where do the tunnels bring you?


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    #4633
    Silent Running
    Registered Users Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭Silent Running


    New Home wrote: »
    That's not a QR code, that's a QRR code, I'll bet.

    QRA?


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    #4634
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,775 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Depends on whether he's singing and dancing.


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    #4635
    Silent Running
    Registered Users Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭Silent Running


    New Home wrote: »
    Depends on whether he's singing and dancing.

    Are ya askin'


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    #4636
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,371 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    New Home wrote: »
    Where do the tunnels bring you?

    This is the junction https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/53.2975/-8.8057 the photo is taken from the east.


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    #4637
    roosterman71
    Registered Users Posts: 5,516 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    Victor wrote: »
    What?

    Each section of mainline motorway has one off-ramp and one on-ramp. The off-ramp then splits. The right hand part goes to the roundabout, the left bypasses the roundabout. All movements are facilitated, while traffic on the roundabout is minimised.

    There is a huge amount of extra tar down for no obvious benefit is what I meant. Why couldn't the slip road just go to the roundabout and take the desired exit. Not gaining a whole lot as a driver by having the split, and all the extra infrastructure. In my view, money wasted


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    #4638
    hold my beer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,841 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    roosterman71 wrote: »
    There is a huge amount of extra tar down for no obvious benefit is what I meant. Why couldn't the slip road just go to the roundabout and take the desired exit. Not gaining a whole lot as a driver by having the split, and all the extra infrastructure. In my view, money wasted

    You don't have to stop at a roundabout if going left


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    #4639
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    hold my beer wrote: »
    You don't have to stop at a roundabout if going left
    Are you sure about that?


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    #4640
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,371 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    Are you sure about that?

    You don't have to stop at this roundabout if going left, but only because you can bypass it.


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    #4641
    Charlie-Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,649 ✭✭✭Charlie-Bravo


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    60c14a43fb4745795b3b358868517e79.png

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/60/c1/4a/60c14a43fb4745795b3b358868517e79.png

    That's brilliant. I asked myself the question: does everyone think what I think it is? And then loaded the QR into a generator to get the link.

    *doffs cap!

    -. . ...- . .-. / --. --- -. -. .- / --. .. ...- . / -.-- --- ..- / ..- .--.



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    #4642
    hold my beer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,841 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    Are you sure about that?

    Yes. That's why the slip roads split. Left to bypass the roundabout and right to get on the roundabout and go right.


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    #4643
    roosterman71
    Registered Users Posts: 5,516 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    Not disputing it makes driving a little easier in that you don't have to slow down for traffic. I'm questioning the value in it. 4 extra slip roads would not be cheap to build and just so a small % of the road users don't have to slow to maybe a stop at a roundabout!


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    #4644
    hold my beer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,841 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    roosterman71 wrote: »
    Not disputing it makes driving a little easier in that you don't have to slow down for traffic. I'm questioning the value in it. 4 extra slip roads would not be cheap to build and just so a small % of the road users don't have to slow to maybe a stop at a roundabout!

    You could apply that logic to roads themselves. Why bother though. If you're gonna build such a big junction then best to have it free flowing wherever possible


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    #4645
    roosterman71
    Registered Users Posts: 5,516 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    hold my beer wrote: »
    You could apply that logic to roads themselves. Why bother though. If you're gonna build such a big junction then best to have it free flowing wherever possible

    Don't think you can apply it.
    We might leave it here. I think it's over engineered and others disagree :)


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    #4646
    josip
    Registered Users Posts: 13,893 ✭✭✭✭josip


    roosterman71 wrote: »
    Don't think you can apply it.
    We might leave it here. I think it's over engineered and others disagree :)

    Not trying to prolong the debate, more of a general question.
    If there are multiple options available for a piece of road infrastructure and all else (safety, environment impact, etc) are equal, is there a cost benefit analysis done on that particular segment in order to justify if it's worth doing?

    Eg. motorway can go around a hill or over/through the hill via a cutting.
    Going through the hill costs €5m more at construction time, but the motorway ends up 0.5km shorter.
    Is the reduced cost of 0.5km shorter, considered per vehicle movement over the expected lifetime of the road, when deciding which option is best?


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    #4647
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    roosterman71 wrote: »
    Don't think you can apply it.
    We might leave it here. I think it's over engineered and others disagree :)
    Not a proper freeflow roundabout, something that could easily (cheaply) be resolved with a different line pattern between the junctions on the roundabout.


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    #4648
    Muppet Man
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    It think it makes sense when motorway are merging with motorways. You don't need to shed speed and then regain it.


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    #4649
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Muppet Man wrote: »
    It think it makes sense when motorway are merging with motorways. You don't need to shed speed and then regain it.




    Yeah, this isn't an exit to a lesser road


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    #4650
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    What can't I see?
    Mr Crispy wrote: »
    554933.png


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    #4651
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    "eduation".


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