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    #7532
    stephen_n
    Registered Users Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118369358#Comment_118369358

    That’s really sh1t. Unfortunate timing to say the least.



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    #7533
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118369358#Comment_118369358

    Sh*t buzz, Podge… I’m definitely hearing of more people having it now than at any stage during the last 2 years.

    Hopefully it turns out the Omicron is definitively less severe, and we can get back to something a bit more normal soon.



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    #7534
    Bazzo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118367640#Comment_118367640

    Anyone I know who has even thought about London seems to have COVID



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    #7535
    Bazzo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    Happy Christmas lads. Even the non Connacht fans.



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    #7536
    stephen_n
    Registered Users Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    Happy Christmas everyone, especially anyone with Covid and a happy New Year. Hopefully 2022 will finally see the back of Covid.



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    #7537
    molloyjh
    Registered Users Posts: 24,762 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    Happy Christmas folks. Hope anyone stuck isolating finds ways to have a good Christmas. Things are fairly mad now but it won’t last forever.



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    #7538
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    Back in Limerick for the first time in 3 years so would only be good and proper to say “Happy Christmas, baaaiii’s”. Hopefully the last one Covid sh*te’s all over.



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    #7539
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,370 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    Merry Christmas, you filthy animals.



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    #7540
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,492 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/26/t-mark-taylor-he-man-and-masters-of-the-universe-toy-designer-dies-aged-80

    i can’t be the only person who had a He-Man, no? And TMNT were big when I started high school



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    #7541
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 41,536 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Yeah I had a he-man and battle cat set, against skeletor and panthor.

    I remember the way the figures used to twist in the middle on a spring load.

    I watched the latest reboot too, for the craic. They were OK.



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    #7542
    Dubinusa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,534 ✭✭✭Dubinusa


    After being home last week, the aggravation at the airport was insane. I have a physical covid card. It has no QR code and it can't be scanned. So, watching people arrive after I did and get through the AerLingus queues because they were able to upload the covid information, drove me nuts. I was 4 hours early and spent 2 hours at the airline check in.

    I suppose I have to find out how to get my vaccination status upgraded so can upload it on my phone.

    Merry xmass you heathen outcasts. All the best for the new year!



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    #7543
    Neil3030
    Registered Users Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    Wow. Five straight days without a post in the off-topic thread. That there omicron must be ripping everyone a new arsehole.



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    #7544
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,370 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    That or everyone's still in a Christmas food coma.


    I have eaten a disappointingly small amount of chocolate and cheese this Christmas.



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    #7545
    DGRulz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭DGRulz


    Hi folks, Currently trying to buy my first property. I submitted a bid just before Christmas and the agent came back and said it was registered and they'd be back in touch the first week of January. There was no other bids last I spoke to them so theres currently no competition. Just wondering in terms of getting a surveyor out to inspect the place, is it generally better to wait until I've gone sale agreed or is there any advantage to doing it before? Also, can anyone recommend a surveyor? House is Swords/ North County Dublin area.



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    #7546
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,659 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118395516#Comment_118395516

    After you go sale agreed, right before you sign the contracts.

    Not worth your time/money doing it before then if they decide to withdraw the house or another bid comes in.



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    #7547
    stephen_n
    Registered Users Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    Happy New Year everyone, hope it’s a good and safe one for everyone. Even the trolls. Hopefully we will see the back of this feckin Covid too.



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    #7548
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,492 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118398699#Comment_118398699

    What do we reckon was more disruptive in 2021: Covid or the boards “upgrade”…



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    #7549
    stephen_n
    Registered Users Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118399638#Comment_118399638

    Don’t know which was more disruptive but at least with Covid there is some hope of fixing it.



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    #7550
    Bazzo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    The other half's younger sister who had COVID in October now has COVID again, in case any of ye needs a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks they're bulletproof if they've had it in the past.



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    #7551
    Zzippy
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118410878#Comment_118410878

    I've heard of people having it twice in little over a month. It seems having Delta doesn't confer much, if any, immunity from Omicron.



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    #7552
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    I read an article yesterday saying there's a chance that you can have both delta and omicron at the same time.



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    #7553
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,427 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    At what point is it just a different virus?



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    #7554
    Neil3030
    Registered Users Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    It's only really bad news if Delta (or whatever next variant) evades Omicron recovery antibodies.



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    #7555
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,775 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118412654#Comment_118412654

    It appears that the immunity flows "backwards" well, so if you get omicron you are covered for delta. Though for the next one who knows.



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    #7556
    errlloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 12,611 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    If anyone wants a tale of being grand, the OH got it and I obviously continued to live with her for a full week and I never got it. I barely left the apartment for the full ten days, she obviously didn't leave. So had to be laced with covid.



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    #7557
    Neil3030
    Registered Users Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    How picky are they being in Dublin Airport on the type of PCR test used to show you're negative for Covid?

    Gov website specifies "RT-PCR", but there also seems to be just "PCR", are they being picky with this?



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    #7558
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,775 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118419040#Comment_118419040

    On arrival? I would say not at all. I only had an antigen coming in anyway, but while they definitely wanted to see it they hardly scanned it in detail.

    The airline looked at it more carefully to be honest, but mostly just to make sure the name matches.



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    #7559
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 41,536 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    im planning on heading to the Bath game in January, but flying out early on the friday (6:15)

    ive the opinion of doing a PCR test on thursday in my town, but the test ill be done by 18:00.

    as im planning on flying back at 21:15 on the sunday night, do you think those extra 3 hours over the 72 hour limit would be a reason to refuse entry onto the plan?



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    #7560
    stephen_n
    Registered Users Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118419825#Comment_118419825

    Due to go over for this as well. From what I’ve been told the airport barely check it at all. The airline does all the heavy lifting. If it’s AerLingus that will be done with the VeriFLY app. So there will probably be no latitude given. Having said that. If you are filling out the VeriFLY 24 hours in advance, the cert would be valid, so it’s hard to tell. I was planning on getting an antigen test in Bath on the Friday afternoon as we are flying Sunday morning.



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    #7561
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 41,536 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    yeah we could so the antigen test in bath in friday afternoon, or go early and do the pcr test before we fly but that means being in DA at 4:30

    im assume the boots UK test woudl be sufficient to travel back with



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