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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat

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    #13112
    BK5
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    Ah buddies it's gone beyond a joke at this stage, it literally is like Winter this morning. Rain, wind, storm warnings and power cuts???

    Our street party has had to be cancelled again! I'm usually a positive person but this is crackers (I wonder is there any crackers in the attic? 🤔😀)



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    #13113
    freshpopcorn
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    Spotted in The Range in thr UK!



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    #13114
    Cork Lass
    Registered Users Posts: 6,846 ✭✭✭Cork Lass


    It was a hell of a night down here, a really bad storm passed over and the house was rattling. Lots of trees down this morning and a lot of people have no power. Thankfully though we have power - today is free electricity day in this house 😂. Hope your power is back @DvB .



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    #13115
    Loughc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120942588#Comment_120942588

    It was my power that went and thankfully it came back just before 11am. We almost didn’t have a baby monitor for the nap!



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    #13116
    BK5
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120942499#Comment_120942499

    Ooh, dare I say it, but even I think that's early.



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    #13117
    pigtail33
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    We had torrential rain here overnight too, thankfully I didn't hear much of it. Dublin Airport was the wettest weather station and I'm not too far from there. I did discover I have a small leak in my roof though 😭 there's only a little dampness, but still something that will need to get fixed before any damage is done.

    Looks like August is continuing the same weather trend where July left off. It's supposed to get warmer in the middle of the week though.



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    #13118
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,269 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    We got out for a walk there and it was quite nice, then out of the blue, more rain, so we stopped and had a coffee in a little cafe near us and strolled home in the sun when it blew over, even that little break was a boost to the mood.

    Glad to hear the power wasn't gone too long @Loughc

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #13119
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,493 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    A few on here and a few Mr's!

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    #13120
    Cork Lass
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    Just saw the Dublin flooding on the news - hope no one on here was affected.



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    #13121
    Princess Calla
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943643#Comment_120943643

    I don't think any of the Dublin regulars are from Clontarf. More around the "corner" of the bay Malahide/Portmarnock.



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    #13122
    Posy
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    I'm right beside Clontarf, my road was flooded last night but luckily there was no property damage. Sick of this weather!! We get enough of this in the BER months and January through to April. Waaah! 🌧



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    #13123
    Princess Calla
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943758#Comment_120943758

    Sorry , didn't realise that I thought you were on the Malahide side 😊



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    #13124
    Loughc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943643#Comment_120943643
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    Down my neck of the woods there was this. Our local centra had to close due to flooding as well. Welcome to autumn y’all.



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    #13125
    Princess Calla
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    Are they the northern cross apartments?



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    #13126
    Loughc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943937#Comment_120943937

    No down further from there



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    #13127
    Cork Lass
    Registered Users Posts: 6,846 ✭✭✭Cork Lass


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943758#Comment_120943758

    Lucky escape so @Posy . We're well used to flooding on Leeside but I live on a hill so if I ever get flooded then Noah will need his Ark. Our office is on the quays though so flooding is a regular issue there, not so much the building but the access. Not that that will be any problem for me anymore 😀.



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    #13128
    antimatterx
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943865#Comment_120943865

    You look not far from me. Thankfully we got nothing like that, but if that's where I think it is, I could walk there in 15 minutes m



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    #13129
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,493 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Newbridge 2023

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    A few new pieces on the site.

    https://www.newbridgesilverware.com/en/Christmas-Tree-Decorations/c-256.aspx?SortBy=newestdesc




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    #13130
    Loughc
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    I do like the collectors item this year but it’s weird they only show 6 days but then I realised the other side shows the other 6 haha

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    #13131
    DvB
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    Heading down to dunnes in a few minutes to do the weekly grocery shop, will have eyes peeked for anything Christmas related, though suspect its a bit early for dunnes.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #13132
    Loughc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120948495#Comment_120948495

    I suspect you’d be right. Dunnes are very slow getting that stuff in and on display. Tesco are usually the first and that’s most likely because they are getting the stock from their U.K. counterparts.



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    #13133
    Smell the glove
    Registered Users Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭Smell the glove


    Dunnes and Shaws are September as far as I recall. The range normally first of those sort of shops but Tesco will have the selection boxes and stuff out first.



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    #13134
    freshpopcorn
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    Funnily enough I used find Tesco the best but the last few years I noticed the tubs in Dunnes first but maybe it's just me.

    Either way it might be another two or three weeks before we see anything.



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    #13135
    DvB
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    As suspected, not a thing in dunnes, expect it'll be September before anything appears there.

    Will start my stollen watch in Lidl around the same time.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #13136
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,493 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I looked at my old photos.

    Last year I didn't have any Tubs or Selection Boxes until the first week of September.

    In 2021 the first pic of Tubs l had was in late August in.....

    ALDI.

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    #13137
    CheerLouth
    Registered Users Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭CheerLouth


    Hope everyone had a nice bank holiday weekend. We enjoyed it in between getting soaked on walks & our power constantly going off! I think it has gone off three times in the last week alone.

    Just see the line up for Strictly, can't say that I know any of them...some of the names are familiar but not their faces. No doubt we will get to know them as our eldest loves Strictly so we'll be tuned in most weeks.



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    #13138
    Jude13
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    Catching up on the last 10 pages has given me a buzz. Back online from working remotely and traveling, my good the weather is cat.

    We hit Brussel's then two weeks in Cognac (after a 9 hour drive which our 4 year old behaved). A week of that was working. Then five days in Paris where we got great weather and did all the sights on rented bikes. Arrived in Dublin just in time to go to the all Ireland. Now working remotely in limerick. The weather is awful, we have pals from Canada touring in Ireland and dropping in to do the Cliffs of Mohar, we'll we washed off them.

    We found zero Christmassy things on our travels. I am off to London Thursday, any pointers on all round Christmas shops welcome.



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    #13139
    antimatterx
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    I'm just so happy the Premier League is back this week. It's the first sign that summer is over and we're staring at Autumn and Winter.



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    #13140
    DvB
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    Causey farm Christmas experience tickets on sale from tomorrow.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #13141
    Loughc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120951558#Comment_120951558

    Same with me for strictly I reckonize the faces but don't know much about them. But I think that works best for Strictly. None of the celebs seem to love themselves too much unlike the Xfactor all those years ago.



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