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The deaths thread

Last post by Apelles « Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:23 am
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by Setanta » Sat Jun 10, 2023 7:27 pm

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The Unabomber has death announced this evening

You'd wonder is half the legend about him true

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Dickey Betts RIP.

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Last post by Apelles
Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:23 am
Annoyances & Irritations

Last post by kadman « Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:32 pm
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by GoldenBrown » Thu Aug 19, 2021 11:10 pm
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Car drivers who veer to the right when turning left and vice versa. Let your steering wheel do the work! What annoys or irritates you?

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My pet annoyance is people selling their pride and joy on marketplace, donedeal, adverts ect.........who attack you and call you a timewaster for...
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Last post by kadman
Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:32 pm
Funny pics, vids, etc ..

Last post by knownunknown « Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:31 am
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by peasant » Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:53 pm
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let's make an innocent beginning ;)

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Maybe a little political but I saw the last guy here and couldn’t help but think of del.monte :lol:
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Last post by knownunknown
Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:31 am
Scam emails

Last post by Del.Monte « Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:52 am
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by Del.Monte » Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:27 pm
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Scammers very active at the moment but they really need to up their game. I received this one this evening but I think I'll give this opportunity a...

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The number of scam emails seems to have slightly reduced recently - at least for me - but the tried and presumably successful old ones keep coming....
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Last post by Del.Monte
Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:52 am
WTF Lidl?

Last post by CelticRambler « Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:52 pm
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by CelticRambler » Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:15 pm

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Lidl taking packaging lessons from Amazon? :roll:

Wheelie-bin for scale:

I don't think you have Lidl online in Ireland, do you? Don't bother...

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Look they are Lidl so really they are Einhell.
They are fine for light enough stuff, but not real trough stuff.

Yeah, but if your definition of...

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Last post by CelticRambler
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:52 pm
Traditional forums that are still going in Ireland (excluding "planks")

Last post by John « Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:43 pm
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by John » Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:06 pm

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Politics.ie and askaboutmoney are the only two that I'd know well, P.ie seems to be ticking over ok with posts all things considered but I've no idea...

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Obviously you didnt know much about Askaboutmoney back during the construction bubble.
Posts and posters questioning it very not welcome.
Of course...

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Last post by John
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:43 pm
We didn't call the decade the "10S" when we were living through it

Last post by 6234567 « Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:57 pm
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by John » Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:01 am

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I notice that the years 2010 to 2019 are referred to widely now as the 10s, The BBC have recently launched a Sounds of the 10s hour on Radio 1 for...

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I heard the term 'the one ohs'.

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Last post by 6234567
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:57 pm
Any weird stuff ever happen to you?

Last post by 6234567 « Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:19 pm
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by 6234567 » Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:39 pm

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I was talking to a fella at work and he was telling me about seeing weird green lights in the sky when he was young.
He didn't see anything source...

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Northern lights?!

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Dunno. I wasn't there.

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Last post by 6234567
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:19 pm
Happy Leap Year

Last post by Enoch Von Clausewitz « Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:20 pm
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by Adso_of_Melk » Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:42 am

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Trust the French!

The world's only quadrennial, or four-yearly newspaper, has hit the kiosks again in France with the release of a new issue of...

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best i came up with is some bloke i never heard of called Fred Hoyle ? ??

don't thinkke many'd come to your table quizzes :oops: :lol:

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Last post by Enoch Von Clausewitz
Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:20 pm
None of ye noticed ... but I'll tell ye anyway.

Last post by Adso_of_Melk « Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:02 pm
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by CelticRambler » Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:44 am
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As ye all know, I steadfastly refuse to follow the venerable Kadman's advice that any self-respecting (late?) middle-aged man should be happy to...

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Sounds wonderful !
Best of luck!

Did I ever tell you of the night of sinful passion I had in a monastery in the north of Italy ?

My master is not...
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Last post by Adso_of_Melk
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:02 pm
Passing through ... ->>>

Last post by CelticRambler « Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:36 am
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by CelticRambler » Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:02 am

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Howaryiz ...

Have just spent a fortnight wearing out my eardrums in the company of two dozen gabby relatives (none of whom has ever kissed the...

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Right: picking up where I left off (sort of) ...

How are all the cats?

Gone, all gone, 'cept me, mwhahhhaahahahahha! :twisted:

:cry: I...

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Last post by CelticRambler
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:36 am
Karma?

Last post by Norman Breaks « Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:04 pm
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by Del.Monte » Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:36 pm

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Yesterday as I was leaving my trolley back at the local supermarket I noticed a young child guarding two small dogs at the trolley bay and for no...

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Karma?

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Last post by Norman Breaks
Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:04 pm
Christmas 2023 Over Indulgence Thread

Last post by Del.Monte « Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:06 pm
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by Del.Monte » Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:35 pm

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Not even Halloween and I'm in Christmas mode from today. Started off with ordering a 3lb plum pudding €28.50 - (€24.99 last year) - well there is the...

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Still haven't had any of my wildly expensive (€28) plum pudding and associated brandy butter (specially ordered from Helen Gee's Jams, Abbeyleix)....

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Last post by Del.Monte
Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:06 pm
Sweetness and Light 💕

Last post by isha « Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:23 am
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by isha » Sun May 29, 2022 8:17 pm
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Awwwwww... Look at this... 🤗😍

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Brought me to tears. Síofra Lawless being welcomed back to school after becoming World Junior Boxing Champion. AWESOME 😎
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Last post by isha
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:23 am
Post what's on your mind

Last post by isha « Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:52 am
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by 765489 » Fri Aug 26, 2022 5:52 pm
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A thread for random thoughts that don't fit anywhere.

What's in my head at the moment? Well after seeing the electricity price hike being introduced...

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Here's a nice surprise, for me anyway. For years and years I have dutifully made sure enough money has been in the bank to pay the weekly standing...
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Last post by isha
Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:52 am
Poem of the Day

Last post by quodec « Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:36 pm
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by isha » Sat Nov 13, 2021 12:21 pm
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let it go
let it go – the
smashed word broken
open vow or
the oath cracked length
wise – let it go it
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let them go – the
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And for a little bit of light relief...
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Last post by quodec
Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:36 pm
Bidets 🍑

Last post by isha « Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:09 am
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by isha » Sat Dec 02, 2023 12:22 pm

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I have travelled a lot and coped with many toileting arrangements including happily using the Indian water cleaning method which deploys jugs of...

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I'm trying to broaden my range of experience and continental bidets are surely posh, no?

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Last post by isha
Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:09 am
Booker Prize: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Last post by quodec « Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:00 pm
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by Del.Monte » Sat Dec 02, 2023 4:22 pm

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Okay, I wanted to like it as I like the subject matter - Ireland in a dystopian future. I even put it in my Amazon basket (since removed) but the...

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Reading it on kindle at the moment and have mentioned it in the What Book are you Reading thread, so I Will reserve overall judgement until I...

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Last post by quodec
Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:00 pm
Gaelscoileanna for the French!

Last post by marhay70 « Sat Dec 02, 2023 10:55 am
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by CelticRambler » Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:36 am

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In other parts of the cyberworld, some people get very worked up about the viability of the Irish language, and the resources devoted to perpetuating...

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In Wales, particularly Northern Wales which is less Anglified, the Welsh language lives on alongside English. This is where I would like to see...

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Last post by marhay70
Sat Dec 02, 2023 10:55 am
SuperValu wankers!

Last post by marhay70 « Wed Nov 22, 2023 12:03 pm
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by PogMoThoin22 » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:20 pm

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Missus was in SuperValu getting a handful of bits yesterday evening. There's was only 2 checkouts open and the queues were building up when an...

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My local Super Valu has 6 or 7 self service check outs. There is always a member of staff on hand. But I've always got the impression that the staff...

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Last post by marhay70
Wed Nov 22, 2023 12:03 pm
Something lurking in the woodpile ... :-/

Last post by CelticRambler « Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:32 pm
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by CelticRambler » Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:11 pm
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Went out to the barn this afternoon to look for some timber and found ...

Well, now missy, where did you come...

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Something didn't work properly as far as the feeder is concerned, as it was almost completely empty instead of being only half-empty, and there was a...
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Last post by CelticRambler
Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:32 pm
Last of the Summer Wine

Last post by Del.Monte « Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:16 pm

by Del.Monte » Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:16 pm

Spent this morning with two ' old ' school friends at the Wexford Slobs reliving our birdwatching experiences. Plenty of birds about but nothing to...

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Last post by Del.Monte
Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:16 pm
You know you're a true peasant when ...

Last post by Apelles « Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:38 am
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by CelticRambler » Sun Oct 22, 2023 10:54 pm
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... the highlight of your day is finding two extra jars in the press that you didn't know you had. Empty jars - to put soup into. :mrgreen:

Have...

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. . I'm regularly checking the free listings on Adverts.ie for more stuff I don't really need.
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Last post by Apelles
Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:38 am
The Reckoning - Jimmy Savile

Last post by Fugue « Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:35 am
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by DeletedUser » Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:40 pm

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Just watching Ep 3 of 4 of this.

Deeply disturbing and frightening to see how easily he got away with abuse in plain sight.

Some scenes such as...

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Yes, I just wanted to see Steve Coogan's performance, which is spectacular. I knew he'd be good though - he's such a great actor, with an exceptional...

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Last post by Fugue
Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:35 am
Quote of the Day

Last post by 678904673 « Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:07 pm
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by 765489 » Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:37 pm
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Post your QOTD

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say...

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No bird soars to high if he soars on his own wings.

William Blake
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Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:07 pm

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