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Teaching a class today and there's an Indian guy in the class. I think to myself, jaysus, he looks exactly like someone I used to know in France. But then I chided myself for generalising the commonality of looks across vast ethnicities. I get talking to him and it turns out he is actually the brother of the guy I knew in France."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Steve Baker's road to Damascus moment is hilarious, the ERG will be reduced to rolling out Mark 'the stupidest man of brexit' Francois to condemn The Windsor Framework
Feels like more effort went into calling it something that the DUP could market than into the actual content.
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostSteve Baker's road to Damascus moment is hilarious, the ERG will be reduced to rolling out Mark 'the stupidest man of brexit' Francois to condemn The Windsor Framework
Feels like more effort went into calling it something that the DUP could market than into the actual content.
If they had just called Sunningdale something like The Royal Britannic Agreement, probably the Unionists wouldn't have bothered to read it and thousands of people would still be alive."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Beat: Sure didnt I go and pooch my knee pretty badly playing ball. Its about twice the size of my other one. The scary thing is that I finished the game, no issues running and walked back to car no problem, it blew up over night. I slept quite well too. That makes me think ACL but I don't recall any twist or bang so heres hoping its just a knock and some swelling. Pain is very intense though. Can't walk.
Brag: On the bright side, was able to order some crutches and some ibuprofen from Uber Eats. What a time to be alive.
Vent: One of the lads on my team tested positive for the vid, so if I get that too now with the knee... it'll be the mega dose. Poor dog will be bouncing off the walls. Gonna need to figure a way to get her exercised.
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Originally posted by Theresa View PostBeat: Sure didnt I go and pooch my knee pretty badly playing ball. Its about twice the size of my other one. The scary thing is that I finished the game, no issues running and walked back to car no problem, it blew up over night. I slept quite well too. That makes me think ACL but I don't recall any twist or bang so heres hoping its just a knock and some swelling. Pain is very intense though. Can't walk.
Brag: On the bright side, was able to order some crutches and some ibuprofen from Uber Eats. What a time to be alive.
Vent: One of the lads on my team tested positive for the vid, so if I get that too now with the knee... it'll be the mega dose. Poor dog will be bouncing off the walls. Gonna need to figure a way to get her exercised.
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Originally posted by 6starpool View Post
Or he will be after a few months of inactivity. I think 3 meals of poutine a day is mandatory in Canada.
"Italian" Poutine on a cold day was amazing, pretty much beef ragu and chips and cheese.
Served with french fries, cheese curds & an in house Bubbaâs meat sauce recipe of 30 years. Order online or call us to place your order today.
this was my haunt back thenPeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Dice75 View PostSpeaking of healthcare currently in A&E and some people standing here for over 9 hours waiting to be seen. Like put seats in FFSThis may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Originally posted by Theresa View Post
Seats would just incentivize people to stay Dice.
Client 1 is a late 30s shaven headed Eastern European who arrived in with a few on board to be polite with his Mrs with about 3 different headwounds.. Hiding in the corner wearing the face of her and coming close to going full whack on her his only distraction is he answers to every name under the sun called and proudly marches in to be turfed out again straight away. Fool you once nurse shame on me, fool you 13 times shame on you.
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See if you can sign up some runners for the IPB Cheltenham Tipping Comp. It'll pass the time."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
Its getting to that time now where its turning into a Soap Opera/Horror Movie deal. You could write a book on the clientelle here. Might do a blow by blow guide over next few hours to pass the time.
Client 1 is a late 30s shaven headed Eastern European who arrived in with a few on board to be polite with his Mrs with about 3 different headwounds.. Hiding in the corner wearing the face of her and coming close to going full whack on her his only distraction is he answers to every name under the sun called and proudly marches in to be turfed out again straight away. Fool you once nurse shame on me, fool you 13 times shame on you.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostSee if you can sign up some runners for the IPB Cheltenham Tipping Comp. It'll pass the time.
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What a brilliant mess of a movie Babylon is. Some unforgettable set piece scenes that are worth the ticket price but the parts can't unfortunately be summed up to make a whole. Couldn't connect with any of the main characters.
3/5Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostWhat a brilliant mess of a movie Babylon is. Some unforgettable set piece scenes that are worth the ticket price but the parts can't unfortunately be summed up to make a whole. Couldn't connect with any of the main characters.
3/5
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not to kick you while you're down but had to bring herself to a&e here last week (all good, we think. very severe alergic reaction to something...they think). We have private health insurance but the a&e is for both.
less than 5 minutes for the first triage nurse to assess and prioritise and seen to within 40 minutes.
For balance I did hear one patient go to the desk and say she had been there almost 2 hours and ask what was happening but generally smooth enough
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on a different note, I was invited for lunch on Monday with a group of 5 locals, 2 of them are friends of my friend and I was there when they put out the invite so jumped onboard..as you do..
Anybody who has been to Spain knows about the menu del dia, for anyone who doesn't the bare bones are 3 courses + 1 drink + coffee for a set price. Used to be €9.99 or €10,99 but has increased since covid and the energy crisis and so is normally €12.99 or €14.99 now..and may or may not include a drink. In most places you can choose a la carte instead if you want but the value is in the menu del dia obviously.
Anyway, this particular restaurant had no a la carte option for lunch just the menu del dia. I had never been but the guys were raving about it. Key difference is that it's an open bar, so unlimited beer/wine/soft drinks while you're eating. You don't get to choose the beer obviously but I'm pretty sure it was Turia which is a valencian dark beer and is very drinkable.
So we arrived very unspanishlike at 1.30 for a 1.30 booking and were seated immediately as we were the first in (lunch in Spain tends to be between 2-4) shared starters and then you can choose a main and dessert.
Between 6 of us we got
6 dobles each (400ml beers)
2 platters of cured meats and cheeses with a portion of bread
2 servings of pate and toast
2 octopuses or octupi if you prefer the latin nomenclature
2 servings of potato wedges garnished with herbs and spices
6 ham croquettes
6 bite size portions of morcilla (black pudding to you and me)
then for the mains we decided to get two rice dishes between us instead of six individual orders. This is very normal in Spain, if you want arroz. fideua or paella it will almost always have a 2pax minimum for ordering and if not, it's most likely not being made fresh.
Anyway a huge paellera of arroz meloso de marisco (wet rice with seafood king prawn, mussels, shrimp and chickpeas)
and an equally huge paellera of fideua de pato (dry rice with duck and mushrooms)
We each had a decent sized bowl of both and there was still a liittle left over so that will give you an idea of size.
A dessert and coffee each and finished with a whiskey for the day that was in it.
We were there for about 3 hours all told and the price ended up being €24 a head.
Culoo Culay we ate that day, like cabbages and kings
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Originally posted by Iago View Poston a different note, I was invited for lunch on Monday with a group of 5 locals, 2 of them are friends of my friend and I was there when they put out the invite so jumped onboard..as you do..
Anybody who has been to Spain knows about the menu del dia, for anyone who doesn't the bare bones are 3 courses + 1 drink + coffee for a set price. Used to be €9.99 or €10,99 but has increased since covid and the energy crisis and so is normally €12.99 or €14.99 now..and may or may not include a drink. In most places you can choose a la carte instead if you want but the value is in the menu del dia obviously.
Anyway, this particular restaurant had no a la carte option for lunch just the menu del dia. I had never been but the guys were raving about it. Key difference is that it's an open bar, so unlimited beer/wine/soft drinks while you're eating. You don't get to choose the beer obviously but I'm pretty sure it was Turia which is a valencian dark beer and is very drinkable.
So we arrived very unspanishlike at 1.30 for a 1.30 booking and were seated immediately as we were the first in (lunch in Spain tends to be between 2-4) shared starters and then you can choose a main and dessert.
Between 6 of us we got
6 dobles each (400ml beers)
2 platters of cured meats and cheeses with a portion of bread
2 servings of pate and toast
2 octopuses or octupi if you prefer the latin nomenclature
2 servings of potato wedges garnished with herbs and spices
6 ham croquettes
6 bite size portions of morcilla (black pudding to you and me)
then for the mains we decided to get two rice dishes between us instead of six individual orders. This is very normal in Spain, if you want arroz. fideua or paella it will almost always have a 2pax minimum for ordering and if not, it's most likely not being made fresh.
Anyway a huge paellera of arroz meloso de marisco (wet rice with seafood king prawn, mussels, shrimp and chickpeas)
and an equally huge paellera of fideua de pato (dry rice with duck and mushrooms)
We each had a decent sized bowl of both and there was still a liittle left over so that will give you an idea of size.
A dessert and coffee each and finished with a whiskey for the day that was in it.
We were there for about 3 hours all told and the price ended up being €24 a head.
Culoo Culay we ate that day, like cabbages and kings"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Iago View Postnot to kick you while you're down but had to bring herself to a&e here last week (all good, we think. very severe alergic reaction to something...they think). We have private health insurance but the a&e is for both.
less than 5 minutes for the first triage nurse to assess and prioritise and seen to within 40 minutes.
For balance I did hear one patient go to the desk and say she had been there almost 2 hours and ask what was happening but generally smooth enough
Like, a million wombats out of ten compared to the experience I was expecting. Presume it was a kiddies express lane situation but still.
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Originally posted by Dice75 View Post18 hours in, the weak minded and hangover facing pub crew mostly cut their losses and scarpered. Cant cut it in the ruthless world of the A&E
Last time I was in A&E was 2015 I think. I had gallstones, was triaged quickly and straight away seen to by a doctor. Cunts didn't let me leave for 3 days though.
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Originally posted by 6starpool View Post
What were you in A&E for?
Last time I was in A&E was 2015 I think. I had gallstones, was triaged quickly and straight away seen to by a doctor. Cunts didn't let me leave for 3 days though.
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I was In A&E a couple of years ago . It was an experience. I spent the 1st few hours judging drunks and scumbags and felt somewhat superior to them as I was sober and not abusing people doing their job.
12/13 hours in , my inner Fr Jack was rousing from his armchair. The scumbags who were lying about the place had become familiar faces and I had deep 4am conversations with one or two of them .
One guy was telling me about the cops beating him up unnecessarily after he stole a car , got nabbed and resisted arrest and had station altercations with them. 12 Hours earlier I’d be throwing my eyes up to the sky but I got invested in his murky world and was rooting for him. What happened next? Tell me more etc. Don’t get me wrong he was a bit of a scumbag but by the end of the A&E journey, I felt like he was my scumbag.
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Originally posted by Iago View Poston a different note, I was invited for lunch on Monday with a group of 5 locals, 2 of them are friends of my friend and I was there when they put out the invite so jumped onboard..as you do..
Anybody who has been to Spain knows about the menu del dia, for anyone who doesn't the bare bones are 3 courses + 1 drink + coffee for a set price. Used to be €9.99 or €10,99 but has increased since covid and the energy crisis and so is normally €12.99 or €14.99 now..and may or may not include a drink. In most places you can choose a la carte instead if you want but the value is in the menu del dia obviously.
Anyway, this particular restaurant had no a la carte option for lunch just the menu del dia. I had never been but the guys were raving about it. Key difference is that it's an open bar, so unlimited beer/wine/soft drinks while you're eating. You don't get to choose the beer obviously but I'm pretty sure it was Turia which is a valencian dark beer and is very drinkable.
So we arrived very unspanishlike at 1.30 for a 1.30 booking and were seated immediately as we were the first in (lunch in Spain tends to be between 2-4) shared starters and then you can choose a main and dessert.
Between 6 of us we got
6 dobles each (400ml beers)
2 platters of cured meats and cheeses with a portion of bread
2 servings of pate and toast
2 octopuses or octupi if you prefer the latin nomenclature
2 servings of potato wedges garnished with herbs and spices
6 ham croquettes
6 bite size portions of morcilla (black pudding to you and me)
then for the mains we decided to get two rice dishes between us instead of six individual orders. This is very normal in Spain, if you want arroz. fideua or paella it will almost always have a 2pax minimum for ordering and if not, it's most likely not being made fresh.
Anyway a huge paellera of arroz meloso de marisco (wet rice with seafood king prawn, mussels, shrimp and chickpeas)
and an equally huge paellera of fideua de pato (dry rice with duck and mushrooms)
We each had a decent sized bowl of both and there was still a liittle left over so that will give you an idea of size.
A dessert and coffee each and finished with a whiskey for the day that was in it.
We were there for about 3 hours all told and the price ended up being €24 a head.
Culoo Culay we ate that day, like cabbages and kings
This will only help the cause.
Planning AirBnB, what's the local feel on the ground about that option or would a hotel be better?
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Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
Were? Still here awaiting thr shout of a name that will feel better than sex. Still a good 4 or 5 ahead of me alas
You can however, use this time wisely and prep for the Cheltenham Tipping Comp so you never have to use normal A&E like a commoner again
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My A&E stuff isn't too bad I guess. All weekdays and luckily it was quiet.- Concussion from hurling. All done within hour and out the gap. It wasn't a big one thankfully but got triaged very quickly as a head injury.
- Broken hand from hurling. A couple of hours to get an x-ray and temp cast applied. Had to head to another hospital the next day for an operation.
- Appendix removal. Referred by out of hours GP. Was on a trolley with IV and antibiotics in an hour. Had to stay that evening and night on the same trolley in the corridor of A&E as no beds were available in the wards for surgery. Nurses kept waking me to see that I hadn't deteriorated to a rupture. Transferred to the ward around 9-10am and operation around midday.
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View PostI think I speak for everyone here when I say, Go Fuck Yourself Iago
Hopefully a bull jumps out of a corrida some day soon and gores his cojones. It's the only thing that will stop this torture."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Micknail View PostListening to the Mike Duncan History of Rome podcast again.
I thought I'd remember very little from the first run through about 8 years ago, but happily a good few bits and pieces are still familiar.
I think he’s written a bit on the Roman Empire but he often weaves it into the podcast even if it’s not the primary topic.
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Originally posted by Micknail View PostI don't have a GP, should I rectify this??
If you do get a succession of "sorry, we aren't actually taking on new customers at the moment" replies, it can be worth throwing into the conversation that you are working and don't have a medical card. They love paying customers.
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Originally posted by Micknail View PostI don't have a GP, should I rectify this??
That said, I have to say we’ve had some recent experience with the two walk in docs near you and they’ve been great.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostHave a family week in Athens at the beginning of next month and the 'things to do' lists are surprisingly unappealing. Surely a tourist country would have a bit more going on.
But you're right, apart from that and the Acropolis itself it was fairly weak on 'must see' stuff.
It was pretty grotty (lots of graffiti, junkies, poverty) back then so I can't imagine it has improved massively.
I'd get out of the city after a couple of days if that's an option.
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Originally posted by Micknail View PostI don't have a GP, should I rectify this??
She agrees with me and charges 65 quid!
She did prescribe some lovely drugs once though ...think they were opiates of some kind...had me floating.....a week later I was outside her practice dishevelled and scratching my arms shilling with a paper coffee cup "stordee bud any odds"
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
We are semi planning our family break away after the success of Lisbon last year and I've been pushing Vanencia.
This will only help the cause.
Planning AirBnB, what's the local feel on the ground about that option or would a hotel be better?
like I posted before when RDIII asked there is a lot to see and do in Valencia and it’s surrounds but be careful with time of year. End of July and August is oppressively hot for example, minimum of 35 a lot of days and a number of days over 40.
this week though it’s been unseasonably cold, as low as -2 overnight and only 7/8 during the day. Even had snow in parts outside the city.
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View PostOne of the top 5 things to do in Athens is 'To get the fuck out of Athens'
The country is a huge place for tourists, Athens not so much.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Iago View Post
the local government have blocked tourist licences now but anyone who has one gets to keep it unless they sell the apartment. There are the usual rumblings of discontent from the locals about being priced out of certain areas but there’s never any trouble (that I’ve seen) with people who are actually guesting in airbnb’s.
like I posted before when RDIII asked there is a lot to see and do in Valencia and it’s surrounds but be careful with time of year. End of July and August is oppressively hot for example, minimum of 35 a lot of days and a number of days over 40.
this week though it’s been unseasonably cold, as low as -2 overnight and only 7/8 during the day. Even had snow in parts outside the city.
it'd probably be around then once the gosen is out of school and all.
Maybe an Easter break might be more our speed.
Any area in particular to aim for or avoid?Last edited by DeadParrot; 01-03-23, 17:51.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by 6starpool View PostI'm not feeling well I think. I'm contemplating playing some live poker one evening, perhaps even an event or two at the Irish Open. I must be coming down with something pretty bad. It's been over a decade since I darkened the door of a poker event/club.
Norwegian and Irish open last year in City West.
It was grand, bumped into loads of the old crowd including the great Frankie Hunt.
Couldnt be arsed driving to a venue regularly though or even at all mostly unless it's ridiculously convenient with parking loads of games, very little waiting, proper food available.
Like if you told me there would be free entry to a €75 buy in tourney on a Fri night in town I wouldn't be bothered.
Balls, it won't be City West this year though.
Ah well.
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
good to know.
it'd probably be around then once the gosen is out of school and all.
Maybe an Easter break might be more our speed.
Any area in particular to aim for or avoid?
staying in russafa, extramurs, el carmen or ciutat vella will have you in the middle of everything but honestly it’s all walkable and the metro system is excellent. You buy a tuin card and it’s only 70c a journey within the city limits..
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anywhere in the yellow is perfectly fine for being able to get around and being safe
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