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Originally posted by eamonhonda View Post
Legends! Did their tiny desk spark this look back? If not you should check their Tiny Desk concert on YouTube, and in general dig back through other ones, they are really great"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by hotspur View PostLoved Cypress Hill. They are playing the 3Arena in December with Ice Cube and The Game.
Hip hop gigs are notoriously patchy , half-assed money grabs (and usually in cavernous, soulless corporate shitholes exactly like the 3Arena) but I might be tempted by this one.
Did anyone go to Wu-Tang recently? Only got one report from someone I know who enjoyed it but I wouldn't trust those Wu-Tang fuckers (or my spy TBH) as far as I could thrown them so I skipped it too.
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Number 2 back and sides and short, blended in at the top. (I'm over 50 with a pretty decent, short but gradually reducing head of hair - if you're the same, keep it tight!)
Then they usually enquire about my side parting or which way I want it flicked over (depending on how long it Is when they're actually looking at - plus sometimes I change my mind and ask for a different direction).
Squared off for me at the locks, just by the top of my ear. He usually suggests this based on what he ascertains from my previous style. This is pretty consistent. I don't fuck around with locks and shit.
Then I make sure they even up my eyebrows (though I usually do that myself every week or so - no-one wants to be the new Dennis Healy, right). Thankfully I'm not an "ear-hair werewolf" just yet so I can avoid those conversations.
And 'natural' at the back if they ask, rather than straight or boxed off. Others you'll look like a thug or a someone who doesn't know how to deal with a lazy or inexperienced barber.
If they ask about pubes, I'd politely decline and say I do my own thing.
Hope this helps?
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Originally posted by Opr View PostExcerpt from Billy Walters's upcoming book, 'Secrets from a Life at Risk'.
Inside Phil Mickelson’s Gambling Escapades
If he was betting on himself to do certain things in the course of a round, different matter.
Believe Ivan Toney was in a similar enough position. Never bet against his team i think, or anything close. But banned for 8 months. But potential rapists coming back into the game with no penalty, and other stories.
How the fuck are players earning millions a year not meant to place a bet when the administrators of their league are up to their eyeballs in betting company money
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I'm a bit late to the party on this but strangely enough I believe I only saw Sinead O'Connor sing live once (that I can remember!).
It was a Bob Dylan song called 'I Believe in You'.
She was supposed to do it his tribute concert all those years ago, shortly after the Pope-picture tearing incident, I think it was Madison Square Garden but instead she sang War cos she was boo-ed so much. So she never got to sing it then, as originally planned, in tribute to Dylan.
So in 2015 Booker T (and the MGs... of 'Green Onions' fame) was playing the Sugar Club and Sinead was there for the whole show in the front row and jumped up towards the end and sang this with them.
Cleary pre-planned but unrehearsed.
And she said, as you can see in the video, 'So we finally get to sing it'... I presume she was supposed to sing it with Booker T back then but I don't know. Anyway, here it is...
Predating this, when she lived on Bride Street, just round the corner from me in the late 90s, I was sitting one day in St. Patricks Cathedral park and she ambled past (heading to the Centra on Patrick St. I imagined) and made eye contact and just smiled.
And I remember that even more vividly, 25 years ago or so.Last edited by BennyHiFi; 10-08-23, 23:53.
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Originally posted by Micknail View PostWhat do ye ask for in the barbers, like seriously, at times I'm verging on saying can you just make it a bit shorter there thanks."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View PostI'm a bit late to the party on this but strangely enough I believe I only saw Sinead O'Connor sing live once (that I can remember!).
It was a Bob Dylan song called 'I Believe in You'.
She was supposed to do it his tribute concert all those years ago, shortly after the Pope-picture tearing incident, I think it was Madison Square Garden but instead she sang War cos she was boo-ed so much. So she never got to sing it then, as originally planned, in tribute to Dylan.
So in 2015 Booker T (and the MGs... of 'Green Onions' fame) was playing the Sugar Club and Sinead was there for the whole show in the front row and jumped up towards the end and sang this with them.
Cleary pre-planned but unrehearsed.
And she said, as you can see in the video, 'So we finally get to sing it'... I presume she was supposed to sing it with Booker T back then but I don't know. Anyway, here it is...
Predating this, when she lived on Bride Street, just round the corner from me in the late 90s, I was sitting one day in St. Patricks Cathedral park and she ambled past (heading to the Centra on Patrick St. I imagined) and made eye contact and just smiled.
And I remember that even more vividly, 25 years ago or so.
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View Post
Hmmm.. interesting. I did not know this until now.
Hip hop gigs are notoriously patchy , half-assed money grabs (and usually in cavernous, soulless corporate shitholes exactly like the 3Arena) but I might be tempted by this one.
Did anyone go to Wu-Tang recently? Only got one report from someone I know who enjoyed it but I wouldn't trust those Wu-Tang fuckers (or my spy TBH) as far as I could thrown them so I skipped it too.
Tripod gig in 2011 was one of the best gigs i've been to
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I see Billy Walters has a book coming out - Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
And there's lots of intreating stuff about Phil Mickelson, some of which he shares in this excerpt.
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...Final push for more entrants--- Fantasy premier league starts in a matter of hours...
...Once more into deep end we go!!!... After a topsy-turvy few seasons, we can hopefully expect a more normalized season...Kick off is August 12th but setting this up early to hopefully attract a stellar field... And the good news is I won't be looking at a mini me pop out the day before the first game, so can fully spam and be
...€30 for main and €20 for H2H...
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Originally posted by Ed View PostSad grown up question. I share a car with my wife, it's in her name. Does the insurance need to be too or can it be mine with her as named driver? Would it be a better rate in her name anyway?
You're not meant to get a cheaper rate as female but probably will!
Be careful about her just having an open driving policy too, you might lose any NCB you may have built up as a named driver,
I know a few people who didnt get car insurance for over 2 years as they were in Aus / Qatar etc and then got hit with a huge premium on their return.
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Originally posted by Micknail View Post
AFAIK the main driver / insured person needs to have the car in their name as owner.
You're not meant to get a cheaper rate as female but probably will!
Be careful about her just having an open driving policy too, you might lose any NCB you may have built up as a named driver,
I know a few people who didnt get car insurance for over 2 years as they were in Aus / Qatar etc and then got hit with a huge premium on their return.
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Kids are watching something on youtube with 'guess the logos'. The below pops up and they instantly know it despite having never left Europe. Scarily they seem to be batting 90% on hundreds of logos (including three cryptocurrencies so far) despite not watching tv and having ad-free youtube.
walmart-spark-logo-57DC35C86C-seeklogo.com.png"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Ed View PostSad grown up question. I share a car with my wife, it's in her name. Does the insurance need to be too or can it be mine with her as named driver? Would it be a better rate in her name anyway?
I heard somewhere recently that you should be switching every two years between who is main driver and who is named driver. That way, neither lose your NCB over time.
I can't for the life of me remember where I heard this so take this advice with a pinch of salt.
We're thinking of moving from two to one car, partly due to space in the hopefully soon to be new house and partly due to the fact that Mrs Lao Lao hardly ever drives her car but she is somewhat reluctant on it as I have to use my car Monday - Friday and it can be gone from 7am until 8-9pm but I think it's a no brainer based on where we live and how much she uses it
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Equally sad grown up question
Does anybody bank with both AIB and BOI?
Need to set up a new joint account. Won't need to ever go into the bank, everything will be done on-line/through their app.
Is there much of a difference between them, either one visibly better than the other in terms of functionality, etc?
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View PostEqually sad grown up question
Does anybody bank with both AIB and BOI?
Need to set up a new joint account. Won't need to ever go into the bank, everything will be done on-line/through their app.
Is there much of a difference between them, either one visibly better than the other in terms of functionality, etc?"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Been calling around various places today including a broker.
General answer to the above is that for a married couple, the person who should be the primary on the insurance is whoever drives the car the most but this isn't vital.
Unmarried would be whoever owns the car.
Doesn't seem to have been a material difference in terms of quotes based on gender but because she's been the primary and i've only ever been a 'named' driver the NCB discount sits with her so we'll be sticking with her as the policy holder.
For anyone looking, Zurich seem the best option at the moment.
Got a good quote for them for me but was told that when renewal comes up next year, the cost would jump a lot more than it would for the wife because i'd only have a year of NCB.
For whatever reason, having a named driver on the policy reduces the cost in many instances (AXA and Zurich for certain).
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Bank of Ireland charge a monthly fee of about a fiver, while the AIB charging structure is absolutely mad. They charge per transaction. I was charged €70 for the last three months. Have now moved all transactions to Revolut, but just to be aware of that. Think the general view is that Bank of Ireland is a lot more with-it"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostBank of Ireland charge a monthly fee of about a fiver, while the AIB charging structure is absolutely mad. They charge per transaction. I was charged €70 for the last three months. Have now moved all transactions to Revolut, but just to be aware of that. Think the general view is that Bank of Ireland is a lot more with-it
Revolut offer joint accounts now.
Just avoid EBS.
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Originally posted by dinekes View PostGot a renewal quote emailed to me from 123.ie a month ago for 421.70
Applied online the other day as if I was a new customer and it was €355!
Had to upload a few docs . .just a few mins work."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View PostSo in 2015 Booker T (and the MGs... of 'Green Onions' fame) was playing the Sugar Club and Sinead was there for the whole show in the front row and jumped up towards the end and sang this with them.
Cleary pre-planned but unrehearsed.
And she said, as you can see in the video, 'So we finally get to sing it'... I presume she was supposed to sing it with Booker T back then but I don't know. Anyway, here it is...
o.Turning millions into thousands
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The greatest artist I saw for having the crowd in the palm of his hand was Ice Cube, at Sunstroke in Dalymount Park I believe it was 1994. Anyone else there? Sunstroke was a hard rock-focused one-day festival, so it was a metal-head crowd ready for Therapy?, Helmet, Chilli Peppers, but within 20 minutes of hitting the stage he had everyone chanting 'Fuck da police!' and 'Fuck (insert Ice Cube entourage member's name here)'! Won absolutely everyone over that day, it was so slick and polished.
Also saw Cypress Hill in 1994, at Feile in Thurles. Fuck me that was some lineup!
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
Did An Post, on the assumption they wouldn't have a clue what type of risks they are taking, and just now 123.ie. An Post was €1,200 and 123 was €1,600. I wonder if its the postcode, or maybe our recency as drivers. fuckers.
Yeah you don't have much no claims built up unfortunately
I was patting myself on the back for my sly manouvering around their attempted renewal gougery however I will have to transfer insurance to another car in the near future so they will get another chance to gouge....
Gougers.
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I would highly recommend going to your local Asian store and trying a can of this Limca lemonade especially for the older cohort. It's absolutely delightful. I include my favourite baseball player in picture Sammy Sosa to show in not racist. It's a taste of the past, I can remember this when I was about 12yo. It's imported as they do not make it like that anymore especially in the western world. It transports you back in time, I implore you to seek it out to try it. When you taste it you will know.
Those sesame seed balls flattered to decieve. These feckin asians would eat anything. Maybe it's the last saloon to avoid paying a dentist to knock out that last chipping of tooth. Not for me. I'll give them to my nephews (not asians).
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Originally posted by rounders123 View PostScreenshot_20230811_185747_Gallery.jpg
I would highly recommend going to your local Asian store and trying a can of this Limca lemonade especially for the older cohort. It's absolutely delightful. I include my favourite baseball player in picture Sammy Sosa to show in not racist. It's a taste of the past, I can remember this when I was about 12yo. It's imported as they do not make it like that anymore especially in the western world. It transports you back in time, I implore you to seek it out to try it. When you taste it you will know.
Those sesame seed balls flattered to decieve. These feckin asians would eat anything. Maybe it's the last saloon to avoid paying a dentist to knock out that last chipping of tooth. Not for me. I'll give them to my nephews (not asians).
This too shall pass.
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Originally posted by ionapaul View PostThe greatest artist I saw for having the crowd in the palm of his hand was Ice Cube, at Sunstroke in Dalymount Park I believe it was 1994. Anyone else there? Sunstroke was a hard rock-focused one-day festival, so it was a metal-head crowd ready for Therapy?, Helmet, Chilli Peppers, but within 20 minutes of hitting the stage he had everyone chanting 'Fuck da police!' and 'Fuck (insert Ice Cube entourage member's name here)'! Won absolutely everyone over that day, it was so slick and polished.
Also saw Cypress Hill in 1994, at Feile in Thurles. Fuck me that was some lineup!
was at the RDS one the next year as well but it never lived up to Dalymount.
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Some story. Norwegian climber trying to break some pointless world record and all that's standing in her way is a dead poor guy.
"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostSome story. Norwegian climber trying to break some pointless world record and all that's standing in her way is a dead poor guy.
https://news.sky.com/story/norwegian...climb-12937688No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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Just booked a lovely little cottage on the beach in Ardmore for a week at the end of the month. First time using Airbnb.
Excited.
Friends went to Gran Canaria for Xmas last year and back then we swore we'd do it this year.
Went to book it last week and it was costing over €8k. Fuck it. Left it too late. So this is a nice little compromise.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostJust booked a lovely little cottage on the beach in Ardmore for a week at the end of the month. First time using Airbnb.
Excited.
Friends went to Gran Canaria for Xmas last year and back then we swore we'd do it this year.
Went to book it last week and it was costing over €8k. Fuck it. Left it too late. So this is a nice little compromise.His rival it seems, had broken his dreams,By stealing the girl of his fancy.Her name was Magill, and she called herself Lil,But everyone knew her as Nancy.
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Originally posted by elbows View Post
Just back from Gran Canaria. Stayed in Mogan. Lovely quiet place with a nice marina. Food was great in most places we went to. Hotel had a Michelin Star restaurant which we didn’t avail of unfortunately. Very few brits despite it being a TUI package. Just over 5k half board with 3 kids. We did breakfast and lunch and went out for dinner every night and probably spent just over a grand.
I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Lazare View Post
That's exactly where we were looking to go. It's where my buddy went last year.His rival it seems, had broken his dreams,By stealing the girl of his fancy.Her name was Magill, and she called herself Lil,But everyone knew her as Nancy.
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Originally posted by elbows View Post
We got lucky as only booked it 2 weeks before we went. Temps were perfect until the day we left it was 36 going to 40.
I think my friends (same size family) did it for about what you spent.
€8k just a little too spicy.
I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by elbows View Post
Just back from Gran Canaria. Stayed in Mogan. Lovely quiet place with a nice marina. Food was great in most places we went to. Hotel had a Michelin Star restaurant which we didn’t avail of unfortunately. Very few brits despite it being a TUI package. Just over 5k half board with 3 kids. We did breakfast and lunch and went out for dinner every night and probably spent just over a grand.
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