Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - BabyforV

[coillcam]

NFL noob here. Why is Rodgers still playing on 1 leg? Is the backup QB a terrible option?

[SatNav]

I have been asked to do a eulogy for the mass on Tuesday , I know nothing about these things at all. I know its a speech type thing about the person ( I guess I should feel honored also that I have been asked). I have one done , fairly short and simple. Showed it to colm he said it was grand but also knows nothing about them. Anyone here know about these things . I could maybe sent it in a pm . funeral is going to be huge and I am pretty nervous so really want it to be nice.

[dobby]

NFL noob here. Why is Rodgers still playing on 1 leg? Is the backup QB a terrible option?

I'm still a noob myself but I would think you're assumption is correct. The gulf between starting QB's and back ups seems huge. Also he'd be relying on the blockers for good protection so he doesn't have to move much.

[ArmaniJeans]

NFL noob here. Why is Rodgers still playing on 1 leg? Is the backup QB a terrible option?

As I understand it the salary cap (and salary floor) rules mean teams rarely have top class backups, i.e, you tend to spend all your money on your starters.
So you'd never get a Real Galiticos situation or an Aguero/Dzeko/Jovetic playing for one place combination at an NFL team. This leads to the top 32 QBs tending to be at 32 different teams (never quite happens that way but it approaches it).
So therefore the backup will nearly always be someone outside say the Top 25, or else an up-and-coming youngster with potential but untried.

[dobby]

I have been asked to do a eulogy for the mass on Tuesday , I know nothing about these things at all. I know its a speech type thing about the person ( I guess I should feel honored also that I have been asked). I have one done , fairly short and simple. Showed it to colm he said it was grand but also knows nothing about them. Anyone here know about these things . I could maybe sent it in a pm . funeral is going to be huge and I am pretty nervous so really want it to be nice.

People usually tell a nice light hearted funny story that makes people smile. A mate of mine died in a car crash 2 years ago and another mmate did the eulogy. He told a story about when we were 14 in a football final and we got a free in the last second to win the match. The lad that died took tye free and we won. It basically was trying to say how much heart he had for a young lad and nothing bothered him

Just think of a nice memory of her that makes you smile and turn it into a little story. Also, sorry for your loss. Never a good time to lose someone but especially this time of year. Keep the head up.

[SatNav]

People usually tell a nice light hearted funny story that makes people smile. A mate of mine died in a car crash 2 years ago and another mmate did the eulogy. He told a story about when we were 14 in a football final and we got a free in the last second to win the match. The lad that died took tye free and we won. It basically was trying to say how much heart he had for a young lad and nothing bothered him

Just think of a nice memory of her that makes you smile and turn it into a little story. Also, sorry for your loss. Never a good time to lose someone but especially this time of year. Keep the head up.

Yeah I have it lighthearted, just started off with a bit about herself and then her likes in life in the middle and finished off with about how she will be missed. I havent mentioned names anywhere as I feel that could get sticky if I forgot someone. It will take about a minute to read. Presume they are meant to be short and sweet.

Thanks

[eamonhonda]

Panthers may end up facing a Rodgersless Green Bay next week, talk about rungoodaments.

Hopefully not. Love the final week of regular season On redzone raging I'm missing it.

[luckforsome]

Yeah I have it lighthearted, just started off with a bit about herself and then her likes in life in the middle and finished off with about how she will be missed. I havent mentioned names anywhere as I feel that could get sticky if I forgot someone. It will take about a minute to read. Presume they are meant to be short and sweet.

Thanks

...That' sounds about right..about a minute is a nice amount of time.. it will probably end up a little longer due to small pauses that you may take..and I think your right not to mention names, for the reason you gave plus the fact no other names would seem apporopriate... but as long as your comfortable with what your reading then I would suggest going with it...your reading what you think is appropriate for you grandmother (and possibly for your mother),so once your happy that's what matters...
...This is coming from someone that had a massive fear of churches and hasn't stepped foot in one in 14 years so caution...

[Dice75]

I have been asked to do a eulogy for the mass on Tuesday , I know nothing about these things at all. I know its a speech type thing about the person ( I guess I should feel honored also that I have been asked). I have one done , fairly short and simple. Showed it to colm he said it was grand but also knows nothing about them. Anyone here know about these things . I could maybe sent it in a pm . funeral is going to be huge and I am pretty nervous so really want it to be nice.

Did my brothers a couple of years ago. Gimme a buzz 2mrw if you want any help.

[hotspur]

I've been meaning to ask this question. Over the past few months I have noticed different East Asians in Dublin than our usual Chinese, they look to be South East Asian. The wimminz are considerably hotter than the Chinese. Does anyone know where they are from or how it has come to be that they are here?

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[SatNav]

Reading the most recent Jeffrey Archer book at the moment, and its almost annoying how fun it is. Can almost feel the Paulo Coelho book also waiting on the kindle, but passed over in favour of this, judging me for liking Archer

Didnt realise he had a new one out. He is one of my favorite authors. Is the book you are reading part of the Clifton chronicles ? I think it may be. I have only read the first 2, I must get back into them. I am presuming you have the read the others if not you need to put down current book and go back to number one

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[hotspur]

Thai, maybe? (that being the hottest Asian girl nation that pops to mind based primarily on pornhub). Although there's about 50 different races in China, so maybe we've just become more attractive to a better looking race from there.

Met a really hot Indian girl recently. Slightly surprising as was previously convinced the entire Indian female population was fugly.

Indians can be extremely hot imo. The skin colour, dark hair, and whiteness of eyes are a good combination.

Actually while I have you, in your bill optimisation questing did you discover if City Bin are cheaper than Greyhound? Casual look suggests yes, but Greyhound get points for running over SIPTU protesters.

[ComradeCollie]

Actually while I have you, in your bill optimisation questing did you discover if City Bin are cheaper than Greyhound? Casual look suggests yes, but Greyhound get points for running over SIPTU protesters.

City Bin are charging less than it costs to dispose of your waste, nevermind collecting it and other costs. RD3 has gone for it, so I'd be certain it is the cheapest , and completely unsustainable.

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[hotspur]

Merging the two themes of my last post (Indians and garbage) we should import some of the Aghori sect from India to eat our rubbish. They also have a tendency to eat dead people. I present for your reading pleasure - the Aghori.

[ComradeCollie]

€75 a tonne to landfill, but its considerably cheaper to bale-and-export. They might just be shipping it off to a German incinerator aka waste-to-energy facility at a very low cost - maybe €40 per tonne, so it could very well be sustainable

Average Irish household generates 1/3rd tonne of waste a year, so landfill costs aren't even that big a deal

They sound like figures you pulled out of your ass. Though it's too late to go looking for the real ones

In other news, 2 of my nieces got engaged to be married over the last 3 days.

Edit: Not to each other, just in case it read that way

[AndyFatBastard]

I'll take the bullet for everyone else:

Pics of the nieces?

[ComradeCollie]

I'll take the bullet for everyone else:

Pics of the nieces?

No. Don't even have any. Emmet might be able to supply one.

[Lord Sir Banter]

@Roaul, how is the squatting toilet working out in the Duke household? Have you/the fam taken to it?

Another €300 on shoes, shirts, belt, today. Most expensive interview prep ever. Wife is trying to push things and suggesting getting a manicure 'people look at your shoes first and nails second' apparently.

If they see the manicure, the third thing they will look for is your vagina.

[Fiery Wasabi]

On the waste thing.... With City bin you pay an annual amount regardless of the amount of times you put out your bin. With Greyhound you pay an annual fee, plus you pay only when you put out the bin. I went back over my greyhound account history for the last year and there is only 1 or 2 euro in the difference between the two. (My annual fee is €60,may be more for others ).

[AndyFatBastard]

Morning.

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[The Situation]

I took my dad to Shanahans last night, up for the racing, loves the auld meat and had never been so thought it would be a nice treat. To make it all a little better the table next to us which was empty when we sat was quickly filled by JP McManus, AP McCoy, Padraig Harrington et al.. There will be some stories on a bar stool in Banagher tonight.

Was Ruby's marital bliss on the agenda?

[Lazare]

Watching a doc about The Mamas & the Papas, holy shit Michelle Phillips was smoking hot.

[Guest]

Got a rather pointless gift of a Fallon & Byrnes voucher for Christmas so we've been gorging on cheeses and pastrami these last few days.

1. Cut a slice of sourdough
2. Add a few layers of pastrami
3. Smother with Edmond Fallot moutarde en grains
4. Add some finely sliced Edmond Fallot gerkins
5. Finish with some thin slices of Tomme au Marc de Raisin cheese


^ there's a lot of words in the above that i'm not fully sure are actual words, but jesus the end result is something phenomenal


Would there be anywhere better for pastrami in Dublin? It's just an amazing meatstuff

This place has all manner of foul smelling stuff.
Not cheap but have great selection of preserved meats and cheeses.
Last spotted Raoulduke on his way there that man knows his way around a cheese board.

https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sheridanscheesemongers.com%2F&ei=2kuhVIyHI42O7AaOyIGoDg&usg=AFQjCNHlazk4z0gkgDjROXvbRqmcwlUvFg&bvm=bv.82001339,d.ZGU

[Lao Lao]

One for all the all knowing BBV

Every morning when I wake up, my nose is completely blocked up with snot. It can vary from day to day. Some days, it is rock hard, sometimes it is just pure gunk and sometimes it's a mix between the two. You know, the ones that are hard when you start to pull them out but runny at the end.

It doesn't matter where I sleep, my bedroom, a different room in the house, a different house, a hotel etc, I always wake up to a nose full of snot

During the course of the day, I would clear the 'aul snout out about 2-3 times

This seems like an excessive amount of snot to me but I've no baseline to measure it against

So what say you BBV, normal / not normal? Causes, suggestions / solutions?

[Guest]

One for all the all knowing BBV

Every morning when I wake up, my nose is completely blocked up with snot. It can vary from day to day. Some days, it is rock hard, sometimes it is just pure gunk and sometimes it's a mix between the two. You know, the ones that are hard when you start to pull them out but runny at the end.

It doesn't matter where I sleep, my bedroom, a different room in the house, a different house, a hotel etc, I always wake up to a nose full of snot

During the course of the day, I would clear the 'aul snout out about 2-3 times

This seems like an excessive amount of snot to me but I've no baseline to measure it against

So what say you BBV, normal / not normal? Causes, suggestions / solutions?

Hi Everybody

Antihistamine going to bed or get the doc to give you a nasal spray with a steroid in it

[Lao Lao]

Got a rather pointless gift of a Fallon & Byrnes voucher for Christmas so we've been gorging on cheeses and pastrami these last few days.

Would there be anywhere better for pastrami in Dublin? It's just an amazing meatstuff

Try Magill on Clarendon St

[Dice75]

One for all the all knowing BBV

Every morning when I wake up, my nose is completely blocked up with snot. It can vary from day to day. Some days, it is rock hard, sometimes it is just pure gunk and sometimes it's a mix between the two. You know, the ones that are hard when you start to pull them out but runny at the end.

It doesn't matter where I sleep, my bedroom, a different room in the house, a different house, a hotel etc, I always wake up to a nose full of snot

During the course of the day, I would clear the 'aul snout out about 2-3 times

This seems like an excessive amount of snot to me but I've no baseline to measure it against

So what say you BBV, normal / not normal? Causes, suggestions / solutions?

I gave up dairy for a while there & made a difference to chest/head. Do you consume much milk/cheese etc?

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[Jam-Fly]

on a related note, I think there could be something I'm allergic to or something in the air or whatever that's causing some stuffiness/sinus problems/flu like symptoms. Has anyone ever used something like a home made air testing kit? I've been told it's one of those things that's practically impossible to pinpoint (it could be literally be something in the air).

[KK82]

Can anyone explain why Milan signed Torres, only to loan him straight to Atletico?

[Guest]

Can anyone explain why Milan signed Torres, only to loan him straight to Atletico?

Cerci going opposite direction (although he apparently wanted Inter, so fun times ahead!?)

[The Situation]

Can anyone explain why Milan signed Torres, only to loan him straight to Atletico?

Because they wanted Cerci but are lol broke so couldn't buy him and Atleti wanted Torres(god knows why). You can't loan a player you have on loan so they signed him for free and then loaned him out straight away for 18 months.

He's been legit abysmal for over half a decade now , why top clubs keep taking a chance on him is beyond me.

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[Lao Lao]

I gave up dairy for a while there & made a difference to chest/head. Do you consume much milk/cheese etc?

Yeah dairy is a big one for sinuses / nose-stuff in general

Balls, I horse the cheese into me. I absolutely love the stuff. Just can't beat a good cheese board and a glass of vino

Not sure I'd be able to give it up but might try cut back and see if it makes a difference

Cheers

[oleras]

Balls, I horse the cheese into me. I absolutely love the stuff. Just can't beat a good cheese board and a glass of vino

Not sure I'd be able to give it up but might try cut back and see if it makes a difference

Cheers

Im the same, love the stuff.

Trying to be good now though and ease up on the crackers, the other night i had a very ripe and runny brie on a thin slice of white chedder, double denim ftw.

[AndyFatBastard]

Put a bit of Vicks on your chest before you go to sleep?

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[bohsman]

Yeah dairy is a big one for sinuses / nose-stuff in general

Not true apparently. More likely to be lactose intolerance causing the build up if it is dairy related.

[oleras]

Max bet, €380.

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[The Situation]

Interesting how close the odds are for in/out on Greece still to be using the euro by the end of next year. The process of exiting is so unknown and likely tied up in ridic bureaucracy, planning, inertia, resistance, fear, that Greece to still be in the euro by the end of 2015 is my Lock of the Year. A potential bonus being that even if it was to go ahead they like to do these things on 1st Jan - so it could be agreed but the process not happen until Jan 1st 2016.

What's up with their percentages?

[Morihei]

What's up with their percentages?

If the bookmakers were to set their odds in direct proportion to the percentage chances of an event happening or not, they'd never make any money.

[oleras]

€304 here - i'm clearly less of a mug than you*






*but still a mug

And since august my total deposits have been a miniscule 50 bucks, go me !

Although, a big chunk of me wants to bet on tonight's game, Swansea double chance, win and draw is 11/10, no waiting 12 months for your money either...but i may resist...may.

[Opr]

And since august my total deposits have been a miniscule 50 bucks, go me !

Although, a big chunk of me wants to bet on tonight's game, Swansea double chance, win and draw is 11/10, no waiting 12 months for your money either...but i may resist...may.

If you do bet on tonights game. Bet365 have that 50 in play free bet thing on the game.

Opr

[tipp86]

I think people on here had issues with pop up ads embedded in websites and this one in particular. Ive tried a few google solutions to no avail. Can anyone give me an idea. I recall before someone just posted a link. The laptop is almost unusable in its current state.

[The Situation]

If the bookmakers were to set their odds in direct proportion to the percentage chances of an event happening or not, they'd never make any money.

Obv but I don't see the sense in drawing customers attention in a tweet that they're offering 10/11 on a 11/10 shot

[ionapaul]

If you do bet on tonights game. Bet365 have that 50 in play free bet thing on the game.

Opr

Anyone have thoughts on the best way to go with tonight's in play bet? I already have €50 on over 2.5 goals at 4/5, but no real idea which way to go for the in play €50... Maybe half time result = draw?

[White Knight]

Flight circling over Gatwick Airport with failed landing gear at moment. Could get messy.

[White Knight]

Flight circling over Gatwick Airport with failed landing gear at moment. Could get messy.

Looks like it's down ok!

[tipp86]

Sky not reporting the landing live is pretty bad.

[hotspur]

On the waste thing.... With City bin you pay an annual amount regardless of the amount of times you put out your bin. With Greyhound you pay an annual fee, plus you pay only when you put out the bin. I went back over my greyhound account history for the last year and there is only 1 or 2 euro in the difference between the two. (My annual fee is €60,may be more for others ).

City Bin have different plans and you can pay a lower amount a month plus per collection if you wish. Their current best offer is €15 a month, no excess weight (but legislation kicking in in July will change this), free for January so €165 for the year not taking account of the effect of post July weight excesses.

This year Greyhound cost €60 odd in annual charge, and €204 in collections (raped for weight everytime) so €264+.

So a reduction of ~ 37% if switching. Rang Greyhound to cancel, get offer of €15.50 a month, no weight restrictions, no annual charge, or some flat annual fee of €170 odd I think. Will stick with them so, as that avoids the charge to take back and clean their bins, means that can actually get the Christmas full bin collected by them on Saturday 3rd Jan, and don't have to deal with their inevitable taking of the annual charge etc. on the 1st January irrespective of cancelling (they have form).

[eamonhonda]

3 euro sticker on a black bag still ok the go in D7

[oleras]

That cheap Argentina flights, it begins...

Ive emailed logitravel to see if this is legit or if its a price error before booking. Would be a great little holiday but worried it's too good to be true. Don't want to have it cancelled once accommodation is booked!

As expected...

You did what???? You book then ask.....

Oh my God. Thanks a lot for that. Just go ahead and let them know about something that may have gone unnoticed. Cheers for that. You do know you now might have fcked up everyone's plans?

Bey0nd belief

You avoid any trouble by simply holding off booking accommodation until a few days after your flights are confirmed.

What you do not do is bring the error to the attention of either the airline or the OTA. Let them spot the anomaly themselves.

Well, if it's between the small risk of missing the connection (over an hour is not that tight and the airline likely wouldn't allow it and risk losing loads of money by paying out for airport hotels and meals if it were that risky) and not going at all because flights are normally pushing a grand, I know which I'd choose.

Anyway, we might not have to worry about it now due to someone's selfishness and sheer lack of cop on.

absolute fool.
they'll fix the fare now preventing anybody else from booking.

if anyone was unsure whether to book, make your mind up quickly. this will get killed very soon.

Oh well this will be gone soon.. Good job