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Its all very simple. The man is lonely since his wife died. Being in the country where 'people talk', he couldnt go hooring around the village, so he arranged for a high class hooker to come over from France on the made up story she was coming to buy the aul horse. Meanwhile the hooker arrived and fell in love with him because he was cooking with her favorite lube. They forgot about the horse altogether till the son said 'whos takin the horse'. Simple.Last edited by Lord Sir Banter; 05-02-15, 13:55.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Any of the car folk here make a couple of suggestions for me?
Looking to change my current wagon (00 VW Golf, 1.4). Budget around 7.5k. I do 40km a day part town/part motorway but even the motorway stuff is M50 commute style so fairly slow. About once every six weeks go from Dublin to Tralee and back.
Looking for something with low mileage, good reliability, preferably would like a warranty as well.
Have been looking at Focuses but not really blown away.
Any ideas? Used to driving hatchbacks but not against moving to a saloon by any means.
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Have you considered go faster stripes?X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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From the Independent story about Food Safety closures:
Elsewhere closure orders remain in place on Fei’s Garden Restaurant, Balbriggan, Co Dublin (since Jan 27th) ; Afghan Grill and Kebab on Richmond Street South, Dublin 2 (since Jan 19th); the old bottle and ice store room part of the Swan Bar in Swanlinbar, Cavan (since Jan 30th); and a fruit & vegetable processing premises occupied by Mohammad in Delvin, Westmeath (since Jan 29th).The sport that unites Catholic, Protestant and dissenter has had its day of days. Pity anybody who can't enjoy it. Some day. Gerry Thornley 23/3/09
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By the by, I was going to ask if there was any movie as good as nightcrawler I could download, and then realised the stupidity of the question.
There is a screening of nightcrawler on at 6pm in Cineworld for those who haven't seen it/haven't seen it on the big screen.
I think that movie Collatoral is similar in terms of atmosphere, obviously not a patch on it. Tom cruise sort of works and sort of doesn't at the same time.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostThe Harper Lee release comes across as quite unsavoury
http://www.vulture.com/2015/02/harpe...=twitter_nymag
You are having to read fairly hard between the lines to get unsavoury out of that IMO.
Obv that it is her lawyer at the center of it sets off alarm bells for me but I'm not seeing any inference at all that she doesn't know her own mind or has not agreed to publish it.Turning millions into thousands
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Cheers to whoever suggested hardcore history here. Just finished wrath of the khan's and am starting the ww1 series now,makes long drives bearable. Any other good history podcasts?
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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostSo how are the Irish water apologists going to spin them helping themselves to a big scoop of motor tax money. Trebles all round!
http://www.thejournal.ie/how-much-wi...21250-Feb2015/
Silly numbers example. We previously spent 1bn on Water provision a year, and got 0 for it. As a result, we must fill that hole somewhere, so charge an extortionate amount for Motor Tax. 3bn in Motor Tax, 1bn of which goes on water, 1bn on roads, and 1bn back into the purse
Motor Tax has become totally and grossly disconnected from "funding the roads", and is now basically a "general taxation amount paid for by those with cars".
The Govt takes the general taxation amount, and spend it where it's needed, last year it used a huge portion of that to start the setup of Irish Water in order to try to begin the process of charging people for consumption and end the madess that is "general pot" pays for "non-general" things.
Every penny that the government spends could be said to have come from any of it's incomings. It's a fantastic headline but it's nothing new.
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Originally posted by Emmet View PostUhm, Irish Water and its (original) funding model are actually being set up in order to stop this rubbish. Connecting charges to usage instead of "Giant Pots of Money" which mean for everything that is undercharged, there must be an equal and opposite over-charge in order to have a balanced book.
Silly numbers example. We previously spent 1bn on Water provision a year, and got 0 for it. As a result, we must fill that hole somewhere, so charge an extortionate amount for Motor Tax. 3bn in Motor Tax, 1bn of which goes on water, 1bn on roads, and 1bn back into the purse
Motor Tax has become totally and grossly disconnected from "funding the roads", and is now basically a "general taxation amount paid for by those with cars".
The Govt takes the general taxation amount, and spend it where it's needed, last year it used a huge portion of that to start the setup of Irish Water in order to try to begin the process of charging people for consumption and end the madess that is "general pot" pays for "non-general" things.
Every penny that the government spends could be said to have come from any of it's incomings. It's a fantastic headline but it's nothing new.
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Originally posted by Keane View PostAny of the car folk here make a couple of suggestions for me?
Looking to change my current wagon (00 VW Golf, 1.4). Budget around 7.5k. I do 40km a day part town/part motorway but even the motorway stuff is M50 commute style so fairly slow. About once every six weeks go from Dublin to Tralee and back.
Looking for something with low mileage, good reliability, preferably would like a warranty as well.
Have been looking at Focuses but not really blown away.
Any ideas? Used to driving hatchbacks but not against moving to a saloon by any means.
Probably not what you are looking for, but said I'd put it out there. 1.4 petrol, nct Jan 16,tax end of may.
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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostApologies for being a thick cunt and thinking motor tax was used to improve the road network
Look at the cost of Motor Tax vs other Countries. The goverment has been milking car owners dry for day-to-day expenses. But they have to get the money from somewhere!
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostThe Harper Lee release comes across as quite unsavoury
http://www.vulture.com/2015/02/harpe...=twitter_nymag
I find the whole thing absolutely extraordinary and I'll be first in line for a copy."Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard Keynes
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Originally posted by LuckyLloyd View PostI find the whole thing absolutely extraordinary and I'll be first in line for a copy.
Originally posted by LuckyLloyd View PostI suppose I don't believe that Lee simply 'forgot' about its existence.
As far as I can make out she is only saying she didn't realise that she had possession of a copy of it.
It seems this was written before Mockingbird and was rejected by her publisher who told her they wanted to read about Scout as a child. She did that and then intended to write a third part that bridged the two but never got around to it.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by hotspur View PostSo is To Kill a Mockingbird worth reading?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 PSV58 View PostCheers to whoever suggested hardcore history here. Just finished wrath of the khan's and am starting the ww1 series now,makes long drives bearable. Any other good history podcasts?
I like the Talking History podcast from Newstalk. It features 45 minutes weekly about a specific topic, war, person. The host is a historian who teaches at Trinity afaik and they usually have really top notch guests on it. I think the show itself is 2 hours long but the idea of hearing a radio show on radio as opposed to in podcast form seems foreign to me.
I have a bit of a fondness for When Diplomacy fails. It's hosted by an Irish guy from Wicklow. He is nowhere near as good a narrator as Dan Carlin or Mike from HoR but he has a niche of focusing the diplomacy of the war (as the title suggests) much more than the battles itself. What I really like is that he covered more obscure wars that I either never heard of or knew little about.
I have heard about 10 episodes of ww2 podcast but the narrator isn't great. He needs to breathe every now and again. I'll probably pick it up again at some point.
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Btw can someone who understands the airline industry explain this to me. I was looking up flights from Auckland to Dublin and it was around $1000 NZD going through Dubai but when I look up direct flights from Auckland to Dubai it's $1100. It's not just a weird 1 off thing it's consistent over multiple examples and multiple flight search engines.
How does that work?
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Originally posted by cooker3 View PostBtw can someone who understands the airline industry explain this to me. I was looking up flights from Auckland to Dublin and it was around $1000 NZD going through Dubai but when I look up direct flights from Auckland to Dubai it's $1100. It's not just a weird 1 off thing it's consistent over multiple examples and multiple flight search engines.
How does that work?
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Originally posted by cooker3 View PostBtw can someone who understands the airline industry explain this to me. I was looking up flights from Auckland to Dublin and it was around $1000 NZD going through Dubai but when I look up direct flights from Auckland to Dubai it's $1100. It's not just a weird 1 off thing it's consistent over multiple examples and multiple flight search engines.
How does that work?
1) 50% of the Auckland to Dubai customers will be Dubaivians and the airline sees these a cash cow and can set a high price. Whereas the percentage of Dubai people will be much lower when Dubai is used as a through route.
2) Aukland to Dubai is only served by a small amount of airlines whilst Aukland to Dublin has a multitude of options and stop-off points, hence downward pressure on prices.
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i imagine you are in an apartment and don't really need to sign up? Or what's the story with that now.
I never signed up meh.
edit: ah i see id just pay 100e more if I dont. the online form is retarded, you can only do it if you have a pin and account number that I was never sent.
guess calling to apply is better than posting.Last edited by Tar.Aldarion; 05-02-15, 17:17.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostHmmm just realised I never signed up for Irish water, I guess I've unintentionally joined the protest.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 Keane View PostAny of the car folk here make a couple of suggestions for me?
Looking to change my current wagon (00 VW Golf, 1.4). Budget around 7.5k. I do 40km a day part town/part motorway but even the motorway stuff is M50 commute style so fairly slow. About once every six weeks go from Dublin to Tralee and back.
Looking for something with low mileage, good reliability, preferably would like a warranty as well.
Have been looking at Focuses but not really blown away.
Any ideas? Used to driving hatchbacks but not against moving to a saloon by any means.
Had a Leon for years with no issues and used to drive it all over the uk. Changed for a diesel Ibiza a few years back but have since sold it as the misses needs a car for work and I can walk.
No problems with either and servicing and parts were cheap enough relative when needed
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Originally posted by 5starpool View PostI've got a Focus 08 I'm putting on sale when I get around to it that's within your budget. I'm not blown away by it either, but it's grand and reliable, no issues since I got it, and relatively low mileage.
Probably not what you are looking for, but said I'd put it out there. 1.4 petrol, nct Jan 16,tax end of may.
You should always include that in the ad when selling a car.
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Originally posted by cooker3 View PostBtw can someone who understands the airline industry explain this to me. I was looking up flights from Auckland to Dublin and it was around $1000 NZD going through Dubai but when I look up direct flights from Auckland to Dubai it's $1100. It's not just a weird 1 off thing it's consistent over multiple examples and multiple flight search engines.
How does that work?"I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View Posti imagine you are in an apartment and don't really need to sign up? Or what's the story with that now.
I never signed up meh.
edit: ah i see id just pay 100e more if I dont. the online form is retarded, you can only do it if you have a pin and account number that I was never sent.
guess calling to apply is better than posting.
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Originally posted by a-k-47 View Postanybody see the jordanian pilot video? Looks fake a fcuk?!. Hollywood production looking quality, a military man about to be burned alive and not an attempt to put the fire out. Ridiculous propaganda video?. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpcQLwZx-gY
obviously the above is the ramblings of a madman
BUT......
burning someone to death is strictly haraam in islam as an execution method. an absolute no-no.
burning a body, even after death, is forbidden under Islamic doctrine. There are hadiths, important religious statements from outside the Koran, which indicate that Mohammed was against using fire as a punishment (on the grounds that fire is a punishment reserved to Allah).
instead of US/western forces bombing ISIS, in an ideal world there should be an islamic peacekeeping force comprising of turkish and pakistani armed force and backed with gcc's oil money who go into territories like these and take these boys on.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 TheDrunkenOne View PostWanna see how long before top footballers earn what you earn or how long it will take you?
not sure its fun finding out
Dont know whether link works in ROI
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-31110113
I can stomach earning less than 1/300th of Ronaldo's salary, a bit more soul crushing to think about Scott Sinclair earning more than the average ind wage every week.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostHmmm just realised I never signed up for Irish water, I guess I've unintentionally joined the protest."Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard Keynes
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostI don't think there was an explicit intention to wait until she was senile, but it certainly comes across that she is the least influential actor involved in releasing the book. Would it be happening if she didn't have such a diminished capacity?"Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard Keynes
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Fuck sake they're going on about the back again....like does this not be evident when he's practising?
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