Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - Mammy told me not to come.

[Raoul Duke III]

jesus it sounds like I should be happy to have missed it.

ah, you would have loved the wine bit. Very affable NZ gent with some botrytised Riseling you would have gone mad for. We repaired to La Cave after for a bottle and some eats. There was a table of mature ladies beside us, eventually a birthday dessert was procured with a candle on it so we joined in the happy birthday singing. All very genteel until my buddy decides to launch into Patricia the Stripper as an encore for the ladies. Complete with actions.

[Tar.Aldarion]

Which lounge were you in?

Aer lingus one, is there much of a difference?

[Strewelpeter]

James 'Not very' Cleverly got absolutely destroyed on the radio this morning, was scheduled to go on sky news afterwards but Cummings pulled him and he was actually hiding out in the next room instead of taking his seat.

Kay Burley was not a happy camper

[ComradeCollie]

Wait until the rabloids get stuck into Corbyn. He'll be somewhere left of Stalin.

[Raoul Duke III]

I would claim to be a modern day soothsayer but sadly that was all too predictable

if you had a Tony Blair rebadged in charge of Labour today, they would be looking at a landslide. Fucking Momentum clowns depriving the Brits of a sensible choice.

[Strewelpeter]

I would claim to be a modern day soothsayer but sadly that was all too predictable

if you had a Tony Blair rebadged in charge of Labour today, they would be looking at a landslide. Fucking Momentum clowns depriving the Brits of a sensible choice.

It's fairly pathetic stuff.
Only an absolute moron would fail to parse that as Boris claiming that paying a bit more tax so that the NHs doesn't have to be sold to the US healthcare behemoths is the exact same thing as genocide of tens of millions!

And if that wasn't enough the ad beneath marketing at utter fools who will spent 10K + on objectively worthless trinkets shows who exactly are the imbeciles that would buy his line.

This is the policy they are comparing to Stalin's purges btw

Goodwin howareya

[Raoul Duke III]

It's fairly pathetic stuff.
Only an absolute moron would fail to parse that as Boris claiming that paying a bit more tax so that the NHs doesn't have to be sold to the US healthcare behemoths is the exact same thing as genocide of tens of millions

And if that wasn't enough the ad beneath marketing at utter fools who will spent 10K + on objectively worthless trinkets shows who exactly are the imbeciles that would buy his line.

it's the exact same as Trump claiming he is the most persecuted person in the world, ever. Or that impeachment is a 'lynching'.

You do actually wonder is there an office in the Kremlin where a little KGB dude writes this shite for them.
"hey Nikolai! you gave Boris the same words as Donald this week!"
"don't worry Vladimir, nobody cares anymore. The fools don't even notice."

[ComradeCollie]

I would claim to be a modern day soothsayer but sadly that was all too predictable

I was a bit surprised it was from Boris himself in such a premeditated comment. Not sure what any of the old school media says matters much anyway.

[eamonhonda]

Aer lingus one, is there much of a difference?

Yes the original Dublin airport one is shite, Aer limgus slightly better. New one gone in where ethiad lounge was. Only open was curious if it was any better. The one in cbp ia probably best, decent view etc.

Unfortunately the best view in the whole airport is out a massive window in a boh corridor. Crazy waste as it's near t2 retail area

[Raoul Duke III]

I wonder when Trump is going to to dump Giuliani in an effort to save his own skin.

Big reversal yesterday by one of the lads who had previously been holding to the 'no quid pro quo' party line. Presumably his lawyers informed him of the sentencing guidelines and this jogged his memory.

[Guest]

I see you can book an official tour of Amazon warehouses now and watch the serfs shit themselves while they work 60 hour weeks with no breaks

Fabulous auld world we living in!

[BennyHiFi]

Will be of interest to some folks here for sure. Could easily sell out based on latest album interest...

Richard Dawson
+ guests TBA
Friday 21st February
Whelan’s Of Wexford St (Main Room)
Doors 8pm
Tickets €18.95 + booking fee via whelanslive.com or call 01 4780766

[ComradeCollie]

So sloppy

[Strewelpeter]

Will be of interest to some folks here for sure. Could easily sell out based on latest album interest...

Richard Dawson
+ guests TBA
Friday 21st February
Whelan’s Of Wexford St (Main Room)
Doors 8pm
Tickets €18.95 + booking fee via whelanslive.com or call 01 4780766

Going to see him play in Scotland in a few weeks and hopefully will catch this too.

[6starpool]

So sloppy

Minor detail sure.

[Strewelpeter]

[ionapaul]

Biblical amounts of rain in Sandyford and environs this morning! Might have to take a boat home if it keeps on going.

[Goodluck2me]

Minor detail sure.

Zero tolerance.

[Silver-Tiger]

Biblical amounts of rain in Sandyford and environs this morning! Might have to take a boat home if it keeps on going.

Did i read statistically that it's been a very wet start to Nov?. The commutes(Cycling) are getting more tiresome. Soaked through 4 times this week already.

[AndyFatBastard]

ITT: People who regularly compare Boris to Hitler OUTRAGED by Boris comparing Corbyn to Stalin

[Keane]

Did i read statistically that it's been a very wet start to Nov?. The commutes(Cycling) are getting more tiresome. Soaked through 4 times this week already.

The best thing about cycling surely is the obscene amount of money you get to spend on gear you wouldn't be seen dead in without the bike around! I spent about €115 on a Perfetto a few weeks ago and I'll probably cycle about five times between now and February

ITT: People who regularly compare Boris to Hitler OUTRAGED by Boris comparing Corbyn to Stalin

2/10, you're not even trying

[Strewelpeter]

ITT: People who regularly compare Boris to Hitler OUTRAGED by Boris comparing Corbyn to Stalin

Cite me an example of anyone comparing anything Boris has done to the holocaust or anything comparable to stalin's purges.

Pointing out the fact that Cummings and his buffoon puppet or Bannon and his doofus are using tactics that come straight out of the Mein Kampf instruction manual is not in any way the same thing as making a direct comparison between a 5p increase in tax for the very wealthiest and killing millions of people.

GTFO

[tylerdurden94]

Looking to get cracking on organising my stags, somewhere not too far a flight from Dublin & nothing that's going to break the bank for people to attend, shoot me some suggestions please & thank you.

[Lao Lao]

In the airport, London bound to see Lizzo tonight. Birthday present to Mrs Lao Lao but I am very, very, excite for it.

Dom - Lizzo is an American singer/rapper, we're not going to see the queen.

[AndyFatBastard]

Cite me an example of anyone comparing anything Boris has done to the holocaust or anything comparable to stalin's purges.

Pointing out the fact that Cummings and his buffoon puppet or Bannon and his doofus are using tactics that come straight out of the Mein Kampf instruction manual is not in any way the same thing as making a direct comparison between a 5p increase in tax for the very wealthiest and killing millions of people.

GTFO

First they came for the billionaires

[Lao Lao]

Looking to get cracking on organising my stags, somewhere not too far a flight from Dublin & nothing that's going to break the bank for people to attend, shoot me some suggestions please & thank you.

I was able to get flights and two nights accommodation in a decent hotel to Amsterdam for 200 lids a head, that was February last year when I organised my mates stag.

I did Prague for two nights for mine, don't know how much the flights and accomadation cost but don't think it was too much and it cost fuck all while there.

[Ed]

In the airport, London bound to see Lizzo tonight. Birthday present to Mrs Lao Lao but I am very, very, excite for it.

Dom - Lizzo is an American singer/rapper, we're not going to see the queen.

Am over in Manchester this weekend and she's playing Monday. Got offered a ticket but couldn't pull the trigger because the venue she's playing is terrible (+changing flight and hotel)

[ionapaul]

We went to Edinburgh for my stag, was during the summer so we rented student accommodation while there during the Fringe Festival. Was fairly cheap IIRC, maybe €200/head for accommodation and flights there and back? Great spot if the weather plays ball.

Most stags I've gone to have been in Ireland, but have been on great ones in Birmingham, Madrid and Berlin, none of which was too expensive or too far away.

[Raoul Duke III]

Get your best man to organise! Good motivation to pick one if you haven't done so yet.

[Guest]

Looking to get cracking on organising my stags, somewhere not too far a flight from Dublin & nothing that's going to break the bank for people to attend, shoot me some suggestions please & thank you.

Probably goes without saying but avoid places like Carrick on Shannon, whole stag/hen thing there is very grim!

[Strewelpeter]

Who we going to hate on now

[hotspur]

In the airport, London bound to see Lizzo tonight. Birthday present to Mrs Lao Lao but I am very, very, excite for it.

Dom - Lizzo is an American singer/rapper, we're not going to see the queen.

Just Google image searched Lizzo. Could be enough to tip the day in the wrong direction.

[Strewelpeter]

Probably goes without saying but avoid places like Carrick on Shannon, whole stag/hen thing there is very grim!

FYP IMO

[premierstone]

Krakow is that bit further flight time - about 2 hrs 40 mins but some spot and cheap flights, beer and accommodation.

[coillcam]

@tylerdurden - loads of great suggestions so far. I went to Hamburg for my mates stag do a few years back and it was excellent shout. A highlight was everyone's bemusement when Robbie Brady scored against Bosnia in the fog, no-one could even see the match. Most decent European cities you can get a Ryanair flight for under €100 return and budget accommodation for peanuts.

My advice would be to go to google flights page and use the "explore destinations" feature to open up the map. Put in your dates and budget. It will fill the map with prices on each destination to match your criteria. An easy filter is "weekend trip in the next 6 months" with flexible dates. Happy hunting and have a great trip man.

[Strewelpeter]

Just Google image searched Lizzo. Could be enough to tip the day in the wrong direction.

Its not wrong if you still respect yourself afterwards

[Tar.Aldarion]

In the airport, London bound to see Lizzo tonight. Birthday present to Mrs Lao Lao but I am very, very, excite for it.

Dom - Lizzo is an American singer/rapper, we're not going to see the queen.

Enjoy! Shes class! I actually checked to see if it was on while I'm staying there but I don't get over again until Saturday. It's right beside where my brother lives, pity I'll miss it. His girlfriend was just trying to book Lizzo for a 2 min video for an event actually, costs £1.5 million. I remember back in the day i found a site to hire Avril Lavigne for the evening for 10k and was tempted.

Last time I was at the Brixton Academy was last year for A Perfect Circle. Turned up and I actually had a ticket for their second date the following day, what an idiot. Had been given the ticket so didn't check too much about it. Haggled a tout down from £60 to £10 showing him I had a ticket already so I didn't care if I got one from him.
Got him down from £20 to £10 at the end saying I didn't have £20, then paid with one and he gave me change which he didn't seem to cop.
Went to both shows so, the second I went on a date - great first date haha.


Here's Lizzo on Tiny Desk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFiLdByWIDY

David Bowie's childhood home is also a few streets away from there. The ramen from Koi in pop Brixton is great for a quick meal too btw, or a burger from Halo burger. They're just indoor food stalls so you may want something fancier!

[Lao Lao]

Just Google image searched Lizzo. Could be enough to tip the day in the wrong direction.

Why so?

[hotspur]

Why so?

I just thought she looked awful in the outfits she was wearing. I had never heard of her, so that was my first experience of her.

[tylerdurden94]

I was able to get flights and two nights accommodation in a decent hotel to Amsterdam for 200 lids a head, that was February last year when I organised my mates stag.

I did Prague for two nights for mine, don't know how much the flights and accomadation cost but don't think it was too much and it cost fuck all while there.

Been to Amsterdam for a stags last year and I'm heading to Prague next month for work, have been there a bunch over the years.

We went to Edinburgh for my stag, was during the summer so we rented student accommodation while there during the Fringe Festival. Was fairly cheap IIRC, maybe €200/head for accommodation and flights there and back? Great spot if the weather plays ball.

Most stags I've gone to have been in Ireland, but have been on great ones in Birmingham, Madrid and Berlin, none of which was too expensive or too far away.

One of the lads had his stag in Edinburgh and it was great craic, going to Birmingham in February for one, never been to Madrid but thinking about a weekend break with the missus for that, Berlin for my 30th which was awesome.

Get your best man to organise! Good motivation to pick one if you haven't done so yet.

Have one picked but don't want the whole thing falling on him so trying to do a few bits before bringing it to everybody.

Probably goes without saying but avoid places like Carrick on Shannon, whole stag/hen thing there is very grim!

No doubt.

Krakow is that bit further flight time - about 2 hrs 40 mins but some spot and cheap flights, beer and accommodation.

Was thinking about Poland having never been there before.

@tylerdurden - loads of great suggestions so far. I went to Hamburg for my mates stag do a few years back and it was excellent shout. A highlight was everyone's bemusement when Robbie Brady scored against Bosnia in the fog, no-one could even see the match. Most decent European cities you can get a Ryanair flight for under €100 return and budget accommodation for peanuts.

My advice would be to go to google flights page and use the "explore destinations" feature to open up the map. Put in your dates and budget. It will fill the map with prices on each destination to match your criteria. An easy filter is "weekend trip in the next 6 months" with flexible dates. Happy hunting and have a great trip man.

One of the lads had actually recommended Hamburg so it's on the list. I'd been thinking maybe Budapest/Hamburg or somewhere in Spain possibly Bilbao but don't know too much about it.

Cheers folks for all the input, keep firing away with anything else.

[Keane]

Yerra if you don't end up in Langton's it's not even really a stag.

[Dice75]

Did Edinburgh for mine but thats a long time ago and it was my first time there. You've probably been a few times. Good place as not too big. Dont think Bilbao wood be great for a stag unless its a smaller group really.

[shrapnel]

Off the back of the Saracens Salary debacle and the -35 points penalty, odds for the team winning the premiership have drifted to 16/1, which basically means the bookies are pricing the appeal roughly at 8/1 to get through, as if the 35 points dock stands, Sarries do not have a hint of a chance to reach the play offs.

I was reading this article, which seems to suggest there may be some procedural errors in the way the points penalty and fine were handed down, so wondered if anyone had taken a close look at it yet (Emmet, V4V?). Could be worth a decent punt if so!

[DeadParrot]

ITT: People who regularly compare Boris to Hitler OUTRAGED by Boris comparing Corbyn to Stalin

red man bad?

[DeadParrot]

Just Google image searched Lizzo. Could be enough to tip the day in the wrong direction.

Have fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srq1FqFPwj0

[DeadParrot]

Cheers folks for all the input, keep firing away with anything else.

A lot really depends on the group and money.
However, my brother went to tenerife for a mates stag for near a week and it cost him less than a weekend in Galway for mine...
Bremen, Utrecht, Newcastle, Lisbon
just for places not mentioned yet

[Solksjaer!]

Best STAG I was ever at was in Newcastle, UK. Spent the Saturday in Whitley Bay ignoring naked Pole Dancers as we watched the Rugby. Great ol spot. They are all as daft as Gazza , rough wimmins too

[hotspur]

I've listened to 3 Lizzo songs now and think she's appalling.

Edit: Speaking of rap, was listening to some of Kneecap's stuff recently. I think Mo Chara is a really good rapper, unfortunately the other grinning guy isn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hExbf4or54o

[pokerhand]

Best stag I been to was Kilkenny. Easy to get to, gang went clay pigeon shooting doing day, and hit the town at night. Nice and simple with good craic.

[Lao Lao]

Have one picked but don't want the whole thing falling on him so trying to do a few bits before bringing it to everybody.

This is just wrong. Leave everything to the best man. You tell him where you want to go and get to do EVERYTHING from there in. Also, repeatedly tell him, he's the worst best man ever. That way the speech he makes about will be really heartfelt and sweet

[Flushdraw]

Looking to get cracking on organising my stags, somewhere not too far a flight from Dublin & nothing that's going to break the bank for people to attend, shoot me some suggestions please & thank you.

Has to be Malta Danny

30e return at certain times these days and you've been here so you know the craic. Plus you can all kip on the floor in my gaff

Disclaimer: probably can't kip in my gaff 😁

[Guest]

Went to Hamburg for mine main reason being my love of German ropes and naval history. Was cheap cheerful and good seedy fun. Been to Kilkenny Carrick abd Carlingford there grand but it’s like any other night out in Ireland. Married lads really especially appreciated the couple of nights away.

[mcnugget]

One of the lads had actually recommended Hamburg so it's on the list. I'd been thinking maybe Budapest/Hamburg or somewhere in Spain possibly Bilbao but don't know too much about it.

Cheers folks for all the input, keep firing away with anything else.

Just back from a three night stag in Budapest last week, would really recommend it highly. We got a lovely spot on AirBnB for €30/night/man. They had freak weather for this time of year, 24 degrees or so, made it all the sweeter. Really beautiful city plus all the action you could possibly want for a stag, without any aggro at all. Did a stag in Prague about 10 years ago, I liked it a lot but would put Budapest well above it.

[Guest]

Never been to a stag. Anyone I know just went for a local night out. Not unrelated: looking forward to Ronnie Vs John Higgins at 7 on ITV4.

[Raoul Duke III]

Went to Hamburg for mine main reason being my love of German ropes and naval history. Was cheap cheerful and good seedy fun. Been to Kilkenny Carrick abd Carlingford there grand but it’s like any other night out in Ireland. Married lads really especially appreciated the couple of nights away.

Ropes

[Hectorjelly]

You don't like rope?

[Solksjaer!]

Ropes

Ropes Navals, and Germans . Read between the lines Raoul He's a sickpuppy for a reason

[Raoul Duke III]

You don't like rope?

I don't have strong feelings about it. Certainly wouldn't fly to Hamburg to view some.

[Strewelpeter]

Went to Hamburg for mine main reason being my love of German ropes and naval history. Was cheap cheerful and good seedy fun. Been to Kilkenny Carrick abd Carlingford there grand but it’s like any other night out in Ireland. Married lads really especially appreciated the couple of nights away.

How does brassers autocorrect to ropes

[coillcam]

ATTENTION: Avoid GoMo the new mobile network from Eir.

The gf recently tried to move to GoMo which started two weeks of nonsense after a failed port. Their customer service team is an absolute shambles. Her port was submitted incorrectly and we couldn't find out what was wrong. Possibly her details or possibly something on GoMo side. Either way having worked in the industry I know it takes a 10 minute call or one email to re-schedule a new port. This happens every day of the week and is an easy fix. Not two weeks of nonsense where no one takes ownership of the issue on GoMo's side - web chat, contact form, twitter tried 'em all with nothing being done to re-schedule the port.

So I tweeted them a while back with a thread about this and posted a follow up a week later when nothing was done by GoMo. The gist of which was telling people to record their correspondence and send a complaint to ComReg. I tagged ComReg, GoMo and a couple of prominent journalists as its happening to a lot of people now. This was close 11pm at night. Mysteriously she got a twitter dm 10 mins later to assist but at this point she decided to cancel and seek a refund. Hopefully that proves easier than everything thus far.

Maybe in time they'll get their house in order but for now steer well clear.