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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostFun times doing it the other way round and seeing which of the shitholes on the bottom of the list you've been to.
Antanarivo, Lagos and Harare for me. Don't recall any of them as being especially terrible tbf
Is a shithole.
Then Hanoi, which I was in for best part of year. Being white helped a lot.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Originally posted by Charlie Sheen View PostI found the health services fantastic when I went to them
'Hey doctor I have this lump here that I'd like checked'
X-rays, scans, biopsy all done within three/four days and results back a few days after that with the all clear which all seemed incredibly fast. No idea how long this would take back in Ireland with no health insurance.
Housing is really affordable, the downturn in economy slowed it down the last few years but even when it was booming it was still affordable, Vancouver and Toronto are different altogether. It's incredible the amount of houses, large scale apartment complexes, towers, townhouses etc that are still getting built. Copperfield won't seem that far in a few years, when there's more communities south of Seton .
Who knew the conservatives would cut incentives outside the oil and gas industry!
Yeah healthcare is unreal, its clean and quick. When I popped the shoulder out I was in and out in an hour, meds all sorted. MRI a month later once swelling had gone down, and then option of surgery or wait given to me. Chose to wait cos golf.
Ha. Its actually as far out as almost Kill i(n Kildare) is from Dublin, but it doesnt feel nearly as far out. Go figure.
Yeah the SRED thing was interesting. Platform on pro jobs and then decimate an industry overnight - effects wont be felt for another year or two but we were building a nice little hub here for tech. Now itll be overlooked again.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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On the side topic of Healthcare, one loss from the previous role is that both our policies were 100% subsidised so we will need to cover that now.
The previous policy has what seems like a lot of unnecessary elements such as podiatry, 20 x physio, 20 x GP visits and no excess that can be omitted I think.
Is anyone particularly familiar with policies, the HIA have a comparison tool so I have an idea but I'd prefer not to pay for a lot of unnecessary treatments if possible.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostLets take that list with a small bit of doubt given Paris is ranked about the same as Dublin and is horrible to live in, and they've left out Toulouse which is the definition of good big city living.
I find Toulouse fairly boring"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Sickpuppy View PostAh heorr I’m nearly as old as you I know but the concentration in Dublin is possibly worse don’t have the stats. I’m never hounded in Navan for a yuro fir a hostil if I have a pint outside."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Postit's an OPINION
I find Toulouse fairly boring
Labour MP trying to argue that Ashworth was only have banter in private:
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post5,380 posts over 10 years, nearly all complete with the most awful shocking grammar, and then you hit us with a top ten line in the history of IPB. That's a proper long-con.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Postthat's because you are a scary and threatening individual
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostSavanta ComRes.
Best poll yet for Labour, smallest gap and first time they've broke through 35.
CON 41% (-)
LAB 36% (+3)
LD 12% (-)
Other 11% (-3)"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostNah its just a tease. They already know from the postal votes how it's going to go approximately even if those come from mainly elderly people. It's sadly going to be a landslide.
I mean sad for the Brits but vote for stupidity and that's what you get.
I wonder when the realisation of what they actually voted for back in 2016 and the consequences of that actually starts trickling into the public consciousness?
'ere, why do we 'ave to go in this long facking queue in the facking airport?"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostNah its just a tease. They already know from the postal votes how it's going to go approximately even if those come from mainly elderly people. It's sadly going to be a landslide.
The kind of weather that will put off my old friend Captain bring back Empire and some of the blue rinse brigade
The Trots however will be out in their look at me Tom Crean memorial pipe and hat set
Might make it interesting for a while
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostThats a great summary and very nicely written. The only bit thats not quite right is the bolded bit. I'm genuinely (this time) trying to balance the different factors - especially family stuff - and finding it hard.
EDIT: one other point - actually its my wife who wants to move back to Dublin in particular. Thats the critical issue given we have quite a tenuous relationship at the best of times.
Bar seriously alpha male single income earners the wife makes the call. You do need to decide if it’s your joint descision or she is dragging you tho
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Originally posted by Murdrum View PostOn the side topic of Healthcare, one loss from the previous role is that both our policies were 100% subsidised so we will need to cover that now.
The previous policy has what seems like a lot of unnecessary elements such as podiatry, 20 x physio, 20 x GP visits and no excess that can be omitted I think.
Is anyone particularly familiar with policies, the HIA have a comparison tool so I have an idea but I'd prefer not to pay for a lot of unnecessary treatments if possible.
More complex decision for females but in general community rating means they're getting value on every contract option anyway.
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Originally posted by Western_Sean View PostIf you're male and generally healthy the best approach seems to be to select the maximum excess I think its around 500pa. You're covered for the serious stuff and you are likely to be no worse off on the day to day.
More complex decision for females but in general community rating means they're getting value on every contract option anyway.
The current plan is 1350e each to continue but zero excess and all the additional extras.
I think reduce mine significantly as you said and perhaps find a plan that is more specific without physio etc tied in.
Currently with VHI and using the comparison tool, they seem to offer the most in similar price ranges.
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Originally posted by Elshambles View PostCut off a big unused lump of the Phoenix park and build houses there
Plant a few 1000 trees elsewhere to carbon wash it"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 Elshambles View PostPissing rain and freezing cold in a good few Brexit parts of Engerland tomorrow
The kind of weather that will put off my old friend Captain bring back Empire and some of the blue rinse brigade
The Trots however will be out in their look at me Tom Crean memorial pipe and hat set
Might make it interesting for a while
Wanky students will curl up in their duvets for the day. Auld ones will be out and about, do the shopping, vote for Boris, rad the Telegraph, shout at clouds"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View PostLeave the Phoenix alone. Clontarf Golf Club, however...
We have too many as things stand, unfortunately I doubt those are the ones that are struggling to stay afloat.
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Originally posted by Murdrum View PostI can think of approximately 5 other golf clubs in similar proximity to the city that could also be sacrificed.
We have too many as things stand, unfortunately I doubt those are the ones that are struggling to stay afloat."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 AndyFatBastard View PostIf they're open to the public they've got a utility value there, but private clubs with limited memberships inside the m50 can gtfo. They could build 6 golf clubs in the bog with the value of that land. Wankers.
My ex-neighbour was disgusted in the Madness. Member of Clontarf GC and they were proposing to sell at some insane price, he would have netted a six figure sum but just before the deal went through the entire world collapsed and it never happened.
Ruined the game for him too."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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A developer had put in a proposal to buy Clontarf Golf Club back in the boom.
The members were getting €100,000 each and a new course.
Crash happened and developer pulled out.
What RD3 saidHis 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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Yeah they had a deal for 100k each plus a swap for an existing course in Portmarnock, all fell through in July 2008. Would have got it through earlier if a few greedy scumbags hadn't held out for more lolololol.
'We have taken this decision in the light of the extraordinary change in the economic climate over recent months'
Of course, I'm talking about CPOing the land and giving them the bare minimum legally allowed. Would still be a decent payday for them. If they turn it down then we can rezone the land for housing and issue massive fines for unused land until they crack."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 Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Postha, excellent richie. Had to read that twice to fully get the implication.
She was swimming in that moonlight sea swim somewhere in Dublin tonight and was saying how she wanted to do it every week. So I guess I better start packing.
Jesus, it would be cold at this time of the year. I haven't been in the sea since late Sept and apart from a possible dip on Christmas morning have no intention of getting back in until mid May (and it'll still be cold then)
Dublin isn't perfect. I have bemoaned some of it's issues on here but I can't think of anywhere else I would live in Ireland.
There is a hell of a lot going for it it and people who say there is nothing to do for kids or nothing to do outside pubs haven't made any effort to find exactly what is out there, there is loads!
The only reason I would leave Dublin to go elsewhere in Ireland would be for a big work promotion but with offices in Shannon, Cork and Belfast, I'm not sure which is the lesser evil!
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View PostWhere was the moonlight sea swim?
Jesus, it would be cold at this time of the year. I haven't been in the sea since late Sept and apart from a possible dip on Christmas morning have no intention of getting back in until mid May (and it'll still be cold then)
Dublin isn't perfect. I have bemoaned some of it's issues on here but I can't think of anywhere else I would live in Ireland.
There is a hell of a lot going for it it and people who say there is nothing to do for kids or nothing to do outside pubs haven't made any effort to find exactly what is out there, there is loads!
The only reason I would leave Dublin to go elsewhere in Ireland would be for a big work promotion but with offices in Shannon, Cork and Belfast, I'm not sure which is the lesser evil!
She comes from small town Ireland and would never go back. And I can understand why, dreary shite where everyone knows your business going back 10 generations. Nothing to do beyond the GAA club and drinking.
So you're left with the cities and tbh, I do't see any of them as having a patch on Dublin. Galway is the best of them but is wet as fuck and traffic-choked."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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The traffic in Galway really is horrendous. I was back for the weekend sometime a few months ago and I'd never see the traffic so bad. I said so to my family there and got various excuses, none of which really explained it. They NEED to sort it out, build more bridges over the Corrib and damn the NIMBYs. Using the bodies of the NIMBYs to build a dam also acceptable
I only go back once every two/three months at this stage, spent most of my life growing up there but at this stage Galway is just far, far too small, too used to a bit more hustle and bustle. Not that I make it into Dublin city that much either these days, what with the toddler to look after. Never really cared too much about the rain in Galway... funny how the memory works, I only seem to remember sunny summer days from my childhood.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostMrs DIII and I often talked about it. Cash in the Dublin equity and move down the country. She can get a senior-ish HSE job anywhere and I can WFH.
She comes from small town Ireland and would never go back. And I can understand why, dreary shite where everyone knows your business going back 10 generations. Nothing to do beyond the GAA club and drinking.
So you're left with the cities and tbh, I do't see any of them as having a patch on Dublin. Galway is the best of them but is wet as fuck and traffic-choked.
Only thing is that if/when the promotion came up (There is no vacant positions right now and there is no guarantee that I'd automatically get it) it would be an uplift of a minimum of 200% (potentially as high as 300%) which is not to be sniffed at.
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Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View PostYeah they had a deal for 100k each plus a swap for an existing course in Portmarnock, all fell through in July 2008. Would have got it through earlier if a few greedy scumbags hadn't held out for more lolololol.
'We have taken this decision in the light of the extraordinary change in the economic climate over recent months'
Of course, I'm talking about CPOing the land and giving them the bare minimum legally allowed. Would still be a decent payday for them. If they turn it down then we can rezone the land for housing and issue massive fines for unused land until they crack.
They did get it through at "Dun Laoghaire" GC.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostI want to say somewhere beginning with S on a dart line? Google suggests Seapoint. Loads of people there apparently and absolutely frozen.
Wouldn't be my favourite place though. It's not too bad at high tide but at low tide, it's a pain to wade out to the water.
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
Jesus, it would be cold at this time of the year. I haven't been in the sea since late Sept and apart from a possible dip on Christmas morning have no intention of getting back in until mid May (and it'll still be cold then)
Listening to people talk about swimming in rivers and lakes all year and that is just mentalTurning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Postyou haven't tasted this ham
and a nice bit of
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Postyou haven't tasted this ham
I help a fellow out last year and found myself with a load of good stuff.
But I honestly don't know where to BUY it.
Is it as simple as going to fallon and byrnes or avoca or something and handing them €50 and a brown bag and say fill er up?People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
Get a shiny metal Revolut card! And a free tenner!
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