Condolences Willie, my sympathies.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostWandered down to the march. Sure if there's anywhere to get the ride, an abortion march has to be a good spot .
Walked passed Ruth Coppinger giving a speech, she estimated the numbers at 50k. With a grasp of numbers like that no wonder she's a socialist.
several tens of thousands anyway
Guards said 30k ...i remember someone telling he would not pay attention until it was 25 k
It made the opening titles on RTE News ..It made the New York times ...it made the BBC and sky news and of course
over 25 marches from Irish abroad all over the world Not to mention all over counties will have several rallies to come !
CHUCKY AIR MNAW!
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AerLingus have refunded me 600 from my flight to vegas earlier in the summer. It was delayed for over 3 hours and missed connecting flight and fucked up a few things for me to be fair.
Flight cost 440 total, I still got to stay in vegas for 2 weeks, chicago for a day and I didn't lose 1500 on the buyin. Claaasss.Go big or go homeless.
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Just applied for an Qantas Amex. The one I currently have is bank issues in GF's name.
The offer seem too good to turn down. Fee was $450 in return for $450 qantas credit, 100,000 points (equal to business class flight to dublin, cost about $2500 maybe), Sydney lounge access.
People must be really useless with Credit cards is they are giving away such freebies.
Already got 80k point free this year on the other one.
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Originally posted by PeaceandFire View PostI think you need people around you ..and to connect to be healthy. Not your personally but people in general .humans
Some people get such a rotten deal in life.
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Originally posted by PeaceandFire View PostKnew you were a repealer ....you're right ..some journos est 100k
several tens of thousands anyway
Guards said 30k ...i remember someone telling he would not pay attention until it was 25 k
It made the opening titles on RTE News ..It made the New York times ...it made the BBC and sky news and of course
over 25 marches from Irish abroad all over the world Not to mention all over counties will have several rallies to come !
CHUCKY AIR MNAW!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CejaCa6Eewc
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Which shows just how nonsensical it is to have legislation like that in the constitution.
Repeal it, get it out of there, and let the Dáil decide exactly the wording, and let them change it every 3 years if they wish.
The constitution is not the place for it because there is no way that the nuance required to craft legislation is available to the electorate as a whole, and the effort required to amend and update the constitution is over-the-top compared to asking our primary legislature to do their job.
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Originally posted by jack90210 View PostI'm glad it is in the Constitution it protects the silent majority. Any form of direct democracy is good. Ireland is very open to shouty minoirties getting there way.
It has no place in the constitution.
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Originally posted by jack90210 View PostI'm glad it is in the Constitution it protects the silent majority. Any form of direct democracy is good. Ireland is very open to shouty minoirties getting there way.
I wonder if your position on the suitability of direct democracy in forming primary legislation would be so if it were an issue you disagreed with the status quo on.
Also worth considering that every referendum that has passed since the 8th in 1983 on abortion has been to reduce the effects of that amendment. And the referendum to restrict access to information was defeated.
I would consider it likely that many of those who voted in 1983 for the 8th would not have done so with the hindsight available to us now.
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Originally posted by Mellor View PostIrishPokerCreditCards
Just applied for an Qantas Amex. The one I currently have is bank issues in GF's name.
The offer seem too good to turn down. Fee was $450 in return for $450 qantas credit, 100,000 points (equal to business class flight to dublin, cost about $2500 maybe), Sydney lounge access.
People must be really useless with Credit cards is they are giving away such freebies.
Already got 80k point free this year on the other one.
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"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
I for one had no idea the Spanish govt would act in this manner.
This guy has some powerful pics and videos
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 digiman View PostPointhacks.com.au was a website I used to follow a lot when I was in Sydney, showed the best credit card deals and how to use them for very cheap business class flights. The deals you get over there on credit cards is just insane, it's hugely plus EV for someone who pays of their bill straight away.
I've no idea what they are like at home, but year hugely +EV here. It's funny, in the past I was sort of against credit cards. Just thought the idea of short term stuff on credit was bad money management. I'd never have bought something I didn't have the money for (a house being an exception because you don't have a choice). It was only recently that the points/benefits side of things clicked with me. Now I put everything on it. Shopping, flights, petrol, a $3 coffee. Rack up the points, and leaves more of my money to offset each money.
It's been about 12 month, and it's cost me $0.
This nest one has a $450 fee, but I'll get that back in credit anyway.
Originally posted by jack90210 View PostI'm glad it is in the Constitution it protects the silent majority. Any form of direct democracy is good. Ireland is very open to shouty minoirties getting there way.
Who is the shouty minority getting their way?
The abortion argument is a head scratcher for me. If Mary from Louth decides to have an abortion. How the fuck does that effect Tomás from Kerry? Why does he give a shit?
And how come he doesn't give a shit if she fly to London to have an abortion? What's his logic that its now suddenly ok?
What if Mary was instead from Antrim? Would he stop giving a shit?
Tomás is a grumpy old bollox that should mind his own business imoLast edited by Mellor; 01-10-17, 12:13.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostCame across something interesting yesterday to do with cars. There's an Irish company called Applegreen that I'd say most drivers are familiar with as they have petrol stations all around the country. They just joined the stock market yesterday, so was looking into them.
Anyway, theres a decent few threads on boards (such as this one, but there's quite a few others) arguing that they sell dodgy fuel. That it doesn't maybe have the same additives as e.g. Maxol, maybe in order to save money, and so it gives less mileage and engine problems.
Boardsies were divided as to whether that was a conspiracy theory of the highest order and others finding the same thing.
Can that be a thing? That different stations mix petrol differently and it can have a major impact? Had assumed all petrol was exactly the same
I don't know anything about Irish fuel distribution, it's possible that they could be selling inferior fuels but I'd be sceptical that it'd be noticeably different.
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Most petrol stations here sell a few types of petrol.
Standard unleaded
E10 Unleaded (10% ethanol/alcohol)
Premium unleaded (higher octane)
A lot of the bigger chains will offer two premium grades 95 and 98 octane. Standard is 91. The e10 is the cheapest, its 94 octane which makes the 95 premium a wast of time unless you a very fuzzy sports car that can't run E10.
I'd be surprised if every petrol in ireland was identical, but id also be surprised is any chain were pumping high octance stuff as standard prices
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Originally posted by jack90210 View PostI'm glad it is in the Constitution it protects the silent majority. Any form of direct democracy is good. Ireland is very open to shouty minoirties getting there way.
A fringe group of ultra-Catholics drove a campaign to get the 8th and in the ultimate irony the idiotic wording of it (which the AG at the time explicitly warned about) actually mandates access to abortion in certain circumstances. I don’t know how everyone in the whole country isn’t in favor of repeal. We can have an argument about what we want to replace it and whether we want some form of access to abortion but the idiocy of the 8th amendment is that it managed to give absolutely nobody what they wanted.You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostBarcelona match postponed. Spain crossed a line here disrupting my Sunday football.
Nationalist is a synonym for complete fucking moron and all Nationalists can go DIAGF but Madrid have really fucked this up spectacularly.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostAny advantages over a debit card?
I'm flying to Bali for Christmas with my points from this year. And with this card I applied for today. I get 100k points if I spend 1500 by december.
If they don't do any of that then there's less of a point obviously. Maybe worth it from an offset POV if spending a lot of if its a free CC
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostLOL Thats what you call winning in style, WP DunneHis 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 Mike Bullocks View PostMissed the golf but wow what a brilliant way to win . Hope he steps up again. What a country we are for golfers. Millions play the game and we provide top class players to constantly keep us on the map.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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