If Peter O'Mahony hadn't lost the head in Cardiff we'd have a Grand Slam in the bag tonight imo.
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Originally posted by Lazare View Post
Pints and chicken wings. That's all we need.
Would be really nice actually.
I wouldn't mind a €50 tourney as I generally enjoy a bit of live tourney banter.
Feck all money in it for the organisers really though. Unless they have a bar.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 Lazare View Post
Pints and chicken wings. That's all we need.
Would be really nice actually.
Me, you, dice, sickpuppy, jibbz, Andy, rigger, luckforsome, denny. Has to be more that I cant think of now. Was a great night.
Something like that again would be great when things go back to some mind of normal
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostIf Peter O'Mahony hadn't lost the head in Cardiff we'd have a Grand Slam in the bag tonight imo.
But we'd 100% have bottled it against England today if there was anything on the lineTurning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by shrapnel View PostI'm exhausted. Felt like a 5 hour match
Wales just looked to empty completely and were blatantly cheating and time-wasting so fuck them."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
I thought you were going to lose by 20 after 55 mins tbh. Great comeback, especially after the red.
Wales just looked to empty completely and were blatantly cheating and time-wasting so fuck them.
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Originally posted by Lazare View Post"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
I was thinking about this some more. It strikes me that most people, at least those not on gold-plated DB pensions (who don't have to concern themselves), think of 'retirement' they tend to think of it primarily in financial terms
i.e.- How much money do I need in my pension pot?
- When will I pay off my mortgage?
- How much will it cost to put kids through college?
But we tend not to think about what we'll do with all that.....time. Imagine. You can get up whenever you want. Go to bed whatever time you feel like. Do whatever you want in between (assuming you have your health and some money, this can be a fairly exhaustive menu of options).
Sounds great. Except that's the exact opposite of how you've spent your life up to now - ruled by timetables, deadlines, schedules, projects. It can be incredibly disconcerting for people to have all that structure whipped away. For some reason, this seems to hit men harder - maybe because they tend to tie their own sense of self-worth in with their job. I can think of at least five of my father's contemporaries who, in their working lives would have been considered 'successful', but withered away and died, essentially of self-neglect within a couple of years of retirement. They literally could not adjust from their old life to their new.
Hence why the question 'what am I going to do with all my time?' should probably be the first one you tackle when thinking of retirement.
'Get a dog' might be solid advice!
I wonder if the issue is that a super-solid focus on work means you don't put the same effort into keeping a friends network together as they are get caught up together - and then when work finishes, so does the friend network.
"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Great day of rugby.
I went from being one point adrift at the bottom of my SuperBru league to two and a half points clear of the bottom.
The Irish/English game was key. In 3 competitions, I've never not backed Ireland even if I knew in my heart of hearts that we weren't going to win. All the others in the league were always way more practical and often bet against Ireland and I was always slagged off for my patriotic acts.
Today was sweet, cold revenge as I was the only one who went for Ireland and combined with Scotland and France wins also gave me an added bonus point of all three results correct.
Serves the dirty West Brits in the group right.
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View PostGreat day of rugby.
I went from being one point adrift at the bottom of my SuperBru league to two and a half points clear of the bottom.
The Irish/English game was key. In 3 competitions, I've never not backed Ireland even if I knew in my heart of hearts that we weren't going to win. All the others in the league were always way more practical and often bet against Ireland and I was always slagged off for my patriotic acts.
Today was sweet, cold revenge as I was the only one who went for Ireland and combined with Scotland and France wins also gave me an added bonus point of all three results correct.
Serves the dirty West Brits in the group right.
I'm off to bed so no Chumba Wumba
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
It's all fighting over nothing anyway. Ireland will be vaccinated within a few weeks of UK even on current schedule, but everyone is overthinking these small delays. E.g. today UK reached 50% first dose. Ireland will reach that by end of April probably. And then the two countries will become even closer as Irish volumes arrive far quicker than UK schedule, as UK is going to dry up next month. It's an outside bet that Ireland will be finished before UK, but its not too much of an outside bet."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
Post a couple of random tunes that symbolize your glory .
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
Jaysus, I was an odd looking guy, 23:20min. Hopefully age has softened some of the edges.
You look like you, no matter who's looking.
It's a really great video, pure nostalgia.
Some craic too that night.
I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
Post a couple of random tunes that symbolize your glory .
I'm off to bed so no Chumba WumbaLiricí le Móglaí Bap & Mo CharaProduced by DenzelMastered and mixed by: Ciarán Byrne: https://www.cbsounds.ie/aboutAudio engineering and recording: Chris Fi...
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Originally posted by Lazare View Post
Ach don't be silly. Everyone thinks they look odd on camera. It's the mirror image of what we're familiar with.
You look like you, no matter who's looking.
It's a really great video, pure nostalgia.
Some craic too that night.
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Originally posted by Lazare View Post
Ach don't be silly. Everyone thinks they look odd on camera. It's the mirror image of what we're familiar with.
You look like you, no matter who's looking.
It's a really great video, pure nostalgia.
Some craic too that night.
Showed the vid to the missus and her only comment was, "you used to be skinny?!" lol
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Hadn't noticed just how loopy Eddie Hobbs had gone https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e...-day-kkx53n8r5
He clarified for Naughton, who repeated the Blofeld comparison, that this wasn’t just the work of Schwab but a highly resourced plan that had been going on for “decades”, and now involved the IMF and European Central Bank. RTE also played a role. “Along comes Covid-19 [and] we all imprison ourselves in our homes,” said Hobbs. “We plug in and listen to Pravda every day — RTE producing its scary numbers. They scare the shit out of everybody to imprison themselves at home.” He compared some RTE correspondents to vampires in Hammer horror films. “All [they] are short of was the make-up and the teeth, and it was clearly designed that way to keep people frightened about what’s going on.”Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
Some great comments there and in the follow on.
I wonder if the issue is that a super-solid focus on work means you don't put the same effort into keeping a friends network together as they are get caught up together - and then when work finishes, so does the friend network.
On the friends bit, obvious to say but women are generally far better at maintaining friendships."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostE.g. today UK reached 50% first dose. Ireland will reach that by end of April probably.
Consider the tragic and ongoing failure that is our current bet before responding."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Lazare View Post
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
We're at ~480k first doses. Do you really think we hit 2.5m by the end of April?
Consider the tragic and ongoing failure that is our current bet before responding.
The issue is we were told all along that it would be April before any volume of vaccines arrived, but then it would nearly all arrive in three months, and we've spent the months of Jan-Mar complaining that it's not April yet.
These are cast iron European produced vaccines also, so we're definitely getting them. Mainly from a new Pfizer production plant.
There's still a bit of doubt, but I think by the end of April we'll be wondering what all the fuss was about."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
It's 2m we need as it's only adults that are being vaccinated. Well there's 500,000 vaccines arriving in the next two weeks alone. 1.5 million vaccines arriving (for definite) in April, and we've switched to a first vaccine only model. It'll be tight, but not that tight to get there. On the other hand UK is going to be standing still for most of April.
The issue is we were told all along that it would be April before any volume of vaccines arrived, but then it would nearly all arrive in three months, and we've spent the months of Jan-Mar complaining that it's not April yet.
These are cast iron European produced vaccines also, so we're definitely getting them. Mainly from a new Pfizer production plant.
There's still a bit of doubt, but I think by the end of April we'll be wondering what all the fuss was about.
Britain fucked up so much regarding their approach to the pandemic as a whole that it really galls me at times to hear people go on so much about their great approach to the vaccine. At the same time, i hope it does go well for them cause it can only be a benefit for us really.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
It's 2m we need as it's only adults that are being vaccinated. Well there's 500,000 vaccines arriving in the next two weeks alone. 1.5 million vaccines arriving (for definite) in April, and we've switched to a first vaccine only model. It'll be tight, but not that tight to get there. On the other hand UK is going to be standing still for most of April.
The issue is we were told all along that it would be April before any volume of vaccines arrived, but then it would nearly all arrive in three months, and we've spent the months of Jan-Mar complaining that it's not April yet.
These are cast iron European produced vaccines also, so we're definitely getting them. Mainly from a new Pfizer production plant.
There's still a bit of doubt, but I think by the end of April we'll be wondering what all the fuss was about.
I think mid-lateJune is when we cross the vaccination Rubicon myself."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Degag View Post
I like your optimism, i think your being a tad bit optimistic but like it all the same. It's certainly better than all the doom and gloom around at the moment around vaccinations.
Britain fucked up so much regarding their approach to the pandemic as a whole that it really galls me at times to hear people go on so much about their great approach to the vaccine. At the same time, i hope it does go well for them cause it can only be a benefit for us really.
In my head it's a case of 'look at the States and add 3 months'."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
It'll be very interesting to see how America goes over the next 2 months. They are, with typical US energy, jabbing the fuck out of their population (Biden smashed his target of 100m doses in his first 100 days with 40days to spare).
In my head it's a case of 'look at the States and add 3 months'.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View Post
Another few weeks and they'll start getting to the ones who'll refuse to take it. Hard to imagine they will ever get past about 60% take up.
I'm in the HH camp. Things will ramp up , it's a priority to get back on track. Big summer season ahead etc.
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View Post
Another few weeks and they'll start getting to the ones who'll refuse to take it. Hard to imagine they will ever get past about 60% take up.
I think (b) >>>> (a) and, as they see friends and family being successfully vaccinated, they'll come around and get the jab. The (a) group are a lost cause but at least they can be laughed and pointed at, in much the same way as QAnon fruitcakes. A cautionary tale, especially as they continue to catch covid.
So my guess is adult take-up will be north of 80% as the (b) group comes around."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
To the makeup of that group; I think there's (a) people who are hard-core conspiracist know-nothing anti-vaxxers and then there's (b), people who are nervous and scared.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View PostIt's things like the 40% of healthcare workers in NY refusing to take it, that causes me to be pessimistic.
It will be interesting to find out, when we all return to workplaces, who exactly the nutjobs turned out to be."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
That was the night a load of us ended up in "Cougars", some almost literally
Didn't Mondo from fair city or something arrive with a crew like some A-lister?
I also think that night finished on some blind holdem in the SE where Hitch have bullets and scooped a monster pot.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 Raoul Duke III View Post
I'm surprised it isn't a condition of employment.
It will be interesting to find out, when we all return to workplaces, who exactly the nutjobs turned out to be.
I can't imagine large companies opening their doors to staff again without one tbh. Seems like a litigation nightmare. Pubs, restaurants, travel, etc all potentially could go the samePeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
Aha! I knew I remembered that night.
Didn't Mondo from fair city or something arrive with a crew like some A-lister?
I also think that night finished on some blind holdem in the SE where Hitch have bullets and scooped a monster pot.
Heard a rumour that Luke Ivory and Parkinson are going to re-open the Aquarium top floor with the demise of The Fitz & Jackpot, not sure how true.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
I like the optimism (but here's the 'but') but assuming you're correct about delivery, do we have the infrastructure in place to physically jab 1.5m vaccine doses into 1.5 Irish adult arms in the next 40 days?
I think mid-lateJune is when we cross the vaccination Rubicon myself."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostRandom question on rules of rugby.
France v Wales, over 40 minutes played in first half, French player kicks for touch to end the half.
TV3 commentator mentions that 'he came dangerously close to kicking it between his own posts'.
If he had done so then what happens?
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Cycled into town with Child #1 this afternoon. Quiet as you would imagine but did seem to be a lot of couples who looked like they were on 1st/2nd3rd dates. Dressed excessively well and nervously interacting.
Is that a pandemic thing? Lockdown 'walking around town' dates?"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by shrapnel View Post
As he automatically kicks it on the full then it doesn't matter (as opposed to a drop kick, which may have a different outcome). Not 100 % sure of this"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostCycled into town with Child #1 this afternoon. Quiet as you would imagine but did seem to be a lot of couples who looked like they were on 1st/2nd3rd dates. Dressed excessively well and nervously interacting.
Is that a pandemic thing? Lockdown 'walking around town' dates?
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