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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostWorkplace return in doubt as Dr Ronan Glynn calls for people to keep working from home this autumn and winter if possible
I think we all copped to this way back in September anway. Well, anyone who has a choice in the matter. Looking around my workplace and I'd say most people are coming in one day a week. And even on that day, they are often in zoom meetings, as most meetings are now held in that format.
Missus is being told by her manager to use the office "as a matter of urgency" for some strange reason. Even though they've shown productivity to be up while working from home. He's a gobshite anyway so that probably has something to do with it.
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Originally posted by dobby View Post
Would like to see offices and colleges closed again tbh. It's been a complete pain going onto campus after a year of hassle free online learning. It's actually costing me study time to go into campus and doesnt make any sense. Would prefer to be fully online."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostI guess the banks are the biggest stakeholders in mica affected homes. They don't want to end up holding papers against worthless heaps of rubble."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
Monk updates plz
This case is going to be like a GAA back door rig a ma jig applied science thing. A tumble dryer of new precedent. Gerry is a survivor, I wouldnt back against him.
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Originally posted by rounders123 View Post
The Monk looks goosed along with the water boarder as they were driving north of the border with the whole chat recorded by a Garda bug and i believe they have enough goods on them. But enough goods is often not enough for the Irish justice system somehow. But if that whatever they got doesnt stick he still has a chance of getting out of it on the same premise of Patrick Hutch. The big unsaid is this Ballymun Garda chief who blew his brains out. Basically how Patrick got off. So if its a shitty weak State case against the Monk we know the system is burying the case to protect themselves.
This case is going to be like a GAA back door rig a ma jig applied science thing. A tumble dryer of new precedent. Gerry is a survivor, I wouldnt back against him.
Be a good case to get though. Da Monk .
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostThey seem to be glossing over the career for the stabbed UK MP in their glowing coverage of him. His career, as per wiki, seems to actually have been a caricature of an awful person. Not that that means he should therefore be stabbed, of course.
Update: not just stabbed, but stabbed and killed.
Amess sponsored many parliamentary bills.[11] Two of his most significant achievements are the Protection Against Cruel Tethering Act (1988),[12] and the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act (2000),[13] both of which are on the statute book in his name. In 2014, he successfully piloted the Security Printing (Specialist) Materials Bill onto the Statute Book. This Bill ended a loophole which allowed companies who supplied specialist printing equipment to counterfeiters to evade prosecution.
In 2016, he successfully steered onto the statute book the Driving Instructors (Registration) Bill. This Bill streamlines the process whereby instructors whose registration has lapsed can apply to return to the register. It also allows instructors who wish to leave the register for personal reasons to do so without being penalised. The Bill was supported by driving school owners and motoring organisations.
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Originally posted by rounders123 View Post
The Monk looks goosed along with the water boarder as they were driving north of the border with the whole chat recorded by a Garda bug and i believe they have enough goods on them. But enough goods is often not enough for the Irish justice system somehow. But if that whatever they got doesnt stick he still has a chance of getting out of it on the same premise of Patrick Hutch. The big unsaid is this Ballymun Garda chief who blew his brains out. Basically how Patrick got off. So if its a shitty weak State case against the Monk we know the system is burying the case to protect themselves.
This case is going to be like a GAA back door rig a ma jig applied science thing. A tumble dryer of new precedent. Gerry is a survivor, I wouldnt back against him.
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post
if you scroll down more than 2 paragraphs on his wiki you can see he was involved in some good causes:
Amess sponsored many parliamentary bills.[11] Two of his most significant achievements are the Protection Against Cruel Tethering Act (1988),[12] and the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act (2000),[13] both of which are on the statute book in his name. In 2014, he successfully piloted the Security Printing (Specialist) Materials Bill onto the Statute Book. This Bill ended a loophole which allowed companies who supplied specialist printing equipment to counterfeiters to evade prosecution.
In 2016, he successfully steered onto the statute book the Driving Instructors (Registration) Bill. This Bill streamlines the process whereby instructors whose registration has lapsed can apply to return to the register. It also allows instructors who wish to leave the register for personal reasons to do so without being penalised. The Bill was supported by driving school owners and motoring organisations.
Amess campaigned for many years to have a statue erected in honour of Raoul Wallenberg,"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've been getting that impression from students also. That they would nearly prefer to be online. Travel is such a pain in the hole in Dublin.
We could have got luckier with that. Especially for the single lectures, if traffic is bad it can take me an hour to get in/out. Some lads travelling from Dundalk so I'm not as bad as others tbf.
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post
Can you elucidate more on the Ballymun Garda chief?
He was in charge of this case.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostFor the restaurant reservation: Found something to do to care for the eldest kid leaving only one problem child, and so I rang them and said - could I turn up with one extra small kid who you would barely even know he's there. He's almost charming, I pleaded. Lying through my teeth.
They said they couldn't as they are so busy they wouldn't even be sure of having an unused chair in the place. But also that they understood the problem of the babysitter cancelling and said 'its grand to cancel, we won't charge you or anything like that'.
I said 'no deal: you've been shut for 18 months, while I've been earning at home for all that time, so let me at least pay for one person's cover'.
We had some strenuous back and forth over this offer, which only ended when the lady insisted that not only would I not be paying, but also that she would insist on comping a bottle of wine when we eventually turned up at some point in the future. At this point, I decided to retreat with humble thank yous, for fear of bankrupting them in case she upped the stakes any further.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post
if you scroll down more than 2 paragraphs on his wiki you can see he was involved in some good causes:
Amess sponsored many parliamentary bills.[11] Two of his most significant achievements are the Protection Against Cruel Tethering Act (1988),[12] and the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act (2000),[13] both of which are on the statute book in his name. In 2014, he successfully piloted the Security Printing (Specialist) Materials Bill onto the Statute Book. This Bill ended a loophole which allowed companies who supplied specialist printing equipment to counterfeiters to evade prosecution.
In 2016, he successfully steered onto the statute book the Driving Instructors (Registration) Bill. This Bill streamlines the process whereby instructors whose registration has lapsed can apply to return to the register. It also allows instructors who wish to leave the register for personal reasons to do so without being penalised. The Bill was supported by driving school owners and motoring organisations.
- Amess supported the reintroduction of capital punishment
- Amess was strongly anti-abortion
- After entering the House of Commons, Amess generally opposed bills furthering LGBT rights, including equal age of consent and same-sex marriage
Its the classic judge-others profile. And then, to balance it out you suggest his contributions to stopping printers getting into the hands of counterfeiters and a streamlined admin system for driving instructors. Actually, just writing that sentence, makes me think you might be taking the piss - do you just throw out a worm and then wind me in like a well done kipper, you fecker?"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Goodluck2me View Post
Marmite maybe.
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
So, RDIII's idea of capping redress at the value declared for LPT isn't going to work.
My son who works in building technology had an interesting take on how to solve the problem at the least cost.
Set up a state backed not for profit company to build and operate a factory in the Northwest to churn out prefabricated buildings to a minimal number of patterns 2, 3 and 4 beds and you could drive down costs on well designed high spec A rated buildings to less than half the commercial self builds would be. With Modern tech there would be lots of configuration options so its not anything like 'you can have any colour you like as long as it's black'. Site costs will vary obviously but it sounds like an interesting way of keeping the bill for the taxpayer down.
it would be a fairly big saving I would imagine even if I’m not usually in favour of nationalisation. Not hearing nearly as much about who is actually to blame as I would expect.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
wha? In an entire career those are very minor, especially when set against:
- Amess supported the reintroduction of capital punishment
- Amess was strongly anti-abortion
- After entering the House of Commons, Amess generally opposed bills furthering LGBT rights, including equal age of consent and same-sex marriage
Its the classic judge-others profile. And then, to balance it out you suggest his contributions to stopping printers getting into the hands of counterfeiters and a streamlined admin system for driving instructors. Actually, just writing that sentence, makes me think you might be taking the piss - do you just throw out a worm and then wind me in like a well-done kipper, you fecker?
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Originally posted by dobby View Post
Exactly, I've started going into less and less places with a mask on but if I wear it, I wear it properly. Always makes me laugh at the stupidity of having it hanging off your face. Even more so now that they've actually got the choice of whether to wear it or not.
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Originally posted by rounders123 View Post
The Monk looks goosed along with the water boarder as they were driving north of the border with the whole chat recorded by a Garda bug and i believe they have enough goods on them. But enough goods is often not enough for the Irish justice system somehow. But if that whatever they got doesnt stick he still has a chance of getting out of it on the same premise of Patrick Hutch. The big unsaid is this Ballymun Garda chief who blew his brains out. Basically how Patrick got off. So if its a shitty weak State case against the Monk we know the system is burying the case to protect themselves.
This case is going to be like a GAA back door rig a ma jig applied science thing. A tumble dryer of new precedent. Gerry is a survivor, I wouldnt back against him.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
wha? In an entire career those are very minor, especially when set against:
- Amess supported the reintroduction of capital punishment
- Amess was strongly anti-abortion
- After entering the House of Commons, Amess generally opposed bills furthering LGBT rights, including equal age of consent and same-sex marriage
Its the classic judge-others profile. And then, to balance it out you suggest his contributions to stopping printers getting into the hands of counterfeiters and a streamlined admin system for driving instructors. Actually, just writing that sentence, makes me think you might be taking the piss - do you just throw out a worm and then wind me in like a well done kipper, you fecker?
It was fun to see the way the tributes from all parties seem to stick with the safe territory of 'he cared for animals', 'was a very personable guy' and 'he loved being an MP' (code for 'been an MP since he was 30yo and a councillor for a half a decade before that so clearly qualified for nothing else')
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostI wasn't sure we'd ever get it over the line
From the last time I was there, the spinach really is sublime. I always think of it any time I have it anywhere else, because no where else gets close."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by MysteryGuest View Post
I can’t think of a single uk comedian in the past few years whos any good- the panel shows are uniformly awful
I find the uk panel show regulars like Jon Richardson, Bob Mortimer, Kevin Bridges, David Mitchell, Miles Jupp, Sean Lock, Rhod Gilbert, Jimmy Carr, Steven Mangan and a couple of dozen others to be superb.
Maybe the very top tier of the USA are ahead, but the UK has huge strength in depth.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
wha? In an entire career those are very minor, especially when set against:
- Amess supported the reintroduction of capital punishment
- Amess was strongly anti-abortion
- After entering the House of Commons, Amess generally opposed bills furthering LGBT rights, including equal age of consent and same-sex marriage
Its the classic judge-others profile. And then, to balance it out you suggest his contributions to stopping printers getting into the hands of counterfeiters and a streamlined admin system for driving instructors. Actually, just writing that sentence, makes me think you might be taking the piss - do you just throw out a worm and then wind me in like a well done kipper, you fecker?
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Originally posted by Degag View Post
Well, you called him an awful man. I don't know a thing about him but i'm not sure any of those 3 points you made automatically make him awful?
Not that that in anyway should deflect from the personal tragedy for his poor wife and children."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
I personally feel those three views combine to suggest a classically awful politician. Not notably awful, just lowkey awful. The type of lowkey regional awful that combines to elect thatchers and johnsons and make the tories what they are."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 personally feel those three views combine to suggest a classically awful politician. Not notably awful, just lowkey awful. The type of lowkey regional awful that combines to elect thatchers and johnsons and make the tories what they are.
Not that that in anyway should deflect from the personal tragedy for his poor wife and children.
Not trying to stick up for him cause he’s dead. He may well be an awful person. Your 3 points don’t make him so though
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View Post
Maybe I'm a man of simple tastes in comedians, but I'd have to disagree here.
I find the uk panel show regulars like Jon Richardson, Bob Mortimer, Kevin Bridges, David Mitchell, Miles Jupp, Sean Lock, Rhod Gilbert, Jimmy Carr, Steven Mangan and a couple of dozen others to be superb.
Maybe the very top tier of the USA are ahead, but the UK has huge strength in depth.
Btw before ye slag my corny efforts. I'm not on the telly box
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Originally posted by shrapnel View Post
only went once a long time ago, and the sizzling mussels starter was delicious also. i remember Darren Clarke sitting at the table behind usTurning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
Sad times Andy. Will be over at IPO next weekend if u fancy a pint and a chat"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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