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**Guest** · 15-10-20, 17:55

Need an inter county team to display some balls and leadership and announce they are pulling out of league and championship
it’s going to turn farcical anyway with missing players etc so might as well nip it in the bud
is it really worth it for some lad in Sligo or Carlow for example putting their family and communities health at risk so they can go out for their annual punishment beating?

not to mentally all the morons that would be out whupping it up when their county wins

apparently according to some lad on the news it’s crucial they go ahead for the nations mental health

**Denny Crane** · 15-10-20, 18:15

Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post

Find it very very hard to see how Biden is any more than about 1/10 this close to the election and this far apart from Trump in the polls. So 1/2 is a ridic bargain. There's something weird happening that is propping up Trump prices - I'm thinking external money that needs to bet on Trump for a hedge, that is creating a falsely high price for Biden.

Kelly says go to the mattress

**Strewelpeter** · 15-10-20, 18:35

Originally posted by pokerhand View Post

Is that serious advice?

Not entirely, with a bit of discretion and a good staking plan it could work out well. They are fighting for the jockeys title with only a few winners between them and you can be guaranteed their agents are all out to get them on anything they can with a live chance of winning but of course a lot of that gets priced in by the market.

**Wombatman** · 15-10-20, 18:55

He has cried Woulfe again! Chucked another sickie before a scheduled meeting with the Chief Justice. Would really love to know what is going on here.

**Strewelpeter** · 15-10-20, 19:13

Originally posted by Wombatman View Post

He has cried Woulfe again! Chucked another sickie before a scheduled meeting with the Chief Justice. Would really love to know what is going on here.

If only we had someone who was down in the four goldmines every day soaking up the gossip

He must be a odds against to ever hear a case.

**BennyHiFi** · 15-10-20, 19:18

Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post

That was amazing!

Yup. Fantastic. Better than I remembered! Held up really well. Steadman a class act.

**Emmet** · 15-10-20, 19:23

Think we have a few people involved in the motor industry here. Couple of questions.

1 - Can I lease a car in UK and drive it in Ireland? (2 year lease)
2 - Are there any decent car leasing options in Ireland?

Reason - https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hyu...=hottest_deals - I'd be more than happy to pay ~€7k over 2 years for that car - but can't seem to find anything even approaching reasonable.

If not, I'm gonna end up buying a €10/12k runaround and driving it into the ground basically. Would rather not!

**Dice75** · 15-10-20, 19:25

Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post

If only we had someone who was down in the four goldmines every day soaking up the gossip

He must be a odds against to ever hear a case.

Cant trust those Northsiders

**Wombatman** · 15-10-20, 19:28

Would have been some latter day Greek tragedy has Barron perished at the hands of the virus.

**noname1255** · 15-10-20, 19:32

do you have a uk driving licence and address?
cant drive a uk reg car in ireland on an irish licence without revenue wanting their vrt money
asaik

**ComradeCollie** · 15-10-20, 19:53

'The Trump Show' is on BBC2 at 9. Doubt they're fanbois, but the ads looked entertaining.

**Emmet** · 15-10-20, 19:59

Originally posted by noname1255 View Post

do you have a uk driving licence and address?
cant drive a uk reg car in ireland on an irish licence without revenue wanting their vrt money
asaik

yes - will be UK tax resident til March/April.

Though am also trying to get my UK licence swapped asap! (Having 'surrendered' the Irish one for a UK about 7 years ago)

**Raoul Duke III** · 15-10-20, 20:16

Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post

If only we had someone who was down in the four goldmines every day soaking up the gossip

He must be a odds against to ever hear a case.

He's probably planning on suing the State for emotional distress.

I'm only being half facetious too.

**Emmet** · 15-10-20, 20:18

Also - what's the conspiracy theories on Woulfe? Starting to really really whiff.

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**V for Vendetta** · 15-10-20, 21:03

I don’t know what your car needs are Emmet but this is a very good value second hand electric car bargain imo.

https://www.electricautos.ie/viewanad.php?ad_id=2670724

Your depreciation will be no more than 1500 pa over 3 years in my opinion and the running costs, tax and insurance for 24000 km pa would be less than 1k.

Sure it’s not the sexiest car but minimising the money you lose on a lump of metal sitting in your driveway is nice. Plus it’s a very pleasant and relaxing drive and has lots of extras.

Originally posted by Emmet View Post

Think we have a few people involved in the motor industry here. Couple of questions.

1 - Can I lease a car in UK and drive it in Ireland? (2 year lease)
2 - Are there any decent car leasing options in Ireland?

Reason - https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hyu...=hottest_deals - I'd be more than happy to pay ~€7k over 2 years for that car - but can't seem to find anything even approaching reasonable.

If not, I'm gonna end up buying a €10/12k runaround and driving it into the ground basically. Would rather not!

**Emmet** · 15-10-20, 21:12

Yeah definitely considering a Leaf alright. Just need to get my hands on something quite soon and not sure how easy it will be to find one! (All of the newer ones on that site are already reserved with deposit paid!)

**Dice75** · 15-10-20, 21:18

Nice to sit down with a G&T and have a look at that course in Vegas in the golf.

**V for Vendetta** · 15-10-20, 21:25

Just give them a call and they’ll bring one in from the UK to order for you with whatever specs you’d like. A very nice husband and wife team and I’m a happy customer, I’d definitely be talking to them about sourcing any future second hand EV I might be considering. They could rent you something for a few weeks if you are really desperate.

Originally posted by Emmet View Post

Yeah definitely considering a Leaf alright. Just need to get my hands on something quite soon and not sure how easy it will be to find one! (All of the newer ones on that site are already reserved with deposit paid!)

**Emmet** · 15-10-20, 21:28

Very good shout. Will give them a call this weekend probably

**Strewelpeter** · 15-10-20, 21:43

Originally posted by Emmet View Post

Also - what's the conspiracy theories on Woulfe? Starting to really really whiff.

Could be that he is genuinely having a complete breakdown unable to face the reality that having slithered all the way up the greasy pole into the cushiest number a lad like him could ever hope for he went and fucked it up before he even got started. Probably is delusional enough to believe that he is the victim of a terrible injustice and is 'hoping against hope' that if he brazens it out for long enough everyone will forget about it.

**Raoul Duke III** · 15-10-20, 21:49

Some fairly trenchant criticisms of Trump this evening:

he kisses dictators’ butts

The United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership, the way he treats women, spends like a drunken sailor

he mocks evangelicals behind closed doors. His family has treated the presidency like a business opportunity. He’s flirted with white supremacists

what crazy radical left fake news whackjob would say such things!?

eh, Senator Sasse (Republican, Nebraska).

rats and ships spring to mind....

**Raoul Duke III** · 15-10-20, 21:50

Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post

Could be that he is genuinely having a complete breakdown unable to face the reality that having slithered all the way up the greasy pole into the cushiest number a lad like him could ever hope for he went and fucked it up before he even got started. Probably is delusional enough to believe that he is the victim of a terrible injustice and is 'hoping against hope' that if he brazens it out for long enough everyone will forget about it.

I'm telling you, the fucker will have the neck, and the sense of entitlement, to launch a lawsuit over this....

**DeadParrot** · 15-10-20, 22:02

Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post

Some fairly trenchant criticisms of Trump this evening:

what crazy radical left fake news whackjob would say such things!?

eh, Senator Sasse (Republican, Nebraska).

rats and ships spring to mind....

Apparently Rupert Murdoch is letting it be known he's off the train too

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**Guest** · 16-10-20, 06:31

Senate hearings for Supreme court nominations must be close to, if not, the futile political exercise.

Hours of simply dodging questions and clinging to any semblance of meaning in a candidates answers all the while knowing that unless they have a complete brain fart they'll inevitably be confirmed anyway.

**Solksjaer!** · 16-10-20, 07:14

The emperor has no clothes . Trump is toast

**Solksjaer!** · 16-10-20, 07:15

Originally posted by Murdrum View Post

Senate hearings for Supreme court nominations must be close to, if not, the futile political exercise.

Hours of simply dodging questions and clinging to any semblance of meaning in a candidates answers all the while knowing that unless they have a complete brain fart they'll inevitably be confirmed anyway.

Ah here . You know what was going on. It was just a showcase

**coillcam** · 16-10-20, 07:49

Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post

Am maybe two weeks off patches and therefore two weeks without nicotine for the first time in about 20 years. That's a hell of a drug!

Suspect the reason the first few weeks post-surgery were so hard was due to adjusting to low-level nicotine patches. Spoke to the tobacologist around that time and she was saying - don't rush off the patches, keep them on for a few months until you don't even think about it. And it kinda worked, but the need for a nicotine rush from a cig is still so hardgrained that the patches could never quite cover that up. Then on the self-determined last day on the patches everything was meant to be grand, but it most definitely was not. It was low-level angst though, compared to massive angst if you were to proper quit cold turkey. That's all the relief that three months of patches bought. The body definitely knew something was up and wasn't happy about it. What a fucker of a thing, and you can just go into a shop and buy all you want of it.

Have you ever tried vaping at any stage?

Non-smoker here but I've several mates who went off cigs completely by turning to vaping. Even after tuning the nicotine levels way down they still vape. Not sure if it's the hand to mouth habit or a comforting anti anxiety reflex type thing though. Perhaps some regular vapers here could answer that.

**ionapaul** · 16-10-20, 08:14

It is so, so, so mad that tobacco/nicotine products were ever legal and so commonly available. I am fully convinced that in 100 years, when the tobacco industry is dust, people will look back on the 20th century in particular and wonder WTF went on that various low level drugs were illegal, but the fantastically addictive and very harmful tobacco products were fucking everywhere.

Almost everything about them is terrible; they smell awful, they're unbelievably expensive, smoking a cigarette is like holding up a sign saying 'I'm more likely to be less educated and/or from a low socio-economic background', they litter the place and of course, lead to serious health problems on top of all of that! It's just crazy when you think about it.

I suppose some people *do* look a bit cooler while smoking, so.... swings and roundabouts I guess

**ComradeCollie** · 16-10-20, 08:15

Originally posted by coillcam View Post

Have you ever tried vaping at any stage?

About 10 years ago (11/2/2010)

Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide to...

Three weeks off cigs now using an e-cig. Was originally using a patch as well, but gave it up as it wasn't contributing anything. Incredibly easy to quit and zero problems with cravings! (never thought i'd be saying that tbh)

Would highly recommend considering this as a quit-aid. Have set next Thursday as my last day on the e-cig, so it'll have been a month quitting using these, and then nicotine free from that point hopefully.

**Guest** · 16-10-20, 08:17

Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post

Ah here . You know what was going on. It was just a showcase

Absolutely but even in spite of us all knowing that, they are still analysed so meticulously.

I followed the Kauvanagh one but there was legit character questions there even though everything was effectively known and it was foregone conclusion.

Barrett seems quite clean cut irrespective of views and is simply batting away the same questions for hours on end.

I feel it's the type of thing that was maybe valuable years ago before everything people could know about a person was known prior to the hearings.

However in the current era, it's just the most mundane showcase imaginable but people continue to go through it with a fine tooth comb for effectively nothing.

**Raoul Duke III** · 16-10-20, 08:28

I see Trump refused to condemn QANon last night. That's a winning move alright.

**Solksjaer!** · 16-10-20, 08:30

I dont disagree with anything you've said but isnt that US politics in a nutshell at the moment. Any platform will do once they can continuously pick away at an opponent hoping for that one soundbite that gives them a home run. The electorate lap it up . The tragicomedy of the Trump administration has made even the casual observer funking real hard to witness anything that will lead to his demise. I dont remember in my lifetime paying any heed to these mundane exchanges before.

**Raoul Duke III** · 16-10-20, 08:46

Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post

I dont disagree with anything you've said but isnt that US politics in a nutshell at the moment. Any platform will do once they can continuously pick away at an opponent hoping for that one soundbite that gives them a home run. The electorate lap it up . The tragicomedy of the Trump administration has made even the casual observer funking real hard to witness anything that will lead to his demise. I dont remember in my lifetime paying any heed to these mundane exchanges before.

I don't think we ever had a president who gladly accepted support from people who believe a gang of satanist paedophiles are plotting to overthrow the US government.

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**ComradeCollie** · 16-10-20, 09:39

Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post

Ha. There was many more attempts after that through vaping, but I could just never get to no nicotine. Each to their own but for me it never broke the link with the act of smoking.

I gave up the vaping for a full 3 months last year. So even though it was physically well gone, the desire was not. Gone the opposite way now, and smoking a cigar once a week. May even take up pipe smoking, just to be weirder

**ComradeCollie** · 16-10-20, 10:14

Wow, I thought only Denny posted links to BabylonBee

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**Strewelpeter** · 16-10-20, 10:35

Apparently he was reading a satirical piece ... is this from Babylon Bee

hard to tell with the Ayn Rand followers not doing wit or humor... but y'know when you are winning bigly and you are the smartest man in the room... as long as that room is the jacks you are tweeting from

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**Raoul Duke III** · 16-10-20, 10:48

Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post

He's really honing in on his niche. Maybe as a way of having a mob he can call on after leaving office who will physically protect him if any criminal charges were to be processed?!

still feeling supremely confident about your Brexit bet? After all, Boris has entered the room and it's all going very well.

**AndyFatBastard** · 16-10-20, 10:55

ionapaul I think you're underselling how amazing a drug nicotine is. It's fucking whopper and I miss it every day.

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**Strewelpeter** · 16-10-20, 11:06

Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post

but isn't it a bit like heroin. you only miss it because its gone, not because it was doing something fundamentally amazing.

What it does is amazing, it creates an itch only it can scratch and the brain will direct addicts to scratch that itch before any other needs are satisfied.

Any purported benefit is merely a result of the itch being scratched.

**Raoul Duke III** · 16-10-20, 11:18

Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post

I'm definitely going to be handing over €50, but my point was fundamentally correct! There is going to be a deal and it was never in doubt despite the media theatre over the last few years. The EU always makes a deal. The debate now is merely about which week it will happen in. So I feel you've both learned an important lesson about overtrusting media stories and earned some cash.

Yes, well now I feel like both a loser and a winner simultaneously.

The sweet, sweet smell of Hitch cash will have to sooth my furrowed brow.

**dinekes** · 16-10-20, 11:18

Did a cold turkey on smoking and it was pretty much a mild withdrawal thankfully. Missed it most after dinner or having coffee but within a few weeks that faded. Funnily enough when the smoking ban came in resumed the habit as all the crack was outside! Started at 17 years old.Probably smoked for 10 years in total. Occasionally had one when out drinking but doesn't look like we will be getting a chance to fo that in the near future.

PS
Quite enjoyed those synthetic opiates the GP prescribed when I had shingles. Potentially very addictive...hmmm...wish I had me some of that good stuff man

**shrapnel** · 16-10-20, 11:21

Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View Post

ionapaul I think you're underselling how amazing a drug nicotine is. It's fucking whopper and I miss it every day.

Seriously? it's an absolutely pathetically wimpy high (and i was a heavy smoker for 20 years). as SP said, it's just an itch. Give me Class As (even alcohol) any day of the week!!

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**AndyFatBastard** · 16-10-20, 11:33

Originally posted by shrapnel View Post

Seriously? it's an absolutely pathetically wimpy high (and i was a heavy smoker for 20 years). as SP said, it's just an itch. Give me Class As (even alcohol) any day of the week!!

It has multiple measurable effects including mood regulation, attention increase and reduction in appetite. Anyone who thinks the only high you get is from the relief of cravings is full of shit. There's tons of ongoing research into nicotine's therapeutic benefits. If it wasn't so ridiculously addictive we'd all be getting it prescribed for a long list of mental and physical conditions.

**Solksjaer!** · 16-10-20, 11:45

Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View Post

It has multiple measurable effects including mood regulation, attention increase and reduction in appetite. Anyone who thinks the only high you get is from the relief of cravings is full of shit. There's tons of ongoing research into nicotine's therapeutic benefits. If it wasn't so ridiculously addictive we'd all be getting it prescribed for a long list of mental and physical conditions.

I got a chuckle out of that whilst looking at your' leave Britney alone' picture .

**Raoul Duke III** · 16-10-20, 11:55

Boris does not sound like a man who's about to cut a deal.

**shrapnel** · 16-10-20, 11:56

Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View Post

It has multiple measurable effects including mood regulation, attention increase and reduction in appetite. Anyone who thinks the only high you get is from the relief of cravings is full of shit. There's tons of ongoing research into nicotine's therapeutic benefits. If it wasn't so ridiculously addictive we'd all be getting it prescribed for a long list of mental and physical conditions.

we don't smoke for any of those therapeutic benefits though do we? and as far as smoking goes, the negatives far outweigh the positives. I've got no issue in nicotine being used therapeutically, but it certainly won't be administered via a cigarette!

**hotspur** · 16-10-20, 12:05

Originally posted by ionapaul View Post

It is so, so, so mad that tobacco/nicotine products were ever legal and so commonly available. I am fully convinced that in 100 years, when the tobacco industry is dust, people will look back on the 20th century in particular and wonder WTF went on that various low level drugs were illegal, but the fantastically addictive and very harmful tobacco products were fucking everywhere.

Tobacco has been smoked wherever there has been tobacco since time immemorial, and it has been cultivated for about seven thousand years. I agree that people will look back on drug prohibition with puzzlement.

Andy is right that it has a range of positive effects, and that Alan Carr nonsense that it only removes the negative effect of withdrawal is an untrue but possibly useful artifice to convince some people it's not worth it. It is particularly helpful to better regulate sensory gating in the brain (filtering out irrelevant sensory stimuli from reaching awareness) which is a feature of a number of mental health disorders, and helps explain why smoking is far more prevalent among those with mental health difficulties.

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