Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - Wordle Gummidge

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Poker is back from Monday?

[BennyHiFi]

Seems as there has been a lot of chat around restaurants over the last week or so, I thought it might be an idea to resurrect the Restaurant Review Thread with a review of Mae which can be found

here

Great idea and review. Hope to see more of these.

Tried to get an overnight stay/18 course tasting booking for December for Aimsir when the window opened at noon on Wednesday.

Received email at 11.58, read it at 12.09, jumped on immediately and all gone.

Must try harder.

[Raoul Duke III]

I remember someone smartish telling me that those national development plans that governments come up with tend to be largely implemented, despite public perceptions to the contrary.

I think you mean 'evidence to the contrary'.

I get why, politically, the government has to be seen to be doing something.' A plan PR launch is 'something', here we have done it.'

In an era where we facing rampant building cost inflation and the building labour force has been hallowed out, that plan is <searches for polite term> optimistic. And that's before you even think how shit we are at delivering on such plans.

Alternate plan: we'd be better off to offer everyone on the social housing list 250k to emigrate. It would be cheaper.

[Solksjaer!]

With the aging population surely more and more houses and being lived in by fewer and fewer people. As it stands there are probably many living with their parents saving for a house with no light at the end of the tunnel. There are probably many many more who have moved out leaving big houses and empty rooms behind them all over the city.
If you tackle that equation somehow you might be on the road to housing a few more Ks. I heard recently we are at a 20/21^st century population high.

[ArmaniJeans]

I heard recently we are at a 20/21^st century population high. [/COLOR]

1851 population reached this week apparently.

[Solksjaer!]

Poker is back from Monday?

I'm probably better equipped emotionally now to play more disciplined poker than back in the day but I've zero time to do so. I'd love to play , enjoyed the banter at times . Didnt realise I was playing beside a mix of highly dodgy feckers though.

[Wombatman]

Taxi driver was playing the news and it's maybe the first time in a decade I've listened to the Irish news, since ditching the telly. They were just going on and on about this Zappone story like it meant something vital. I think it'll be at least another decade before I'm going near that crap again. It genuinely seems harmful to be making such a big deal of such a small story when there's so much to be done in the country. Like the lack of housing and the announcement today - that should have been dissected - of 300k houses. That's what the national attention should be on - on building the future.

Who appointed you the national attention setter anyway? Lasting media outlets focus on the stories the public are interested in. I don't believe they set the agenda.

[Wombatman]

I remember someone smartish telling me that those national development plans that governments come up with tend to be largely implemented, despite public perceptions to the contrary.

The Government’s Rebuilding Ireland strategy – heralded at the time of its launch in 2016 as a line in the sand in terms of the State’s response to the housing crisis – has failed to change the dynamic, and many of the issues it sought to address have worsened. Darragh O'Brien admitted it was a failure on the radio this morning.

[Raoul Duke III]

The Government’s Rebuilding Ireland strategy – heralded at the time of its launch in 2016 as a line in the sand in terms of the State’s response to the housing crisis – has failed to change the dynamic, and many of the issues it sought to address have worsened. Darragh O'Brien admitted it was a failure on the radio this morning.

That kinda underlines my point about the gap between governmental strategy and execution. Although we do have many more examples.

[Wombatman]

I think you mean 'evidence to the contrary'.

I get why, politically, the government has to be seen to be doing something.' A plan PR launch is 'something', here we have done it.'

In an era where we facing rampant building cost inflation and the building labour force has been hallowed out, that plan is <searches for polite term> optimistic. And that's before you even think how shit we are at delivering on such plans.

Alternate plan: we'd be better off to offer everyone on the social housing list 250k to emigrate. It would be cheaper.

Better solution. Build on state land. Local authority become developer or project manger. No site cost or profit element in undertaking.

[Raoul Duke III]

Who appointed you the national attention setter anyway? Lasting media outlets focus on the stories the public are interested in. I don't believe they set the agenda.

That would be a cool job: "National attention setter; to make sure the public are hearing and talking about the issues that are actually important."

<Calls National Attention Setting Team Yeaders to order>

"so fellow NASTY people. What? Who called us Yeaders by the way?"

"We thought it sounded cooler and would grab more hits from the news algos"

"OK, OK, fine, Good job. Anyway, what are the great unwashed talking about this week?"

"Mainly Love Island boss"

"FFS. Anything else?"

"Eh, back to school - every news outlet has re-run the same story as for the last 30 years, maybe with a little covid twist. Next week, it'll be sheep painted in the Kerry or Mayo colours. And people are trying to drag some yardage out of the Zappone thing"

"It's all so fucking predicatable isn't it. I hate people. I hate the media even more. Right - to work. Order a blackout on all celebrity gossip until Halloween"

"Done - might mean the Sun has to close though."

"Good enough for Murdoch the little Aussie poison dwarf. Fuck him. Next; I want 80% of next week's news coverage to be about climate change."

"But people hate thinking about that stuff boss. It's so depressing."

"Fuck them, they might actually start thinking for once about the cost of their actions. And plant a few stories on Ireland's sexiest news-agenda setting man. Until next week, adios."

[Raoul Duke III]

Better solution. Build on state land. Local authority become developer or project manger. No site cost or profit element in undertaking.

Sure. Like the Children's Hospital.

[Wombatman]

Sure. Like the Children's Hospital.

TBF building once off state of the art hospital has many unknowns, including rapidly changing medical technology landscape. That said it's implementation has been a shit show to date.
Building houses = few unknowns.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Who appointed you the national attention setter anyway? Lasting media outlets focus on the stories the public are interested in. I don't believe they set the agenda.

I feel slightly influenced by my ten years in the UK, where, to the detriment of the country the media set the national agenda rather than politicians. Leading to the rise of media favourites like Johnson as he gives good copy. Historically, for right or for wrong, the Irish media has been less intrusive. I think we've a better country as a result. I also think the rise of a British party in Irish politics has introduced a lot of these British ways of thinking.

[Dice75]

Poker is back from Monday?

Spreadsheet tells me i was playing average of 25 online games a month during lockdown which has slowly whittled down to playing 4 in July & 0 in August just gone. Will still play the odd Festival live but not until masks are gone. Like I see the IPO is advertised for October BH weekend but cant see it being maskless surely??

[Solksjaer!]

TBF building once off state of the art hospital has many unknowns, including rapidly changing medical technology landscape. That said it's implementation has been a shit show to date.
Building houses = few unknowns.

One KNOWN- > Scope creep by greed . We are still a Brown bag disaster country for projects like this .

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Spreadsheet tells me i was playing average of 25 online games a month during lockdown which has slowly whittled down to playing 4 in July & 0 in August just gone. Will still play the odd Festival live but not until masks are gone. Like I see the IPO is advertised for October BH weekend but cant see it being maskless surely??

Where do you see the IPO advertised? Forgive me dom et al if its a display ad on here that I've blocked, but think I've disabled adblocker for IPB.

[Dice75]

Where do you see the IPO advertised? Forgive me dom et al if its a display ad on here that I've blocked, but think I've disabled adblocker for IPB.

Poker forum on Facebook i think

[Raoul Duke III]

I feel slightly influenced by my ten years in the UK, where, to the detriment of the country the media set the national agenda rather than politicians. Leading to the rise of media favourites like Johnson as he gives good copy. Historically, for right or for wrong, the Irish media has been less intrusive. I think we've a better country as a result. I also think the rise of a British party in Irish politics has introduced a lot of these British ways of thinking.

I don't think it's limited to the UK.

A lot of the agenda these days isn't really agenda-driven, it's 'gotcha' style news that takes its inspiration from online platforms. The objective isn't analysis or even news coverage, its clicks and likes.

And this spawns a vicious short-term news cycle where the government spends most of its time in reactive mode, rather than actually governing.

And we're all to blame in this.

[Kayroo]

I settled a personal injury claim a month ago and found it so dramatic, 1.5 hour negotiation in a car park where the opposition get to size you up without being allowed talk to me, quite funny tbh. He said this, we say that, over and back - oh no he will try and stick on partial negligence on my part to the case etc. Tons of well dressed people out just to get their coffees in the car park van.

Ah the drama of it all. Hope you got a stonking great pay out!

[Wombatman]

Ah the drama of it all. Hope you got a stonking great pay out!

Those huddles on the steps are for dramatic effect to impress the plebs right? Surely all is provisionally agreed before hand and ye are just haggling over who will pay for dinner in The Greenhouse?

[Wombatman]

Young lad did OK in leaving after a fair bit of project management, broken sticks and half eaten carrots. Grade inflation is bonkers this year though. You would think they could iron out the shifts through standardisation. 75% more H1s in higher level math for example. Going to be difficult for those who deferred to compete for places.

[Ed]

Going to my first gig in 18 months tonight and the Ireland game tomorrow, a bit of normality is nice!

[Strewelpeter]

Spreadsheet tells me i was playing average of 25 online games a month during lockdown which has slowly whittled down to playing 4 in July & 0 in August just gone. Will still play the odd Festival live but not until masks are gone. Like I see the IPO is advertised for October BH weekend but cant see it being maskless surely??

It is going to a fair bit of adjustment to get to a place where one would choose to sit around a table with randomers sneezing and splurting over cards and chips in an airless room. Going to be a very difficult road back to a place where enough people are ready and willing to embrace the grimness.

[Goodluck2me]

It is going to a fair bit of adjustment to get to a place where one would choose to sit around a table with randomers sneezing and splurting over cards and chips in an airless room. Going to be a very difficult road back to a place where enough people are ready and willing to embrace the grimness.

Yeah and masks are utterly pointless given the sharing of cards and chips etc. The only good thing is that hand sanitizer has become more prevalent when you see the bathroom hygiene of so many players never mind COVID.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Poker forum on Facebook i think

Linky?

[RichieM]

I feel slightly influenced by my ten years in the UK, where, to the detriment of the country the media set the national agenda rather than politicians. Leading to the rise of media favourites like Johnson as he gives good copy. Historically, for right or for wrong, the Irish media has been less intrusive. I think we've a better country as a result. I also think the rise of a British party in Irish politics has introduced a lot of these British ways of thinking.

Describing sf as a British party is technically correct and hilarious.

Please do this on Twitter.

[Kayroo]

Those huddles on the steps are for dramatic effect to impress the plebs right? Surely all is provisionally agreed before hand and ye are just haggling over who will pay for dinner in The Greenhouse?

No, they're real and very necessary. There's a direct correlation between how close someone is to having to go into a witness box and how willing they are to settle an action.

[Tar.Aldarion]

Those huddles on the steps are for dramatic effect to impress the plebs right? Surely all is provisionally agreed before hand and ye are just haggling over who will pay for dinner in The Greenhouse?

There are offers tendered before that but not too serious and it depends on the case I'd say, sometimes the sides have quite differing opinions on a case and what it is worth. They are quite likely to settle with a date looming than not. I'm told it can be a short meeting or a quite long one and mine was somewhere in the middle, it started off with us saying why did I bother taking the day off work to them coming around to our POV after a long back and forth. They have to call and discuss with the insurance company if we change their mind on anything - the insurance needs to be convinced of it I guess, and sign off on it. They also want to see what the witness would be like, looking at them interact across the steps and talk, or in my case mostly just laugh as usual and talk about music or whatever. Their doctors also reported back on what kind of person I was.

Have to say my SC was excellent and mostly countered with "yes fair point but you know how much that is going to cost you?" Not from a just more money to me kinda way but each doctor costing 5k per day in court, legal fees, cost to add something to the case, getting me tested more and so on. The whole process is quite long (mine took over 5 years). It's a very strange experience, and I don't know how they should do it better but landing on the steps of the court to discuss it before a trial seems a waste of resources, but I can see their reasons strategically for it from both sides.

One thing I noticed is there are definitely doctors that are very pro either side and being able to choose them seems quite a flaw? I looked up one of the doctors I went to and it was all articles in newspapers about how he thought personal injury claims are nonsense, and has effectively retired just to do court appearances for insurance companies downplaying injuries and saying people are imagining them or just doing them for court, or that the pressure of a case is getting to them. Then you go to a guy sitting in the room next to him who says the injuries are very real as he is hired by the other side. Not to mention each of these 5 minute meetings with doctors cost €700 and you can do dozens of them.

[dinekes]

Not sure I would want to play live poker again, maybe a festival now and again. Apart from all the grimness reasons Its always to much hassle. Driving out and squashed in 10 to a table, waiting an hour for a cash omaha game, ridiculous rake etc
And the interminable waiting for posers to play their fucking hands and it's nearly always a fold preceded by their serious stare bullshit. No dont miss it at all.

Fire up online, watch a film and make a few quid in the comfort of your own home infinitely preferable.

[Dice75]

Not sure I would want to play live poker again, maybe a festival now and again. Apart from all the grimness reasons Its always to much hassle. Driving out and squashed in 10 to a table, waiting an hour for a cash omaha game, ridiculous rake etc
And the interminable waiting for posers to play their fucking hands and it's nearly always a fold preceded by their serious stare bullshit. No dont miss it at all.

Fire up online, watch a film and make a few quid in the comfort of your own home infinitely preferable.

Pffft you're doing it wrong. Play a few hands, win a chunk of chips, check blind levels and see how long you can stay in the bar till you're blinded back to average stack. Rince and repeat.

@hitch i cant find it on FB but details were still sparse when i saw it.

[Guest]

Going to my first gig in 18 months tonight and the Ireland game tomorrow, a bit of normality is nice!

Enjoy wearing a mask outside at an event will
never be normal to me. Nor should it be fuck the new normal

[Solksjaer!]

All Ireland football tickets . The odds on getting 2?

[Ed]

Enjoy wearing a mask outside at an event will
never be normal to me. Nor should it be fuck the new normal

I have enjoyed this poem. Thank you.

[Dice75]

All Ireland football tickets . The odds on getting 2?

11/8

[Lao Lao]

Great idea and review. Hope to see more of these.

Tried to get an overnight stay/18 course tasting booking for December for Aimsir when the window opened at noon on Wednesday.

Received email at 11.58, read it at 12.09, jumped on immediately and all gone.

Must try harder.

It's madness, I tried to book Aimsir when they launched there overnight stay and tasting menu a while back - Can't remember if it was for July/Aug/Sept or Aug/Sept/Oct and every Friday and Sat was booked out in under 30 seconds with every other date gone within a few minutes.

It was going to be for Mrs Lao Lao's birthday later this month so have had to rethink it. Just need to figure out what the fuck to buy her now - Only 3 weeks to go

[Solksjaer!]

11/8

I have the 8 handy

[Solksjaer!]

Enjoy wearing a mask outside at an event will
never be normal to me. Nor should it be fuck the new normal

Be great for shy singers at gigs . Sing away happily to the hits of the day

[hotspur]

I'm going to a poker home game tomorrow with old card playing friends. Fairly sure all are intelligent enough not to have to worry about anti-vaxers.

[AndyFatBastard]

Pffft you're doing it wrong. Play a few hands, win a chunk of chips, check blind levels and see how long you can stay in the bar till you're blinded back to average stack. Rince and repeat.

@hitch i cant find it on FB but details were still sparse when i saw it.

GTO strats in the BBV? Well I never.

[dinekes]

Pffft you're doing it wrong. Play a few hands, win a chunk of chips, check blind levels and see how long you can stay in the bar till you're blinded back to average stack. Rince and repeat.

@hitch i cant find it on FB but details were still sparse when i saw it.

Actually the bar is great crack. Remember one IO there was a huge group of assorted degens in the bar, arm wrestling challenges going on (me included) ....may have degenerated into actual wrestling around the 4am mark at which point the guards were called.
Return to omaha game (victorious but with sore arm) get all the loots in with a rundown v Fish and snaffle a decent pot with no pair and 9 high in my hand!

[dobby]

Enjoy wearing a mask outside at an event will
never be normal to me. Nor should it be fuck the new normal

Been to a fair amount of outdoor events recently. All GAA or soccer matches and have had to wear a mask only once. At one of the first few games back at an.over cautious Thurles.

Every other event I've seen from friends and family posting pics at gigs or whatever, they're not wearing masks. No need when its outside but people still have the choice to wear them if they want and I dont see the problem with that.

If you dont want to wear a mask at an outdoor event, dont. It's very simple.

[dobby]

All Ireland football tickets . The odds on getting 2?

[Guest]

I'm going to a poker home game tomorrow with old card playing friends. Fairly sure all are intelligent enough not to have to worry about anti-vaxers.

Why would you worry or be bothered by antivaxxers? Enjoy the game do you need covid cert to enter ?

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

jaysus that salami is ridiculously good. what the fuck is that crap on sale in regular shops?

[Raoul Duke III]

jaysus that salami is ridiculously good. what the fuck is that crap on sale in regular shops?

hooked

I'm going to put it on pizza tonight. Will be orgasmic imo.

[Raoul Duke III]

I'm going to a poker home game tomorrow with old card playing friends. Fairly sure all are intelligent enough not to have to worry about anti-vaxers.

Are you putting some IPBers on notice here?

[Solksjaer!]

didnt take long . looks like I'll have 2. Tickets Not for me though of course , social media has its uses . Now I'm a hero.

11/8 was probably right.

[Raoul Duke III]

It's madness, I tried to book Aimsir when they launched there overnight stay and tasting menu a while back - Can't remember if it was for July/Aug/Sept or Aug/Sept/Oct and every Friday and Sat was booked out in under 30 seconds with every other date gone within a few minutes.

It was going to be for Mrs Lao Lao's birthday later this month so have had to rethink it. Just need to figure out what the fuck to buy her now - Only 3 weeks to go

I've been asking Mrs D3 for weeks what she would like for her birthday (tomorrow). As usual, she can't think of anything so I can only assume being married to me is its own reward.

Going to Mamo (best restaurant in Howth imo) for lunch though which should be nice.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

I've been asking Mrs D3 for weeks what she would like for her birthday (tomorrow). As usual, she can't think of anything so I can only assume being married to me is its own reward.

Going to Mamo (best restaurant in Howth imo) for lunch though which should be nice.

€200 pyjamas dude. I fail to see how this isn't more widely known.

[Raoul Duke III]

€200 pyjamas dude. I fail to see how this isn't more widely known.

It's one of my Life Rules:

1. never buy a woman clothes, you have no domain expertise

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

You start with the female kids, make the mistakes there, then work you way up. Next thing you know you're Franc.

[Raoul Duke III]

You start with the female kids, make the mistakes there, then work you way up. Next thing you know you're Franc.

The daughters do like going shopping with me but I suspect that is only because I let them choose whatever the hell they want rather than my stylistic suggestions.

[Mellor]

Describing sf as a British party is technically correct and hilarious.

Please do this on Twitter.

I was struggling to figure out who he was referring to.
Im still struggling to see how SF are British?

Assuming it’s a bit more sophisticated NI = British, as you took the time to day technically correct.


agree that Hitch should take it to Twitter regardless.

[coillcam]

I'm going to a poker home game tomorrow with old card playing friends. Fairly sure all are intelligent enough not to have to worry about anti-vaxers.

There's been one regular 1/2 game running down this direction for last few months in some lads gaff. I only seen it from an insta story. Obviously there's been loads of them happening round the country when you consider the amount of parties.

I wonder is there a gap in the poker/casino game as things open back up. Loads of places looked to have closed doors permanently. Maybe festivals/events will become more popular.

[coillcam]

I was struggling to figure out who he was referring to.
Im still struggling to see how SF are British?

Assuming it’s a bit more sophisticated NI = British, as you took the time to day technically correct.


agree that Hitch should take it to Twitter regardless.

I had to google this. Apparently, they originally wanted a dual-monarchy arrangement when they were first founded in 1905. I never heard of dual-monarchy prior to this but essentially Ireland would have been sovereign for the most part but the head of state would be the monarch and the military forces combined. Some sort of customs union also would exist. That original iteration of SF never got any traction and it kinda re-established a few laters later before 1916 rising.

I wonder how many of the current SF gang would be happy to bend the knee to the king/queen

[dobby]

didnt take long . looks like I'll have 2. Tickets Not for me though of course , social media has its uses . Now I'm a hero.

11/8 was probably right.

If you're being genuine, fair play. If you come across 1 more I'll take it. I've a lad from Mayo finding it impossible to get one and have maxed out all my contacts so far. He did me a turn for the 2019 final so would be great to repay the favour to him.

[Lao Lao]

I've been asking Mrs D3 for weeks what she would like for her birthday (tomorrow). As usual, she can't think of anything so I can only assume being married to me is its own reward.

Going to Mamo (best restaurant in Howth imo) for lunch though which should be nice.

I made that mistake as well - The response from Mrs Lao Lao was 'A house'

It's a significant birthday so I was thinking of a swanky holiday - Either US or maybe Oz as she hasn't seen her sister in almost two years. Thing about that is, I've no idea when we will actually be able to get into Oz without quarantining and I'm not sure travelling to the US is a much more appealing option at the minute either.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

I was struggling to figure out who he was referring to.
Im still struggling to see how SF are British?

Assuming it’s a bit more sophisticated NI = British, as you took the time to day technically correct.


agree that Hitch should take it to Twitter regardless.

NI=British. I think, genuinely, that despite their raison d'etre they have been trained in British politics, and not Irish politics, and that seeps through to how they think

[DeeBrown]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thei...98218603547095

iPO intends to go ahead from Oct. 20th through 25th.
Whether this holds up in lieu of the full easing of restrictions on 22nd remains to be seen.

Paddy Power have a festival planned for Galway from Jan. 27th - 30th.
They're already running satellites online
and live one off events are planned around Ireland beforehand
although details for those games haven't been released yet for obvious reasons.

When card rooms will reopen is still unclear.
Theoretically this could be the 6th but even if that were true
I'd assume casinos would see the 60% of capacity limit
as a reason to exclude Poker in favour of the more lucrative table games.

Jp's place in Tallaght were prepared to run games at times during the COViD pandemic
so I'd assume they'll be among the first to open their doors.