Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - Wordle Gummidge

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Wasn't until I spent two years in Preston, drinking with the locals, that I fully understood what poverty is like in the UK for people at the lower extremes. It is grindingly awful. No escape from it either. The rise in the minimum wage over there though must be doing some good, as its quite decent now.

[hotspur]

What ever happened to RDIII's New World prospective move?

[Tar.Aldarion]

Why are sockets so far up walls in houses now? Each room has this. I'm guessing my Cat5 is behind the blank panels and I'll have to replace the panel etc and wire it up. It'll look silly to have all the wires coming down in rooms?!

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[Solksjaer!]

Geneva! boring i know, but at the same time we've become very outdoorsy people in our middle age. i'm in to Golf and wind surfing (i love to ski also but sadly with my leg, it's just not an option anymore), wife's into open water swimming and skiing, and the son is into rock climbing, mountain biking, and although he's never tried it yet, i have no doubt he'll absolutely love skiing/snowboarding, so being less then 30 minutes from the nearest ski lift, and 10 minutes from the nearest lake access point, is going to be pretty cool!

Shrap, I wouldn’t be overly worried about your age. You don’t have to put in on any job applications . Also there are some selling points in being a new mature employee.

Good luck with the leg, I’d say the added annoyance of that is tempering the excitement in living in a new City. Well timed too, the UK is imploding . They Brexecuted themselves.
Yer man Farage looks like a rejected Spitting Image Puppet.

[Raoul Duke III]

What ever happened to RDIII's New World prospective move?

I got a better offer and stayed. Still somewhat regretting it though.

[Raoul Duke III]

Why are sockets so far up walls in houses now? Each room has this. I'm guessing my Cat5 is behind the blank panels and I'll have to replace the panel etc and wire it up. It'll look silly to have all the wires coming down in rooms?!

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They're not if correctly placed.. We just had the place rewired and they are all down where you would expect them.

[dobby]

Last spamming of this competition before the weekend. They're taking "engagement" into account when announcing the winner and we sit top of the pile so far. A like would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks to the IPB heads that already liked it.

SPOILER

[Dice75]

Why are sockets so far up walls in houses now? Each room has this. I'm guessing my Cat5 is behind the blank panels and I'll have to replace the panel etc and wire it up. It'll look silly to have all the wires coming down in rooms?!

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We got one like that in extension purely for wall hung TV so no wires visible, hardly that?

[Tar.Aldarion]

Yeah I guess it's to allow for a tv in each bedroom, so there's likely a coax in there, so probbaly good for tv and just shite for my ethernet cables. Will bring over a screwdriver and have a gawk.

[Lazare]

Sockets in our new living room are that high, it was our old kitchen. Thought about dropping them but was easier to just leave where they were.

One set will be handy for the TV though.

[Goodluck2me]

What's the best Sports book people have read/listened to in the last year?

Every town is a sports town is pretty good - story of how ESPN was built. Also enjoyed Richie Sadlier’s book recovering.

[coillcam]

We got one like that in extension purely for wall hung TV so no wires visible, hardly that?

That's it. My mate had a new build like this. Coax behind the blank plates for living room, kitchen and master bedroom.

Tar.Aldarion - It wouldn't be normal for the gaff to come cat6. Did you get the house re-wired and ask for Cat6 in it?

[Tar.Aldarion]

That's it. My mate had a new build like this. Coax behind the blank plates for living room, kitchen and master bedroom.

Tar.Aldarion - It wouldn't be normal for the gaff to come cat6. Did you get the house re-wired and ask for Cat6 in it?

I didn't ask for anything no, I just saw a new house a few hundred metres from me in town and was like oh yes. The developer built his own house next door at the same time and has a similar setup, so probably did it for both. I'd say both houses have the same materials and just a wall down the middle. I asked about internet and he said all rooms are wired with cat, I don't know if it is cat 5/5e or 6 so need to ask/check! I guess 5 since most people wouldn't have a clue or at least not care. Wonder what it would cost to upgrade it all to at least 5e if that was the case.

Now to try and find couches and beds and stuff. All furniture is gone but pleasantly surprised that the washing machine and the dryer stayed, thought they were for show too.

[Wombatman]

Who has been posting on here shilling crypto to our unsophisticated user base?

[Strewelpeter]

Wasn't until I spent two years in Preston, drinking with the locals, that I fully understood what poverty is like in the UK for people at the lower extremes. It is grindingly awful. No escape from it either. The rise in the minimum wage over there though must be doing some good, as its quite decent now.

The lifestyle of the working poor in the UK seems to be especially grim and devoid of craic all the more so since the destruction of the mining and industrial communities since the '80s

[ComradeCollie]

Who has been posting on here shilling crypto to our unsophisticated user base?

Just watched the Larry David ad for the first time. Pretty slick.

[MysteryGuest]

The lifestyle of the working poor in the UK seems to be especially grim and devoid of craic all the more so since the destruction of the mining and industrial communities since the '80s

It can’t be that bad - these working class lads had the coin to fly over to quatar a few days early to support their team

https://youtu.be/TvS7wbEbdCc

[Lazare]

This is so brilliant. Watch it first time focusing on guy top left, but then watch again focusing on all the different reactions. The dude in the bottom left corner, lol.

[Strewelpeter]

99.9% that's a fake 'Doing a Tobin'

[Solksjaer!]

I like this .

[Lazare]

99.9% that's a fake 'Doing a Tobin'

Please clarify for others that 'Doing a Tobin' doesn't mean wanking on zoom, or any form of guy getting caught wanking.

Unless it's some other Tobin

[Strewelpeter]

Please clarify for others that 'Doing a Tobin' doesn't mean wanking on zoom, or any form of guy getting caught wanking.

Unless it's some other Tobin

I discarded an O for comic effect

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...rker-zoom-call

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

I discarded an O for comic effect

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...rker-zoom-call

This video is from back then, no?

[Lazare]

I discarded an O for comic effect

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...rker-zoom-call

Oh jaysis yeah, forgot that.

Liked him too on Anderson Cooper..

[Silver-Tiger]

Assume you've read Boys Will Be Boys about the 90s cowboys team?

I have. I wanted to listen to the new Pearlman. 'The last folk hero' about Bo Jackson. But it's not on audible UK yet. Nor is any Pearlman for some reason.

[Raoul Duke III]

The whole Twitter thing is just mad. It's almost like he's engaged in some ludicrous prop bet to see how fast he can destroy $40bn.

[DeadParrot]

It can’t be that bad - these working class lads had the coin to fly over to quatar a few days early to support their team

https://youtu.be/TvS7wbEbdCc

And they ALL like vindaloo

[6starpool]

I didn't ask for anything no, I just saw a new house a few hundred metres from me in town and was like oh yes. The developer built his own house next door at the same time and has a similar setup, so probably did it for both. I'd say both houses have the same materials and just a wall down the middle. I asked about internet and he said all rooms are wired with cat, I don't know if it is cat 5/5e or 6 so need to ask/check! I guess 5 since most people wouldn't have a clue or at least not care. Wonder what it would cost to upgrade it all to at least 5e if that was the case.

Now to try and find couches and beds and stuff. All furniture is gone but pleasantly surprised that the washing machine and the dryer stayed, thought they were for show too.

Bit late now obviously, but when this place was built a little over 5 years ago, I had to specifically ask for cabling to be run to every room, so there are ports all over the place. that covered plate probably just is for coax I'd say, despite what you were told. Let us know anyway once you open to inspect it.

[DeadParrot]

Speaking of....

[Raoul Duke III]

You really would have to wonder about anyone who has decided to stay at Twitter. He's like a cross between David Brent, Trump and Ronaldo.

[Silver-Tiger]

The whole Twitter thing is just mad. It's almost like he's engaged in some ludicrous prop bet to see how fast he can destroy $40bn.

Nothing will happen to it though? So many people are nothing without Twitter. Anyone that is very active and has > 4k followers thinks the whole world is listening to them spout shite.

[DeadParrot]

You really would have to wonder about anyone who has decided to stay at Twitter. He's like a cross between David Brent, Trump and Ronaldo.

People on work visas, people starting out, people who need the healthcare package.
I'd say there are a few reasons

[Raoul Duke III]

Nothing will happen to it though? So many people are nothing without Twitter. Anyone that is very active and has > 4k followers thinks the whole world is listening to them spout shite.

That doesn't mean that (a) the platform will magically stay operational with no organisation to keep it alive, and (b), hordes of users won't just leave if it becomes an unmoderated cesspit.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

That doesn't mean that (a) the platform will magically stay operational with no organisation to keep it alive, and (b), hordes of users won't just leave if it becomes an unmoderated cesspit.

I don't know. As Silver-Tiger says there is a whole lot of stickiness to that place, plus it is largely a news source for many people. I'd be much more of the perspective that it will trundle along regardless, unless they end up with a lot of outages. It is already an unmoderated cesspit.

[Silver-Tiger]

I'd guess it has had the least churn of users over the last 10 years of any social media platform. I just can't see it collapsing despite the office closures and people walking.

[Raoul Duke III]

I don't know. As Silver-Tiger says there is a whole lot of stickiness to that place, plus it is largely a news source for many people. I'd be much more of the perspective that it will trundle along regardless, unless they end up with a lot of outages. It is already an unmoderated cesspit.

If the organization itself self-implodes, then the users won't have a lot of options.

[Dice75]

For someone who hasnt a clue despite being on Twitter intermittently, how does it make money? I've never seeen any ads on it unless I'm completely immune at this stage.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

For someone who hasnt a clue despite being on Twitter intermittently, how does it make money? I've never seeen any ads on it unless I'm completely immune at this stage.

There's usually promoted tweets, $5bn worth of them last year. Although Elon's idea of getting people / companies paying for premium access (blue ticks) seems like it makes a decent amount of sense as it would generate more consistent cash flows.

Full business development plans here.

Meh, not sure about the whole thing. I would say its far more likely that twitter looks approximately the same in 2030 as it does now, than it either collapses or grows dramatically. Meaning the guy will have lost a fortune.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

There's probably five solid social media 'pillars': private social networks, video, pictures, dating, news. They will probably stay as solid categories until things like metaverses start becoming serious in a few years and launch the next evolution of social media:

• WhatsApp for private social networks
• TikTok / YouTube for video content
• Insta for pictures
• Tinder for dating
• ...what is there for news? I guess it needs to be twitter as there isn't a realistic alternative out there?

[Silver-Tiger]

For someone who hasnt a clue despite being on Twitter intermittently, how does it make money? I've never seeen any ads on it unless I'm completely immune at this stage.

That's odd. The crypto ads were infuriating for a long time. I wonder what audience bucket they have me in? Well i don't wonder. Based on my follows you'd come to an easy conclusion that i like to punt so i'd be in a gambling audience. Never purchased Crypto, followed any crypto accounts or even strayed on to any crypto dedicated websites. Not surprised Crypto marketeers are going after that audience. Makes sense.

[Murdrum]

There's probably five solid social media 'pillars': private social networks, video, pictures, dating, news. They will probably stay as solid categories until things like metaverses start becoming serious in a few years and launch the next evolution of social media:

• WhatsApp for private social networks
• TikTok / YouTube for video content
• Insta for pictures
• Tinder for dating
• ...what is there for news? I guess it needs to be twitter as there isn't a realistic alternative out there?

Twitter seems to be it alright. The rest are too much effort like a Feedly or even Substack for specific interests.

I do think that Discord is quite good in the WhatsApp kind of space. I use that quite a lot now, mainly for Poker

[Raoul Duke III]

And they ALL like vindaloo

Quite decent of the Qatari authorities to ensure that the visiting fans won't have to suffer drinking Budweiser in their stadiums.

[Raoul Duke III]

David Squires in really going to town on this joke of a World Cup. And he's right.

[Murdrum]

I thought some of the numbers here are pretty striking but not surprising.

Another headline of it was Ireland has 6 navy vessels which can’t be deployed together due to staffing constraints that is also getting worse as more people are moving to private sector.

Those vessels are responsible for managing 16% of EU territorial waters.

Also, can’t help but lol at him calling himself Dr Drea

[Solksjaer!]

In support of all those poor fans at the world cup. I will not drink Budweiser for the rest of my life .

Also because its pisswater

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

I thought some of the numbers here are pretty striking but not surprising.

Another headline of it was Ireland has 6 navy vessels which can’t be deployed together due to staffing constraints that is also getting worse as more people are moving to private sector.

Those vessels are responsible for managing 16% of EU territorial waters.

Also, can’t help but lol at him calling himself Dr Drea

Think we're the only sane ones out there. Not to be wasting e.g. 2% of GDP (hmm at him using GDP as a comparison tool for Ireland) every fucking year like other countries on something essentially pointless. We instead spend the money on quality of life. Those deepsea cables are all highly monitored by 5-eyes in any case, as per the wikileaks leaks documents a few years ago. I can't imagine a fish could touch them without an alarm bell going off somewhere in the NSA.

[Theresa]

Couple more vids where Swingtweaks makes an appearance if anyone is interested. If ye could comment on the vid it'd be awesome for the algo to push them. or give them a like, it'd be appreciated.

First one is a video creator from Leeds who is gonna be using the app to try an improve over the next little while.
Promo in this one is very well done imo.

Second one is myself and the channel owner narrating a match we played in a Member Guest tournament.
You get to hear me talk all sorts of shite in this one.

[Raoul Duke III]

Think we're the only sane ones out there. Not to be wasting e.g. 2% of GDP (hmm at him using GDP as a comparison tool for Ireland) every fucking year like other countries on something essentially pointless. We instead spend the money on quality of life. Those deepsea cables are all highly monitored by 5-eyes in any case, as per the wikileaks leaks documents a few years ago. I can't imagine a fish could touch them without an alarm bell going off somewhere in the NSA.

You don't think recent events would point to a clear need to have a functioning military?

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

You don't think recent events would point to a clear need to have a functioning military?

No.

At best we would be nuked. Theres no logical route to invasion. Plus - and this is the key point - you want to live in a nice area, send your kids to nice schools, have a social protection network, and spending an extra €5bn a year on military equipment to rust away stops that happening. Our spending priorities are correct.

The one exception is the pay of people currently in the armed forces. Pay is ridiculously low. Everyone should have a decent wage, so would be delighted to see some sacrifices to make that happen out of societal fairness. But lets leave the big boy toys to the waster countries.

[Raoul Duke III]

Theres no logical route to invasion. Plus - and this is the key point - you want to live in a nice area, send your kids to nice schools, have a social protection network, and spending an extra €5bn a year on military equipment to rust away stops that happening. Our spending priorities are correct.

I don't think anyone is talking about invasion. It's more the asymmetrical warfare that we need a deterrent for (just look at the pipelines Mad Vlad blew up off the Swedish coast).

Also, if we have it - we can always do as our fellow EU countries are doing and give it to the country that is actually being invaded by a brutal fascist regime. One for all, and all for one...if you think states whose arms donations are literally stopping Ukrainians from being murdered in their tens of thousands are 'wasting' resources, I suggest you rethink.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

I don't think anyone is talking about invasion. It's more the asymmetrical warfare that we need a deterrent for (just look at the pipelines Mad Vlad blew up off the Swedish coast).

Also, if we have it - we can always do as our fellow EU countries are doing and give it to the country that is actually being invaded by a brutal fascist regime. One for all, and all for one...if you think states whose arms donations are literally stopping Ukrainians from being murdered in their tens of thousands are 'wasting' resources, I suggest you rethink.

Simon Coveney has made the point quite well that while there are all manner of countries donating arms, but there are almost none providing refuge in the same proportion as we are, relative to our population. I think thats as valuable a contribution. Our resources are being used well, not being wasted, we're just using different resources, and we won't have arms rotting in a shed like iodine tablets waiting for the next war in 30-40-50 years time.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

And there are real costs to military spending. The UK has had to cut back on foreign aid to fund its military. Ireland proportionally gives far more foreign aid than the UK, vastly more than the US. We are doing our bit in our way - helping people to get back on their feet after disasters, intervening in the poorest countries to prevent poverty. Military spending is a choice, we've chosen a nicer approach with our resources that benefits more people.

[Dice75]

That's odd. The crypto ads were infuriating for a long time. I wonder what audience bucket they have me in? Well i don't wonder. Based on my follows you'd come to an easy conclusion that i like to punt so i'd be in a gambling audience. Never purchased Crypto, followed any crypto accounts or even strayed on to any crypto dedicated websites. Not surprised Crypto marketeers are going after that audience. Makes sense.

Went and looked there out of curiosity and nothing, maybe its because i use desktop rather than App, I dunno.

[Kayroo]

Think we're the only sane ones out there. Not to be wasting e.g. 2% of GDP (hmm at him using GDP as a comparison tool for Ireland) every fucking year like other countries on something essentially pointless.

Nobody is suggesting we should have the military capacity to ward off a full scale invasion by a nuclear power. That would rank somewhere between idiotic and impossible. The 2015 and 2019 White Papers as well as the Report of the Committee on the Defence Forces all make very sensible and reasonable recommendations about Ireland's need to increase defence spending and to reorganise the armed forces to meet Ireland's modern needs.

As Murdrum says, we control 16% of the EU's territorial waters and yet we do not have over-the-horizon capabilities or even proper radar capabilities. Our air defence is entirely outsourced to the RAF, meaning we are in no sense neutral as our air space is open to military aircraft of another state. On that basis, in international law, we would have no grounds to deny Russia, China etc. equal access to our airspace.

But leaving all of that aside, we need massive investment in Cyber Security in the armed forces to protect vital infrastructure (see: HSE hack), a properly paid army (their wages are actually shocking), a navy that can reasonably patrol our territorial waters against smuggling, people trafficking etc. Within that we need sub-marine capabilities (not subs, just below water capabilities) to monitor internet and gas/oil pipelines. Even if you operate on the basis that we should never even consider defending ourselves against a nation-state level aggressor, surely we can all agree the need to properly maintain our sovereign territory in these ways? That requires a pretty substantial investment and it's one we should make.

It's also important to keep in mind that your argument about spending the money elsewhere is the equivalent of saying that nobody should have car insurance because they can spend the money better elsewhere. The whole point of an armed forces is to hope that you have it never need it rather than need it and not have it.

[Silver-Tiger]

Went and looked there out of curiosity and nothing, maybe its because i use desktop rather than App, I dunno.

The third tweet is always an ad? They are native ads. There's also an ad a piece in the 'What's Happening' and 'Who to Follow' segments at the side.

Can you find any winners in Dundalk?

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

It's also important to keep in mind that your argument about spending the money elsewhere is the equivalent of saying that nobody should have car insurance because they can spend the money better elsewhere. The whole point of an armed forces is to hope that you have it never need it rather than need it and not have it.

jaysus you have fallen off a cliff! Yesterday not understanding a high school maths measurement, and today making some shocking equivalencies. No, its not the same as saying nobody should have car insurance

The spending you outlined sounds good. As in, you have expressed it in terms of the personal benefit to us, rather than Raoul wanting to stockpile stuff in case there's another war. There is, I guess, a balance we need to strike between this and the other spending needs of the population. It has probably been too far down the list in the past and needs to rise to around medium importance. I struggle though to think of what new spending in the last budget (as the military spending would come from new spending) would have been better allocated to the navy. Definitely not the rise in child care support, the social welfare increases were needed for social protection. Maybe the increase in the tax bands as its more in a 'nice to have' category than a necessity. Will the 'squeezed middle' (hate that term) support non-inflationary band increases in return for a better military? Maybe.

Thats separate, of course, to military pay, which should be fair, and is shockingly low at the moment. Thats not a choice, more an obligation.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Could we get the spanish trawlers that patrol our seas so effectively in search of the merest hint of sealife, to pop a radar on their boats? We need to think creatively here. Why have Paddy do it, when Pablo is already out there putting in the hours.

[6starpool]

Went and looked there out of curiosity and nothing, maybe its because i use desktop rather than App, I dunno.

I'm guessing you have adblock enabled (as any sensible adult does. If you turn off adblock you'll see the promoted tweets (they handily say promoted tweet at the bottom), but then obviously turn adblock on again.

[Dice75]

I'm guessing you have adblock enabled (as any sensible adult does. If you turn off adblock you'll see the promoted tweets (they handily say promoted tweet at the bottom), but then obviously turn adblock on again.

Aha, correct.

[Dice75]

The third tweet is always an ad? They are native ads. There's also an ad a piece in the 'What's Happening' and 'Who to Follow' segments at the side.

Can you find any winners in Dundalk?

Did a 7/1 place treble but first one at 6pm is drifting lake a barge so not so confident now