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Originally posted by Micknail View Post
Why wouldn't the polish lads be called Bob?
Maybe it's a condition of employment to drive a van for DPD; 'must be called, or at least willing to answer to, Bob'.
I do enjoy saying 'thanks Bob' when they hand over a parcel."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
For anyone who hasn't watched For All Mankind, I really recommend you do. Season 1 is very good, season 2 is fantastic. Season 3 hopefully released later this year, but I suspect it will be next year.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostMaybe it's a condition of employment to drive a van for DPD; 'must be called, or at least willing to answer to, Bob'.
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Originally posted by hotspur View Post
When it's Fastway I usually get a notification that the parcel has been left in the porch. For which I'm always grateful...that they built me a porch to put it in."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
working for me.
It wasn't showing a while ago but I assume strwly didn't link it right
Plus I've tried to quote a bunch of posts and that isn't working either. Solksjaer! I started watching that zombie show the other day and I'm three episodes in and it's just okay, Raoul Duke III I got a couple of those Google Nest hubs and they are pretty good. Harvey Norman did have them on sale before Christmas so check around before buying. €99 in most places and I think they were selling them for €69."you raise, i kill you" El Tren :{)
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I exclusively use smart speakers for radio these days. I tell myself it's great that I can just ask for any radio station in the world that I want. Then stick exclusively to 3 of them anyway. But it's as much about Spotify as the radio. I have a mix of Google and Amazon ones. I like the Amazon one for Audible.
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
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These passenger locator forms are such a pain in the bollix. Have to fill in three of them for three different countries, for a simple trip of Dub-Lon-Turin, back to Dub. I think it was six forms with the family trip over Christmas. Four for Italy and two on the way back. The covid test certs, now thankfully gone, were an extra eight documents."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by 6starpool View Post
First thing it put me in mind of are the bits in the TV show For All Mankind where a few people always greet each other 'Hi Bob' for years after a particular set of events which involves them watching a very small number of TV episodes over and over again which includes the phrase 'Hi Bob'.
For anyone who hasn't watched For All Mankind, I really recommend you do. Season 1 is very good, season 2 is fantastic. Season 3 hopefully released later this year, but I suspect it will be next year.
On recommendations, SuperStore on Netflix is very very good, takes a few episodes to get into the characters but all of them are really well written, just the 22 mins long so a great breakfast show.This too shall pass.
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Korean Zombie are the best. Ok they still have the same ridiculously strong teeth that even the most decrepit American Zombies have, however the Korean boys and girls of the dead are very light on their feet and you need to be rather fleet of foot to avoid a munching. Plenty of ‘bethejaysus run’ moments. Compare that to the staggering decaying US Zombies that wouldn’t catch a 90 year old on a zimmerframe. (although the teeth are still that of a lion) Also the Koreans people are very brave and accepting when beset by a mob of high performing munchers. They seem to see the pathos in their demise as opposed to the excruciating pain I’d expect them to be going through . Maybe it’s shock. I can well understand how Korean Zombies can take over the earth however I can’t accept the US Zombies are capable of it.
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Originally posted by oleras View Post
Added to the list.
On recommendations, SuperStore on Netflix is very very good, takes a few episodes to get into the characters but all of them are really well written, just the 22 mins long so a great breakfast show.
finsihed watching “People with Anxiety” on Netflix recently too, nice 8 part mystery series that’s not too serious, consider it comfort food for TV, Swedish show.
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Originally posted by tylerdurden94 View Post
I tried it the other day and it wasn't working and none of them are showing up correctly for me.
Plus I've tried to quote a bunch of posts and that isn't working either. Solksjaer! I started watching that zombie show the other day and I'm three episodes in and it's just okay, Raoul Duke III I got a couple of those Google Nest hubs and they are pretty good. Harvey Norman did have them on sale before Christmas so check around before buying. €99 in most places and I think they were selling them for €69.Originally posted by hotspur View PostI exclusively use smart speakers for radio these days. I tell myself it's great that I can just ask for any radio station in the world that I want. Then stick exclusively to 3 of them anyway. But it's as much about Spotify as the radio. I have a mix of Google and Amazon ones. I like the Amazon one for Audible.Originally posted by Mellor View Post
On the subject of Harold Ramis. Somebody mentioned Ghostbusters:Afterlife a few weeks ago (might have been you). Only got around to viewing it last weekend. Can confirm they nailed it. Completely better than the nonsense reboot. Maybe a tad too much fab service. But overall far better than other new generation sequels.Originally posted by DeeBrown View Post
Yikes.
That's what your mind comes up with when asked for a random 5 letter word?
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ball park on a clutch replacement on a Renault Fluance?
I know dick about cars but quoted €1600 which seems highPeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Goodluck2me View Post
Still in mourning after watching the last episode of season 6 of Superstore. It’s excellent, but agree there are some themes which are great but take a few episodes to see. Huge fan of the pharmacist and in later episodes Justin’s cameos.
finsihed watching “People with Anxiety” on Netflix recently too, nice 8 part mystery series that’s not too serious, consider it comfort food for TV, Swedish show.This too shall pass.
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An Eagle today takes me to +2 thru 29.
Funny, I used a different first word and got a green and two yellows. Had I used my usual I would have gotten two greens and a yellow.
DP getting in one gave me a little clue. One option had a repeat letter and figured he wouldn't have went with that.
I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostThings you'll miss from the pandemic:
I like the fact that all my text notifications tell me delivery drivers from DPD seem to be called 'Bob', even the Egyptian and Polish ones.
We have a Chinese National working for us in Dublin and unsurprisingly, he has a Chinese name which is not hard to pronounce and we use all the time. I found out that a company he previously worked for (another large global player) refused to call him by his name and told him his name was now 'Joe'. The guy has been living here for about 20 years and is the nicest person you'll ever meet. I couldn't believe it when I heard about his previous employer but it's definitely true.
Strangely, pretty much all our staff in China don't use their Chinese first name, they only use their Chinese surname combined with an English first name. You get a few normal names like Stephen, Joe, Dick, etc, but you also get a few random ones like Elvis, Princess. The rest of our Asian offices all use their actual full names, not a hint of English about them.
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Originally posted by hotspur View PostI exclusively use smart speakers for radio these days. I tell myself it's great that I can just ask for any radio station in the world that I want. Then stick exclusively to 3 of them anyway. But it's as much about Spotify as the radio. I have a mix of Google and Amazon ones. I like the Amazon one for Audible.
I use my Google Home device for John Creedon between 8 & 10pm and that's basically it.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
We have a Chinese National working for us in Dublin and unsurprisingly, he has a Chinese name which is not hard to pronounce and we use all the time. I found out that a company he previously worked for (another large global player) refused to call him by his name and told him his name was now 'Joe'. The guy has been living here for about 20 years and is the nicest person you'll ever meet. I couldn't believe it when I heard about his previous employer but it's definitely true.
Strangely, pretty much all our staff in China don't use their Chinese first name, they only use their Chinese surname combined with an English first name. You get a few normal names like Stephen, Joe, Dick, etc, but you also get a few random ones like Elvis, Princess. The rest of our Asian offices all use their actual full names, not a hint of English about them.
His real name is Pritam but he changed it himself when he landed here. People struggled to pronounce it.
I call him both names.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
We have a Chinese National working for us in Dublin and unsurprisingly, he has a Chinese name which is not hard to pronounce and we use all the time. I found out that a company he previously worked for (another large global player) refused to call him by his name and told him his name was now 'Joe'. The guy has been living here for about 20 years and is the nicest person you'll ever meet. I couldn't believe it when I heard about his previous employer but it's definitely true.
Strangely, pretty much all our staff in China don't use their Chinese first name, they only use their Chinese surname combined with an English first name. You get a few normal names like Stephen, Joe, Dick, etc, but you also get a few random ones like Elvis, Princess. The rest of our Asian offices all use their actual full names, not a hint of English about them."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by 6starpool View Post
Just tried it there and think it might be working correctly now. Apologies Supreme Overlord, Twitter still isn't working correctly thoughLast edited by tylerdurden94; 02-02-22, 14:50."you raise, i kill you" El Tren :{)
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
Fairly standard with Chinese to take a western first name for work - like you have seen some classics down the years. Wilberforce.
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostAn Eagle today takes me to +2 thru 29.
Funny, I used a different first word and got a green and two yellows. Had I used my usual I would have gotten two greens and a yellow.
DP getting in one gave me a little clue. One option had a repeat letter and figured he wouldn't have went with that.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Micknail View Post
Seems high, but maybe the friction plate needs to be done too, has it been bad for long?
Took it to renault garage in tallaght who diagnosed and quoted.
rang Allvech for a quote and 1200 pick up repair and drop offPeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
last few days seemed to be lacking some oomph and today mrs reported burning smell.
Took it to renault garage in tallaght who diagnosed and quoted.
rang Allvech for a quote and 1200 pick up repair and drop off
I got mine done on a Subaru with 180000km on it late last year, and including a new battery and a few other small bits came to 1k, but they didn't need to do the friction plate, which would have been another €750.
It's not some fancy half manual half automatic gearbox or anything no?﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿
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Originally posted by Goodluck2me View Post“People with Anxiety” on Netflix recently too, nice 8 part mystery series that’s not too serious, consider it comfort food for TV, Swedish show.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
We have a Chinese National working for us in Dublin and unsurprisingly, he has a Chinese name which is not hard to pronounce and we use all the time. I found out that a company he previously worked for (another large global player) refused to call him by his name and told him his name was now 'Joe'. The guy has been living here for about 20 years and is the nicest person you'll ever meet. I couldn't believe it when I heard about his previous employer but it's definitely true.
Strangely, pretty much all our staff in China don't use their Chinese first name, they only use their Chinese surname combined with an English first name. You get a few normal names like Stephen, Joe, Dick, etc, but you also get a few random ones like Elvis, Princess. The rest of our Asian offices all use their actual full names, not a hint of English about them.
Similar to you, all the Chinese companies I deal with use western first names but none of the Koreans or Burmese whose names are very tricky do.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Micknail View PostAlso, could be lol Dublin prices.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
dont quite know what to take from that
SPOILERThe other word I could see is an animal that starts with the same letter as the answer, had two repeating vowels straight after and the same 4th letter.
Edit edit, eh, since I'm spoilering MOOSE lol
Figured you wouldn't be dumb enough to use that word as your first when it's effectively only 4x letters.Last edited by Lazare; 02-02-22, 16:21.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Micknail View PostI mean, I'm kinda over the game already, are people really still glued to it?
Saw it was bought by the NY times, surely will go the way of sudoku very quickly.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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There's a chinese lad I know who's universally known as Bing Bong.
Legend has it that
when he 1st landed at Dublin Airport
the people collecting him couldn't find him
and had an announcement made
telling him to come to a meeting point.
He heard it and assumed the sound
preceding his name was the
English pronouncement of his Chinese name.
Naturally Bing Bong has stuck.
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostWe should be proper Europeans and drive on the right.
Probably be taxed to bejaysus though.
Perhaps in the near future it's not such a big deal to swap steering wheel side on an electric car for example.
Also, doesn't really matter to motorbikes, so tally ho.﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿
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As a soft-launch for my world teaching tour this year, touching on such lowlights as London-Turin-Rennes, I started teaching a course today to PhDs in a uni that rhythms with winners and famously steals books from places that rhythm with Bells. I was leaving there in the evening after a vibrant class discussion, wandering, almost alone, through the various tree-bedecked squares on the way out, with antique lights guiding the way, and a tranquil feel, and thinking - hmmm, this is almost romantically academic, and perhaps, just perhaps, a step up from unis that rhythm with BCU."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostAs a soft-launch for my world teaching tour this year, touching on such lowlights as London-Turin-Rennes, I started teaching a course today to PhDs in a uni that rhythms with winners and famously steals books from places that rhythm with Bells. I was leaving there in the evening after a vibrant class discussion, wandering, almost alone, through the various tree-bedecked squares on the way out, with antique lights guiding the way, and a tranquil feel, and thinking - hmmm, this is almost romantically academic, and perhaps, just perhaps, a step up from unis that rhythm with BCU."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostWe should be proper Europeans and drive on the right.
Odd little EU fact #263."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
Surely showing solidarity with all our fellow island state EU members (Malta, Cyprus) and sticking to the correct side of the road is the appropriate play?
Odd little EU fact #263.
Never been there, heard there was a brand new airport that is left unused as it's in the middle or something.
Have read it was a jolly nice Brit base for Prince Philip to get a tan for a while.﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿
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Originally posted by Micknail View PostI mean, I'm kinda over the game already, are people really still glued to it?
Saw it was bought by the NY times, surely will go the way of sudoku very quickly.
Relative to other popular puzzles Wordle has a lot going for it: speed, frequency, variable difficulty and community to name a few. If NYT run one of the best puzzle sections and hopefully will allow it to continue to bubble along organically and over time use the game to draw people to their site.
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
Sudoku is still a very popular puzzle.
Relative to other popular puzzles Wordle has a lot going for it: speed, frequency, variable difficulty and community to name a few. If NYT run one of the best puzzle sections and hopefully will allow it to continue to bubble along organically and over time use the game to draw people to their site.
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