Bad beat/Moan/Venting Thread - BBV Archive 1

[tylerdurden94]

Was just thinking ive no more tv to watch at the moment with Boardwalk Empire/The Walking Dead/Dexter finishing up but I remember I havent seen Season 4 of Mad Men

[pgodkin]

Also @V, if you really think that Clermont will beat Leinster this w/e, then you should probably take a position in them at 12/1 for the outright competition win as they would surely end up with 5 wins (will beat Racing at home and the hapless Saracens away) and a home QF if they do beat Leinster

i rembemr Caf said that he went down there, he said one of the big prob he found was a lack of people around so he was considental hanggled into buying stuff and then he went and bought a 20euro bag of picknmix!

Pm might work if he is around in the next ten mins or so!

[The Situation]

Tonight could be the best game of football this season(too early to talk about it?)
Who is the game bigger for? Arsenal imo.

Yeah what's with the best games being on Mondays this year, wierd. I wonder if the Gooners are going to break thier recent biannual tradition of bending over and taking one from United and Chelsea!

[Theresa]

My Hem is acting the bollox.

its importing hands but anytime I try to run a report over last say "x hours" it gives me nothing. No hands, all "N/a" and none of the graphing works.

Any ideas whats going on?

Much appreciated.

[Aya14]

Yeah what's with the best games being on Mondays this year, wierd. I wonder if the Gooners are going to break thier recent biannual tradition of bending over and taking one from United and Chelsea!

As a United fan I hope they don't but if they 4 points from their games with United and Chelsea they'll be in a really strong position.

[LuckyLloyd]

I'll save the stick it up yer gash for the Springtime.

And Yea Munster with POC and ROG showing their true colours looked a bit special yesterday OK

Leinster achieved what Munster achieved over there twice in years past?

Munster did very well to grind it out after the intercept try. Like Leinster, the hard work has yet to be done next weekend.

[Denny Crane]

Looks like we are still on track for snowmageddon!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056118102

Opr

I have to say that forum makes very little sense to me!

[tylerdurden94]

4/1/3/2

4 is unbelievable 3 has some pretty impressive movement!

[NSFW="you have been warned"][/NSFW]

[LuckyLloyd]

Looks like we are still on track for snowmageddon!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056118102

Opr

They've already pushed back their original prediction of it starting on Thursday then?

It will fall to bits before it gets here.

[The Situation]

As a United fan I hope they don't but if they 4 points from their games with United and Chelsea they'll be in a really strong position.

I reckon the key to united's title chances is keeping Rio and Vidic fit. They've only conceeded .7 goals a game with them in the side over the past three seasons compared to 1.6 without one or both. I think they can cope with injuries in other areas but the replacement at the back simply aren't good enough.

[Aya14]

I reckon the key to united's title chances is keeping Rio and Vidic fit. They've only conceeded .7 goals a game with them in the side over the past three seasons compared to 1.6 without one or both. I think they can cope with injuries in other areas but the replacement at the back simply aren't good enough.

Yup most good title winning teams are based on a solid defence.
With the exception of la liga of course.

[Denny Crane]

They've already pushed back their original prediction of it starting on Thursday then?

It will fall to bits before it gets here.

I guess that means based on your prediction record we're fucked.

[Emmet]

Ya both yoru picks ad such fine games yesterday.
Leicester smashed off the field miracle they were not beaten by more
and Biarritz losing to Italian opposition who have not even won a magners league game.
I presume its a sorry case of trolling

pretty poor form imo.

both scores were huge upsets.

Ire vs Arg bet didn't turn out for you after I recommended against it, but I never felt the need to mention it.

[coillcam]

If I hear another person on the street or in the pub start dancing and singing fuck your Subaru, I've a HAAAARSE outside I will deck them. I appreciate that it is a funny song but I can't listen to eejits shouting it every 5 minutes.

[Solskjaer]

Raoul, christmas market, don't get the mother ship pie, especially after the giant suasage rolls.

got the mother a cool present there last year , basically a train with optional amount of carraiges on it, each one to represent her grandkids, the stallholder really thought it was early christmas after we added up the amount of grandkids /carraiges needed. Da mudder loved it.

Rule I'd change in RU, I don't like the hoisting of a player at lineout. giimme standing positions. like the old days . Also to piss of the Argies I'd place a limit on the amount of territory kicking you can do (not enforacable I know but I'ts boring imo)

[ArmaniJeans]

I have to say that forum makes very little sense to me!

Its a different langauage - reading it I feel like how a nonpoker player must feel if they come across a hand history thread.

They've already pushed back their original prediction of it starting on Thursday then?

It will fall to bits before it gets here.

Aye, imo Gulf Stream to win out and temps to be a balmy 3 to 10c for the rest of the month.

[tylerdurden94]

If I hear another person on the street or in the pub start dancing and singing fuck your Subaru, I've a HAAAARSE outside I will deck them. I appreciate that it is a funny song but I can't listen to eejits shouting it every 5 minutes.

Do it go fucking loco on them!

[Guest]

pretty poor form imo.

both scores were huge upsets.

Ire vs Arg bet didn't turn out for you after I recommended against it, but I never felt the need to mention it.

Hooray for you Emmet reason why i dont give tips majority i do win but wheres the gratitude damed if you do damned if you dont etc
argentian should have been rewarded apenalty try at the start after that they w
ere awful have really regressed.
Perpignan beating Leicester not a huge upset there a very good team at home.
Biarritz losing was a huge upset
i think teh chap was saying in light of both Munster and Leinsters weekend performances they were no hopers basically i was just pointing out is two picks good teams with pedigree in the cup had bad results
one swallow does not make a summer

[NewApproach]

Aargh I really can't wait for this week to be over, I have 5 exams this week. Friday seems like months away at this stage

Leinster achieved what Munster achieved over there twice in years past?

Munster did very well to grind it out after the intercept try. Like Leinster, the hard work has yet to be done next weekend.

Munster will be doing very well to get further than the quarter finals this year imho. They just aren't strong enough. And I don't know what others think, but bringing in Mafi and Tuitupou have been steps backwards for Munster, they just give away far too many penalties, and that will cost them dearly as the HEC progresses.

[Raoul Duke III]

Raoul, christmas market, don't get the mother ship pie, especially after the giant suasage rolls.

too late

chicken and mushroom pie, white wine and tarragon sauce, decent pastry, more than acceptable 8/10. wp rufio

[Guest]

pretty poor form imo.

both scores were huge upsets.

Ire vs Arg bet didn't turn out for you after I recommended against it, but I never felt the need to mention it.

May i ask why you felt the need too mention it now?

[Raoul Duke III]

They've already pushed back their original prediction of it starting on Thursday then?

It will fall to bits before it gets here.

ah Lloyd, don't be tempting those fecking weather gods again. Look what happened last time

[TomD]

I was in Chapter One on Saturday night with my lady. I thought it was very overpriced for what it was. Pichet is much better value for money for a similar quality of food, wine and service.

[Emmet]

May i ask why you felt the need too mention it now?

cause you called out Aya.

Wouldn't have said a word otherwise

[Denny Crane]

Its a different langauage - reading it I feel like how a nonpoker player must feel if they come across a hand history thread.



Aye, imo Gulf Stream to win out and temps to be a balmy 3 to 10c for the rest of the month.

so we're not lumping on the white christmas then no?

[Megatron]

too late

chicken and mushroom pie, white wine and tarragon sauce, decent pastry, more than acceptable 8/10. wp rufio

What was the Market like? I have a date there at the weekend need to case the place out.

[Raoul Duke III]

Just had a look over the tables and can't get over how good the French are this year in the HC. Every team is competitive, even Racing Metro and Castres (who are perenially shite in the HC).
The English teams are muck.

[Aya14]

Hooray for you Emmet reason why i dont give tips majority i do win but wheres the gratitude damed if you do damned if you dont etc
argentian should have been rewarded apenalty try at the start after that they w
ere awful have really regressed.
Perpignan beating Leicester not a huge upset there a very good team at home.
Biarritz losing was a huge upset
i think teh chap was saying in light of both Munster and Leinsters weekend performances they were no hopers basically i was just pointing out is two picks good teams with pedigree in the cup had bad results
one swallow does not make a summer

I'm not going to get into a big drawn out debate about it but both those teams I mentioned are quality set piece operators and their scrum is strong enough to match anyone. Their line out is very effective they will be the two most competitive teams at break down time due to their back rows being so competitive. Munster lack a scrum, Leinster are better in that area but their tight five is not good enough also I dont rate Reddan/Boss as anything more than decent.
Biarritz losing was an upset but you said yourself 1 swallow does not make a summer.

[Raoul Duke III]

What was the Market like? I have a date there at the weekend need to case the place out.

plenty of art and crafty tat, nothing to write home about

pleasant place to spend an hour maybe, sipping mulled wine - pop down from town on the Luas

edit; 4,000th post! epic tale will have to wait until 5,000 now

[DAMO72]

What was the Market like? I have a date there at the weekend need to case the place out.

LOL , Pure lies

[Solskjaer]

too late

chicken and mushroom pie, white wine and tarragon sauce, decent pastry, more than acceptable 8/10. wp rufio

wait 4 hours, grab a newspaper and a close peg. enjoy the solitude

[Megatron]

LOL , Pure lies

Nope the fruition of my Facebook abuse the other night.

[AndyFatBastard]

Andy was your hand v Jimmy Kenny ( Bananababy) in the ipb game in barrys the bad beat of the day . Liam from CPT was asking me and i wasn't sure .

It was. But I had the quads and he had the full house, so ship the ticket his way.

[RasTa]

I was in Chapter One on Saturday night with my lady. I thought it was very overpriced for what it was. Pichet is much better value for money for a similar quality of food, wine and service.

I thought Pichet's was slightly overrated in terms of food quality.

Speaking of food, anyone doing anything exciting for there Christmas starter? I'm looking for suggestions.

[Raoul Duke III]

I am a technophobe and here is my question to you all-knowing geeks fine people of the BBV;

We have tons of DVDs and CDs floating aorund the house and Mrs Duke suggested it would be ideal if we could store them all in one place digitally, dump the physical CD\DVDs and just play them through the TV. 'Great idea', sez I, 'how the feck would we do that?' She has no clue and neither do I.

We have a Sony Braiva tv, wireless internet and Sony home cinema - what would be the ideal setup and what would I need to buy to make it happen?

ty in advance etc etc

[Emmet]

@Sickpuppy, I may have grossly mistaken this situation. I blame exams. Will reread thread and apologise properly later if I should!

[ionapaul]

For those of you with decent PCs capable of running fairly modern games, if you haven't already got Left 4 Dead 2, it's on sale for only €4.99, great bargain:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/

[Opr]

I have to say that forum makes very little sense to me!

They've already pushed back their original prediction of it starting on Thursday then?

It will fall to bits before it gets here.

Its a different langauage - reading it I feel like how a nonpoker player must feel if they come across a hand history thread.

Aye, imo Gulf Stream to win out and temps to be a balmy 3 to 10c for the rest of the month.

The guy predicting the above has been spot on for most of the winter so far. He has been banging on about this big event now since the end of the last cold snap. From my limited understanding all of the models this morning seem to have fallen in line with his predictions.

Most of the met offices have now issued severe weather warnings.

Early Warning of - Heavy Snow Met office

Opr

[V for Vendetta]

I am a technophobe and here is my question to you all-knowing geeks fine people of the BBV;

We have tons of DVDs and CDs floating aorund the house and Mrs Duke suggested it would be ideal if we could store them all in one place digitally, dump the physical CD\DVDs and just play them through the TV. 'Great idea', sez I, 'how the feck would we do that?' She has no clue and neither do I.

We have a Sony Braiva tv, wireless internet and Sony home cinema - what would be the ideal setup and what would I need to buy to make it happen?

ty in advance etc etc

All sorts of options. Keeping it simple get an acer 3610. The business IMHO.

As for me betting against Leinster no chance. I love my sport unsullied by the prospect of winning cash. I have never enjoyed a game more because I have a bet on. Heresy I know.

Also I think Tony is harsh on munster. Great performance and quite unlucky overall IMO. I reckon they'll cruise into the quarter finals. Coughlan is looking like a fantastic player.

[Raoul Duke III]

All sorts of options. Keeping it simple get an acer 3610. The business IMHO.

I already have a laptop though

do I not just need an external HD?

[bohsman]

For those of you with decent PCs capable of running fairly modern games, if you haven't already got Left 4 Dead 2, it's on sale for only €4.99, great bargain:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/

Got it lastnight, did your ipb group thing ever take off?

[Strewelpeter]

I am a technophobe and here is my question to you all-knowing geeks fine people of the BBV;

We have tons of DVDs and CDs floating aorund the house and Mrs Duke suggested it would be ideal if we could store them all in one place digitally, dump the physical CD\DVDs and just play them through the TV. 'Great idea', sez I, 'how the feck would we do that?' She has no clue and neither do I.

We have a Sony Braiva tv, wireless internet and Sony home cinema - what would be the ideal setup and what would I need to buy to make it happen?

ty in advance etc etc

You would want to buy one of these And two of these but you could start with one and add a second later.
Also you will need something to play the media to the TV. I have [ame="http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Play-Media-Player-Black/dp/B002MCZJ3C"]this one[/ame] and it works very well

Then you have choices, you could sit and spend weeks ripping all the stuff from disc to the Network Storage or you could just get a RS Account and download the few bits you want. Really you won't be bothered ripping and getting rid of the old discs you just won't be getting any more.

[shrapnel]

For those of you with decent PCs capable of running fairly modern games, if you haven't already got Left 4 Dead 2, it's on sale for only €4.99, great bargain:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/

great stuff. i have the cracked version, so wasn't able to play online. didn't fancy spending 20 quid for the full game, but at that price i'll get it and join your little clan for some zombie bashing. i want the chainsaw!!! ;-))

[Gholimoli]

I am a technophobe and here is my question to you all-knowing geeks fine people of the BBV;

We have tons of DVDs and CDs floating aorund the house and Mrs Duke suggested it would be ideal if we could store them all in one place digitally, dump the physical CD\DVDs and just play them through the TV. 'Great idea', sez I, 'how the feck would we do that?' She has no clue and neither do I.

We have a Sony Braiva tv, wireless internet and Sony home cinema - what would be the ideal setup and what would I need to buy to make it happen?

ty in advance etc etc

the best thing to do IMO is to get your self a HTPC and then install Mediaportal on it.

you can then have everything in one box working with one remote.

and by everything i mean,music,TV,DVDs,Downloads,Movies,Internet, and shit load of other stuff.

you can by a good HTPC from ebay(it's essentially a high-spec PC that works very quietly).

the only problem with it ,is that you need to be somewhat techy cuz it does require some costumizing when you first set it up.

however, when you set it up,nothing comes close to it in terms of what you can do with it.

for example you can buy another card for it,and make it control the lights in your house.

when you put a movie on ,it will dim the lights for you and when you press pause it will go back to normal.

[ionapaul]

Got it lastnight, did your ipb group thing ever take off?

Well, three of us played a game last week, good craic, hopefully we'll set up a few more over the next while. Join up whenever you remember, we'll go slaughtering zombies!

[V for Vendetta]

I already have a laptop though

do I not just need an external HD?

A home theatre pc gives you so many more options imo. For example streaming rugby matches or browsing, music and downloading and the flicking to tv and recording etc. Go with the hard drive standalone if you like but for me the price the nettop and wireless keyboard and mouse or iphone or remote is just very slick.

[Raoul Duke III]

You would want to buy one of these And two of these but you could start with one and add a second later.
Also you will need something to play the media to the TV. I have this one and it works very well

cheers sp,

so the first thing is the technology and the second bit(s) are just the storage disks?

Does this work via wireless technology too? i.e. can I add it into my wireless network or would I have to plug it into my laptop anytime I wanted to add more content onto it?

I think tylerdurden was telling me about the media player yoke before, that seems like the easiest bit!

in my ideal world, I would stick the storage behind the TV together with the media player and would be able to play media files through the TV at the click of a remote. I'd also be able to copy content from my laptop to the storage device over my wireless network.

[Theresa]

Is someone here Reap911? pretty sure they are.

[Keane]

For those of you with decent PCs capable of running fairly modern games, if you haven't already got Left 4 Dead 2, it's on sale for only €4.99, great bargain:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/

I'll get that later and give it a spin - a fiver to have a game seems fairly hard to resist...

[LuckyLloyd]

Just had a look over the tables and can't get over how good the French are this year in the HC. Every team is competitive, even Racing Metro and Castres (who are perenially shite in the HC).
The English teams are muck.

Have actually watched a few more games of Premiership rugby so far this year than ever before. It has nosedived dramatically in terms of standard. The Magners League is closer than ever before imo. Particularly during the Internationals when top players were AWOL, a couple of the Premiership games I saw were horrendous. Turgid stuff.

[Raoul Duke III]

A home theatre pc gives you so many more options imo. For example streaming rugby matches or browsing, music and downloading and the flicking to tv and recording etc. Go with the hard drive standalone if you like but for me the price the nettop and wireless keyboard and mouse or iphone or remote is just very slick.

I understand (sort of) but what about storage capacity?

Would you also buy a cheapo external HD to go along with it?

[Angry-Ball]

the best thing to do IMO is to get your self a HTPC and then install Mediaportal on it.

you can then have everything in one box working with one remote.

and by everything i mean,music,TV,DVDs,Downloads,Movies,Internet, and shit load of other stuff.

you can by a good HTPC from ebay(it's essentially a high-spec PC that works very quietly).

the only problem with it ,is that you need to be somewhat techy cuz it does require some costumizing when you first set it up.

however, when you set it up,nothing comes close to it in terms of what you can do with it.

for example you can buy another card for it,and make it control the lights in your house.

when you put a movie on ,it will dim the lights for you and when you press pause it will go back to normal.

that thing sounds the nutsssssssssssssss

[LuckyLloyd]

Munster will be doing very well to get further than the quarter finals this year imho. They just aren't strong enough. And I don't know what others think, but bringing in Mafi and Tuitupou have been steps backwards for Munster, they just give away far too many penalties, and that will cost them dearly as the HEC progresses.

They are yet again holding their own in a tough group. If they survive this pool, no-one will want them in the next phase.

[DAMO72]

Is there more sneachta on the way , do we need to get worried or is it just a slight possibility

[Denny Crane]

I have this one and it works very well

What do you use for storage? NAS or just plug in a external HD? Or can you stream from your pc over the wireless network?

[LuckyLloyd]

Is there more sneachta on the way , do we need to get worried or is it just a slight possibility

Models projecting 7+ days into the future reckon a significant weather event is going to come down on top of us from the North East next weekend and will bring much heavier snow fall and lower temperatures than two weeks ago. The accuracy of any model that projects more than hours in advance is shaky to say the least though. Loads of variables in play that can completely alter an expected out come.

[Reaps]

Is someone here Reap911? pretty sure they are.

Not me if I'm who you're thinking of. I play under silent reap on ipoker

[ArmaniJeans]

Is there more sneachta on the way , do we need to get worried or is it just a slight possibility

The best of the posters on the weather forum, the guys that chart these things daily and have a history of being right - they think major snow is quite likely.
Me, with no knowledge of weather charting and little more than gut instinct reckons nothing will happen this time other than a bit of cold rain.

[Megatron]

A brief history of Carlos Tevez

Sacrificial Lamb
Carlos Tevez, December 7: "I'm happy here. I really am. I do miss my family, just like anyone would when they are not around. But I don't see retirement happening for a long time to come. A sacrifice has to be made when you make a commitment like I have done with City and it is something I am going to see through. Once that job is done I will have plenty of time with my kids."

Carlos Tevez, December 12: "I wanted to leave in the summer, but was convinced to return to the club. Sadly, my feelings have not changed."


A Brief History Of Carlos Tevez
The boy's got form...

Boca Juniors (2001-2004)
Tevez forces his way out of the club claiming that the press intrusion in Argentina is too much for him and his family and the club aren't doing enough to support him. Public bust-up with manager also ensues.

Claims he loves the club and supporters, and always will.

Time at club: Two-and-a-half seasons.

Corinthians (2005-2006)
Tevez forces his way out of the club, going on strike, after arguments - some physical - with teammates, the head coach and the club president.

Claims he loves the club and supporters, and always will.

Time at club: One season.

West Ham (2006-2007)
Tevez almost immediately falls out with the manager and players. Storms off and threatens to go on strike after being substituted. Goes AWOL to Argentina at one point.

Claims he loves the club and supporters, and always will.

Time at club: One season.

Manchester United (2007-2009)
Tevez complains of being fatigued and overplayed in his first season. In his second, he complains of being underplayed - drama queening it every time he's taken off - managing just five goals, despite playing more minutes than the league's third top scorer Fernando Torres. Parting shot of "I'll scream in Ferguson's face when I score against them".

Claims he loves the club and supporters, and always will.

Time at club: Two seasons.

Manchester City (2009-????)
Tevez is tired, homesick, wants to retire, takes time off to see his daughter and is caught on camera spending that time allegedly banging his mistress (the actually banging remains unphotographed), feels there's too much greed in football despite being the highest-paid player in Britain, hates football in general yet throws a wobbly every time he's taken off, wants his old life back, hates the club executives, claims that he would like to punch his young teammates and finally hands in a transfer request.

Claims he loves the club and supporters, and always will.

Time at club: One-and-a-half seasons so far, some of it begrudgingly.

Who would sign him now?

[DAMO72]

Ughh , just watched the long range FC on sky and if they are accurate then it looks like we are fooooked again .