Bad beat/Moan/Venting Thread - BBV Archive 1

[shano_88]

Try here and get it shipped to yourself!

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/gadgets/avon-sunrise-alarm/

reviews aren't good but im still tempted to make a purchase!

[tylerdurden94]

Ship a ticket Danny?

Nope

Was chatting with Doke at the table last night, i knew he had won a couple of tickets online and i asked how many total expecting like 3/4 he had won 9 tickets to it fucking machine!

[shrapnel]

Who here lives in the UK at the moment?

There is an advert for a new tablet to help you sleep (for all you insomniacs) I know Nytol is banned here but there is a new tablet advertised on the telly at the minute and may be available.

I used nytol and loved the deep sleep I had with it.

try something called donormyl. it's sold over the counter in France and costs next to nothing (2 euros for 10 tablets, but half a tablet is enough). it's a very mild sedative anti-histamine which makes you want to go to sleep (as opposed to making you feel drowsy) and works really well.

actually, if any insomniac wants to try it, pm me as i've got a couple of unopened boxes at home as i've not needed to use them for a while now and always stock up when i go over to France.

[tylerdurden94]

For any of the lads that have the HTC Desire could you do me a favour if you have the speed test app installed and test it over 3G. Im with Meteor so anybody on a different network would be sweet as well.

Ive been trying mine for the last while and havent seemed to be able to get over 2.6mbps down in Dublin but when i was in Rosslare last week i could get speeds of 4.5mbps down nearly all the time. Tried it on my home wifi network and boom it flies getting nearly 16mbps down constantly obviously i know its the home network so its gonna be better than 3G but i just have it in my head that i thought Dublin would have a better 3G coverage, maybe its just certain areas.

Cheers lads

[MrsFlushdraw]

reviews aren't good but im still tempted to make a purchase!

I didn't read reviews. But I can say from my own experience that it's great

[MrsFlushdraw]

try something called donormyl. it's sold over the counter in France and costs next to nothing (2 euros for 10 tablets, but half a tablet is enough). it's a very mild sedative anti-histamine which makes you want to go to sleep (as opposed to making you feel drowsy) and works really well.

actually, if any insomniac wants to try it, pm me as i've got a couple of unopened boxes at home as i've not needed to use them for a while now and always stock up when i go over to France.

I won't be needing them for a while since the baby is small and I feed her myself and wont take as much as a paracetamol these days.

I live so close to the border I can get nytol anyway. Never heard of donormyl but I am sure there are a few here that could benefit

[Strewelpeter]

This is the only decent music to come out in the last 10 years imo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq9Ug2GsGus

That's excellent. How have I never heard them before

LOL just checked my home server and there are a couple of albums and a video there, I assume courtesy of my Kids.

[Guest]

Hey guys need a bit of advice, is for "SWIM",
How long would weed stay in your system, i'm not talking blood or hair samples, just urine, and not a huge amount either, but just a few joints in the evening most days.

lol
As far as your body is concerned, that is a huge amount!

ooh and I think its 30 days to 6 weeks alright

Jessica Tandy
a few years earlier

She had a nice tache in her youth!

X-Factor

I like the X-Factor, but one part of it tilts the fuck out of me. A singer comes on and is obviously fantastic, standing ovation, claps from the judges, etc. They get super comments, "best audition today", "you are gonna make it big", etc.

Then Cowell or Louis says "but now we are going to vote" and everyone gets all nervous and the performer puts on this terrified face until they hear "its a yes from me" and they pretend that they are really shocked to get the 'YES'.


What the fuck did they expect?

I should have stopped reading at "I like the X-Factor"

really?
why?
being married is only an excuse for men getting away with so much shite tv watching imo

X-Factor is shite!

btw
say hello to you in 20-30 years
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAWwizWNhR0[/ame]

It is for regular users

a hey man
regular? no no no!
sur regular users are the guys who smoke 24/7
from morning to night
aren't they?

[Ed]

That's excellent. How have I never heard them before

LOL just checked my home server and there are a couple of albums and a video there, I assume courtesy of my Kids.

Get the album "He Has Left Us Alone, But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms…" if it's not already on there

[RasTa]

That's excellent. How have I never heard them before

You probably have, the guitarist is from Godspeed you Black Emperor which I presume you have heard of.

[ghostface]

try something called donormyl. it's sold over the counter in France and costs next to nothing (2 euros for 10 tablets, but half a tablet is enough). it's a very mild sedative anti-histamine which makes you want to go to sleep (as opposed to making you feel drowsy) and works really well.

actually, if any insomniac wants to try it, pm me as i've got a couple of unopened boxes at home as i've not needed to use them for a while now and always stock up when i go over to France.

I found one time i had the flu that Uniflu night and day blue night tablets knock the shit out of you and the sleep is great Don't take tablets myself, just man up and get on with it now.

[ghostface]

You probably have, the guitarist is from Godspeed you Black Emperor which I presume you have heard of.

Have tickets for December already, really looking forward to it

[Rufio]

For any of the lads that have the HTC Desire could you do me a favour if you have the speed test app installed and test it over 3G. Im with Meteor so anybody on a different network would be sweet as well.

Ive been trying mine for the last while and havent seemed to be able to get over 2.6mbps down in Dublin but when i was in Rosslare last week i could get speeds of 4.5mbps down nearly all the time. Tried it on my home wifi network and boom it flies getting nearly 16mbps down constantly obviously i know its the home network so its gonna be better than 3G but i just have it in my head that i thought Dublin would have a better 3G coverage, maybe its just certain areas.

Cheers lads

Which speedtest app did you use?

[careca]

lol


I should have stopped reading at "I like the X-Factor"

Deep down i reckon you're a closet fan. You doth protest too much.

Its ok, your secret is safe with me. PM me who you think will win

[LuckyLloyd]

Lads, the next time someone posts a large picture of a semi naked women (or series of small pictures) without spoiler tags I'm tempbanning them for 24 hours.

The time of day doesn't matter, because some of us like to scroll through last night's posts on their lunch break. Pictures of women (no matter how awesome) that fill up my screen are bad biscuits in an open plan office.

You have been warned.

[Guest]

Deep down i reckon you're a closet fan. You doth protest too much.

Its ok, your secret is safe with me. PM me who you think will win

I think closets are great alright
But you cannot beat a good built in wardrobe!

Was at a family do a few weeks ago, at bar talking to husbands of 2 of my cousins
football, booze, women, various levels of surreal rubbish
THEN
one turns and asks me who I like in xfactory/big brother or the likes
I give a puzzled look and I just show them my 2 hands

they both laugh

SPOILER

no rings, no watching rubbish, simples

[Ed]

Have tickets for December already, really looking forward to it

Pretty amazed that's not sold out. (glad too as i just bought me a ticket)

[ghostface]

Pretty amazed that's not sold out. (glad too as i just bought me a ticket)

Yeah i bought them a long time ago now expecting them to fly. They're still no Explosions in the Sky tho IMO

[DeadParrot]

I found one time i had the flu that Uniflu night and day blue night tablets knock the shit out of you and the sleep is great Don't take tablets myself, just man up and get on with it now.

I'm much the same.
I generally refuse to take tablets for anything.
Have a smoke and get hammered.
Sure a cold is a bacteria and alchohol kills bacteria so you effectivly disinfect yourself from the inside out.

[Ste05]

Ladies and Gents

Get voting for the best Limerick here: http://www.irishpokerboards.com/foru...ead.php?t=5283

and I've opened up the gambling comp thread here: http://www.irishpokerboards.com/foru...d.php?p=147639

[ionapaul]

Was chatting with ionapaul for a couple of minutes after his hilarious parking job, havent seen it mentioned yet but is any of the lads from here gonna be doing any updates from the event this weekend?

Ah, I only parked like that to get out to have a chat with you before you went into the Burlo! Normally my parking is slightly better!

[DeadParrot]

oh, just one thing I saw from my research.
These sun lamp alarms use 100W bulbs. Which we cannot get anymore I think

[cooker3]

I know Fed has owned Djokovic at the Open the last 3 years, but I wouldn't be surprised if this match is a lot closer. Djokovic is playing really well and he's got his serve back after Todd Martin had fucked it up.

Djokovic has played well but wait and see whether he can produce it when it really matters here. Fed has owned him everywhere in the slams, melbourne 08 aside when he had mono. I think Djokovic has a big psychological hurdle to overcome to win this match and I have my doubts whether he will do it with all the chips in the middle.
Hopefully they both play at the level they had in the QF as it will make it an awesome spectacle.

[Opr]

Been listening to this album on the back of a post on 2+2! Really good album.

My Tl: DR <3 Rant for Menomena's Mines. Cliffs at bottom.

Haven't stopped by this thread in a while, but if ya'll haven't listened to Menomena's Mines, yet, you need to immediately set aside an hour to throw on the headphones and take a walk in the rain, or lie on your back with your eyes closed, or take a drive to nowhere and get lost in this masterpiece. It's my favorite album of the year, and it's not really close (The Monitor is still visible in the Rearview, but that is about it).

The production is impeccable. The arrangements aren't sparse but they are lean, and well revised. Though they employ a variety of instruments throughout a song, it is rare that more than 4 sounds are being simultaneously employed so the songs never feel claustrophobic and every sound can breath. The songs are extremely dynamic, both rhythmically and melodically compelling, yet harmonically simple, often using no more than 4 chords to shape a song; chords that are usually just suggested by the bass line and a counter melody on the guitar or piano; almost never struck or strummed in full. There are so many little melodic flourishes riddled throughout the album that may appear only once in a song, and you know every single note on the album is deliberate, carefully placed after thorough review by the three masterminds.

And it is recorded in a way... I don't really have the language to describe it, but it just sounds sooooooo ****ing good. The drums and bass are so big, yet so clear. The vocals are equally lush and the harmonies are fantastic, never seeming excessive or used to mask the limitations of each of the three vocalists, who all hold down the lead spot at different times throughout the album. In fact, instead, it seems as if they shamelessly push the boundaries of their vocal talents, despite not possessing the most naturally gifted pipes.

As far as the lyrics go, this album is bursting with genuine emotional content. Despite how unguarded, maudlin, nostalgic, and somewhat simplistic the songs are, they never comes across as cheesy, imo. I couldn't imagine anyone ever laughing at one of these songs or describing them as "emo", though they are very emotionally intense songs. Man, the best I can say, is a few the songs are absolutely overwhelming... the first time I listened to the album I was driving across Nebraska and just burst out in tears during the middle of "Tithe", when Danny Seim is repeating "Nothing Sounds Appealing"

As far as standouts go, I'd say pretty much all the songs where the drummer, Danny Seim, takes lead vocal duties are my favorite. Dude is so ****ing good at drums, and writes twisted, haunting songs, that destroy me... pretty heroic.

That was a lot of rambling, just ****ing listen to the album. Damn shame it kind of got lost in the music press during the rampage of the Arcade Fire Hype Machine.

Cliffs: Have you been listening to Mines everyday? No? You're an idiot.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x-cIeM8s5k[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z24nM-K5jlI[/ame]

Opr

[Ste05]

Just heard an ad for Hurts new album on Today FM and I saw one the other day on TV3, they're gonna be huge, once more people listen to them they'll explode!!

[tonc76]

@ anyone that went to EP, were Hurts or Dan Le Sac v SP any good???

Dan le Sac v SP were brilliant - only a pity that they were on in the little big tent as they would have drawn a much bigger crowd. Loads of crowd interaction and a great vibe about the gig

[Opr]

Just heard an ad for Hurts new album on Today FM and I saw one the other day on TV3, they're gonna be huge, once more people listen to them they'll explode!!

I am just downloading it at the moment, looking forward to giving it a listen.

Opr

[hotspur]

its not that long, better not be

It depends on quite a few factors but if you're smoking a few every night then there's a decent chance it will take a month.

This was great Hotspur - thanks a million.
How did you find these - would you happen to have Level 2 aswell?
Cheers, much appreciated.
.

www.filestube.com They have the lot.

You wake up really naturally and when alarm goes off you are kind of lying there just waiting on it!

Oh behave!

[shano_88]

Looking to but a new desktop/laptop. I currently have a desktop and its just really really slow when i have google chrome, pokertracker and a Poker client running.
I just want a basic package really. It will mainly be used for browsing the internet, playing poker, running pokertracker. Willing to spend ~€400.

Also, I already have a very good 22 inch screen so that really doesnt matter.

[Emmet]

just did the mythical 8 sneezes in a row = orgasm

Definitely not true, and very irritating

[kincsem]

Looking to but a new desktop/laptop. I currently have a desktop and its just really really slow when i have google chrome, pokertracker and a Poker client running.
I just want a basic package really. It will mainly be used for browsing the internet, playing poker, running pokertracker. Willing to spend ~€400.

Also, I already have a very good 22 inch screen so that really doesnt matter.

Discussed here

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055953670

Dabs.ie looks good.

[shano_88]

Discussed here

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055953670

Nothing really there that helps me.

Id probably prefer a laptop but not too picky.

I dont want a monitor really

I dont really want Office.

[Megatron]

Genius!



Opr

http://smokingcures.com/main.html

[tylerdurden94]

Which speedtest app did you use?

The official speedtest.net app.

Ah, I only parked like that to get out to have a chat with you before you went into the Burlo! Normally my parking is slightly better!

Yeah i was expecting you to slide across the bonnet Dukes of Hazard style

[DeadParrot]

dell outlet might be your only man.
I'll say it again though, I bought a fantastic bit of kit in WalMart in the states for 270 euro.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Acer-15.6-Aspire-AS5734z-4836-Netbook-PC-with-Intel-Pentium-Processor-T4500-Windows-7-Home-Premium-64-bit/14971998?wmlspartner=neQRQBqOKtQ&sourceid=23366217650524341744#Specifications

[tylerdurden94]

How much of a retard to do you have to be to let somebody do this to you??? Topless chick and some kind of flaming alcohol i think involved.

[NSFW="!"][/NSFW]

[6starpool]

For any of the lads that have the HTC Desire could you do me a favour if you have the speed test app installed and test it over 3G. Im with Meteor so anybody on a different network would be sweet as well.

Ive been trying mine for the last while and havent seemed to be able to get over 2.6mbps down in Dublin but when i was in Rosslare last week i could get speeds of 4.5mbps down nearly all the time. Tried it on my home wifi network and boom it flies getting nearly 16mbps down constantly obviously i know its the home network so its gonna be better than 3G but i just have it in my head that i thought Dublin would have a better 3G coverage, maybe its just certain areas.

Cheers lads

Did it twice just there. First time 3200 down, second time 3021 down. Over 1100 up both times with ping of around 999.

[Rufio]

For any of the lads that have the HTC Desire could you do me a favour if you have the speed test app installed and test it over 3G. Im with Meteor so anybody on a different network would be sweet as well.

Ive been trying mine for the last while and havent seemed to be able to get over 2.6mbps down in Dublin but when i was in Rosslare last week i could get speeds of 4.5mbps down nearly all the time. Tried it on my home wifi network and boom it flies getting nearly 16mbps down constantly obviously i know its the home network so its gonna be better than 3G but i just have it in my head that i thought Dublin would have a better 3G coverage, maybe its just certain areas.

Cheers lads

On WIFI at home this is the result

Download 3260 kpbs
Upload 4620 kpbs
Ping: 31ms

My broadband is shite, max download speed on rapidshare is always under 500 kbps

O2

Download 2229 kpbs
Upload 690kpbs
Ping 146ms

[Denny Crane]

Just heard an ad for Hurts new album on Today FM and I saw one the other day on TV3, they're gonna be huge, once more people listen to them they'll explode!!

when i looked at their fb page first they had a couple of thousands fans. last time i looked it was over 90k

[Iago]

Did it twice just there. First time 3200 down, second time 3021 down. Over 1100 up both times with ping of around 999.

speed is decent but those ping times are ridic

[6starpool]

speed is decent but those ping times are ridic

That's from my phone. I doing know why the ping is so bad from it. Assumed it was to do with the mobile network.

[Megatron]

How much of a retard to do you have to be to let somebody do this to you??? Topless chick and some kind of flaming alcohol i think involved.

[NSFW="!"][/NSFW]

Is that Steve - o blowing the flame?

[tylerdurden94]

speed is decent but those ping times are ridic

The tests are from a phone so pings arent gonna be great. Actually while on the subject of speeds i read over in the broadband forum on boards that UPC are gonna be soon rolling out speeds of 100megs down awesome!

[tylerdurden94]

Is that Steve - o blowing the flame?

Could well be does kinda look like him.

[Wombatman]

Who here lives in the UK at the moment?

There is an advert for a new tablet to help you sleep (for all you insomniacs) I know Nytol is banned here but there is a new tablet advertised on the telly at the minute and may be available.

I used nytol and loved the deep sleep I had with it.

Got these in the corner shop in Vegas a few years back. Got a stock on ebay last year for the odd stressy week.

Mainly use these now though.
Valerian Tea
Or
Valerian Relax Formula

[6starpool]

The tests are from a phone so pings arent gonna be great. Actually while on the subject of speeds i read over in the broadband forum on boards that UPC are gonna be soon rolling out speeds of 100megs down awesome!

a lad I worked with was in the test area for that a while back and got speeds like that for a while.

[RasTa]

Do I need to install an ap to do the speed test on my desire.

Did it off the site and got 3.88 down and 0.99 up. 158 ping. I wasn't on 3g though, switched to that H icon.

[6starpool]

Do I need to install an ap to do the speed test on my desire.

just do a search on the market for speedtest and install three speedtest.net app.

[Rufio]

Can't stop listening to this song since I heard it.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaSw523SuJU[/ame]

[ionapaul]

Looking to but a new desktop/laptop. I currently have a desktop and its just really really slow when i have google chrome, pokertracker and a Poker client running.
I just want a basic package really. It will mainly be used for browsing the internet, playing poker, running pokertracker. Willing to spend ~€400.

Also, I already have a very good 22 inch screen so that really doesnt matter.

Just get what you need from the Dell Outlet store - you'll get a good piece of kit sans monitor for €400, make sure the CPU is beefy enough and you've 4GB+ of RAM and you'll be flying.

[Kayroo]

Could well be does kinda look like him.

Jackass team are just finishing up a 3D film at the moment so expect that to make an appearance I'd imagine.

[RasTa]

Can't stop listening to this song since I heard it.

I thought that was a joke act when I heard it. He makes Bono look cool.

[tylerdurden94]

a lad I worked with was in the test area for that a while back and got speeds like that for a while.

Yeah seems pretty crazy, talk about it costing around €80 a month. UPC in Holland broadband is pretty well priced, could pick up 60meg down for less than i pay for 30meg here.

http://www.upc.nl/internet/

Jackass team are just finishing up a 3D film at the moment so expect that to make an appearance I'd imagine.

Yeah looking forward to the movie

[hotspur]

Can't stop listening to this song since I heard it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaSw523SuJU

That's some of the worst songwriting I have ever heard in my life. Pretentious unrhythmic 14 year oldesque lyric writing ftl.

[Rufio]

I thought that was a joke act when I heard it. He makes Bono look cool.

Cool? Mneh, just like the song.

[ghostface]

Jackass team are just finishing up a 3D film at the moment so expect that to make an appearance I'd imagine.

Did you win that tourn last night Keith or did Justin Bieber teach you a lesson?

[kincsem]

Are businessmen getting younger?
I saw this on RTE a few days ago and ordered a bog oak pen.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7e6J34_9-U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7e6J34_9-U[/ame]

[Kayroo]

Did you win that tourn last night Keith or did Justin Bieber teach you a lesson?

Got them to split it 5 ways after I had lost 2/3 of my stack in a pretty standard spot but had 7BB and the chipleader (Italian guy) had ~30BB but we took an even chop and did a flip for the tourney points.

Great result for me (170 euro increase on 5th and I was in bad shape) but the tourney was a total crapshoot at that stage anyway. That guy Evan was a decent kid, he had a good sense of humour about the whole thing. It was a fun table. Even that boxer lad took his knock out well

[DeadParrot]

its been a while since I've done this

I am Alexei Ghenova. I have a $18M charity disbursement offer for you, are you interested?

thoughts?

[cardshark202]

Djokovic has played well but wait and see whether he can produce it when it really matters here. Fed has owned him everywhere in the slams, melbourne 08 aside when he had mono. I think Djokovic has a big psychological hurdle to overcome to win this match and I have my doubts whether he will do it with all the chips in the middle.
Hopefully they both play at the level they had in the QF as it will make it an awesome spectacle.

I think it will be a very close match anyway. Fed is more prone to losing focus the occasional game than before which will give djokovic a chance if he's playing like he can. I still fancy Fed in maybe 4 though