The Off Topic Thread

Peyton Manning · 07-01-2010 7:07pm

If you guys wanna see a spectacle tonight, Texas v Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game (College Football) on ESPN America tonight should be a treat. Its a huge deal, and there'll be about 35 million people watching it in the US alone tonight. Go one, broaden your sporting horizons

Dub13 · 07-01-2010 7:08pm

Archimedes wrote: »

If you guys wanna see a spectacle tonight, Texas v Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game (College Football) on ESPN America tonight should be a treat. Its a huge deal, and there'll be about 35 million people watching it in the US alone tonight. Go one, broaden your sporting horizons

Does ESPN America come with the normal full sky package..?

Peyton Manning · 07-01-2010 7:13pm

Dub13 wrote: »

Does ESPN America come with the normal full sky package..?

Im not entirely sure how it works back down south. If you have normal ESPN, you should have ESPN America. But then again, Im back home at the moment, and while we have all the channels downstairs, in my bedroom I only have a normal chorus box (without any sports or movie packs), and typically the only sports channel I would have is Sky Sports News, but for some reason I also have ESPN America up here so even if you dont have normal ESPN, you should check and see if you have ESPN America.

Spiritoftheseventies · 07-01-2010 7:23pm

Dub13 wrote: »

Does ESPN America come with the normal full sky package..?

Yes saw Warren Barton on ESPN America the other night. Has a very strange style. Keeps his hand on the table all the time. Comes across as if he is reading the news.

Dub13 · 07-01-2010 7:57pm

I just checked and I don't have it on my package,its a shame as I am a bit under the weather and slept alot today so I may be up tonight and would have liked to watch some live sport.

Peyton Manning · 07-01-2010 8:20pm

Dub13 wrote: »

I just checked and I don't have it on my package,its a shame as I am a bit under the weather and slept alot today so I may be up tonight and would have liked to watch some live sport.

Dont know how you feel about streaming, but there will be hundreds of streams for a game of this magnitude online tonight if you're really stuck.

Spiritoftheseventies · 07-01-2010 8:24pm

quality of streaming is hit and miss though. if your stuck though for watching worth a look.

Dub13 · 07-01-2010 8:29pm

I may try the streaming,I did want to watch it on the widscreen.

Peyton Manning · 07-01-2010 9:53pm

bayviewclose wrote: »

quality of streaming is hit and miss though. if your stuck though for watching worth a look.

Thought you had me on ignore

Spiritoftheseventies · 07-01-2010 9:56pm

Have the option of viewing posts. call it a cooling off period

Mr Alan · 07-01-2010 10:22pm

bayviewclose, you mind if i ask wat age ya are? And no i'm not trying to groom you.

Spiritoftheseventies · 07-01-2010 10:27pm

Mr Alan wrote: »

bayviewclose, you mind if i ask wat age ya are? And no i'm not trying to groom you.

Funnily enough was going to ask what you where doing posting on the Man United thread. Lets not get bogged down in trivial stuff eh

Mr Alan · 07-01-2010 10:30pm

why would i not post on the united thread? you realise this is a general football site right? I post on most threads.

Headshot · 07-01-2010 10:32pm

bayviewclose wrote: »

Funnily enough was going to ask what you where doing posting on the Man United thread. Lets not get bogged down in trivial stuff eh

nice way to dodge the question

Spiritoftheseventies · 07-01-2010 10:35pm

Yeah but a pool fan posting on the their main forum. Nothing against them per se but just dont see what you would be doing over there. Anyway lets not turn every single thread into a slagging debate okay. move on

Mr Alan · 07-01-2010 10:40pm

who's slaggin?! I was just curious wat age ya were. You remind me of a fella who used to post here, he was my favourite poster on the site, i was just wondering if you were the same kinda age. so if anything i was paying you a compliment. ****s sake, don't be so sensitive. Tis you who tried to have a pop at me.

Headshot · 07-01-2010 10:42pm

Mr Alan wrote: »

who's slaggin?! I was just curious wat age ya were. You remind me of a fella who used to post here, he was my favourite poster on the site, i was just wondering if you were the same kinda age. so if anything i was paying you a compliment. ****s sake, don't be so sensitive. Tis you who tried to have a pop at me.

Pot calling the kettle black

Mr Alan · 07-01-2010 10:43pm

quiet you.

Spiritoftheseventies · 07-01-2010 10:51pm

Mr Alan wrote: »

who's slaggin?! I was just curious wat age ya were. You remind me of a fella who used to post here, he was my favourite poster on the site, i was just wondering if you were the same kinda age. so if anything i was paying you a compliment. ****s sake, don't be so sensitive. Tis you who tried to have a pop at me.

Apologies for that. just thought you were asking it for a different reason. No harm done hopefully. Happy posting anyway.

flahavaj · 07-01-2010 11:36pm

Hard to know with bayviewclose. I think he's older than his posts suggest.

Spiritoftheseventies · 07-01-2010 11:58pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Some weather around Dublin bai's!!! Had a 90 minutes walk through the snow and ice, but I rather enjoyed it to be honest. Very bracing.:D

Was wondering where you had disappeared to. Hows it going Flahajav?

flahavaj · 08-01-2010 12:01am

bayviewclose wrote: »

Was wondering where you had disappeared to. Hows it going Flahajav?

I'm good. Was on here only last night. Did you miss me?

Spiritoftheseventies · 08-01-2010 12:05am

flahavaj wrote: »

I'm good. Was on here only last night. Did you miss me?

Pool boards very quiet without you

flahavaj · 08-01-2010 12:07am

bayviewclose wrote: »

Pool boards very quiet without you

I see ye've resorted to ogling pictures of some male model who I've never seen before in there. Pretty sad state of affairs.:pac:

Headshot · 08-01-2010 12:33am

what is it with bay and those smilies ?

flahavaj · 08-01-2010 12:34am

Headshot wrote: »

what is it with bay and those smilies ?

Hes a happy little fella it seems.

Headshot · 08-01-2010 12:36am

flahavaj wrote: »

Hes a happy little fella it seems.

I think it's an addiction

a fu'cking annoying thing too

flahavaj · 08-01-2010 12:46am

Headshot wrote: »

I think it's an addiction

a fu'cking annoying thing too

He must be afraid people will take his posts seriously.

Which in fairness would be a travesty.:pac:

Dub13 · 08-01-2010 12:47am

After tonights revelations on the spotlight programme Peter Robinson will be resigning his job in the morning.

Headshot · 08-01-2010 12:51am

Dub13 wrote: »

After tonights revelations on the spotlight programme Peter Robinson will be resigning his job in the morning.

what revelations?

flahavaj · 08-01-2010 12:52am

Dub13 wrote: »

After tonights revelations on the spotlight programme Peter Robinson will be resigning his job in the morning.

Its a pity his personal life has to affect his political career.

flahavaj · 08-01-2010 12:54am

Headshot wrote: »

what revelations?

His wife had an affair and tried to kill herself last March after he found out. Awful story.

Dub13 · 08-01-2010 1:00am

Headshot wrote: »

what revelations?

flahavaj wrote: »

His wife had an affair and tried to kill herself last March after he found out. Awful story.

It was much more than that.

Basically she was a sitting MP and had loads of irregular donations from developer's (which she used to setup her 19 year old lover in business),Peter Robinson found out about them and did not act accordingly.

flahavaj · 08-01-2010 1:11am

Dub13 wrote: »

It was much more than that.

Basically she was a sitting MP and had loads of irregular donations from developer's (which she used to setup her 19 year old lover in business),Peter Robinson found out about them and did not act accordingly.

Hadn't he kind of weathered that storm though and this was the straw that broke the came's back so to speak?

Dub13 · 08-01-2010 1:16am

flahavaj wrote: »

Hadn't he kind of weathered that storm though and this was the straw that broke the came's back so to speak?

That was just the affair his wife was having,which I think is his own business.

This other stuff about him been first minister and not acting appropriately only came to light tonight.

flahavaj · 08-01-2010 1:17am

Dub13 wrote: »

That was just the affair his wife was having,which I think is his own business.

This other stuff about him been first minister and not acting appropriately only came to light tonight.

For some reason I thought it was the other way around, it was reported as such on the news tonight that way. Or else I wasn't listening properly.

Edit: Just read the story properly, shows what I know.:pac:

everdead.ie · 08-01-2010 3:05am

How did he manage to keep all that quiet for that long?

Spiritoftheseventies · 08-01-2010 10:57am

everdead.ie wrote: »

How did he manage to keep all that quiet for that long?

Very easy to keep things quiet in this country. Takes a lot of straws to break a camels back.

Dub13 · 08-01-2010 2:16pm

This is some pic....

Spiritoftheseventies · 08-01-2010 2:30pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Its a pity his personal life has to affect his political career.

You could argue that his political life has also affected his private life too. You following the politics as well. So many levels to you.

Headshot · 08-01-2010 3:36pm

everdead.ie · 08-01-2010 4:00pm

if anyone is getting the swine flu jab let your arm kinda flop down when there giving it to ya because if your muscles are tense when they inject you it can bruise your muscle pretty bad