Beams of light sweeping the sky

Dagnir Glaurung

Was waiting at the bustop in Stillorgan half an hour ago and noticed two beams of light sweeping the sky. They're pretty faint; anybody know what they are? I'm in Foxrock now and still see them so I assume they're between Stillorgan and here but couldn't see where they were coming from on the bus.

Any takers?

solas

aliens

monkeyfudge

The Bat Signal!

Clayface must have escaped from Arkham again....

billy the squid

anti-aircraft searchlights .

Dagnir Glaurung

I keep think 1984 and getting scared. Someone is after us.

irlrobins

Yea I noticed them walking home this evening. Def in the stillorgna direction, not sure where exactly.

Karoma

Circus..?

Dagnir Glaurung

Don't think there is a circus around here. I'm readying the concrete bunker.

Bard

Some new place is having their 'grand opening' and you weren't invited?

SpAcEd OuT

The Irish Defence forces are testing out their new stealth nuclear bombing aircrafts.

CrimE

Meteor shower due this month so that would be my guess.

Wertz

CIA mind control beams....they were aiming for the Dáil but you know how bad those craxy yanks are at actually hitting an intended target...

Karoma

CrimE wrote:

Meteor shower due this month so that would be my guess.

um...

jonny68

Posh people trying out new boys toys perhaps

Sparky

grand opening of something id presume, sometimes rte have them aswell

Alvis

It is a meteor shower that is approaching. It's called Leonids.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonids

Wertz

Alvis wrote:

It is a meteor shower that is approaching. It's called Leonids.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonids

Hwen you can see the leonids or any other annual meteor shower in Dublin, there's either a blackout, or someone's been at the magic mushrooms again...

irlrobins

Alvis wrote:

It is a meteor shower that is approaching. It's called Leonids.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonids

mmmm....no. I think i can spot the difference between a searchlight beam and a meteor shower.

faceman

Dagnir Glaurung wrote:

Was waiting at the bustop in Stillorgan half an hour ago and noticed two beams of light sweeping the sky.

Bono's ego has reached a new level

Ronan|Raven

I saw summit similar here in the wild west and we dont have no fancy sky lights here

Binomate

Jaysus how many sarcastic comments can you fit into a thread!

Wertz

Binomate wrote:

Jaysus how many sarcastic comments can you fit into a thread!

That depends on the lenght of the thread....I'd have said fitting that many on the first page was quite a feat though...

Hub

Northern Lights

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0407/moussette_aur16jul1_full.jpg

UnrealQueen

Don't the Garda helicopters have strong lights? Wasn't there 2 murders in Dublin last night? Just a thought:D

irlrobins

Nah its def a light shining from the ground up. But good suggestion....

zefer

its the opening of a new apartment block.."The Grange"

irlrobins

Ahh!! Think we have a winner.... thats near the N11 right?

zefer

irlrobins wrote:

Ahh!! Think we have a winner.... thats near the N11 right?

Its near Stillorgan.. Very exclusive. They are going to have a porter that you can ring to order you pizza. Will take your shopping from the car for you, etc...

Very posh

Sparky

zefer wrote:

its the opening of a new apartment block.."The Grange"

mmmm. might buy one

BossArky

It must be a reverse tractor beam; propelling all scum that cross its path into outer space.

zefer

Sparky_S wrote:

mmmm. might buy one

Yeh, the beams of light are defo the selling point for me

Dagnir Glaurung

zefer wrote:

its the opening of a new apartment block.."The Grange"

Thank you. I thought it might have been it but I didn't think it was anywhere near completion yet.

zefer

Dagnir Glaurung wrote:

Thank you. I thought it might have been it but I didn't think it was anywhere near completion yet.

NP. I dont think its actually ready yet. They were just showing off what it will be like afaik. To show the rich people what they will be spending their money on!

Sparky

zefer wrote:

NP. I dont think its actually ready yet. They were just showing off what it will be like afaik. To show the rich people what they will be spending their money on!

hey just because i light my cigars with €50 notes on fire doesnt mean im rich.

ctrl-alt-delete

**** ye can all see that??.....better turn it off so

The Song Thrush

Saw it this evening too (from monkstown) and I heard fireworks also coming from that direction.

MrJoeSoap

Alvis wrote:

It is a meteor shower that is approaching. It's called Leonids.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonids

I'll have to look out for those on Thursday so.

Lionheart84

Don`t worry i seen the light too but then again i am dead.

CountryWise

I live down the road from them.....assumed it was coming from Bondi

magpie

They are going to have a porter that you can ring to order you pizza

very posh

In a very Posh'n'Becks sense of the word posh, as in 'not remotely', but with shedloads of money and no taste whatsoever.

Having said that, I'm all over that puppy. Reception? Order me a 16" deluxe and be snappy about it.

Blisterman

Wouldn't it be just as easy to order the pizza yourself, rather than call up the guy and tell him what to order for you?

magpie

Wouldn't it be just as easy to order the pizza yourself, rather than call up the guy and tell him what to order for you?

This way you get to cirumvent the annoying language barriers that inevitably present themselves when ordering takeaways these days.

Me: "Can I have a 16" special with extra cheese and pepperoni?"

Them "12" pizza no pepperoni. OK, what you address?"

etc etc etc

zefer

Blisterman wrote:

Wouldn't it be just as easy to order the pizza yourself, rather than call up the guy and tell him what to order for you?

Yes but some people cant do anything for themselves and expect others to do it for them. Anyone suggest name for these type of people?

magpie

Anyone suggest name for these type of people?

Busy?

ballooba

"Richer than you"?

bitter???

zefer

magpie wrote:

Busy?

Not too busy to ring the porter/conceirge but too busy to ring pizza?
I don't know about that..



Ballooba:

Miss Fluff

Circus on the Rock Road

magpie

"Richer than you"?

Bingo

zefer

Richer than us all put together I would say

Terry

99% of the time those lights are coming from baldonnell.

Dagnir Glaurung

If they were really rich they'd have a pizza chef in the apartments, slaving away.