The Stad and their poor quality umbrellas

grenache

So the bins in UCC are full of these, mine didn't even make it to the UCC gates before the first gust of wind tore it apart. E7.95 - daylight robbery if you ask me. I bought a E2 umbrella in Euro 2 later in the day and it seems to be withstanding the rain and gales. You've a lot to answer for An Stad!!

Nova_era

Did you get a free coffee with it?

itsallaboutheL

grenache wrote: »

So the bins in UCC is full of these, mine didn't even make it to the UCC gates before the first gust of wind tore it apart. ?7.95 - daylight robbery if you ask me. I bought a ?2 umbrella in Euro 2 later in the day and it seems to be withstanding the rain and gales. You've a lot of answer for An Stad!!

Ahahaha you bought an umbrella..

Papa_Lazarou

grenache wrote: »

So the bins in UCC is full of these, mine didn't even make it to the UCC gates before the first gust of wind tore it apart. ?7.95 - daylight robbery if you ask me. I bought a ?2 umbrella in Euro 2 later in the day and it seems to be withstanding the rain and gales. You've a lot of answer for An Stad!!

To be honest very few umbrellas could withstand some of the winds there today. I have a quite expensive sturdy one and it was going all over the place so i just gave up and put up my hood. But the quality of umbrellas does seem to be getting quite crap.

ReacherCreature

grenache wrote: »

So the bins in UCC is full of these, mine didn't even make it to the UCC gates before the first gust of wind tore it apart. ?7.95 - daylight robbery if you ask me. I bought a ?2 umbrella in Euro 2 later in the day and it seems to be withstanding the rain and gales. You've a lot of answer for An Stad!!

Why didn't you bring it back?

grenache

Papa_Lazarou wrote: »

To be honest very few umbrellas could withstand some of the winds there today. I have a quite expensive sturdy one and it was going all over the place so i just gave up and put up my hood. But the quality of umbrellas does seem to be getting quite crap.

Any decent umbrella will be able to invert itself without breaking into bits, unlike that cheap piece of crap. And no nova, i didn't get it with a free coffee, but if i did, i know where i would have poured it :mad:

PhatPiggins

grenache wrote: »

Any decent umbrella will be able to invert itself without breaking into bits, unlike that cheap piece of crap. And no nova, i didn't get it with a free coffee, but if i did, i know where i would have poured it :mad:

Are you surprised? Everything they sell in they is cheap low quality stuff. The clothing is from the Michael Guiney range and a lot of the paper products have the feel/quality of recycled toilet roll.

I wouldn't mind but bar the newspapers its not cheap.

bp1989

They're all the same. I bought one in the 2 euro shop like yourself, and the second I opened it, it was ripped inside out, broken. They're all as cheap as each other.

samf

The ucc umbrellas from the visitors center are by far the best.

Nova_era

samf wrote: »

The ucc umbrellas from the visitors center are by far the best.

"I went to UCC and all I got was this stupid umbrella"

Aodan83

Nova_era wrote: »

"I went to UCC and all I got was this stupid umbrella"

Aw man, I was hoping for a degree!

Nova_era

Aodan83 wrote: »

Aw man, I was hoping for a degree!

Try CIT, that's the place to go for a good education in these parts, I'm told.

You should have no problem getting a degree there, which is a good thing, as McDonalds have become very strict as to who they allow make their burgers.

itsallaboutheL

Nova_era wrote: »

Try CIT, that's the place to go for a good education in these parts, I'm told.

You should have no problem getting a degree there, which is a good thing, as McDonalds have become very strict as to who they allow make their burgers.

tut..tut...tut



pmsl...:D

grenache

I tried the visitor centre but twas closed unfortunately. I couldn't be arsed taking it back as i had thrown my receipt in the bruscar.

Nova_era

grenache wrote: »

I tried the visitor centre but twas closed unfortunately. I couldn't be arsed taking it back as i had thrown my receipt in the bruscar.

You went all the way to Bishopstown to get rid of your receipt?

grenache

Nova_era wrote: »

You went all the way to Bishopstown to get rid of your receipt?

Here's your coat and the door is that way - - - - - >>

Nova_era

The door looks awfully similar to a smilie, however I shall use it accordingly.

It's been a long day.

grenache

Nova_era wrote: »

The door looks awfully similar to a smilie, however I shall use it accordingly.

It's been a long day.

Stay away from that hemp shop nova Was your gaff flooded too?

itsallaboutheL

@grenache

did you drive to limerick today??

Nova_era

grenache wrote: »

Stay away from that hemp shop nova Was your gaff flooded too?

Nah I live on a hill, on the South Side. I will spend tonight on my sun balcony looking down on the impoverished masses building their ships, while sipping on a glass of Corks finest tapwater.

I need to get a hobby.

grenache

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

@grenache

did you drive to limerick today??

I did, left cork around half two after the water had receeded. Thankfully my car was ok, no water got into her. Fcuking major delay on the mallow bypass, i must have been half an hour queuing just to reach the roundabout. And then another 20 min delay in Buttevant, them fools were finally resurfacing that moon crater road that goes thru the town. Picked a great day to do it when a lot of people were getting out of cork and going to kerry, limerick, tipp, waterford, etc. :rolleyes: Didn't encounter any flooding on route to Limerick, save a few submerged fields on the O'Rourkes X side of Charleville. Limerick City or County never seem to get hit - barring Newcastle's once off flooding last year. Strange considering we're probably the flattest county in Ireland.

grenache

Nova_era wrote: »

Nah I live on a hill, on the South Side. I will spend tonight on my sun balcony looking down on the impoverished masses building their ships, while sipping on a glass of Corks finest tapwater.

I need to get a hobby.

Maryborough Hill from the sounds of it. Ooh la la! Its probably not even tap water, i bet its
Perriér

Nova_era

grenache wrote: »

Maryborough Hill from the sounds of it. Ooh la la! Its probably not even tap water, i bet its
Perriér

No, we poured all the Perrier down the drain after the French ruined our economy on Wednesday night, so now we drink San Pellegrino up here.


And I don't live in Maryborough Hill, I live in Frankfield. :P

grenache

Nova_era wrote: »

No, we poured all the Perrier down the drain after the French ruined our economy on Wednesday night, so now we drink San Pellegrino up here.


And I don't live in Maryborough Hill, I live in Frankfield. :P

Dont blame the French, blame the officials. No doubt Sepp had his brown envelope in on time to make sure France made it to South Africa.

Nova_era

grenache wrote: »

Dont blame the French, blame the officials. No doubt Sepp had his brown envelope in on time to make sure France made it to South Africa.

Sepp and Mick had France in the group-stage draw long before the second leg ever take place, they knew that Ireland weren't going near the Southern Hemisphere next year, barring a surprise trip to Cork.

We're certainly not gonna spark off another discussion over "that night" here (I'd rather discuss bottled water anyway as it is!), but of course FIFA are the guilty party in this. However, it's not as exciting to just go around the place saying "**** FIFA" etc, the Irish need a tangible common enemy. And the French will do nicely for the time being. A nation is never as united as when it has a common enemy, so for the next few months the French can look forward to being the brunt of every joke/insult/bottled water boycott.

And Gillette. I think I may start using a scissors to shave, after a trip to Super-Valu today showed me that Henrys sponsors appear to have a monopoly in their chosen market.

But yeah.

I also like Aqua Panna. And Gerolsteiner.

What are your favorite types of bottled water? I was in Tesco earlier, where there was a que waiting for extra water to be delivered. You'd think the world was about to end. Suitably, I threw on Aerosmiths "Don't wanna miss a thing" on my MP3 player, and headed home to a nice refreshing tap water + cordial. Without the cordial.

I also ate a pizza.

grenache

Nova_era wrote: »

Sepp and Mick had France in the group-stage draw long before the second leg ever take place, they knew that Ireland weren't going near the Southern Hemisphere next year, barring a surprise trip to Cork.

We're certainly not gonna spark off another discussion over "that night" here (I'd rather discuss bottled water anyway as it is!), but of course FIFA are the guilty party in this. However, it's not as exciting to just go around the place saying "**** FIFA" etc, the Irish need a tangible common enemy. And the French will do nicely for the time being. A nation is never as united as when it has a common enemy, so for the next few months the French can look forward to being the brunt of every joke/insult/bottled water boycott.

And Gillette. I think I may start using a scissors to shave, after a trip to Super-Valu today showed me that Henrys sponsors appear to have a monopoly in their chosen market.

But yeah.

I also like Aqua Panna. And Gerolsteiner.

What are your favorite types of bottled water? I was in Tesco earlier, where there was a que waiting for extra water to be delivered. You'd think the world was about to end. Suitably, I threw on Aerosmiths "Don't wanna miss a thing" on my MP3 player, and headed home to a nice refreshing tap water + cordial. Without the cordial.

I also ate a pizza.

i dont choose bottled water. Why would i when i have perfectly good tap water at home! Bottled water is the greatest con ever!

Nova_era

grenache wrote: »

i dont choose bottled water. Why would i when i have perfectly good tap water at home! Bottled water is the greatest con ever!

Indeed it is, which is why one has such difficulty obtaining it in Central European Countries. They've seen through the dark con of man.

It also explains the prominence of Sparkling water in Continental Europe; water is only worth buying if it's different to what comes out of a tap.