A random waffle thread?

Poxyshamrock · 13-01-2019 11:28am

stefanovich wrote: »

I think production is finished on the first season anyway. They are expanding though so I reckon there is scope there to find work with them.

Unfortunately Nightflyers which premiered on Syfy in the US in early December currently has a 33% rating on rotten tomatoes. Let’s hope it does better with audiences in Europe.

Swiper the fox · 13-01-2019 11:46am

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Flannerys which became Finn’s at the turn of the millennium. Closed around 2004 when the smoking ban came in.

The signage looks much older though it’s partly hidden behind scaffolding, it does say catering and confectionery.

Poxyshamrock · 13-01-2019 11:58am

Swiper the fox wrote: »

The signage looks much older though it’s partly hidden behind scaffolding, it does say catering and confectionery.

Actually now that I think of it, the name Finn’s for the pub back in 1999/2000 may have been a nod to Finn’s Hotel that was on the site in the early 21st Century. So you’re probably right in saying the sign is from then. Interesting.

adaminho · 13-01-2019 12:27pm

Swiper the fox wrote: »

The signage looks much older though it’s partly hidden behind scaffolding, it does say catering and confectionery.

It was just done in an old fashioned style. As you can see from the photo below Flannery's was there until it rebranded to Finn's before moving to Denmark Street.

https://www.memorylanelimerick.com/p1034943503/h1B947CD7#h1b947cd7

mdmix · 13-01-2019 12:45pm

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Unfortunately Nightflyers which premiered on Syfy in the US in early December currently has a 33% rating on rotten tomatoes. Let’s hope it does better with audiences in Europe.

Rotten tomatoes is a pretty crude scoring metric. If you look at the breakdown on the RT website it was completely slated by critics but scored well enough with audiences, just under 70%. It’s IMDb score is 6.5 I think, or thereabouts which is reasonable.

Audience wise, it’s the 7th most watched show on the Scyfi channel, which isn’t great but it got an average of just under 400k viewers per show. Van Helsing, which got less views has already been renewed, so there is hope for nightflyers also being renewed.

Swiper the fox · 13-01-2019 12:45pm

adaminho wrote: »

It was just done in an old fashioned style. As you can see from the photo below Flannery's was there until it rebranded to Finn's before moving to Denmark Street.

https://www.memorylanelimerick.com/p1034943503/h1B947CD7#h1b947cd7

Oh well, I was running (very very fast :pac:) past at the time and didn't have a close look, they must have spent big money on that retro signage that lasted piddling time

Louche Lad · 13-01-2019 1:07pm

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Lovely signage has been exposed in the work on Pat O’Connor’s new butcher shop on the corner of William Street and LittleCatherine Street, Finn’s caterers and confectionery is what it says, such a pity it’ll have to be covered again
Anyone remember the original tenant?

Flannerys which became Finn’s at the turn of the millennium. Closed around 2004 when the smoking ban came in.

Why would the smoking ban affect caterers/confectioners?

Hope someone can take a photo and send to @ghostsigns on Twitter (would do myself but am away).

Poxyshamrock · 13-01-2019 2:09pm

Louche Lad wrote: »

Why would the smoking ban affect caterers/confectioners?

Hope someone can take a photo and send to @ghostsigns on Twitter (would do myself but am away).

It was a pub/nightclub with no smoking area so they moved to Denmark Street where the current big Flannerys is.

Mc Love · 13-01-2019 2:11pm

I remember it now, always wanted to go in there but i think it was over 25s

dashoonage · 14-01-2019 10:00am

Ladies/Gents/ swan lovers.

The mammy was saying she heard something about a job announcement on the auld raido set yesterday for Limerick , I cant find anything online, is there something to it or is she gone a bit mad?

Mc Love · 14-01-2019 10:21am

This maybe?

https://www.buzz.ie/news/three-announces-30-new-jobs-limerick-313147

kilburn · 14-01-2019 11:23pm

My cars suspension may not but i miss the cobbles on mary street

Poxyshamrock · 14-01-2019 11:44pm

kilburn wrote: »

My cars suspension may not but i miss the cobbles on mary street

They’ve been replaced?

DaveNoCheese · 15-01-2019 12:03am

Has anyone ever had any dealings with Pat O'Connell Motors in ballysimon?

Just wondering if they're ok to deal with and reliable. Thanks

OfTheMarsWongs · 15-01-2019 12:05am

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

They’ve been replaced?

Yep. They had to replace them. It was like going down a country boreen with the imprint the tire tracks made on the cobbles.

Poxyshamrock · 15-01-2019 12:14am

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

Yep. They had to replace them. It was like going down a country boreen with the imprint the tire tracks made on the cobbles.

Bricks sink, I get that. Happened with our drive at home. They could surely just redo the foundation and relay the bricks. Has it been replaced by tarmac?

OfTheMarsWongs · 15-01-2019 12:31am

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Bricks sink, I get that. Happened with our drive at home. They could surely just redo the foundation and relay the bricks. Has it been replaced by tarmac?

Yes, tarmac from the Gael Colaiste to the junction with Athlunkard St.

damowill · 15-01-2019 10:20am

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

Yes, tarmac from the Gael Colaiste to the junction with Athlunkard St.

Shur there was tarmac back in the day in Medieval Limerick.... Nicholas St next?

OfTheMarsWongs · 15-01-2019 11:54am

damowill wrote: »

Shur there was tarmac back in the day in Medieval Limerick.... Nicholas St next?

I think some of Nicolas St. is already tarmacced?

RhubarbCrumble · 16-01-2019 12:17pm

Is it just me or does anyone else find the majority of the staff in Superdrug quite, well, rude?
I always feel as though I'm bothering them if I ask for help and feel as though I'm just an annoyance.

JamesBond2010 · 16-01-2019 5:12pm

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

Is it just me or does anyone else find the majority of the staff in Superdrug quite, well, rude?
I always feel as though I'm bothering them if I ask for help and feel as though I'm just an annoyance.

i found that more of a ''sham'' place if u ask me that type of feeling/people working there. prob the same way ur feeling

RhubarbCrumble · 16-01-2019 8:22pm

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

i found that more of a ''sham'' place if u ask me that type of feeling/people working there. prob the same way ur feeling

I think you've hit the nail on the head there actually. I just tend to go in for toiletries because they have some not bad bargains, but the staff really put me off.

Irish Wolf · 16-01-2019 10:38pm

Any recommendations for the best and most reasonably priced framers in the city?

I'm looking to get a print ~60cm x 60cm framed. Any idea on a ballpark cost?

sioda · 16-01-2019 10:46pm

Irish Wolf wrote: »

Any recommendations for the best and most reasonably priced framers in the city?

I'm looking to get a print ~60cm x 60cm framed. Any idea on a ballpark cost?

Thomas Street framers not the cheapest but excellent work

stefanovich · 17-01-2019 9:17am

Irish Wolf wrote: »

Any recommendations for the best and most reasonably priced framers in the city?

I'm looking to get a print ~60cm x 60cm framed. Any idea on a ballpark cost?

40 euros?