Ireland's First Motorway Service Station

about blank

Has anyone here been into it yet?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0915/roads.html

high heels

Front page news all right..

Also asking anyone have they used a petrol station sounds a bit silly..

NoseyMike2010

Your joking right .......... we haven't had one before!!!!! Is this thread for real. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

3hn2givr7mx1sc

3 new service stations in 3 counties that are beside eachother.

Makes total sense.:rolleyes:

flyton5

It's a real Irish thing to get excited about something so ridiculous...:rolleyes:

brummytom

You didn't have services until today?


Jesus Christ

alwaysadub

brummytom wrote: »

You didn't have services until today?


Jesus Christ

We didn't have motorways until a few years ago!

3hn2givr7mx1sc

brummytom wrote: »

You didn't have services until today?


Jesus Christ

We shít in out-houses too.:pac:

FreudianSlippers

flyton5 wrote: »

It's a real Irish thing to get excited about something so ridiculous...:rolleyes:

WHOOOO PARTAY!!

NoseyMike2010

The Model T car only came to Ireland 2 years ago .... before that it was horse and cart!!!

FreudianSlippers

Yeah, we just got [insert generic item here] a few hours ago!

Kasabian

brummytom wrote: »

You didn't have services until today?


Jesus Christ

We don't even have electricity

flyton5

NoseyMike2010 wrote: »

The Model T car only came to Ireland 2 years ago .... before that it was horse and cart!!!

The wheels on all the carts were square though...

FreudianSlippers

We won't get the internet for another 5 years!

flyton5

Have a look at some of the metal covers protecting wires or whatever on footpaths. A lot of them still say P&T on them. Posts and Telegraphs...backwards as fúck...

NoseyMike2010

OisinT wrote: »

We won't get the internet for another 5 years!

We're using telegrams to transport these messages to one another!!!!!!

FreudianSlippers

NoseyMike2010 wrote: »

We're using telegrams to transport these messages to one another!!!!!!

indeed!

Kasabian

NoseyMike2010 wrote: »

We're using telegrams to transport these messages to one another!!!!!!

Telegrams?

I have used a months supply of pigeons tonight alone.

Our man in Havana

about blank wrote: »

Has anyone here been into it yet?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0915/roads.html

Lazy RTÉ use a picture of the A1 near Newry for the M1.

FAIL! :mad:

NoseyMike2010

Kasabian wrote: »

Telegrams?

I have used a months supply of pigeons tonight alone.

Those pigeons are so damn expensive!!

fonecrusher1

If its going to create jobs then thats a good thing.


Lets be a little bit positive instead of embarking on a 10 page whinge-fest about how sh!t we are.

Celly Smunt

i think its amazing the internet speed i've upgraded to,64kb/s!! how amazing!! Indigo are really going to revolutionise irelands' internet browsing

OPENROAD

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

If its going to create jobs then thats a good thing.


Lets be a little bit positive instead of embarking on a 10 page whinge-fest about how sh!t we are.

In fairness, its pretty that we have not had one up until now, surely why we have been building motorways over the last 10 years + it would be something they would put in.

Agree though anything that creates jobs is a good thing, better late than never, but it kind of sums up what is wrong with how the country is run.

brummytom

Can everybody speak up please? We can't hear you here over the noise of our hovercraft

Celly Smunt

i find it amusing how there isn't a garage on the new dublin to waterford road

FreudianSlippers

pmcmahon wrote: »

i think its amazing the internet speed i've upgraded to,64kb/s!! how amazing!! Indigo are really going to revolutionise irelands' internet browsing

It'll be amazing when Netscape Navigator 1.22 comes out!

Celly Smunt

brummytom wrote: »

Can everybody speak up please? We can't hear you here over the noise of our hovercrafts

hovercrafts have been here for years,we're not that far behind

FreudianSlippers

pmcmahon wrote: »

i find it amusing how there isn't a garage on the new dublin to waterford road

Yeah, almost ran out of diesel due to that... was thinking to myself "surely there will be one soon..."

no such luck

furiousox

brummytom wrote: »

You didn't have services until today?
Jesus Christ

Ha! Well at least our prime minister doesn't have a drink problem...so there!

recylingbin

I'd love to pay a toll so that I could get somewhere for 20 quids worth of fuel and an e-coli sandwich right about now.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

furiousox wrote: »

Ha! Well at least our prime minister doesn't have a drink problem...so there!

Yeah, but our Taoiseach on the other hand..:(


Yes, I know. I'm not an imbecile.

gizmo

Fan-****ing-tastic, 300 new jobs created and all people have to offer is sarcasm. :rolleyes:

Celly Smunt

furiousox wrote: »

Ha! Well at least our prime minister doesn't have a drink problem...so there!

at least our taoiseach isn't a crazy right wing capitalist.




oh wait...

Celly Smunt

OisinT wrote: »

Yeah, almost ran out of diesel due to that... was thinking to myself "surely there will be one soon..."

no such luck

happened to me aswell,had to turn off at kilkenny :mad:

furiousox

gizmo wrote: »

Fan-****ing-tastic, 300 new jobs created and all people have to offer is sarcasm. :rolleyes:

Um...have you been in the AH forum before?

doolox

I have taken to carrying a spare 5l can of petrol with me to get around on our service-less motorway network.

Initially my wife had misgivings about the dangers about carrying extra petrol in case of a rear-end crash but after a few anxious trips to Galway, Belfast and Waterford she has come around to my way of thinking after we had to use th can to get to known supply of petrol.

Many rural petrol stations have closed down since being bypassed by the new Motorways, many more close down early and supply outside the major cities with their 24 hour stations is no longer reliable especially when travelling at night.

I always fill up when going on any trip over 100 miles now since outside Dublin you cannot rely on an all day supply.

NoseyMike2010

Ireland = Bedrock until 2 years ago!!!!! (See attached picture!!!!)

gizmo

furiousox wrote: »

Um...have you been in the AH forum before?

Oh yea, but I thought even this place had some standards.

LizT

Was in the new service station, it's actually quite nice. It has a shop, a Costa, a Burger King and a buffet/restaurant. It's a lot like the ones in England.

Celly Smunt

lizt wrote: »

Was in the new service station, it's actually quite nice. It has a shop, a Costa, a Burger King and a buffet/restaurant. It's a lot like the ones in England.

just more...Irish?

Koloman

lizt wrote: »

Was in the new service station, it's actually quite nice. It has a shop, a Costa, a Burger King and a buffet/restaurant. It's a lot like the ones in England.

Just a lot more expensive probably.

LizT

pmcmahon wrote: »

just more...Irish?

I think the fact that it's overdue by about 20 years makes it Irish.

fonecrusher1

gizmo wrote: »

Fan-****ing-tastic, 300 new jobs created and all people have to offer is sarcasm. :rolleyes:

furiousox wrote: »

Um...have you been in the AH forum before?

More like....have you been in Ireland before.:pac:

furiousox

lizt wrote: »

Was in the new service station, it's actually quite nice. It has a shop, a Costa, a Burger King and a buffet....

Mmmm...Bon Appetit!

OPENROAD

lizt wrote: »

Was in the new service station, it's actually quite nice. It has a shop, a Costa, a Burger King and a buffet/restaurant. It's a lot like the ones in England.

Did you sample the produce in each of the establishments

fonecrusher1

lizt wrote: »

Was in the new service station, it's actually quite nice. It has a shop, a Costa, a Burger King and a buffet/restaurant.

Sounds ok to me.

AH response: :rolleyes: pfff!...sure it'll never work, who buys petrol???:rolleyes:.

Father Ted reference - loads of thanks.

LizT

OPENROAD wrote: »

Did you sample the produce in each of the establishments

Nope, was in a foul mood because I realised I left my handbag in Dublin, so we had to turn back and get it:mad:

Son Of A Vidic

A bit late isn't it? But then again we are the country that invented the two laned motorway.

FreudianSlippers

doolox wrote: »

I have taken to carrying a spare 5l can of petrol with me to get around on our service-less motorway network.

Initially my wife had misgivings about the dangers about carrying extra petrol in case of a rear-end crash but after a few anxious trips to Galway, Belfast and Waterford she has come around to my way of thinking after we had to use th can to get to known supply of petrol.

Many rural petrol stations have closed down since being bypassed by the new Motorways, many more close down early and supply outside the major cities with their 24 hour stations is no longer reliable especially when travelling at night.

I always fill up when going on any trip over 100 miles now since outside Dublin you cannot rely on an all day supply.

5l of diesel, a bottle of cold diet coke and a tube of smarties!

Best be prepared.

FreudianSlippers

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Sounds ok to me.

AH response: :rolleyes: pfff!...sure it'll never work, who buys petrol???:rolleyes:.

Father Ted reference - loads of thanks.

Not gonna thank you now!

FarmerGreen

medicman2009 wrote: »

A bit late isn't it? But then again we are the country that invented the two laned motorway.

And the bog.
And the overpriced sambo.
All together in one place now.