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Charisteas

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

That bloody Central Remedial Clinic scandal is making me wary of donating to charities now, not that we donate a lot at home but we always give to 3 or 4 causes yearly :mad: I think I might donate my time instead

I only donate to animal charities, generally because I don't like people but the DSPCA are a great cause if you have a little change left over after the Xmas ballyhoo. They also have a lovely site in Rathfarmham, at the bottom of the Dublin mountains which visitors are welcome to stroll around the site.

Hashtag_HEEL

I volunteer with the st.John ambulance year round. Great fun and very educational!

eh i dunno

Had a monthly direct debit to charity for over 4 years but after the crc scandal I cancelled as that's who I was currently donating to. Sickened to see where my money went. Would love to go into temple street and buy toys for sick kids than feed greedy charity fat cats any longer

Diabhal Beag

I'd rather donate my time than my money when I'm not 100% sure if even 20% would end up going to the actual cause rather than admin fees. You'd be surprised how sleazy some of the biggest charities can be.

GTR63

You just can't trust any crowd nowdays, some of them are the lowest of the low. Its sad(yet understandable) to hear people being put off donating when they need it most.

Lord TSC

The whole Ian Watkins story has me annoyed and upset.

When I was 15, a friend of mine died. He loved LostProhpets, playing their music constantly, to such an extent that a song was even played at his funeral. As such, I always related their stuff to him, in both a sad way but also a happy way, remembering the memories.

But now....now those songs are ruined. Don't get me wrong, I know thats trivial compared to the lives he ruined, and while I'm mostly desensitized to these sorts of story, I really can't believe how vile he was. But it just upsets me so much that I can never really listen to those songs again, even for the nostalgia, cause of what he's done.

beakerjoe

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

The whole Ian Watkins story has me annoyed and upset.

When I was 15, a friend of mine died. He loved LostProhpets, playing their music constantly, to such an extent that a song was even played at his funeral. As such, I always related their stuff to him, in both a sad way but also a happy way, remembering the memories.

But now....now those songs are ruined. Don't get me wrong, I know thats trivial compared to the lives he ruined, and while I'm mostly desensitized to these sorts of story, I really can't believe how vile he was. But it just upsets me so much that I can never really listen to those songs again, even for the nostalgia, cause of what he's done.

Yeah the music of the band is now unlistenable. As you say it is trivial in the grand scheme of things but I liked alot of their work. Shame it will only remind me what a monster Watkins is.

JP Liz V1

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

The whole Ian Watkins story has me annoyed and upset.

When I was 15, a friend of mine died. He loved LostProhpets, playing their music constantly, to such an extent that a song was even played at his funeral. As such, I always related their stuff to him, in both a sad way but also a happy way, remembering the memories.

But now....now those songs are ruined. Don't get me wrong, I know thats trivial compared to the lives he ruined, and while I'm mostly desensitized to these sorts of story, I really can't believe how vile he was. But it just upsets me so much that I can never really listen to those songs again, even for the nostalgia, cause of what he's done.

Castration is even too good for him

Furious-Red

Agreed what Watkins done is horrendous and 35 years is not enough especially some of the comments he made during the trial . But i will still listen to LP music if it comes on my i tunes since imo as bad and disgusting stuff ian did the band (not just ian) made some good music imo.

Having said that if people like yourselves feel uncomfortable listening to their music its totally up the each person

beakerjoe

Furious-Red wrote: »

Agreed what Watkins done is horrendous and 35 years is not enough especially some of the comments he made during the trial . But i will still listen to LP music if it comes on my i tunes since imo as bad and disgusting stuff ian did the band (not just ian) made some good music imo.

Having said that if people like yourselves feel uncomfortable listening to their music its totally up the each person

It just reminds me of the what hes done. Same way Gary Glittlers My Gang reminds me of what hes done.

I feel sorry for his band mates in LP, their work will be forever tarnished which is unfair on them.

waltersobchak

Furious-Red wrote: »

Agreed what Watkins done is horrendous and 35 years is not enough especially some of the comments he made during the trial . But i will still listen to LP music if it comes on my i tunes since imo as bad and disgusting stuff ian did the band (not just ian) made some good music imo.

Having said that if people like yourselves feel uncomfortable listening to their music its totally up the each person

Reminds me of the way that people still think of Chris Benoit.. Some can still watches his matches and separate the man from the character.. I guess its the same with Lostprophets music as well.. At the end of the day he was only one part of the music i guess. Utter Scumbag though

Angron

wrt Benoit, I still watch old matches he's had in PPVs and the like. Guy was a great wrestler. I'll probably never listen to LP again though, but I didn't really listen to them before so it's kind of a moot point.

cena

I.m over a month waiting for my new sky viewing card to come. I have had the new sky box 3 weeks.

I rang up one day to see what was happening with the card the feckers cancelled that card and sent out a new one. I have since got the cancelled card which I rang up to see if it could be reactivated.

I was told once cancelled the card is no good. Such a had service.

Diabhal Beag

Not another Diabhal Beag HDMI question!

So I got a lovely HDMI cable there. Worked lovely with my cheap Acer. Now I'm having a problem with my Panasonic Viera TV. When I connect the HDMI to the HDMI1 port all is right in the world. But when it's put into HDMI2 it won't work. I've moved the Sky HDMI cable down to HDMI2 and it works but I usually have that in the HDMI1 port because my parents are thick when it comes to technology.

Please help before the darts get proper serious for Christmas.

gerTheGreat

This might be an option for you. I bought a HDMI splitter for my parents' TV. When they turn on the TV, it's set to the HDMI channel that the splitter is plugged into. Their UPC box, DVD player and the younger brother's xbox are all plugged into the splitter. When the DVD player or xbox is turned on, the splitter automatically switches to that feed and switches back to the UPC DVR once the DVD player/ xbox has been turned off again. Net result is much less need for the remote and a simpler experience for my folks. I bought the splitter from cables.ie, but I'd suspect that DID, Argos or Powercity would all carry them.

Diabhal Beag

Another classy Ger. Thanks very much.

JP Liz V1

Be careful on the roads all


Watching Elf by a cosy fire, never tire of that film

Lord TSC

Never seen Elf. Always thought it looked silly.

But my God, everyone seems to be raving about it this Xmas Must give it a try.

JP Liz V1

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

Never seen Elf. Always thought it looked silly.

But my God, everyone seems to be raving about it this Xmas Must give it a try.

I'd recommend Elf to all

Angron

If there's one thing Elf taught me, it's that Zooey Deschanel looks really different without a fringe.

CastorTroy

And as a blonde

GTR63

CastorTroy wrote: »

And as a blonde

Is that who that was, dare I say nicer as a blonde

CastorTroy

Yep and her own singing voice as well. Think Hitchhiker's Guide is the first thing I saw her in having already seen her sister in Bones and mother in Twin Peaks. Only saw Elf for the first time a few years ago and again last year. Would happily watch again.

And yeah, pretty adorable as a blonde.

connemara man

If you like zoey do not watch new girl she gets really annoying!!

Charisteas

connemara man wrote: »

If you like zoey do not watch new girl she gets really annoying!!

Zooey is gorgeous though, it's still well worth watching New Girl in mute!

GTR63

connemara man wrote: »

If you like zoey do not watch new girl she gets really annoying!!

No amount of staring at her eyes can save that. Like 2 Broke Girls a very pretty face can't make up for few laughs

Diabhal Beag

<-- survived midnight mass for another year

Charisteas

<-- Enjoyed Midnight Mass for another year

The Volt

Happy Xmas lads, I've completely disappeared from the PW circle I know. Life has gotten fairly manic. Still lurk every now and again and still as big a PW fan as ever. Will try get active again in 2014

Bounty Hunter

Voltwad wrote: »

Happy Xmas lads, I've completely disappeared from the PW circle I know. Life has gotten fairly manic. Still lurk every now and again and still as big a PW fan as ever. Will try get active again in 2014

Glad to hear it man, would be good to have you back. Got engaged myself yesterday so I know how hectic life can get...

Btw if your thinking of posting more, the draft is coming