Guinness and Rollies - Off topic chat!

Pembily

grames_bond wrote: »

I agree with Pem - real life sucks!

Ah no I never said that. I said Boooo to real life getting in the way of Drav posting

MarkyTheLips

PaulieC wrote: »

You need to pop to KC's in cork and get one of their Philly steaks - unbelievable.

Nice tasty steak, cheese, fried onions, salad, garlic and chips all in a pita with mayo - unbelievable!!

I get mangle from there any time I'm down (the da lives near Douglas)... Headed down on Sunday, no KC's for me so

entropi

Vote yes on banana sandwiches!! Using wholemeal bread too, delicious and especially after a run/workout. And always with a pint of milk

Evening all!

grames_bond

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Vote yes on banana sandwiches!! Using wholemeal bread too, delicious and especially after a run/workout. And always with a pint of milk

Spot on good sir! you are correct about all of the above!!

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Evening all!

Evening bro - how are ya?

Pembily wrote: »

Ah no I never said that. I said Boooo to real life getting in the way of Drav posting

yeah - and I paraphrased!!

awec

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Panthro

awec wrote: »

I have to admit I am a fan of the oul banana sandwich.

Banana, peanut butter and mayo wrap...sure...it may "sound" awful, but it's amazeballs.

You know what else is amazeballs, me getting my visa for Canada, whoop!:D

entropi

grames_bond wrote: »

Evening bro - how are ya?



yeah - and I paraphrased!!

Doing good, thanks! Just reading part of a book, and browsing a bit. How are you?

awec wrote: »

I have to admit I am a fan of the oul banana sandwich.

We have another one joining the ranks! Good man!

Kev.OC

Panthro wrote: »

You know what else is amazeballs, me getting my visa for Canada, whoop!:D

Nice. Congrats man.

grames_bond

Panthro wrote: »

You know what else is amazeballs, me getting my visa for Canada, whoop!:D

Niiiice! congrats!!

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Doing good, thanks! Just reading part of a book, and browsing a bit. How are you?

alright - fecking roasting here! but i have had coffee so i am happy!

entropi

Panthro wrote: »

You know what else is amazeballs, me getting my visa for Canada, whoop!:D

Congrats to ya! I'd say yer relieved!

grames_bond wrote: »

alright - fecking roasting here! but i have had coffee so i am happy!

Hot weather, hot beverage. Seems legit

Anyone here at the Stone Roses gig tonight? I had a look out the window to see a few thousand of the fans walking down the quays towards town. Good weather for it anyway!

Hermione*

Congrats on the visa, Panthro!

Banana and peanut butter is one of the most epic food combinations. I loves it. Yummy on good toasted bread, or in a smoothie!

ToxicPaddy

Morning all..

Tis Friday and the bloody sunshine has gone.. WTF!! :mad:

Dravokivich

I'm greatfull for it. I was blinded when leaving my apt yesterday. This morning I walked out and was like:

"Praise the lord, I CAN SEEEE AGAIN!!!!!!!"

D'Agger

Morning all, Friday morning to be precise

I got it into my head yesterday that I'd like to go live in the states for a year or two - anybody have any idea where to start looking for a job/apartment/visa etc?

Dravokivich

Have you tried Usit? They generally do packages and such for under 30's.

They might have some info on it.

There's also a USA! USA! USA! board under the region forums.

here

D'Agger

Dravokivich wrote: »

Have you tried Usit? They generally do packages and such for under 30's.

They might have some info on it.

There's also a USA! USA! USA! board under the region forums.

here

Cheers man - pipe dream really but got a bit of a fear yesterday that I'd really regret not living abroad, if only for a short while, at some stage in my life.

Work in IT though so there shouldn't be a shortage of jobs there in the U.S.

ToxicPaddy

PaulieC wrote: »

Morning all, Friday morning to be precise

I got it into my head yesterday that I'd like to go live in the states for a year or two - anybody have any idea where to start looking for a job/apartment/visa etc?

Tough job market out there at the moment, hundreds of candidates for every position. Your best bet is to get in with a company here and transfer out there.

Plus you only get 10 days holidays per year in the US remember and they generally work longer hours..

However if you're prepared to broaden your horizon and what you're willing to work at, look at building site work and manual labour, then you might pick up a job easier.

Don't you also play GAA? Many a useful contact to be made through GAAA clubs out there.

Tox

coffee_cake

PaulieC wrote: »

Cheers man - pipe dream really but got a bit of a fear yesterday that I'd really regret not living abroad, if only for a short while, at some stage in my life.

Work in IT though so there shouldn't be a shortage of jobs there in the U.S.

i want to move to europe somewhere

oddman2

bluewolf wrote: »

i want to move to europe somewhere

You're in luck - you're already living in Europe!

D'Agger

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Tough job market out there at the moment, hundreds of candidates for every position. Your best bet is to get in with a company here and transfer out there.

Plus you only get 10 days holidays per year in the US remember and they generally work longer hours..

However if you're prepared to broaden your horizon and what you're willing to work at, look at building site work and manual labour, then you might pick up a job easier.

Don't you also play GAA? Many a useful contact to be made through GAAA clubs out there.

Tox

I do play GAA and I'd like to broaden my horizons but at the same time I'd consider myself very career driven - I want to progress in IT and work towards being a Network Engineer/System admin etc.

This is just an idea I've had, nothing concrete but just interested in how I could arrange it. In all likelyhood I'll stay where I am - although with your idea - I work for an American company but doubt they'd even listen to my request!

Long hours don't bother me if it's sunny when I finish and during my time off

coffee_cake

oddman2 wrote: »

You're in luck - you're already living in Europe!

lol
you know what i meant :pac::pac:

Panthro

Going to see Arnocorps in the Roisin tonight, could a man be any happier?!
From wiki:

ArnoCorps is the world's first band to feature lyrics based exclusively on the films of Arnold Schwarzenegger, with particular emphasis on his action roles from the 1980s such as The Terminator, Predator and Total Recall, with many of the lyrics paralleling movie dialogue and plots, similar to The Misfits' lyrical focus on horror films and B-movies

A tune for anyone that's interested Predetor

ToxicPaddy

PaulieC wrote: »

I do play GAA and I'd like to broaden my horizons but at the same time I'd consider myself very career driven - I want to progress in IT and work towards being a Network Engineer/System admin etc.

This is just an idea I've had, nothing concrete but just interested in how I could arrange it. In all likelyhood I'll stay where I am - although with your idea - I work for an American company but doubt they'd even listen to my request!

Long hours don't bother me if it's sunny when I finish and during my time off

Well what you do is keep an eye on positions open in the US based offices of the company you work for and apply for them. You'd be very surprised what may come of it.. 5-6 people from my office here have relocated to the US over the years and vice versa..

Are you regularly in contact with any of your US based counterparts? If so and you're on a friendly enough basis with them suss out any jobs coming up and make it known that you'd like to try living there for a few years.

You never know until you try.

coffee_cake

yeah you'd be surprised what can happen once you just put it out there

herisson

Im actually thinking of doing my masters in Germany, France or Canada.

I just really want to get out of Ireland again!

coffee_cake

germany is great

apparently by the end of next year i will be able to:

Can understand the main contents of complex texts on concrete and abstract topics; also understands specialized discussions in his/her own primary area of specialization. Can communicate so spontaneously and fluently that a normal conversation with native speakers is easily possible without a great deal of effort on either side. Can express him/herself on a wide range of topics in a clear and detailed manner, explain his/her position on a current issue and indicate the benefits and drawbacks of various options.

that's b2, seems to be the level required to really live and work there
it's annoying they dont do the b2.2 course intensively next summer or i'd be there by next july!

awec

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herisson

bluewolf wrote: »

germany is great

apparently by the end of next year i will be able to:

that's b2, seems to be the level required to really live and work there
it's annoying they dont do the b2.2 course intensively next summer or i'd be there by next july!

i think i need to start picking up German! I can speak a few words and that beauty of a sentence about the rear facing child hahaha!

I can speak French pretty well so id be covered in France and the french speaking part of Canada.

ChtuluDawn

Panthro wrote: »

Going to see Arnocorps in the Roisin tonight, could a man be any happier?!
From wiki:

ArnoCorps is the world's first band to feature lyrics based exclusively on the films of Arnold Schwarzenegger, with particular emphasis on his action roles from the 1980s such as The Terminator, Predator and Total Recall, with many of the lyrics paralleling movie dialogue and plots, similar to The Misfits' lyrical focus on horror films and B-movies

A tune for anyone that's interested Predetor

You should try Austrian Death Machine.

entropi

Love this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQF_DR_uDU4