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chupacabra

.ak wrote: »

Easily the best bit of action cinema in a long, long time. Revived cinema as a medium to be honest, those wide angle pan shots are drool worthy.

And for a movie that is so balls to the wall with style and action, it has some remarkable moments sprinked around the insanity that lend a touching element to the harshness of it all.

Like when

Rictus is told he had a baby brother and he yells to the War party "I had a baby brother, a little baby brother perfect in every way."

That kind of stuff really puts this movie through the heavens in terms of how perfect it is.

chupacabra

Buer wrote: »

Stop talking.

:mad:

My apologies. I assumed everyone and their dog had seen it by now.

mfceiling

chupacabra wrote: »

My apologies. I assumed everyone and their dog had seen it by now.

I haven't seen it yet. Dog has...said it was ruff

*closes account*

chupacabra

Anyone listened to the new Muse album yet? Seems less all over the place compared to their last one. Some really good tracks in there.

stephen_n

chupacabra wrote: »

Anyone listened to the new Muse album yet? Seems less all over the place compared to their last one. Some really good tracks in there.

if pretentiousness had a sound track, it would be a Muse album.

pickarooney

.ak wrote: »

That means it's working. Embrace it!

I long for those pains. Means you're getting somewhere... (or you're not stretching properly!)

Love the doms.

You've gone all fifty shades

errlloyd

chupacabra wrote: »

Anyone listened to the new Muse album yet? Seems less all over the place compared to their last one. Some really good tracks in there.

Just listening to it now, enjoying it. I saw them live in the o2 last time out, loved it.

awec

Netflix was broken for like 5 minutes there, near broke out in a cold sweat!

Wang King

http://www.balls.ie/football/this-german-referee-is-the-new-king-of-taking-no-****-from-players/295291

I must say I enjoyed this

b.gud

Anyone have suggestions for relatively low calorie snacks that will satisfy my sweet tooth?

I'm trying to lose some weight around my waist, so I'm trying to reduce my calorie intake but have noticed lately that shortly after dinner I'm really craving something sweet. I'm doing 3/4 sessions in the gym plus 2 evenings of tag so I'm fairly happy on the exercise part of losing the weight

.ak

b.gud wrote: »

Anyone have suggestions for relatively low calorie snacks that will satisfy my sweet tooth?

I'm trying to lose some weight around my waist, so I'm trying to reduce my calorie intake but have noticed lately that shortly after dinner I'm really craving something sweet. I'm doing 3/4 sessions in the gym plus 2 evenings of tag so I'm fairly happy on the exercise part of losing the weight

Rice cakes? 80% chocolate in small amounts? Some dried fruit and nuts? Protein shakes? Banana?

awec

Rice cakes for a sweet tooth?

Sure he may as well take a bite out of a shoe box.

.ak

awec wrote: »

Rice cakes for a sweet tooth?

Sure he may as well take a bite out of a shoe box.

Not if you put something on them like a smear of nut butter and honey

molloyjh

I'm sure this is probably very calorific so feel free to ignore from that perspective, but the Happy Pear gluten free and dairy free snickers bars are absolutely amazing. Made them the other night and they are incredibly filling.

The base is made from agave, almond butter, crushed almonds and vanilla extract. The caramel is made from pitted dates, coconut oil and peanut butter. Layer the caramel on top of the base, top with a few peanuts and/or hazelnuts and you're good to go. You don't even have to drown them in dark chocolate, but it helps.

I'm not doing my "not a hipster" image any favours here, am I?

.ak

molloyjh wrote: »

I'm sure this is probably very calorific so feel free to ignore from that perspective, but the Happy Pear gluten free and dairy free snickers bars are absolutely amazing. Made them the other night and they are incredibly filling.

The base is made from agave, almond butter, crushed almonds and vanilla extract. The caramel is made from pitted dates, coconut oil and peanut butter. Layer the caramel on top of the base, top with a few peanuts and/or hazelnuts and you're good to go. You don't even have to drown them in dark chocolate, but it helps.

I'm not doing my "not a hipster" image any favours here, am I?

They'd be calorific but ideal after a big running session or game of tag etc

Got the recipe?

molloyjh

.ak wrote: »

They'd be calorific but ideal after a big running session or game of tag etc

Got the recipe?

The lads themselves are very, eh, enthusiastic. But the end result is worth it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzB90j2a9zU

Buer

.ak wrote:

Not if you put something on them like a smear of nut butter and honey

There are rice cakes with an orange yoghurt glaze or chocolate layer on them available in supermarkets. Both tasty.

LostArt

b.gud wrote: »

Anyone have suggestions for relatively low calorie snacks that will satisfy my sweet tooth?

I'm trying to lose some weight around my waist, so I'm trying to reduce my calorie intake but have noticed lately that shortly after dinner I'm really craving something sweet. I'm doing 3/4 sessions in the gym plus 2 evenings of tag so I'm fairly happy on the exercise part of losing the weight

Quest bars or myprotein cookies

b.gud

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

I was completely with awec and thought ak had temporarily lost it suggesting rice cakes as a sweet treat, but I'm just in from a tag match and tried it and it's actually quite nice with peanut butter and honey so gold star for you ak

Neil3030

In case anyone cares, I am that much of a nutrition nerd that I worked out the macros from a batch (using the recipie as per that video) and assuming it make 12 bars:

Base: Cals Protein Carbs
65g Agave syrup 202 0 49
240g Almond butter 1530 51 42
8-10 Tablespoons of Almond meal/ Ground almond 871 34 9
A pinch of Salt 12 0 1
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract 0 0 0

Caramel:
180g pitted dates 507 1 127
90g Almond or peanut butter 574 19 16
4-7 teaspoons of water 0 0 0
4 tablespoons of coconut oil 480 0 0
100g chopped roasted almonds/peanuts 380 18 12

Chocolate: 2571 32 219

Total Per Batch 7127 155 475

Total Per Bar 594 13 40

So by my calculations that leaves approx 43g of fat per bar, but mostly healthy fats.

Hagz

I'm ordering a dominos.

mfceiling

Hagz wrote: »

I'm ordering a dominos.

Had one earlier...

CatFromHue

Looks like the FAI are in trouble.

They've come out and said they got 5million (currency still debatable) off FIFA and that it's in their accounts. The Times have it that it's not in their accounts but far far far smaller loans/grants are!

b.gud

The main thing I took from your table Neil is that vanilla extract has no calories so I can drink a while bottle and satisfy my sweet cravings without guilt

Stheno

molloyjh wrote: »

The lads themselves are very, eh, enthusiastic. But the end result is worth it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzB90j2a9zU

Thanks ohs daughter is allergic to everything so sweet treats are rare

It's her birthday next week, these will really 've appreciated

Sincere thanks

Edit need to find soya free chocolate

awec

CatFromHue wrote: »

Looks like the FAI are in trouble.

They've come out and said they got 5million (currency still debatable) off FIFA and that it's in their accounts. The Times have it that it's not in their accounts but far far far smaller loans/grants are!

John Delaney is an idiot.

Stheno

b.gud wrote: »

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

I was completely with awec and thought ak had temporarily lost it suggesting rice cakes as a sweet treat, but I'm just in from a tag match and tried it and it's actually quite nice with peanut butter and honey so gold star for you ak

Almond butter is so much nicer
swap the rice cakes for nairns oat cakes too!

molloyjh

Neil3030 wrote: »

In case anyone cares, I am that much of a nutrition nerd that I worked out the macros from a batch (using the recipie as per that video) and assuming it make 12 bars:

Base: Cals Protein Carbs
65g Agave syrup 202 0 49
240g Almond butter 1530 51 42
8-10 Tablespoons of Almond meal/ Ground almond 871 34 9
A pinch of Salt 12 0 1
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract 0 0 0

Caramel:
180g pitted dates 507 1 127
90g Almond or peanut butter 574 19 16
4-7 teaspoons of water 0 0 0
4 tablespoons of coconut oil 480 0 0
100g chopped roasted almonds/peanuts 380 18 12

Chocolate: 2571 32 219

Total Per Batch 7127 155 475

Total Per Bar 594 13 40

So by my calculations that leaves approx 43g of fat per bar, but mostly healthy fats.

They are pretty heavy so we ended up making the bars a bit smaller. I think we got 20 or so out of the whole batch. So that's about 356, 8 and 24 per bar.

Buer

CatFromHue wrote: »

Looks like the FAI are in trouble.

They've come out and said they got 5million (currency still debatable) off FIFA and that it's in their accounts. The Times have it that it's not in their accounts but far far far smaller loans/grants are!

This stinks of Delaney trying to cover himself and get it out there before it comes out in the wash.

Why wasn't the money shown in the accounts? What was it used for? Is there any left?

It's not like this was chump change. €5m that they wouldn't have budgeted for (and if they did, they're morons) could do a lot of good work in funding the sport in Ireland.

The interview with D'Arcy was a pretty sorry affair although I only heard a snippet. It was painful how eager he was to paint himself as a crusader, facing down Blatter for the injustice of the handball incident. Didn't seem like RD was in any way trying to ask any good questions on it either.

errlloyd

The whole incident was pretty embarrassing. We don't deserve anything because a ref makes a mistake how much did Fifa pay England after the Hand of God.