Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II **off topic discussion**

Qualitymark

Does anyone use those USB-enabled bike lights? I got a pair and they're grand, but the front light wasn't working when I came out of Star Wars VII (dreadful, by the way, empty and shallow). Is there any way of telling when they're about to run out?

RobFowl

I guess my question on whether we will be allowed give feedback on moderation has been answered !

Wishbone Ash

Qualitymark wrote: »

Does anyone use those USB-enabled bike lights? I got a pair and they're grand, but the front light wasn't working when I came out of Star Wars VII (dreadful, by the way, empty and shallow). Is there any way of telling when they're about to run out?

Some have battery life indicators. I find that occasionally, for some reason, my main front light doesn't charge properly even though I have left it plugged in overnight and it means using the emergency back-up light mid-ride.

(In fairness, it doesn't just stop but begins to flicker intermittently to warn that it is near the end. It then switches to a very low 'limp home' mode but it's not really bright enough for unlit roads. Happened one night last week during the commute home).

smacl

Qualitymark wrote: »

Does anyone use those USB-enabled bike lights? I got a pair and they're grand, but the front light wasn't working when I came out of Star Wars VII (dreadful, by the way, empty and shallow). Is there any way of telling when they're about to run out?

Went to see it with the other half. Her first comment was 'R2 has put on a bit of weight'. Worth it for that alone. That and seeing the old hacks relive the first movie. Empty, shallow, but good fun nonetheless.

RobFowl

Qualitymark wrote: »

Star Wars VII (dreadful, by the way, empty and shallow).

Simply wrong there, now bugger off and watch a rom com

RobFowl

Weepsie wrote: »

Ah he's not that wrong. It was a somewhat entertaining fan homage to the original trilogy, that borrowed every single aspect of its story from them, and even had single scenes that were noda to the originals.

Better than the prequels, but missing something special other than its unoriginal story

I'm sure Pretty woman is on somewhere, feck off and watch that



You're not that wrong btw but enjoyable and entertaining romp

RobFowl

HeHe

Just finished a bit of shopping and couldn't stop giggling at this..

http://www.bike-discount.de/en/shop/impregnator-11252

Wishbone Ash

Weepsie wrote: »

Ah he's not that wrong....

She

Qualitymark

I like romcoms - if they have a depth to the story that makes you root for the characters, and if they make me laugh. I loved the original Star Wars, with its story about an Oklahoma farm boy (more or less) fighting off a giant empire; I adored the plot twist that rebounds two or three films later with "I am your father"; I was moved by the whole Zen "feel the force" thing; I didn't even mind the basically fascistic royal-families-are-specialler nonsense.

But the latest one - I was dying to like it. Loved the start, with another Oklahoma farm kid abandoned in her toddlerhood, and an orphan boy who leaves the evil army because he knows it ain't right.

Then they lost it. They thought that evil was shown by people shouting evilly, wearing Nazi-style uniforms and using nasty magic on prisoners. The heroes didn't really give us any reason to love them. The Republic (or whatever it's called now… the Resistance?) seemed just as well armed as the Empire, and really a kind of gum-chewing American of World War II. General Leia was Hillary Clinton.

At least the popcorn and Coke were worth it.

rollingscone

Qualitymark wrote: »

I like romcoms - if they have a depth to the story that makes you root for the characters, and if they make me laugh. I loved the original Star Wars, with its story about an Oklahoma farm boy (more or less) fighting off a giant empire; I adored the plot twist that rebounds two or three films later with "I am your father"; I was moved by the whole Zen "feel the force" thing; I didn't even mind the basically fascistic royal-families-are-specialler nonsense.

But the latest one - I was dying to like it. Loved the start, with another Oklahoma farm kid abandoned in her toddlerhood, and an orphan boy who leaves the evil army because he knows it ain't right.

Then they lost it. They thought that evil was shown by people shouting evilly, wearing Nazi-style uniforms and using nasty magic on prisoners. The heroes didn't really give us any reason to love them. The Republic (or whatever it's called now… the Resistance?) seemed just as well armed as the Empire, and really a kind of gum-chewing American of World War II. General Leia was Hillary Clinton.

At least the popcorn and Coke were worth it.

Time to lay off that cocaine

Qualitymark

rollingscone wrote: »

Time to lay off that cocaine

How funny and clever.

RobFowl

Qualitymark wrote: »

How funny and clever.

lennymc

There is none of them a patch on Mrs Congeniality. She's a cop and a reluctant beauty queen. It works on so many levels.

Just brilliant.

ednwireland

RobFowl wrote: »

HeHe

Just finished a bit of shopping and couldn't stop giggling at this..

http://www.bike-discount.de/en/shop/impregnator-11252

seriously dr wack impregnator :eek: never to be sold in an english speaking country !

Cantona's Collars

http://www.ikeahackers.net/2015/10/valje-wall-mounted-bike-rack-town.html

RobFowl

lennymc wrote: »

There is none of them a patch on Mrs Congeniality. She's a cop and a reluctant beauty queen. It works on so many levels.

Just brilliant.

Mmmmmn Sandra Bullock....

manafana

so still no email notifications, are they thing of post or just not setup with the update?

Thrilling piece of rugby somehow the rain has held off. Chilly cycling out there mind was not much above 3-4c this morning

rollingscone

Qualitymark wrote: »

How funny and clever.

After two lengthy didactic epics of your personal opinion followed by the use of the word "coke"?

Not a court in the land would sat you didn't walk straight into that one.

Beasty

manafana wrote: »

so still no email notifications, are they thing of post or just not setup with the update?

They are still working on it following everything they had to do following the DDoS attack. Hopefully it will be sorted next week

Wishbone Ash

Beasty wrote: »

They are still working on it following everything they had to do following the DDoS attack. Hopefully it will be sorted next week

Has the DDoS attack anything to do with the rampant double posting around here lately?

Beasty

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Has the DDoS attack anything to do with the rampant double posting around here lately?

They had to put in new "defences" to stave off further attacks. I think that's contributing to all the problems. The Site Development guys are working through them, but have limited resource so are prioritising the "functional" issues ahead of some of those that are more of an irritation.

Eamonnator

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Has the DDoS attack anything to do with the rampant double posting around here lately?

If you go to "post reply" rather than "quick reply", you tend not to get double posts as much, I think.

ThisRegard

You guys went overboard with drug use implications for QualityMark, she's closed her account.

RobFowl

ThisRegard wrote: »

You guys went overboard with drug use implications for QualityMark, he's closed his account.

She

ThisRegard

Oops. Add sexism to a list of potential reasons so.

RobFowl

ThisRegard wrote: »

Oops. Add sexism to a list of potential reasons so.

Coke and hookers the usual "joke" so she got off lightly

NamelessPhil

Going back to the previous discussion on election posters, I whiled away the time on the King's Mountain 200 yesterday looking at election posters. Some people in the vicinity of Rathmolyon take "defacing" posters seriously. There were Sinn Féin posters with the actual face of the candidate carefully cut out.

Someone mentioned that it was a "strong Fianna Fáil area" but really!

xebec

ThisRegard wrote: »

You guys went overboard with drug use implications for QualityMark, she's closed her account.

I hope that's not the reason, and if it is I sincerely hope QualityMark comes back. While not everyone agrees with her point of view, I appreciated the fact that she was active and interested in cycling in general.

ETA: I presume that her 6k+ posts on Boards have hardened her up to bigger abuse than this, but still I hope this wasn't what caused her to close her account

Wishbone Ash

NamelessPhil wrote: »

... There were Sinn Féin posters with the actual face of the candidate carefully cut out...

Replaced with a Balaclava?

NamelessPhil

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Replaced with a Balaclava?

Nope, just empty air.