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A ****ing power cut on Christmas Day

  • 25-12-2015 10:35am
    #1
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭


    A ****ing power cut on Christmas Day In Dublin. Are you joking me.


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  • #2
    salamanca22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭salamanca22


    MilesMorales1 wrote: »
    A ****ing power cut on Christmas Day In Dublin. Are you joking me.

    It seems to happen somewhere every christmas. Happened us a few years ago, turkey couldn't be cooked =/

    Hopefully it's turned back on for ye soon!

    Merry christmas.


  • #3
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,310 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    You win some you lose some

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • #4
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭Saipanne


    MilesMorales1 wrote: »
    A ****ing power cut on Christmas Day In Dublin. Are you joking me.

    Ogn08.gif


    Ah, come on...


  • #5
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    Could be worse. Could be one of the three motorcyclists in the news.


  • #6
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,415 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    MilesMorales1 wrote: »
    A ****ing power cut on Christmas Day In Dublin. Are you joking me.

    Was just about to post that's what you get for being a culchie before the edit. What part you in?


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  • #7
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,633 ✭✭✭TheBody


    I took my Tesco turkey out of the wrapping last night and its green. We have no other meats for dinner apart from a packet of sliced ham!


  • #8
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    North county Dublin.


  • #9
    Titzon Toast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭Titzon Toast


    MilesMorales1 wrote: »
    North county Dublin.

    I'm in Balbriggan, have you got any extension leads?


  • #10
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    Will be back at 11:45. In the meantime play some board games.


  • #11
    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    MilesMorales1 wrote: »
    North county Dublin.

    Fairly big outage in swords according to ESB power checker. Nearly 3,000 houses affected.

    Expected back in an hour.


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  • #12
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    No power cuts here.


  • #13
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    Titzon Toast wrote: »
    I'm in Balbriggan, have you got any extension leads?

    Yeah man. You need some?


  • #14
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,415 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    MilesMorales1 wrote: »
    North county Dublin.

    My oven is available if you want to do you turkey. If you're from Swords, you can **** off though. /Parochialism

    Didn't think weather was bad last night


  • #15
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,398 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    At least you know to ask Santy for a gennie next Christmas.


  • #16
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,282 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Hope you charged your 3ds yesterday so. ;)


  • #17
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Should have bought batteries!!!


  • #18
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    Hope you charged your 3ds yesterday so. ;)

    I sure did.


  • #19
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Ah the poor Dubs. No power cuts for the Culchies.


  • #20
    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,971 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    Ah the poor Dubs. No power cuts for the Culchies.

    That's because yis have no electricity.


  • #21
    MaryAntoinette
    Site Banned Posts: 137 ✭✭MaryAntoinette


    Improvise, put the turkey under the bonnet and go for a spin for a couple of hours.


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  • #22
    AngryDiMaria
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 489 ✭✭AngryDiMaria


    Spit roast


  • #23
    haveringchick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭haveringchick


    Back to bed so Christmas is cancelled


  • #24
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,542 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    Collie D wrote: »
    My oven is available if you want to do your turkey

    Oh matron!


  • #25
    weisses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,732 ✭✭✭weisses


    Gas cooker FTW


  • #26
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,431 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    hopefully you ll be back up and running soon op. enjoy the day

    https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/index.html


  • #27
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    artanevilla wrote: »
    That's because yis have no electricity.


    Yes, beacuse a carrier pigeon is composing this message for me.


  • #28
    ahnowbrowncow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,588 ✭✭✭ahnowbrowncow


    I have a gas cooker and I run the electricity off the gas so no power cuts for me


  • #29
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,705 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    Yes, beacuse a carrier pigeon is composing this message for me.

    you could be using a smart phone or a laptop with a dongle for all we know
    Untitled Image




  • #30
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    MilesMorales1 wrote: »
    A ****ing power cut on Christmas Day In Dublin. Are you joking me.
    Just sit it out and stop complaining about it, you haven't 100 cows waiting to be milked or anything.


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  • #31
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭Saipanne


    Skerries wrote: »
    you could be using a smart phone or a laptop with a dongle for all we know

    All powered by a bicycle... or something.


  • #32
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Skerries wrote: »
    you could be using a smart phone or a laptop with a dongle for all we know

    Tablet, connected wirelessly to my mobile dongle actually. Whilst the TV is on, and my turkey roasts in my electric oven.

    :D


  • #33
    TG1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭TG1


    That happened us the year we had just moved house (about 18 years ago... Seems like yesterday, Scary!) And we ended up cutting the turkey into really small bits and cooking it in a disposable bbq.

    We still talk about that year every Christmas!


  • #34
    Satriale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,023 ✭✭✭Satriale


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Just sit it out and stop complaining about it, you haven't 100 cows waiting to be milked or anything.

    Jesus, the memories, that just gave me the shivers...


  • #35
    Herb Powell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    Wehaaaay, where's yere civilization now, ye langers :pac:


  • #36
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Got three in a row when I lived in Kerry. 1997, 98 and 99.


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  • #37
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭Saipanne


    Herb Powell wrote: »
    Wehaaaay, where's yere civilization now, ye langers :pac:

    Yay! I'm going to use extra electricity today in celebration of living in the civilised world!

    ðŸ˜


  • #38
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Karsini wrote: »
    Got three in a row when I lived in Kerry. 1997, 98 and 99.

    Did ya win a prize?


  • #39
    Wx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭Wx


    How about the poor culchies in Cork, Clare, Sligo and Donegal ?


  • #40
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    According to ESB on twitter

    https://twitter.com/ESBNetworks/status/680349427467431936


  • #41
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    The swords fix estimation has disappeared.


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  • #42
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Eugene Norman wrote: »
    The swords fix estimation has disappeared.

    They're gone for Christmas dinner :)


  • #43
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Wx wrote: »
    How about the poor culchies in Cork, Clare, Sligo and Donegal ?

    How are these people poor, Jackeen?


  • #44
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,415 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    How are these people poor, Jackeen?

    They only have 99 cows


  • #45
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,238 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Spare a thought for the guys desperately working to fix this on Christmas day, likely called away from their families.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #46
    TheQuietFella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭TheQuietFella


    MilesMorales1 wrote: »
    A ****ing power cut on Christmas Day In Dublin. Are you joking me.

    Think of the overtime payments for these guys!


  • #47
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    My Granda was an ESB electrician who was on call many a Christmas. He would have the yellow Land Rover out the back of the house could be off to fix Bridies power up some boreen in Wicklow. Even back thirty years ago they'd be out in all weathers making sure folk could have Christmas with power.

    Much respect for the ESB folk out today.


  • #48
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,590 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    Think of the overtime payments for these guys!


    Triple time?Four or five hundred for the morning.


  • #49
    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭shedweller


    kneemos wrote: »
    Triple time?Four or five hundred for the morning.
    Before tax. Grr


  • #50
    SVI40
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 699 ✭✭✭SVI40


    Who cares how much they get paid. These guys go out in all kinds of weather, at all times of the day or night to get power restored as fast as possible. They earn every cent they make.


  • #51
    Mr_Muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 917 ✭✭✭Mr_Muffin


    It's like the nurses - everyone always says to spare a thought for them but what about every other profession that has to work on Xmas day? What makes the nurses so special - are they not getting paid?


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