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Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

And I come home from work today and my childminder hands me a plastic bag.

"My boyfriend won this in a competition but he doesn't like rugby but I know that you do"

Just a match ball signed by the full Irish squad!!

All photos of the kids have been thrown out and this now takes pride of place on the mantlepiece!!

Wow that's a lovely thing for her to do

Del.Monte

I was down my local this evening for a quick one and the owner was showing me his ticket for the England game - €140.00 - you could have knocked me down with a feather! It got me thinking and when I got home I went rooting amongst my heirlooms and here it is - a ticket for the Ireland vs England of 7th March 1981 - price .70p! Sadly one of the last times that I managed to set foot in Lansdowne Road.



Back then you could get in carrying as much drink as you liked and any ticket presented at the concrete turnstiles would see you safely inside the grounds. The East Stand, of course, as only pussies went to the West Stand and anyway the East Stand was a damn sight closer to the toilets/wall at Halftime.

I can't remember anything about the match as I would have been drinking in the city since opening time. According to the records Ollie Campbell and Hugo MacNeill were playing that day and managed a drop goal apiece but it was not enough and England won 6-10. And you tell young people today....:D

CatFromHue

mfceiling wrote: »

And I come home from work today and my childminder hands me a plastic bag.

"My boyfriend won this in a competition but he doesn't like rugby but I know that you do"

Just a match ball signed by the full Irish squad!!

All photos of the kids have been thrown out and this now takes pride of place on the mantlepiece!!

Just remember to tell them all not to wash it, you don't want to come home next week to be told that all those scribbles had been washed off the ball for you to make it nice and clean :pac:

Stheno

CatFromHue wrote: »

Just remember to tell them all not to wash it, you don't want to come home next week to be told that all those scribbles had been washed off the ball for you to make it nice and clean :pac:

Cover it in a coat of clear varnish

dregin

Glorious! https://twitter.com/back_the_BBC/status/837734640731500544

sullivlo

Also amazing (thread of tweets)

https://twitter.com/shockproofbeats/status/804672849424384000

awec

My GP has brought in this new system for presecription renewals and it really is garbage.

"Oh we've a new form for doing this online now, it's safer than doing it on the phone, less likely to make mistakes".

I go to their website hoping to fill in a nice web form. It's a stupid document someone has made in word in 5 mins that I have to download, print off, write, scan and then email to some address and then wait for 2 days. :rolleyes:

I somehow have to try and translate my old presecription into these boxes they have, I am not a doctor, I have no fcuking clue what it says on my presecription or what these numbers mean. And this way is LESS likely to result in an error? Away and take your head for a sh!te whoever came up with this.

swiwi_

awec wrote: »

My GP has brought in this new system for presecription renewals and it really is garbage.

"Oh we've a new form for doing this online now, it's safer than doing it on the phone, less likely to make mistakes".

I go to their website hoping to fill in a nice web form. It's a stupid document someone has made in word in 5 mins that I have to download, print off, write, scan and then email to some address and then wait for 2 days. :rolleyes:

I somehow have to try and translate my old presecription into these boxes they have, I am not a doctor, I have no fcuking clue what it says on my presecription or what these numbers mean. And this way is LESS likely to result in an error? Away and take your head for a sh!te whoever came up with this.

Sildenafil. 1 tab 60 minutes prior to desired onset of action. Not to be used more than once per 24 hours. Warning: may cause stiffness.

You can copy and paste, I've saved you the hassle

Stheno

I know it's a somber topic, but I rarely react to disaster news stories.

This morning while driving to work in Belfast the news broke about the helicopter crash the Coast Guard suffered this morning.

It probably sounds strange, but I only took up sailing a few years ago in my thirties, and my OH has always thought it's a dangerous hobby.

I always reassured him we'd the lifeboats and coastguards and to be fair a real sense of community if something bad happened.

I found the news today truly shocking, it's hard to describe, seeing people you know will be your saviours in bad times come acropper (apologies if that's a very crude way of putting it)

It tempered my mood all day, first hearing there was a survivor, then that they had died, I'm sat here almost 24 hours later hoping and hoping for a miracle for at least one of the crew.

I cannot imagine the anguish of their family members, trying to hold onto that hope.

And all to save others.

No personal glory, no silly achievements in the light of the loss today.

God love them all. To the crew themselves, they are my heroes, the people I know will be there if when I'm on a sporting endeavour and it goes wrong, will be there to rescue me.

I can't imagine the strength it takes to take on such a role, and I hope that whatever happened last night, that it was quick, and acceptance of the outcome resulted, rather than a final and painful struggle.

To Dara, RIP

To the families of the remaining three missing, I hope you get closure soon.

Sorry for the post, just brought home to me that as someone who likes to do offshore sailing and always assumes that rescue will be there on the rare occasion it's needed, that the risk to the rescuers is one you don't often think about.

Brave men and women, one and all.

Zzippy

My bro-in-law is friends with one of them, he was married to a girl my sister was in school with too. I know a winchman on one of the other choppers, and kinda know a pilot of the Waterford one. Can't imagine how they're feeling. Such a tragic loss. I'm on the coastline a fair bit too and spend a lot of time on boats on lakes and sea, well used to seeing the Coastguard fly over and it's very reassuring knowing they are there. They put their lives on the line on a daily basis to rescue people in danger. Life is so unfair sometimes. RIP to all of them

Stheno

Zzippy wrote: »

My bro-in-law is friends with one of them, he was married to a girl my sister was in school with too. I know a winchman on one of the other choppers, and kinda know a pilot of the Waterford one. Can't imagine how they're feeling. Such a tragic loss. I'm on the coastline a fair bit too and spend a lot of time on boats on lakes and sea, well used to seeing the Coastguard fly over and it's very reassuring knowing they are there. They put their lives on the line on a daily basis to rescue people in danger. Life is so unfair sometimes. RIP to all of them

I think I'm still a bit numb tbh about it, not really believing it.

Edit: I should add, when we are out sailing, we hear the Coastguard from Belfast/Dublin etc all the time, and while I don't know them personally, they are such a presence with their activities and updates, that the loss of some of their people who were based in North County Dublin where I sail just makes it more poignant.

dregin

awec wrote: »

My GP has brought in this new system for presecription renewals and it really is garbage.

"Oh we've a new form for doing this online now, it's safer than doing it on the phone, less likely to make mistakes".

I go to their website hoping to fill in a nice web form. It's a stupid document someone has made in word in 5 mins that I have to download, print off, write, scan and then email to some address and then wait for 2 days. :rolleyes:

I somehow have to try and translate my old presecription into these boxes they have, I am not a doctor, I have no fcuking clue what it says on my presecription or what these numbers mean. And this way is LESS likely to result in an error? Away and take your head for a sh!te whoever came up with this.

Fairly sure this means it's microsoft's fault. TIME TO SUCK IT UP!:P

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Stheno

Was at off the ball earlier won tickets to go.

Nice day out loads of food and drink.

Ended up in a two way competition for tickets to the match lost but won a jersey ferg McFadden was my expert but I did my sums wrong

swiwi_

Am I allowed to issue a generic RIP...or is that topic/person taboo?

Erik Shin

swiwi_ wrote: »

Am I allowed to issue a generic RIP...or is that topic/person taboo?

If it's for Martin McGuiness there's a lovely one elsewhere on here, think they're singing kumbaya at the mo

swiwi_

b.gud wrote: »

If you're looking for over the ear headphones steer as far away from Beats as you can. Look at the audio technica ath-m40/50x. I have the 40s and they are brilliant.

So my FREE beats headphones arrived today. Of course, I sent them straight back with the reason for the return ".ak and b.gud think beats suck".

b.gud

swiwi_ wrote: »

So my FREE beats headphones arrived today. Of course, I sent them straight back with the reason for the return ".ak and b.gud think beats suck".

I'm glad you did and if any rep from Beats would like to try and change my mind I'm very open to bribery

swiwi_

b.gud wrote: »

I'm glad you did and if any rep from Beats would like to try and change my mind I'm very open to bribery

I don't like looking horses in the mouth, especially ones bearing gifts.

If I had to spend my own money, then I would absolutely have taken yours and .ak's recommendations into account!

swiwi_

Well, half my life, 14 different work places spread across 4 countries - 5 if you are count Cork which people from there are known to do :pac: - (favourite in Ireland were MUH and MMH) - and I've lost count of the number present or departed for whom I did (and do) my best to help - some of whom have indelibly left their mark (a picture of Ha'penny Bridge I was given hangs proudly in my office as a reminder of the Emerald Isle)...and I'm finally a Big Cheese (definitely not Emmentaler though...).

Surreal.

Podge_irl

swiwi_ wrote: »

Well, half my life, 14 different work places spread across 4 countries - 5 if you are count Cork which people from there are known to do :pac: - (favourite in Ireland were MUH and MMH) - and I've lost count of the number present or departed for whom I did (and do) my best to help - some of whom have indelibly left their mark (a picture of Ha'penny Bridge I was given hangs proudly in my office as a reminder of the Emerald Isle)...and I'm finally a Big Cheese (definitely not Emmentaler though...).

Surreal.

Can I pop over and get free drugs?

Congrats. Takes a lot of time and effort to get there!

swiwi_

Podge_irl wrote: »

Can I pop over and get free drugs?

Congrats. Takes a lot of time and effort to get there!

It certainly does. Rewarding career, but you need to know what your getting into first. It's not: do degree, find job. It is: do degree, find job, work during evenings and weekends on presentations & publications, be regularly on-call, get treated fairly poorly in Ireland by your seniors (much better work conditions back home), slowly make your way up through the ranks, hoping you get onto this or that training scheme (not blocked along the way), expect to move job and often city every 12 months or so etc etc etc.

I've no complaints, and I know I'm lucky...but tellingly none of my offspring have any interest whatsoever in following the same path.

And to think I liked science, maths (& French) its school, and it's more classed as an art than a science :pac:

pickarooney

What exactly have you become? (Bit slow on the uptake)

Congrats, anyway!

Zzippy

pickarooney wrote: »

What exactly have you become? (Bit slow on the uptake)

Congrats, anyway!

Apprentice mod on boards rugby forum.





Congrats swiwi!

swiwi_

Zzippy wrote: »

Apprentice mod on boards rugby forum.





Congrats swiwi!

(It's a new position Zzippy created to represent foreign minorities. Stop prejudice, that sort of thing)

English Lurker

swiwi_ wrote: »

(It's a new position Zzippy created to represent foreign minorities. Stop prejudice, that sort of thing)

Ach, the prejudice here is terrible, they made me wear a "I love Jamie Heaslip" t-shirt... :eek:;)

Buer

swiwi_ wrote: »

I've no complaints, and I know I'm lucky...but tellingly none of my offspring have any interest whatsoever in following the same path.

Complete tangent but are your kids fully bi-lingual at this point?

Teferi

Buer wrote: »

Complete tangent but are your kids fully bi-lingual at this point?

Yes, they speak both English and Kiwi.

errlloyd

pickarooney wrote: »

What exactly have you become? (Bit slow on the uptake)

Congrats, anyway!

I am also confused. But I presume it's something medical.

kuang1

A CEO of a big pharma?

irishbucsfan

Swiwi is head of EPCR. He was in Ireland to cunningly undermine the ERC and bring about its glorious downfall, in a moment of victory much like the toppling of Saddam's statue. Then he travelled over to Switzerland on the long luxurious coat-tails of the wonderful McCafferty and valiantly threw himself into making the world of professional club rugby better for all of us. He is a brilliant man and a surprisingly nice one too.