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DGRulz

thomond2006 wrote: »

Secular country my arse clearly.

We're secular in the same way we're neutral

DGRulz

Deleted User wrote: »

Misses has herself and our kids down as Catholic. I put myself down as Jedi Knight. She didn't find it one bit amusing but I did and that's all that matters

I'd say Ireland's Jedi numbers have been steadily rising the last few census. Must be all the midichlorians in the water.

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

If you get a chance drive over to cahirsiveen then follow to road to ballinskelligs, then finian's bay (stop at the skelligs chocolate factory) then down to portmagee and over to valentia island and then the car ferry back to cahirsiveen. Well worth it.

We went to cahirsiveen, then I went a bit sideways(think I chose the wrong road) and I spent at least half an hour on a very narrow road with loads of hairpin bends high up the mountains.

Eventually got to portmagee and the chocolate factory then drove back as his lordship refused to take the ferry
It was lovely apart from the road back from cahirsiveen where you are high up and the sea appears to be a sheer drop, gave me a bit of vertigo

I put my religion down as LEINSTER on the most recent census

molloyjh

DGRulz wrote: »

I'd say Ireland's Jedi numbers have been steadily rising the last few census. Must be all the midichlorians in the water.

They thrive in the fluoride apparently.

sydthebeat

Stheno wrote: »

We went to cahirsiveen, then I went a bit sideways(think I chose the wrong road) and I spent at least half an hour on a very narrow road with loads of hairpin bends high up the mountains.

Eventually got to portmagee and the chocolate factory then drove back as his lordship refused to take the ferry
It was lovely apart from the road back from cahirsiveen where you are high up and the sea appears to be a sheer drop, gave me a bit of vertigo

Yeah that's a great road of your a bit of a dare devil... Fantastic views though. It's the road from ballinskelligs to portmagee. Your better half should have taken the ferry though....

Stheno

sydthebeat wrote: »

Yeah that's a great road of your a bit of a dare devil... Fantastic views though. It's the road from ballinskelligs to portmagee. .

Are we thinking of the same road? This one brought me to portmagee but not ballinskelligs

It's the road where about halfway up you can stop for a cliff walk?

Erik Shin

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Misses has herself and our kids down as Catholic. I put myself down as Jedi Knight. She didn't find it one bit amusing but I did and that's all that matters

I put myself down as an ordained minister of the "church of the latter day dude".....think that may have raised a few eyebrows

mfceiling

Stheno wrote: »

Are we thinking of the same road? This one brought me to portmagee but not ballinskelligs

It's the road where about halfway up you can stop for a cliff walk?

That's the one...serious scenery. I go down 2 or 3 times a year and it still blows me away how lovely it is!! The chocolate in the skelligs chocolate factory though!!

Jacovs

Apologies if its been asked already. Anyone have an estimated date when tickets for the November series for general public go on sale?
I know club members get access earlier.
Thanks.

Synode

Jacovs wrote: »

Apologies if its been asked already. Anyone have an estimated date when tickets for the November series for general public go on sale?
I know club members get access earlier.
Thanks.

I bought tickets for last years series in early June from Ticketmaster

Jacovs

Synode wrote: »

I bought tickets for last years series in early June from Ticketmaster

Thanks, will keep an eye out over the next month.

Stheno

I've done something to my knee, it's twice the size of my other one and incredibly painful

Stheno

Stheno wrote: »

I've done something to my knee, it's twice the size of my other one and incredibly painful

Are you sure the other one hasn't just shrunk?

Sit up, drink plenty of water, put your leg flat with a cushion under you're knee and keep the ice on it for 20 minutes at a time.

Take some Neurofen.

If you Ice and rest it regularly and it's still in bad shape in a day or so then go to a Doctor or maybe a physio.

Clearlier

Came across this on my twitter feed. Thought it described very well the difficulties we have in changing anyone's mind.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe

mfceiling

Stheno wrote: »

I've done something to my knee, it's twice the size of my other one and incredibly painful

I have a drill and a 6mm bit....you could drill a hole in it and see what comes out. Alternatively I can lend you a saw and you could cut it off.

*my medical knowledge is minimal*

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

I have a drill and a 6mm bit....you could drill a hole in it and see what comes out. Alternatively I can lend you a saw and you could cut it off.

*my medical knowledge is minimal*

Went to the out of hours doc as it swelled up even more.

They are pretty certain my cruciate ligament is ruptured

Zzippy

Stheno wrote: »

Went to the out of hours doc as it swelled up even more.

They are pretty certain my critique ligament is ruptured

Your OH must be delighted!

Stheno

Zzippy wrote: »

Your OH must be delighted!

It's not ruptured enough to not nag about how all the driving I did this week exacerbated it.

And horror of horrors, I'll have to endure him driving home tomorrow

Zzippy

Stheno wrote: »

It's not ruptured enough to not nag about how all the driving I did this week exacerbated it.

And horror of horrors, I'll have to endure him driving home tomorrow

Seriously though, if you meant cruciate, ouch! Best of luck with the recovery

Stheno

Zzippy wrote: »

Seriously though, if you meant cruciate, ouch! Best of luck with the recovery

I did

Scan in the next few days to confirm. Tis rather sore

.ak

One thing I will say is 'rupture' can be a nasty word for bruised. So long as it's not torn, you should be okay, basically a bad sprain of the ligament. Scan will tell you what's what, but whatever happens I 100% recommend a good physio. Doctors just care about you being disease free, your physio will care about your every day practical functionality.

Stheno

.ak wrote: »

One thing I will say is 'rupture' can be a nasty word for bruised. So long as it's not torn, you should be okay, basically a bad sprain of the ligament. Scan will tell you what's what, but whatever happens I 100% recommend a good physio. Doctors just care about you being disease free, your physio will care about your every day practical functionality.

It went pop ( the knee) a couple of weeks ago when I was sailing, didn't think much of it at the time but it hurt to walk once we landed and has gotten worse to the point that today my knee went from under me a few times when walking, then I checked it and discovered the swelling.

A few years ago I lost the cartilage in my other knee and my physio was invaluable so I'll go back to them.

A good physio is worth their weight in gold.

awec

It may have changed since I last went but my biggest frustration with the physio is they cannot refer you for scans, they have to send you to a GP. Just something to be aware of if you're thinking of getting it scanned.

Erik Shin

Might be of help Stheno

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057728010/1/#post103183253

Stheno

Stheno wrote: »

It went pop ( the knee) a couple of weeks ago when I was sailing, didn't think much of it at the time but it hurt to walk once we landed and has gotten worse to the point that today my knee went from under me a few times when walking, then I checked it and discovered the swelling.

A few years ago I lost the cartilage in my other knee and my physio was invaluable so I'll go back to them.

A good physio is worth their weight in gold.

With modern medicine I think you'll be grand. I saw this documentary recently where this older guy was on a crutch and had limited movement. He went to the doctor and they said he was in pretty bad shape but then he just strapped this metal brace onto his legs and all of a sudden he was able to fight Bane.

stephen_n

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

Its really not about the number of accidents, if it was women would pay more for insurance than men. It's about claim sizes. As was already pointed out, the damage to the cars has very little to do with claim levels, that comes down to damage to the people in the cars.

So then there is data that shows the claim sizes are higher with older cars?

Podge_irl

People going to quite a lot of effort to get an illegal stream of the Ice Hockey World championships up on the big screen in the office. Including all the senior management. Apparently its very important that we maintain professional standards and act beyond reproach at all times except when ice hockey is involved.

Finns...

Rigor Mortis

stephen_n wrote: »

So then there is data that shows the claim sizes are higher with older cars?

There is. Online you i'll find some good studies and data from the US. You aren't likely to find publicly available data in Ireland

molloyjh

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