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awec

mfceiling wrote: »

Look at the time this was posted awec!!

Now on the wedding....Make ridiculous decisions and you'll be stopped from having any input in no time.

Would red and yellow stripes be nice for bridesmaids?

Would spare ribs and chips be a choice for the dinner?

Could we have no wedding band and just do karaoke?

You'll have the feet up in no time!!

You working a night shift today?

Felix Jones is God

awec wrote: »

You working a night shift today?

Don't use the word work when talking to mf.......it brings him out in a terrible rash

mfceiling

Felix Jones is God wrote: »

Don't use the word work when talking to mf.......it brings him out in a terrible rash

I'd say half of the lads here wouldn't work if they had batteries in them. The other half would lie on the floor if there was work in bed.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

These lads doing the 50 km race walk are some sort of perverted masochists.

French guy went out hard was leading for most of the race, collapses on the ground around 35 km, takes a minute then gets up and keeps going!! Currently in 7th place.

Would be great if Rob Hefferenan could get on the podium here. Robbed of the chance in London and only awarded his bronze a few months ago for it.

sydthebeat

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/woman-whose-south-dublin-home-featured-on-room-to-improve-settles-damages-case-against-show-over-100k-revamp-34978933.html

http://www.rte.ie/tv/roomtoimprove/s3ep5_gallery.html


id love to know what remedial works were required??
continuous DPC over the heads would have been tricky

Stheno

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

These lads doing the 50 km race walk are some sort of perverted masochists.

French guy went out hard was leading for most of the race, collapses on the ground around 35 km, takes a minute then gets up and keeps going!! Currently in 7th place.

Would be great if Rob Hefferenan could get on the podium here. Robbed of the chance in London and only awarded his bronze a few months ago for it.

Looks like Rob is out of it

pickarooney

Olympic walking is in the same bag as butterfly swimming for me. Pointless endeavour and it looks stupid. I do have a weird respect for the people who do it.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Stheno wrote: »

Looks like Rob is out of it

Australian guy looks wrecked, Canadian guy went out very early too. You never know.

Stheno

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Australian guy looks wrecked, Canadian guy went out very early too. You never know.

ah true, would be a bit of a miracle though

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Stheno wrote: »

ah true, would be a bit of a miracle though

I'd love if the two bronze guys forgot what they were doing and just started sprinting

mfceiling

sydthebeat wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/woman-whose-south-dublin-home-featured-on-room-to-improve-settles-damages-case-against-show-over-100k-revamp-34978933.html

http://www.rte.ie/tv/roomtoimprove/s3ep5_gallery.html


id love to know what remedial works were required??
continuous DPC over the heads would have been tricky

Can dpc be run around a curve without cutting it?

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

Can dpc be run around a curve without cutting it?

What's dpc? Damp proof course?

sydthebeat

Stheno wrote: »

What's dpc? Damp proof course?

yep

and i suppose you could get a prefabricated aluminimum cavity tray created to match the curve, but thats expensive.

using the standard one, i cant see how youd do it without cutting, id imagine youd need an individual one on practically every block.

mfceiling

sydthebeat wrote: »

yep

and i suppose you could get a prefabricated aluminimum cavity tray created to match the curve, but thats expensive.

using the standard one, i cant see how youd do it without cutting, id imagine youd need an individual one on practically every block.

Would they overlap and each individual joint taped? Never actually thought of the work involved in a curve.

I did a lovely curved bulkhead recently for a client and used a flexible conduit to get my curve. It was a double "s" and I have to say it was very impressive when it was finished!!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Just reading about Charlie Webster being seriously ill in Rio. She's presented various sport's coverage over the years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-37125913?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_england&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=english_regions

bilston

I'm not defending your fella Hickey, but does he need to be locked up in a maximum security jail in Rio? I can't imagine that that would be the nicest place in the world.

Anyway I see the Paralympics is in serious trouble now with substantial cuts. 10 countries may no longer be able to send teams and only 12% of tickets sold. Rio has really failed to deliver for the Paralympians.

It's maybe an unfair comparison and it was always going to be hard for Rio to compete with what London and Beijing achieved, but I can't help but feel that given their time again the IOC may have voted for another host city. Madrid was the main rival. I suppose you couldn't have had two European Olympics in a row.

bilston

bilston wrote: »

I'm not defending your fella Hickey, but does he need to be locked up in a maximum security jail in Rio? I can't imagine that that would be the nicest place in the world.

Anyway I see the Paralympics is in serious trouble now with substantial cuts. 10 countries may no longer be able to send teams and only 12% of tickets sold. Rio has really failed to deliver for the Paralympians.

It's maybe an unfair comparison and it was always going to be hard for Rio to compete with what London and Beijing achieved, but I can't help but feel that given their time again the IOC may have voted for another host city. Madrid was the main rival. I suppose you couldn't have had two European Olympics in a row.

There is a small part of me that feels compelled to be sympathetic. But there is a much larger part that reflects on generations of sports people that have been completely failed by this man's greed and desire for power.

I hope he serves a small but justified sentence <REDACTED> and then we never ever hear of him again, his legacy and reputation eternally tarnished.

I hope this is a turning point for sports in Ireland but I'd imagine if there is a choice between a fresh start and more of the same, we'll get more of the same (probably John Delaney).

As regards Rio, the last thing they needed and the last thing most people there wanted, was the Olympic games. It's as wantonly corrupt as Fifa, maybe moreso as there are so many different working parts with all the different sports.

This particular games seems to have had a very disenfranchised effect however.

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errlloyd

bilston wrote: »

I'm not defending your fella Hickey, but does he need to be locked up in a maximum security jail in Rio? I can't imagine that that would be the nicest place in the world.

Anyway I see the Paralympics is in serious trouble now with substantial cuts. 10 countries may no longer be able to send teams and only 12% of tickets sold. Rio has really failed to deliver for the Paralympians.

It's maybe an unfair comparison and it was always going to be hard for Rio to compete with what London and Beijing achieved, but I can't help but feel that given their time again the IOC may have voted for another host city. Madrid was the main rival. I suppose you couldn't have had two European Olympics in a row.

There is a cold spot in hell for ticket touts. And it'll feel like the five star hotel he was arrested in compares to a Brazilian jail.

But seriously, this guy has had a long an illustrious career of being a Jerk. 27 years he's been president, and if he's been up to this nonsense for even half that time while producing diddly squat in terms of results I have limited sympathy.

swiwi_

Hickey can use up his <REDACTED> savings on protection money in the Brazilian jail. Hopefully he has been vaccinated against hepatitis B...

IMO Hickey just reflects what goes on in Ireland all the time. Look at Lowry still working away in Tipperary.

Unless Ireland as a nation says we will vote for people on merit and not turn a blind eye cos they do favours for us locally, this carry on will persist.

Hopefully not a whiff of this sort of stuff round the IRFU otherwise it could jeopardise the RWC bid.

CatFromHue

The bidding for this Olympics was started before the recession so whoever got this one would be screwed.

Madrid came second in the bidding for this one for example.

Zzippy

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Podge_irl

ROLL UP ROLL UP

It's the annual annoy Swiwi parade.

Who wants in on the NFL fantasy football?

Stheno

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Just reading about Charlie Webster being seriously ill in Rio. She's presented various sport's coverage over the years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-37125913?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_england&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=english_regions

I sincerely hope she has a full recovery

swiwi_

Podge_irl wrote: »

ROLL UP ROLL UP

It's the annual annoy Swiwi parade.

Who wants in on the NFL fantasy football?

I'd be in for sure Podge! But I'm preparing to fight extradition to Ireland to defend a charge of calumny.

Yeah_Right

I know I'm a foreigner so I shouldn't really say anything.... But the cronyism and corruption in Irish sports and politics stuns me. I can't believe it's allowed to go on! Where are the journalists and the public outrage?

The guy that went after Armstrong, look at your backyard FFS!!

I don't think that NZ is perfect but Ireland is on par with RSA and Zimbabwe.

And sorry but Boards.ie worrying about being sued by these thieving, corrupt *****?!! Screw that. Stick 2 fingers up at them and say "Come get some!"

irishbucsfan

Yeah_Right wrote: »

I know I'm a foreigner so I shouldn't really say anything.... But the cronyism and corruption in Irish sports and politics stuns me. I can't believe it's allowed to go on! Where are the journalists and the public outrage?

The guy that went after Armstrong, look at your backyard FFS!!

I don't think that NZ is perfect but Ireland is on par with RSA and Zimbabwe.

And sorry but Boards.ie worrying about being sued by these thieving, corrupt *****?!! Screw that. Stick 2 fingers up at them and say "Come get some!"

He did go after Hickey actually.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Yeah_Right wrote: »

I know I'm a foreigner so I shouldn't really say anything.... But the cronyism and corruption in Irish sports and politics stuns me. I can't believe it's allowed to go on! Where are the journalists and the public outrage?

The guy that went after Armstrong, look at your backyard FFS!!

I don't think that NZ is perfect but Ireland is on par with RSA and Zimbabwe.

And sorry but Boards.ie worrying about being sued by these thieving, corrupt *****?!! Screw that. Stick 2 fingers up at them and say "Come get some!"

I think that last line answers your previous questions.

Felix Jones is God

Can't take bmx racing serious , all can see is Nicole Kidman in bmx bandits from the 80's

swiwi_

I think Ireland is less corrupt than nepotistic, or cronyism.

Sure there's a bit of straight up good old fashioned bribery/corruption but there's far more just appointing average Joe who you know, rather than better-qualified Joe from the next town.

I will no doubt be open to accusations of bias but I genuinely do think NZ is less corrupt. It's less socially acceptable than in Ireland and the law, which is stricter, is more easily applied at less expense and without constant recourse to tribunals.

awec

Any fleadh goers here? Been watching on the telly, seems alright, hit and miss on the acts so far, will maybe head into Ennis tomorrow.