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Buer

Tomtom364 wrote: »

Is lineout style lifting outlawed in NFL?

You can't even push off a team mate to try and get a bit of a boost!

Yeah_Right

The worst thing about the Bears getting knocked out of the playoffs, is you know that's it for a few seasons. They never seem to be able to make it as a consistent playoff team.

thomond2006

Yeah_Right wrote: »

The worst thing about the Bears getting knocked out of the playoffs, is you know that's it for a few seasons. They never seem to be able to make it as a consistent playoff team.

I wouldn't see it that way. The NFC North is weaker than in previous seasons and the Bears don't have many players to re-sign. They have no first round picks in the next two drafts but considering they got Khalil Mack it was worth losing them.

stephen_n

Boards took away my Simpsons skin f@*#£€rs. These skins hurt my eyes, Black is bad but blue is godamn awful

Stheno

stephen_n wrote: »

Boards took away my Simpsons skin f@*#£€rs. These skins hurt my eyes, Black is bad but blue is godamn awful

There's only three now

awec

Anyone any recommendations for furniture shops other than the usual big chains?

Synode

awec wrote: »

Anyone any recommendations for furniture shops other than the usual big chains?

Did you have a look up in Beacon South Quarter? Some nice stuff up there

awec

Synode wrote: »

Did you have a look up in Beacon South Quarter? Some nice stuff up there

Was considering that. One of the furniture shops there closed recently though.

Wouldn't mind getting a dining table made, anyone know anyone who does that?

Stheno

awec wrote: »

Was considering that. One of the furniture shops there closed recently though.

Wouldn't mind getting a dining table made, anyone know anyone who does that?

Woodworking forum

Buer

awec wrote: »

Was considering that. One of the furniture shops there closed recently though.

Wouldn't mind getting a dining table made, anyone know anyone who does that?

I'll sell you one. Top badly damaged. Leg missing. Otherwise fine. It's yours for €2 or an Ulster season ticket.

Only joking. I'll only take the cash.

dregin

awec wrote: »

Was considering that. One of the furniture shops there closed recently though.

Wouldn't mind getting a dining table made, anyone know anyone who does that?

Home Street Home in Harolds Cross do custom stuff and have a load of cool tables in the store. Think they've a sale on atm.

https://homestreethome.ie/

stephen_n

Stheno wrote: »

There's only three now

I've only got two options black or blue.

mfceiling

awec wrote: »

Was considering that. One of the furniture shops there closed recently though.

Wouldn't mind getting a dining table made, anyone know anyone who does that?

Look outside of dublin for furniture. Navan has a good selection of independent shops. We bought a lot of stuff from Design Options in portlaoise over the years....the single nicest man I have ever dealt with in my life (no relation!!).
If you have money to burn and want to have the exact same furniture as every middle class family in south Dublin then go to Neptune. Basically it's Ikea for the middle classes.

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

Look outside of dublin for furniture. Navan has a good selection of independent shops. We bought a lot of stuff from Design Options in portlaoise over the years....the dingle nicest man I have ever dealt with in my life (no relation!!).
If you have money to burn and want to have the exact same furniture as every middle class family in south Dublin then go to Neptune. Basically it's Ikea for the middle classes.

Second Design Options, I've a few pieces from them for ten plus years.

awec

mfceiling wrote: »

Look outside of dublin for furniture. Navan has a good selection of independent shops. We bought a lot of stuff from Design Options in portlaoise over the years....the dingle nicest man I have ever dealt with in my life (no relation!!).
If you have money to burn and want to have the exact same furniture as every middle class family in south Dublin then go to Neptune. Basically it's Ikea for the middle classes.

Some nice things on the Design Options site but no prices. Are you talking low / mid / high prices? Compared to somewhere like Harvey Norman.

Stheno

awec wrote: »

Some nice things on the Design Options site but no prices. Are you talking low / mid / high prices? Compared to somewhere like Harvey Norman.

Mid. Certainly cheaper than home street home.

Yeah_Right

awec wrote: »

Anyone any recommendations for furniture shops other than the usual big chains?

We got a lot of good stuff Arnotts. Great service and variety.

Stay away from Feather & Burle in Ballymount. Nightmare to deal with and we weren't the only ones to have that experience.

Stheno

https://www.diamondfurniture.ie

I also got two natuzzi sofas and a mattress here last year. Very pleasant to deal with at the time I was travelling a lot and rescheduled delivery multiple times and they couldn't have been more accomadating

mfceiling

awec wrote: »

Some nice things on the Design Options site but no prices. Are you talking low / mid / high prices? Compared to somewhere like Harvey Norman.

As Stheno says it's mid range prices plus I've never bought anything from him and not received a bit of discount. Genuinely decent person to deal with.

America is such a mess. The absolute debacle of an address about a fictional border conflict and then a mass mailer asking for money to go on a list of 'wall supporters' is beyond tin pot dictator stuff.

The economy is still flying so it's hard to see an end in sight, but it's gone beyond bizarre and fully into the land of fairy tales and Unicorns.

troyzer

Deleted User wrote: »

America is such a mess. The absolute debacle of an address about a fictional border conflict and then a mass mailer asking for money to go on a list of 'wall supporters' is beyond tin pot dictator stuff.

Trump looked like he was giving that address in front of a green screen.

I tried to listen to that address. I find it difficult to believe a word anyone says in american politics any more. They're all fighting for their own team, throwing **** at each other rather than trying to find the truth. It's like being a Leinster fan reading the latest Connacht v Munster thread.

Neil3030

[Deleted User] wrote: »

America is such a mess. The absolute debacle of an address about a fictional border conflict and then a mass mailer asking for money to go on a list of 'wall supporters' is beyond tin pot dictator stuff.

The economy is still flying so it's hard to see an end in sight, but it's gone beyond bizarre and fully into the land of fairy tales and Unicorns.

The Dow had a nice bump in his first year, but it had a sizeable loss in his second. Overall, it's up 18% in his first two years, and this is nothing special. Compared, for example, to Obama, where the Dow was up 48% in the same initial period. If he continues with popup trade wars and governmental shutdowns, this bear trend will only continue.

Neil3030

Neil3030 wrote: »

The Dow had a nice bump in his first year, but it had a sizeable loss in his second. Overall, it's up 18% in his first two years, and this is nothing special. Compared, for example, to Obama, where the Dow was up 48% in the same initial period. If he continues with popup trade wars and governmental shutdowns, this bear trend will only continue.

The stock market is no reflection on the real economy and their employment numbers are good. Still more Obamas economy but its not gotten worse.

They do have a LOT more debt though.

Neil3030

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The stock market is no reflection on the real economy and their employment numbers are good. Still more Obamas economy but its not gotten worse.

They do have a LOT more debt though.

Long term, America's GDP and stock market performance correlates something in the region of 0.95. If the market continues tanking, it's a matter of time before this hits his voters, at the very least in their retirement accounts.

The amount of work piling into Dublin is hard to credit. I wonder have the Brits realised yet that financial services have finally given up on London.

I barely saw the light of day in December, I'm going to do 65+ hours this week and have never been under this much pressure this quickly in January.

Brexit has very seriously and quite dramatically started to bite.

troyzer

Deleted User wrote: »

The amount of work piling into Dublin is hard to credit. I wonder have the Brits realised yet that financial services have finally given up on London.

I barely saw the light of day in December, I'm going to do 65+ hours this week and have never been under this much pressure this quickly in January.

Brexit has very seriously and quite dramatically started to bite.

Lucky for some, I'm bored to death with my current job but there's so little work elsewhere in my industry. Within Ireland anyway.

Zzippy

Apparently Trump sent out a mailshot around the time of his TV address the other night about this "border crisis" that he's made up. The email/letter asked supporters to contribute to help fund the wall, but it turns out it was actually a fundraiser for his 2020 re-election campaign.

troyzer

Zzippy wrote: »

Apparently Trump sent out a mailshot around the time of his TV address the other night about this "border crisis" that he's made up. The email/letter asked supporters to contribute to help fund the wall, but it turns out it was actually a fundraiser for his 2020 re-election campaign.

Mad stuff.

https://twitter.com/davelevinthal/status/1082727019874529280

stephen_n

Zzippy wrote: »

Apparently Trump sent out a mailshot around the time of his TV address the other night about this "border crisis" that he's made up. The email/letter asked supporters to contribute to help fund the wall, but it turns out it was actually a fundraiser for his 2020 re-election campaign.

If he’s not in jail by then he’ll probably win.