Off Topic Thread 4.0

aloooof

Haven't seen it posted anywhere else on here, but James Haskell has signed to fight with Bellator, the MMA promotion.

https://twitter.com/Bellator_Europe/status/1164464980630093824

Zzippy

aloooof wrote: »

Haven't seen it posted anywhere else on here, but James Haskell has signed to fight with Bellator, the MMA promotion.

https://twitter.com/Bellator_Europe/status/1164464980630093824

He's gonna get the S.H.I.T. kicked out of him...

thomond2006

Andrew Luck retires at 29 a few weeks before the regular season begins. Massive story in the NFL.

Squidgy Black

thomond2006 wrote: »

Andrew Luck retires at 29 a few weeks before the regular season begins. Massive story in the NFL.

Absolutely mental. If he hadn't had such a bad run of injuries because of the absolute dire o-lines Grigson and the rest of the colts front office stuck him behind, I reckon he could've been one of the greatest QBs of the century.

mfceiling

Sitting on a flight to head home. 3 seats "A B C" are occupied. Herself and myself are in "D and E".
Large stupid man stands staring at the row numbers and seat numbers for about 90 seconds saying "I seem to be in 17...F I think"
Eventually I say to him "you're at the window there... that empty seat". Queue is halfway down the plane.
Another 10 or 15 seconds then...."would you move over so I can sit on the aisle"

How do people like this live. Do they wear headphones with the phrase "remember to breathe" played on a loop?
Travel brings out the absolute inner dope on some people.

thomond2006

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Absolutely mental. If he hadn't had such a bad run of injuries because of the absolute dire o-lines Grigson and the rest of the colts front office stuck him behind, I reckon he could've been one of the greatest QBs of the century.

He was fantastic last year when he actually had an offensive line but it looks like the damage was done.

ClanofLams

Big moment in McIlroys career tonight. Out in the final group with Koepka, it happened at the WGC and Koepka won pulling up. Similar outcome tonight would be fairly devestating. Think McIlroy gets it done tonight though.

ClanofLams

McIlroy putting on a clinic, will be 15 million better off in a hour.

Zzippy

ClanofLams wrote: »

Big moment in McIlroys career tonight. Out in the final group with Koepka, it happened at the WGC and Koepka won pulling up. Similar outcome tonight would be fairly devestating. Think McIlroy gets it done tonight though.

Going well for him so far.

Dave_The_Sheep

mfceiling wrote: »

Sitting on a flight to head home. 3 seats "A B C" are occupied. Herself and myself are in "D and E".
Large stupid man stands staring at the row numbers and seat numbers for about 90 seconds saying "I seem to be in 17...F I think"
Eventually I say to him "you're at the window there... that empty seat". Queue is halfway down the plane.
Another 10 or 15 seconds then...."would you move over so I can sit on the aisle"

Depending on how he asked it, there are two responses.

a) He's acknowledging that he's a larger bloke and would like the empty seat and asks you would you mind moving given that's the situation.

In which case, up to you, personally wouldn't mind.

b) He's ignorant and stupid and he's saying it in a "I want the aisle seat despite you having booked it" in which case the answer is "Go **** yourself".

mfceiling

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Depending on how he asked it, there are two responses.

a) He's acknowledging that he's a larger bloke and would like the empty seat and asks you would you mind moving given that's the situation.

In which case, up to you, personally wouldn't mind.

b) He's ignorant and stupid and he's saying it in a "I want the aisle seat despite you having booked it" in which case the answer is "Go **** yourself".

I was p*ssed off at his stupidity so I moved in to speed it up. She moaned cause she paid for an aisle seat (I didn't know that).
In fairness when he got off he had some sort of a walking difficulty so I gave him a pass.... it was only a 2hr 20 min flight.

On a side note....Lisbon is an absolutely cracking city.

Bridge93

Surely if you’re massive and have a walking disability you make sure you have an appropriate seat in advance of standing in the aisle blocking the flight

mfceiling

Bridge93 wrote: »

Surely if you’re massive and have a walking disability you make sure you have an appropriate seat in advance of standing in the aisle blocking the flight

You'd think that. But then you probably work with reason and logic.

Stheno

Do you kebab lovers rate Zaytoon?

part time punk

Stheno wrote: »

Do you kebab lovers rate Zaytoon?

Yes, they are amazing kebabs. Want one now in fact .... drools on his phone

awec

Stheno wrote: »

Do you kebab lovers rate Zaytoon?

Nope, absolute muck.

Stheno

awec wrote: »

Nope, absolute muck.

I am not alone ate there for the first time today

You don't go to Zaytoon for the taste or quality, you go when you're starving or drunk.

molloyjh

Deleted User wrote: »

You don't go to Zaytoon for the taste or quality, you go when you're starving and drunk.

Fixed that for you.

Stheno

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You don't go to Zaytoon for the taste or quality, you go when you're starving or drunk.

I was starving but sober

It was vile

Stheno

Stheno wrote: »

Do you kebab lovers rate Zaytoon?

Best kebab in dublin. That isn't saying a whole lot though.

thomond2006

When to go to Europe and eat the kebabs there, they are incomparable to the muck served here.

Podge_irl

mfceiling wrote: »

You'd think that. But then you probably work with reason and logic.

While it is increasingly rare, there are still people who just don't fly and get pretty confused by the experience. This was probably not the situation just on the bounds of probability but you'd be surprised.

irishbucsfan

Kebabs are bad and people who like them are bad

Squidgy Black

thomond2006 wrote: »

When to go to Europe and eat the kebabs there, they are incomparable to the muck served here.

I'm not mad into kebabs, but got one from a small Turkish restaurant one night off a side street in Cologne a few years ago and have never tasted anything close to it since.

Stheno

Squidgy Black wrote: »

I'm not mad into kebabs, but got one from a small Turkish restaurant one night off a side street in Cologne a few years ago and have never tasted anything close to it since.

There are a pike of Turkisk kebab places in Malta they are Devine.

On another topic can I stream music from spotify on my phone to some sort of speaker in a room and if so what?

Podge_irl

Stheno wrote: »

There are a pike of Turkisk kebab places in Malta they are Devine.

On another topic can I stream music from spotify on my phone to some sort of speaker in a room and if so what?

Any kind of speaker that can connect either to your phone via bluetooth or up to the wifi will do the job. Depends how nice a one you want really and whether you would like it to be portable and battery powered also.

I have a Sony XRS-SB30 which I'm very fond of as it has a massive battery life (24 hours or something silly), is waterproof and has great sound for its size. But you can get much better ones if they are going to be plugged in and not moving (e.g. Bose Soundtouch 30).

errlloyd

Stheno wrote: »

On another topic can I stream music from spotify on my phone to some sort of speaker in a room and if so what?

If you buy a chromecast audio (it's a 20en dongle that plugs into the AUX in on nearly any speaker) you can connect it to WiFi and control it from your phone. Crystal clear audio from Spotify.

errlloyd

Stheno wrote: »

Do you kebab lovers rate Zaytoon?

I eat Zaytoon a fair amount. Sober and Drunk. Pretty decent. Passion4Food and Rotana also do decent Kebabs in the area.

thomond2006

Squidgy Black wrote: »

I'm not mad into kebabs, but got one from a small Turkish restaurant one night off a side street in Cologne a few years ago and have never tasted anything close to it since.

Berlin for me. €6 for a crunchy flavoursome kebab.