Will the Rovers ever Return? Your pub megathread, Part 2 - threadbans in OP

finbarrk

DessieJames wrote: »

Everyone will head up North, the the thoughts of scrambling to book beer gardens only for it to rain doesnt appeal!!
and please stop calling pubs "wet pubs" worst name ever after "staycation"

Everyone? Nonsense Dessie. It's a 4 hour drive one way.

mightyreds

b0nk1e wrote: »

I don't think there's any doubt at all that Holohan is already desperately trying to sow the seeds of postponing pub opening out. Any spike in cases and he'll be ready with the concernometer clicking up to 11.

Seen an article this morning that they are already concerned about the reopening outdoors, couldn't believe it a full day after the announcement.

dominatinMC

mightyreds wrote: »

Seen an article this morning that they are already concerned about the reopening outdoors, couldn't believe it a full day after the announcement.

And just to counteract that we have this
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40279070.html

mightyreds

dominatinMC wrote: »

And just to counteract that we have this
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40279070.html

Hoping it's looking more in terms or heading the direction of this. Seems the article i read had a bit of spin on it.

DessieJames

Just back from a boozy weekend up North, great craic, depressing coming back here, brutal weather and nowhere open, like getting out of jail on temporary release for a few days, good few different accents from down South heard the weekeend, you have to queue for pubs, certainly no pub hopping unless your willing to always queue, pick a pub early doors, queue up and stay there, 90% seem to be doing walk ins,everything went very smoothly,almost like a carnival atmosphere.

Bit of shopping done as well,all shops open, i avoided Primark it was 95% women queuing up there ,you could hear the Dublin hunzos in the queue:D it was a great weekend , a sense of normality and the locals i spoke to even said they cant understand why they are so over zealous down here and pubs open indoors up there in 3 weeks and we still wont be able to drink outdoors until 2 weeks later,embarrassing.

Will be going up again in a few weeks, not staying here wishing your life away.

DessieJames

finbarrk wrote: »

Everyone? Nonsense Dessie. It's a 4 hour drive one way.

it's an hour 10 minutes to Newry, 2 hours 15 minutes to Belfast.

i was up North the weekend and i heard loads of Dublin and country accents up there, and this was only the first weekend too.

hynesie08

DessieJames wrote: »

it's an hour 10 minutes to Newry, 2 hours 15 minutes to Belfast.

i was up North the weekend and i heard loads of Dublin and country accents up there, and this was only the first weekend too.

For you, I'd love to meet the lad who could do it from galway in that time.

Dickie10

great stuff im going to head up once indoor drinking starts up there. maybe belfast.

DessieJames

hynesie08 wrote: »

For you, I'd love to meet the lad who could do it from galway in that time.

well it's better than sitting around wishing your life away, we're an absolute laughing stock compared to the UK.

hynesie08

DessieJames wrote: »

well it's better than sitting around wishing your life away, we're an absolute laughing stock compared to the UK.

Not wanting to spend hours in a car to queue to sit outside a pub is wishing your life away? Nah.

And we're not, you're like colm meany in the snapper, imagining everyone's laughing at you.

BobbyMalone

There seems to be a fair bit of focus on working towards at least inter-EU travel. Would much rather have a holiday (and a beer!) in Amsterdam or Stockholm than Newry.

hynesie08 wrote: »

For you, I'd love to meet the lad who could do it from galway in that time.

They could get to Fermanagh in an hour an a half.

DessieJames

hynesie08 wrote: »

Not wanting to spend hours in a car to queue to sit outside a pub is wishing your life away? Nah.

And we're not, you're like colm meany in the snapper, imagining everyone's laughing at you.

Jesus your insufferable, every time i come on this forum your on here, you of all people need to get out more it seems, spending so much time on here isnt good for you mate.:D

Who said anything about driving either, coaches and trains running

By all means you stay at home all you want wishing your life away, some of us wanrt to get on with life, and that's exactly what we were doing the weekend.

DessieJames

BobbyMalone wrote: »

There seems to be a fair bit of focus on working towards at least inter-EU travel. Would much rather have a holiday (and a beer!) in Amsterdam or Stockholm than Newry.




They could get to Fermanagh in an hour an a half.

Absolutely but the North will do for now, at least you can go to the pubs and shops unlike here.

Coillte_Bhoy

DessieJames wrote: »

well it's better than sitting around wishing your life away, we're an absolute laughing stock compared to the UK.

To the likes of you maybe, i doubt too many people outside Ireland know or gives two ****s tbh

DessieJames

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

To the likes of you maybe, i doubt too many people outside Ireland know or gives two ****s tbh

well put it this way even the locals up North at the weekend said it,i have friends in England as well who said they find it bizzare what is happening here with everything still closed , so it's not just "the likes of me"

KaneToad

finbarrk wrote: »

Imagine booking a hotel that doesn't have a bar? Not me anyway.

It wouldn't really bother me. I don't usually stay in hotels for leisure reasons.

KaneToad

DessieJames wrote: »

well put it this way even the locals up North at the weekend said it,i have friends in England as well who said they find it bizzare what is happening here with everything still closed , so it's not just "the likes of me"

They are further along in their vaccination program. It's not that bizzare.

DessieJames

KaneToad wrote: »

They are further along in their vaccination program. It's not that bizzare.

It is bizzare in the extreme, the vaccination thing alone is embarrassing, instead of going directly to the pharma companies directly relying on the EU

All lockdowns do is cause misery and put people on the dole.

saintsaltynuts

DessieJames wrote: »

It is bizzare in the extreme, the vaccination thing alone is embarrassing, instead of going directly to the pharma companies directly relying on the EU

All lockdowns do is cause misery and put people on the dole.

Well said my friend.

PommieBast

DessieJames wrote: »

It is bizzare in the extreme, the vaccination thing alone is embarrassing, instead of going directly to the pharma companies directly relying on the EU

All lockdowns do is cause misery and put people on the dole.

If it was a free-for-all I suspect Ireland would get squeezed out along with all the other smaller countries.

The real embaressment is how the state basically shut down, not even doing things it could have done. I don't think there's a single piece of Covid planning they have actually stuck to.

hynesie08

DessieJames wrote: »

well put it this way even the locals up North at the weekend said it,i have friends in England as well who said they find it bizzare what is happening here with everything still closed , so it's not just "the likes of me"

Did they find it bizarre a week ago when northern ireland was still closed?

snotboogie

PommieBast wrote: »

If it was a free-for-all I suspect Ireland would get squeezed out along with all the other smaller countries.

The real embaressment is how the state basically shut down, not even doing things it could have done. I don't think there's a single piece of Covid planning they have actually stuck to.

Smaller countries are not getting squeezed out. This is an absolutely untrue message. Singapore, Qatar, Iceland, UAE, Uruguay, Chile, Bahrain are all way ahead of any country relying on the EU supply. Qatar are only using Pfizer and have given nearly double the number of vaccines given out than we have. Singapore are only using Pfizer and Moderna and are way ahead ahead us. Small, relatively rich countries, out on their own have done the best.

jt69er

BobbyMalone wrote: »

There seems to be a fair bit of focus on working towards at least inter-EU travel. Would much rather have a holiday (and a beer!) in Amsterdam or Stockholm than Newry.




They could get to Fermanagh in an hour an a half.

At least 2 1/2 hrs from Galway City to Derrylyn or Belco.

Plus, you’d end up in Fermanagh.

hynesie08

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Plus, you’d end up in Fermanagh.

Lovely asda though.

jt69er

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Plus, you’d end up in Fermanagh.

Exactly my point, would'nt fancy spending a weekend in either.

Coillte_Bhoy

DessieJames wrote: »

well put it this way even the locals up North at the weekend said it,i have friends in England as well who said they find it bizzare what is happening here with everything still closed , so it's not just "the likes of me"

So why didnt they open up weeks ago when they had similar numbers to us vaccinated

saabsaab

I wonder have many lost the interest/ability to go out on a rip in the pubs when they open again. Might be a warning but I had a dream that I met Richard Harris in a pub but he wouldn't stay for another pint as he was giving it up for good as it just wasn't the same anymore.

PTH2009

saabsaab wrote: »

I wonder have many lost the interest/ability to go out on a rip in the pubs when they open again. Might be a warning but I had a dream that I met Richard Harris in a pub but he wouldn't stay for another pint as he was giving it up for good as it just wasn't the same anymore.

Be some sesh if the ghosts of Alec Higgins, George Best and Phil Lynott joined

For Forks Sake

DessieJames wrote: »

Just back from a boozy weekend up North, great craic, depressing coming back here, brutal weather and nowhere open, like getting out of jail on temporary release for a few days, good few different accents from down South heard the weekeend, you have to queue for pubs, certainly no pub hopping unless your willing to always queue, pick a pub early doors, queue up and stay there, 90% seem to be doing walk ins,everything went very smoothly,almost like a carnival atmosphere.

Bit of shopping done as well,all shops open, i avoided Primark it was 95% women queuing up there ,you could hear the Dublin hunzos in the queue:D it was a great weekend , a sense of normality and the locals i spoke to even said they cant understand why they are so over zealous down here and pubs open indoors up there in 3 weeks and we still wont be able to drink outdoors until 2 weeks later,embarrassing.

Will be going up again in a few weeks, not staying here wishing your life away.

Where did you stay up there?