Tralee thread

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

Ardfert quaries will of course deliver. A pallet of blocks has 44 so you'll need a few.

They would be slow to deliver 3 or 4 bales though, unless they happened to be passing very near.

GottaGetGatt

Tomhere wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a building supplier for standard 9" cavity blocks and 1/2 sized cavity blocks that delivers in Tralee area. Need for some raised beds. 150-175 blocks needed. Cheers.

Ardfert quaries will of course deliver. A pallet of blocks has 44 so you'll need a few.

bobdcow wrote: »

There is a meeting for BTS members in the meadowlands today at 1pm, you have to present your keyfob and have your name on a list before your gain entry to the meeting.

Wonder what the outcome was of that meeting?

Felix Jones is God

Quackster wrote: »

Interesting piece:

www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/inside-the-rose-of-tralee-it-s-like-a-kate-middleton-impersonation-competition-1.2769478

It's not coming up when I click...but is it this?

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/inside-the-rose-of-tralee-it-s-like-a-kate-middleton-impersonation-competition-1.2769478

Quackster

Interesting piece:

www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/inside-the-rose-of-tralee-it-s-like-a-kate-middleton-impersonation-competition-1.2769478

carchaeologist

bobdcow wrote: »

There is a meeting for BTS members in the meadowlands today at 1pm, you have to present your keyfob and have your name on a list before your gain entry to the meeting.

I went to a gym once in my life. Never again.
I guess I never needed huge arms to try to impress girls...ðŸ˜‚

Felix Jones is God

bobdcow wrote: »

There is a meeting for BTS members in the meadowlands today at 1pm, you have to present your keyfob and have your name on a list before your gain entry to the meeting.

And a signed note from both your grandparents?

bobdcow

There is a meeting for BTS members in the meadowlands today at 1pm, you have to present your keyfob and have your name on a list before your gain entry to the meeting.

Tomhere wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a building supplier for standard 9" cavity blocks and 1/2 sized cavity blocks that delivers in Tralee area. Need for some raised beds. 150-175 blocks needed. Cheers.

McMahons up in Clash do blocks and have a grab on the truck for lifting them in. I'm sure Boyle's and Heiton Buckleys would probably have the same.
Best bet is to ring around for a few prices.

Ardfert Quarries also do block afaik, but not sure if they would deliver that quantity, think that's only about 4 bales. (45 in a bale of cavity, iirc).

Tomhere

Can anyone recommend a building supplier for standard 9" cavity blocks and 1/2 sized cavity blocks that delivers in Tralee area. Need for some raised beds. 150-175 blocks needed. Cheers.

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

So electricity seems to be off In our estate (which we were notified of) so that TLI can do works, which we weren't notified of! They are drilling all over the place & now our house alarm is going off & can't be stopped! I am going mad already! ðŸ˜¡
Dont know why TLI didn't bother to notify us of these works.

Too busy saving horses Ciarrai!

http://traleetoday.ie/photos-tli-workers-rescue-horse-mud-north-kerry/

All in all, they would probably be better going back to the old formula of bringing the finalists only to Tralee and letting all of them have their TV moment rather than going all x factor like.
This might also free up the Dome for the ticketed music events.

The post by the Down Rose has been deleted apparently, but it's been in the media already!
http://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/down-rose-claims-roses-were-manipulated-bullied-and-mistreated-751568.html

kerryked wrote: »

Haven't seen much of the reviews myself - not too bothered really.

Are people giving out about the fact that abortion was mentioned at all and that the festival shouldn't be used as a political platform Ciarrai?

You can't really have it both ways - if you're going to ban women talking about issues such as abortion etc, it's a lovely girls competition. If you don't want it to be a lovely girls competition you've got to allow discussion on pertinent social issues.

I did see something (possibly on here) about the Roses being interviewed in private and asked about their opinions on a range of different topics, and that they were judged on these views. Also so something about Mary Kennedy "strongly disagreeing" (paraphrasing) with what the Sydney Rose said. As the head of the judging panel I would have expected more understanding from her.

Yes, it seems they are giving out that it wasn't the place to say it. but the Rose committee probably didn't know she was planning on saying it! I don't see the big deal personally.

There's been a lot of bad feeling this year on the festival as a whole, primarily to do with the square being used for ticketed gigs.

siblers wrote: »

Reading some of the reviews on the Facebook page, there are so many people out there who would be more suited to living in 1950s Ireland. Amazing how people can get so upset over the rose who spoke about Repel The 8th

And why complain on the Rose page? How is it their fault she mentioned it? She's entitled to her opinion!

siblers

Reading some of the reviews on the Facebook page, there are so many people out there who would be more suited to living in 1950s Ireland. Amazing how people can get so upset over the rose who spoke about Repel The 8th

There has been a bit of a misconception about the Square this year. It is not the case of only being ticketed for a couple of hours, at least on the initial nights. They barricaded all four entrances and cleared the Square of the public from the main gathering point in Town prior to the gigs. Although in practice some people were 'more equal than others' as both An Creanog and No4ontheSquare 'regulars' had full access to the Square unticketed by arrangement. Although this seems to have all changed by Sunday night when the barriers were softer and no one was being kicked off the Square in advance of the gigs but everyone, including patrons of both the pubs, had to have a ticket entering the Square after 9pm.

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

I've just been reading a serious amount of bad reviews on the Roae of Tralee Facebook page! Many were about the abortion issue being briefly mentioned by the Sydney Rose! There is also one there by the Down Rose who seems to have serious sour grapes by the sounds of it! It's not been a good year PR wise for the festival!
https://www.facebook.com/roseoftraleefestival/

Haven't seen much of the reviews myself - not too bothered really.

Are people giving out about the fact that abortion was mentioned at all and that the festival shouldn't be used as a political platform Ciarrai?

You can't really have it both ways - if you're going to ban women talking about issues such as abortion etc, it's a lovely girls competition. If you don't want it to be a lovely girls competition you've got to allow discussion on pertinent social issues.

I did see something (possibly on here) about the Roses being interviewed in private and asked about their opinions on a range of different topics, and that they were judged on these views. Also so something about Mary Kennedy "strongly disagreeing" (paraphrasing) with what the Sydney Rose said. As the head of the judging panel I would have expected more understanding from her.

I've just been reading a serious amount of bad reviews on the Roae of Tralee Facebook page! Many were about the abortion issue being briefly mentioned by the Sydney Rose! There is also one there by the Down Rose who seems to have serious sour grapes by the sounds of it! It's not been a good year PR wise for the festival!
https://www.facebook.com/roseoftraleefestival/

Anyone tried out that new French restaurant Le Rustique yet? Haven't heard much about it at all

I see on their Facebook page that they're opening for lunches next week so hopefully that's a good sign.

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

Hope there's no hail or snow.....being August & all that! Lol

They can always take cover in the camper van!

Pirates Ale wrote: »

All is okay.. :rolleyes:

Looking forward to class. Spread the word class 6.45pm Banna beach rain hail or snow. Just to keep things together for everyone.

Hope there's no hail or snow.....being August & all that! Lol

All is okay.. :rolleyes:

Looking forward to class. Spread the word class 6.45pm Banna beach rain hail or snow. Just to keep things together for everyone.

kerryked wrote: »

Remember this guy in the wars on Facebook a few months ago too, claiming someone had set up a fake profile with his name on it (surname spelled wrong), and had posted defamatory stuff under his name.

Kind of felt sorry for him at the time, but still got the feeling he was a bit of a cowboy and has no great sense of business/customer service as previously pointed out.

The latest stunt by him will definitely leave a sour taste in paying customers mouths. Why couldn't he have been upfront from the start instead of blaming all this on water damage.

As far as I can see there isn't much of a difference between a new landlord moving in and asking for more rent and this guy taking a few hundred euro of gym membership from people last week and shutting up shop this week.

They were cold calling businesses recently too trying to get memberships! My husband got a call in work but he told them no as he wasn't impressed with the customer service when he used it last year.

Remember this guy in the wars on Facebook a few months ago too, claiming someone had set up a fake profile with his name on it (surname spelled wrong), and had posted defamatory stuff under his name.

Kind of felt sorry for him at the time, but still got the feeling he was a bit of a cowboy and has no great sense of business/customer service as previously pointed out.

The latest stunt by him will definitely leave a sour taste in paying customers mouths. Why couldn't he have been upfront from the start instead of blaming all this on water damage.

As far as I can see there isn't much of a difference between a new landlord moving in and asking for more rent and this guy taking a few hundred euro of gym membership from people last week and shutting up shop this week.

ongarboy

Wonder what the new landlords intentions are if they're trying to price out the existing tenants? Are they trying to turn it into a Manor like retail park with more big name chain store tenants that can afford higher rents?

fepper

Pirates Ale wrote: »

I know nothing about the man, but to try bullsh1tting his customers that it was water damage that had him closed when it clearly wasnt, was very sneaky.
I'm sure many will remember that.

RED FLAG ALERT statement alright!!