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  • #5582
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    I loved this :pac:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtqgkPCEIP8


  • #5583
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Reminds me of this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68I0kMad3h0


    Not a real ad btw, same kind of joke ad but I just wanted to post of because its amazing


  • #5584
    CiDeRmAn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,811 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Jack burton wrote: »
    Reminds me of this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68I0kMad3h0


    Not a real ad btw, same kind of joke ad but I just wanted to post of because its amazing

    Dear gods, that is the US version of the mk1 Mazda 323!

    Edit:
    A real Ford Meteor advert, from Australia... even less convincing than the spoof one!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GimD1HWI2U


  • #5585
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Sure was the redesigned 323! and it was only called the meteor in Australia, which it really strange


  • #5586
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,295 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    So...anybody else pay over the odds with postage and US Sales tax just to get the Sonic Mania Collector's Edition?

    I know someone who did...


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  • #5587
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    cormie wrote: »
    Can you please PM me details of this move? When was it, where was it to and from and what exactly broke. Any other details you can give would be appreciated such as how the movers responded etc.

    Ah was about 3 years ago now. Accidents can happen, but it only really bugged me because the guy demanded a tip.


  • #5588
    cormie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,859 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    DinoRex wrote: »
    Ah was about 3 years ago now. Accidents can happen, but it only really bugged me because the guy demanded a tip.

    This sounds very odd. I can't think of any of the guys I've used who would demand a tip and this is certainly not how I'd want them behaving :eek:

    Can you please PM me your details (name, email address, phone number, address) or anything else that would allow me to check back on the job? :)


  • #5589
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    cormie wrote: »
    This sounds very odd. I can't think of any of the guys I've used who would demand a tip and this is certainly not how I'd want them behaving :eek:

    Can you please PM me your details (name, email address, phone number, address) or anything else that would allow me to check back on the job? :)
    Well he said he'd knock a tenner off the price for the damage, but then that it was expected that he'd normally get a €10 tip.

    I was in a rush at the time and didn't feel like getting in an argument about it as it wasn't particularly expensive furniture and just wanted to know how much I owed. Moving is stressful enough and didn't need the hassle.

    Not much more to add, next time I moved I just used vanquotes.ie.


  • #5590
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    MrVestek wrote: »
    So...anybody else pay over the odds with postage and US Sales tax just to get the Sonic Mania Collector's Edition?

    I know someone who did...
    The Sonic Mania thread had a discount for Prime


  • #5591
    cormie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,859 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    DinoRex wrote: »
    Well he said he'd knock a tenner off the price for the damage, but then that it was expected that he'd normally get a €10 tip.

    I was in a rush at the time and didn't feel like getting in an argument about it as it wasn't particularly expensive furniture and just wanted to know how much I owed. Moving is stressful enough and didn't need the hassle.

    Not much more to add, next time I moved I just used vanquotes.ie.

    Again this sounds very odd, it's never expected to get a tip, tips are sometimes given, but definitely never expected and I can't think who it may have been that would say such a thing, I haven't had that many guys and I know them all pretty well.

    I know I've asked twice already, but if you could please PM me some details so I can at least check the job out it would be appreciated as I've nothing to go on as it is. I've searched previous jobs for keywords like arcade, game etc but nothing stood out. I'm the only one who would have taken the booking so it would had to have been arranged by me in the first place.

    Mod Edit: possibly defamatory comment deleted from post

    To reword what I wrote that got edited, many sites which have van operators sign up to bid on jobs don't have very stringent vetting processes for the likes of insurance cover and general legitimacy so it's good to keep this in mind if using such sites.


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  • #5592
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,295 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »
    The Sonic Mania thread had a discount for Prime

    I'm not a prime member.

    Ahh well.


  • #5593
    CiDeRmAn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,811 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    For future reference, this is a forum to discuss Arcade and Retro games, with leeway to discuss other, relevant matters.
    Please refrain from using it for non relevant purposes including, in this case, quality control of a moving service and also calling into question the performance of competitors. The matter is closed with no further discussion permitted, if you want to continue the matter, please move the conversation to the relevant forum.
    Link to Consumer Issues Forum
    Thanks


  • #5594
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    MrVestek wrote: »
    I'm not a prime member.

    Ahh well.
    Maybe it's only the UK one but I thought there was a free trial to use it once?


  • #5595
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,074 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    So tomorrow morning i have to look at some Bacteria under a Light Microscope.

    Is it wrong that this is what i hope i see :eek:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a4eIecSkKg


  • #5596
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    Sparks43 wrote: »
    So tomorrow morning i have to look at some Bacteria under a Light Microscope.

    Is it wrong that this is what i hope i see :eek:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a4eIecSkKg
    Will this be your next project?
    200px-Tooth_city.png


  • #5597
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,528 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Went to see Akira in Cineworld last night, my favourite film since I was a kid and it's taken me this bloody long to see it on the big screen :eek:

    Was absolutely incredible hearing the soundtrack for the first time played through a cinema's Dolby surround. I've listened to it so many times but have never been absolutely engulfed by it on that kind of scale.


  • #5598
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Went to see Akira in Cineworld last night, my favourite film since I was a kid and it's taken me this bloody long to see it on the big screen :eek:

    Was absolutely incredible hearing the soundtrack for the first time played through a cinema's Dolby surround. I've listened to it so many times but have never been absolutely engulfed by it on that kind of scale.

    Man. Wish I'd known about that. Have only ever seen it on the 'big' screen in the IFI and that was in screen 2.


  • #5599
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,528 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    DinoRex wrote: »
    Man. Wish I'd known about that. Have only ever seen it on the 'big' screen in the IFI and that was in screen 2.

    Yeah it didn't seem to be very well advertised. I only found out about it through a mate.

    Was to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Manga Entertainment. Hopefully they'll show Urutsukidoji next. :pac:


  • #5600
    CiDeRmAn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,811 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    What's the story with the bookclub showing of Dune?
    I'm interested in bringing Cidonalad to it but not sure of the format of the evening.
    The event is scheduled to begin at 18:30 but is there then readings from the book?
    If rather just attend the film itself, leave the Frank Herbert love in to the others.
    Fyi, I preferred The Jesus Incident and the other WorShip series books myself.
    Nerverunners, nasty little gits


  • #5601
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,920 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Gods damn it, 45 euro yesterday and 47 euro today in customs charges (both packages from the US)
    The guy says they're checking a lot more now and have hired more people work on that side of things.


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  • #5602
    geotrig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,999 ✭✭✭geotrig


    Steve X2 wrote: »
    Gods damn it, 45 euro yesterday and 47 euro today in customs charges (both packages from the US)
    The guy says they're checking a lot more now and have hired more people work on that side of things.

    noticed this myself recently as well , been caught/charged every time even for the odd bit over 25 quid.... the "an post" clearance fee sucks moreso at that point ! lol


  • #5603
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,528 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    What's the story with the bookclub showing of Dune?
    I'm interested in bringing Cidonalad to it but not sure of the format of the evening.
    The event is scheduled to begin at 18:30 but is there then readings from the book?
    If rather just attend the film itself, leave the Frank Herbert love in to the others.
    Fyi, I preferred The Jesus Incident and the other WorShip series books myself.
    Nerverunners, nasty little gits

    I think they're going to watch the film and then discuss the book afterwards in the bar?

    Would quite like to go and watch it myself as it's another one I've yet to see in a cinema, but don't want to be sitting through discussion.

    On a side point, have you ever watched the unofficial extended version? I've had it sitting there for ages and have still not yet gotten around to it. Think it clocks in at 3-4 hours long!


  • #5604
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 54,254 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Why would you inflict the Dune film on a young child?


  • #5605
    CiDeRmAn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,811 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Why would you inflict the Dune film on a young child?

    Because, despite it's flaws, it has a lot to say and looks fantastic.
    A bit like me!


  • #5606
    CiDeRmAn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,811 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    o1s1n wrote: »
    I think they're going to watch the film and then discuss the book afterwards in the bar?

    Would quite like to go and watch it myself as it's another one I've yet to see in a cinema, but don't want to be sitting through discussion.

    On a side point, have you ever watched the unofficial extended version? I've had it sitting there for ages and have still not yet gotten around to it. Think it clocks in at 3-4 hours long!

    I haven't seen that edition, no.
    Sounds like an ordeal alright, though might be a pleasurable one!

    Pity then, that an opportunity is lost.

    A viewing of the film followed by a couple of hours playing the Amiga/Megadrive game Dune II!


  • #5607
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,528 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Why would you inflict the Dune film on a young child?

    Would you rather he bring him to Blue Velvet? :pac:
    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I haven't seen that edition, no.
    Sounds like an ordeal alright, though might be a pleasurable one!

    Pity then, that an opportunity is lost.

    A viewing of the film followed by a couple of hours playing the Amiga/Megadrive game Dune II!

    Was just reading up on the production of Dune II, I didn't realize that they actually relied on Herzog Zwei for so many ideas.


  • #5608
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    http://style64.org/dirmaster
    dirmaster-v3.0.0--style.png
    DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI application designed to help Commodore enthusiasts explore and manage their disk image collections. DirMaster supports common (and uncommon) emulator disk image formats (such as .d64, .d81, .d2m, etc), almost every native Commodore archival format (such as .arc, .sda, .lnx, etc), and many native graphic formats (such as koala, doodle, amica, etc). DirMaster was designed to give users a perfect blend of familiar appearance (e.g. natural looking disk image contents using the PETSCII character set) and modern GUI functionality (e.g. drag and drop, opening multiple disk images at once). The first version of DirMaster was released in 2006.
    Features


  • #5609
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    geotrig wrote: »
    noticed this myself recently as well , been caught/charged every time even for the odd bit over 25 quid.... the "an post" clearance fee sucks moreso at that point ! lol

    An Post actually have the lowest admin fee, some couriers can charge up to €15.


  • #5610
    geotrig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,999 ✭✭✭geotrig


    the groutch wrote: »
    An Post actually have the lowest admin fee, some couriers can charge up to €15.

    Yeah it's not the worst ,but still sucks. when your charge is mostly made up of 7 quid clearance fee ..... and we had it very easy for along time as well


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  • #5611
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Yes this screen burn will affect my sleep at night.
    E023F34B-FE35-431E-BDF1-4EC3626DD22C_zpsikmtjtih.jpg


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