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Stheno · 04-12-2016 08:18PM

On an entirely different note, I am watching a traditional band set up to play. One of them has an instrument that is violin sized but is played like a guitar.

Anyone any idea what is is? It looks a bit like a violin but the body bit is more rounded

the baby bull elephant · 04-12-2016 08:24PM

Stheno wrote: »

On an entirely different note, I am watching a traditional band set up to play. One of them has an instrument that is violin sized but is played like a guitar.

Anyone any idea what is is? It looks a bit like a violin but the body bit is more rounded

Mandolin?

https://www.google.ca/search?q=mandolin&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIE704IE704&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBifLeodvQAhUKgLwKHbxhAy0Q_AUICCgB&biw=1366&bih=662

Stheno · 04-12-2016 08:28PM

the baby bull elephant wrote: »

Mandolin?

https://www.google.ca/search?q=mandolin&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIE704IE704&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBifLeodvQAhUKgLwKHbxhAy0Q_AUICCgB&biw=1366&bih=662

Spot on ! Thanks

Felix Jones is God · 05-12-2016 11:59PM

http://www.skysports.com/share/10684672

A nice gesture from Athletico Nacional and the South American football federation in naming Chapecoense the sudamerica champions

wp_rathead · 06-12-2016 01:57AM

Season Finale to Westworld has cheered me up a good bit from my post-Lam blues
cracking episode- and the music was beautiful

Scythica · 06-12-2016 07:07AM

Went to bratislava for a stag do.

Lovely place, lovely people.

Providing you avoid the mulled absinthe..

sydthebeat · 06-12-2016 08:56AM

Scythica wrote: »

Went to bratislava for a stag do.

Lovely place, lovely people.

Providing you avoid the mulled absinthe..

jaysus, talk about gilding the lily !!!

molloyjh · 06-12-2016 10:07AM

wp_rathead wrote: »

Season Finale to Westworld has cheered me up a good bit from my post-Lam blues
cracking episode- and the music was beautiful

I was actually a bit disappointed by it tbh. Felt they could have teased some of the stuff out over another couple of episodes rather than taking a few huge leaps all in one episode. Elements of it (e.g. the man in blacks back story) felt very rushed I thought.

Synode · 06-12-2016 11:29AM

Scythica wrote: »

Went to bratislava for a stag do.

Lovely place, lovely people.

Providing you avoid the mulled absinthe..

Was there last year. Really nice place. Outside the old town is pretty bleak though. Grey apartment blocks as far as the eye can see. The people are lovely though

kuang1 · 06-12-2016 11:42AM

Was all set to try and get Guns n Roses tickets this Friday until I realised that it's on the same day as the pro12 final...May 27th.

Poo.

Buer · 06-12-2016 12:24PM

kuang1 wrote: »

Was all set to try and get Guns n Roses tickets this Friday until I realised that it's on the same day as the pro12 final...May 27th.

Poo.

Will that have the slightest sniff of selling out? It's a massive venue. Their last gig in Dublin was an utter shambles with a large chunk of the crowd walking out.

thomond2006 · 06-12-2016 12:28PM

Buer wrote: »

Will that have the slightest sniff of selling out? It's a massive venue. Their last gig in Dublin was an utter shambles with a large chunk of the crowd walking out.

People have short memories.

kuang1 · 06-12-2016 12:41PM

Buer wrote: »

Will that have the slightest sniff of selling out? It's a massive venue. Their last gig in Dublin was an utter shambles with a large chunk of the crowd walking out.

I'm not clear on this though...was axel rose at that gig? Weren't guns n roses carrying on without him there for a while?
He was very reclusive for years too right?

Stheno · 06-12-2016 12:42PM

kuang1 wrote: »

I'm not clear on this though...was axel rose at that gig? Weren't guns n roses carrying on without him there for a while?
He was very reclusive for years too right?

Did he not give the audience a pile of abuse and walk off last time?

thomond2006 · 06-12-2016 12:43PM

kuang1 wrote: »

I'm not clear on this though...was axel rose at that gig? Weren't guns n roses carrying on without him there for a while?
He was very reclusive for years too right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64ZYkLrnFBA

Buer · 06-12-2016 12:49PM

kuang1 wrote: »

I'm not clear on this though...was axel rose at that gig? Weren't guns n roses carrying on without him there for a while?
He was very reclusive for years too right?

Nah, he has been back on the scene for a while.

If I recall the reports correctly, they were 2 hours late coming on stage. The crowd were fuming and half cut. Several bottles got lashed at Axl from the crowd. He stopped, threatened to walk off if it continued. It didn't stop. They walked.

They were convinced to return later at which point half the crowd had left.

kuang1 · 06-12-2016 12:54PM

Buer wrote: »

Nah, he has been back on the scene for a while.

If I recall the reports correctly, they were 2 hours late coming on stage. The crowd were fuming and half cut. Several bottles got lashed at Axl from the crowd. He stopped, threatened to walk off if it continued. It didn't stop. They walked.

They were convinced to return later at which point half the crowd had left.

God I had clean forgotten about that. September 2010 that was.

So it's guns n roses with no Slash nowadays then.

Meh.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/03/guns-roses-bottled-offstage-dublin

irishbucsfan · 06-12-2016 12:55PM

If you guys are really lucky they might play Chinese Democracy from beginning to end

sydthebeat · 06-12-2016 01:29PM

reasons not to go to GNR

1. its in slane!
2. €90 squids is about 50% too much (though id pay €50 to see Slash solo)
3. its an MCD gig
4. its on the same day as the pro 12 final
5. its on the same day as my youngest' first communion.
6. axel is a notorious diva

johnnyryan89 · 06-12-2016 01:34PM

kuang1 wrote: »

God I had clean forgotten about that. September 2010 that was.

So it's guns n roses with no Slash nowadays then.

Meh.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/03/guns-roses-bottled-offstage-dublin

No both Slash and Duff McKagan have re joined the band for this tour.

06-12-2016 01:47PM

So I stopped a thief last night. I was sitting outside a gym near Smithfield waiting for my girlfriend when I saw some teenager on a bike take something that looked like a wallet out of a woman's hands. I sprinted after him and somehow caught up with him around a corner even with a backpack in my hand. I kicked the back wheel of the back to try and ... stop him. He somehow got off onto his feet and kept running. He dropped an iPhone just as he ran into a block of flats, thank god, because I don't think I was going to follow him any further. I tore up my toe kicking the bike and the wheel is buckled too. I never knew I had it in me. Serious buzz, highly recommended.

Stheno · 06-12-2016 01:50PM

Did you get the stolen object back?

06-12-2016 01:52PM

Stheno wrote: »

Did you get the stolen object back?

Yeah it was an iPhone, not a wallet. He must have dropped it on purpose to throw me off. I left the ditched bike against a railing. I considered dropping it into the garda station but frankly I had stuff to do. It was gone two hours later.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 06-12-2016 02:13PM

I know most people now can't live without their phone in hand and putting it in your jeans pocket gives ease of access but it always strikes me as incredibly dumb that people just walk around with their phone sticking out. I'm not saying they deserve to be robbed because of it, but it's not exactly making it difficult.

Zzippy · 06-12-2016 04:19PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

reasons not to go to GNR

1. its in slane!
2. €90 squids is about 50% too much (though id pay €50 to see Slash solo)
3. its an MCD gig
4. its on the same day as the pro 12 final
5. its on the same day as my youngest' first communion.
6. axel is a notorious diva

I like how you list your reasons in order of priority, especially your kid's communion!

awec · 06-12-2016 04:22PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

reasons not to go to GNR

1. its in slane!
2. €90 squids is about 50% too much (though id pay €50 to see Slash solo)
3. its an MCD gig
4. its on the same day as the pro 12 final
5. its on the same day as my youngest' first communion.
6. axel is a notorious diva

7. it's in Slane! (just to reinforce this point)

errlloyd · 06-12-2016 06:14PM

molloyjh wrote: »

I was actually a bit disappointed by it tbh. Felt they could have teased some of the stuff out over another couple of episodes rather than taking a few huge leaps all in one episode. Elements of it (e.g. the man in blacks back story) felt very rushed I thought.

I thought the ending was absolutely superb. I saw a common rugby board poster who hadn't really loved the series as a whole describe the ending as one of the best he's ever seen - and I agree about the ending.

It did enough for me to raise it to the level of TD season 1.

Also appreciated how there were still a few twists left at the end. Despite people bemoaning how it had become predictable, I never saw that ending coming.

mfceiling · 06-12-2016 06:51PM

awec wrote: »

7. it's in Slane! (just to reinforce this point)

8. It's Guns n Roses. Who the hell would pay to see a bunch of mediocre oul lads go through the motions of a couple of "ok" songs.

9. It's in Slane.

10. It's in Slane.

awec · 06-12-2016 06:51PM

I will never go to Slane again. Ever.

Podge_irl · 06-12-2016 07:06PM

Is Slane that bad?
Not been since the RHCP gig and it was fine (albeit I was a lot younger).

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