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Stheno

molloyjh wrote: »

Trocadero is one of those places that I would never have thought of but for the fact that friends booked it for Christmas the year before last. Been back again since. Similar to the Green Hen. Fancy enough for herself, straight forward enough for you.

Good choice, I went there a few times.
Last time I ate ounces of blue fillet steak, and ended up in hospital a few days later with suspected appendicitis.

Three days later, I was diagnosed with a severe kidney problem due to the amount of blue steak I'd eaten.

No reflection on the restaurant which was gorgeous, more a reflection of my gluttony

.ak

The food in the troc is terrible, but that's not why people go there.

molloyjh

.ak wrote: »

The food in the troc is terrible, but that's not why people go there.

Any time I've been in it's been really good, and has been the only reason I've gone there.

[Deleted User]

I go to spot some celebs

Neil3030

Has anyone ever lived in Cardiff? Where'd be the nicer spots to live, and more importantly, the dodgy spots to avoid?

irishbucsfan

Neil3030 wrote: »

Has anyone ever lived in Cardiff? Where'd be the nicer spots to live, and more importantly, the dodgy spots to avoid?

This map highlights areas you might want to avoid

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Neil3030

irishbucsfan wrote: »

This map highlights areas you might want to avoid

Too late

But I may be relocating to a different part of this to-be-avoided place.

EDIT: bit harsh on the Shetlands, surely.

irishbucsfan

Neil3030 wrote: »

Too late

But I may be relocating to a different part of this to-be-avoided place.

EDIT: bit harsh on the Shetlands, surely.

Ah I actually quite like Cardiff. Are you going to be there temporarily or will it be permanent/semi-permanent? I've never lived there myself but I know a few who have, but if its temporary you might want to sacrifice location for convenience.

Neil3030

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Ah I actually quite like Cardiff. Are you going to be there temporarily or will it be permanent/semi-permanent? I've never lived there myself but I know a few who have, but if its temporary you might want to sacrifice location for convenience.

Medium term deal (I'd say around 3 years), but will only be there some of the year. Will likely look to rent a smallish place near or in the centre, if that's the done thing.

swiwi_

Channelling my inner Jamie Heaslip: replaced my Ford Focus with a VW up! beats Edition. They even throw in 250 quid to spend on some beats headphones. Happy days.

irishbucsfan

swiwi_ wrote: »

Channelling my inner Jamie Heaslip: replaced my Ford Focus with a VW up! beats Edition. They even throw in 250 quid to spend on some beats headphones. Happy days.

You also get .ak's explanation on why you shouldn't get Beats for free

swiwi_

irishbucsfan wrote: »

You also get .ak's explanation on why you shouldn't get Beats for free

And a CD of his remixes too. Actually not a cd, vinyl.

Bazzo

.ak would be dead right. Beats are poor quality wildly overpriced crap.

.ak

molloyjh wrote: »

Any time I've been in it's been really good, and has been the only reason I've gone there.

Ah the staff are great, I know the manager and a few of the staff there so we generally just go for drinks, but it's actually known as having mediocre food - it's just a has a brilliant atmosphere has an old-school dining club vibe to it, pre-theatre is crazy busy there. You go because the treat you brilliantly there, they really know how to look after the customer.

The food is a 3.5 out of 5 but the ambiance/atmosphere is a 5 out of 5 for me.

It's a place 'celebs' generally go because they get looked after properly and they don't really care about the food.

.ak

Anyone who is willing to pay for Beats headphones deserves to be ripped off.

Freebies should be used in the shower only.

b.gud

If you're looking for over the ear headphones steer as far away from Beats as you can. Look at the audio technica ath-m40/50x. I have the 40s and they are brilliant.

Erik Shin

awec

Apple Pay out in Ireland today for Ulster bank and KBC I think.

errlloyd

awec wrote: »

Apple Pay out in Ireland today for Ulster bank and KBC I think.

But if you're not on KBC or Ulster Bank and you really want contactless on an Iphone you can natively use boon from today - which is like a prepaid card you top up and add to your phone.

Been using Android pay since the day it came out, I think it's class. I am also beginning to get less strange looks from shop assistants.

irishbucsfan

errlloyd wrote: »

But if you're not on KBC or Ulster Bank and you really want contactless on an Iphone you can natively use boon from today - which is like a prepaid card you top up and add to your phone.

Been using Android pay since the day it came out, I think it's class. I am also beginning to get less strange looks from shop assistants.

I worked for a company who were involved in developing the NFC protocol and in 2012 they did a test run for its roll out across London. That rollout involved a few major companies coming together to provide infrastructure to stores, and phones, test bank accounts etc to employees and also some Olympic athletes (who were sponsored by companies involved).

I will always remember the first time I paid with my phone, before Android Pay was a thing, was at a Nando's a couple of weeks before the Olympics started, the look of utter horror on the face of the girl behind the counter, she thought I was Dr Who or something. Then she had to get her manager to verify that I'd actually paid, and not done something nefarious. This happened a couple of times but as I'd been given a bank account with some money in it (you couldn't link real accounts to the test) I was happy enough!

Then when the trial was over I called support for the MNO to try to cancel the sim so I could keep the phone, as it was a new smartphone and I was entitled to it as part of the trial. Turned out my account with them had a note on it saying it was an Olympic VIP's phone so I had to resist pimping my fake athletic ability to get a cheap deal out of their retentions team.

awec

I'll use it all the time, I still have one of the old Ulster Bank debit cards without the nfc chip in it and entering PIN was pissing me off. Was actually going to ring this week for a replacement but this news makes it even better.

Have an Apple watch too which makes it even easier.

errlloyd

awec wrote: »

I'll use it all the time, I still have one of the old Ulster Bank debit cards without the nfc chip in it and entering PIN was pissing me off. Was actually going to ring this week for a replacement but this news makes it even better.

Have an Apple watch too which makes it even easier.

People are gonna freak out when you pay with watch. Should be good to see!

awec

errlloyd wrote: »

People are gonna freak out when you pay with watch. Should be good to see!

The biggest problem is going to be shops that have their terminals in stupid places.

swiwi_

Made me chuckle anyways...

[Deleted User]

Electricity gone in large parts of Dublin 2!

Stheno

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Electricity gone in large parts of Dublin 2!

Two outages on power check estimated restore time 4pm

awec

Deleted User wrote: »

Electricity gone in large parts of Dublin 2!

Hometime for the Venj?

[Deleted User]

awec wrote: »

Hometime for the Venj?

Yeah probably at this stage, no nearby coffee shops have power either, seems to be fairly widespread from Charlemont to Baggot st at least.

awec

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah probably at this stage, no nearby coffee shops have power either, seems to be fairly widespread from Charlemont to Baggot st at least.

Coffee shops? Hipster alert!

Sitting there with your skinny frapucinno, macbook and beard.

[Deleted User]

awec wrote: »

Coffee shops? Hipster alert!

Sitting there with your skinny frapucinno, macbook and beard.

Meh, more comfortable working from home and have the place to myself so can still have a fapucinno