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  • #6122
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    Erik Shin wrote: »
    Impeded a player?
    But there was a fairly nailed on pen for Walters a minute after that which was just as bad

    No idea what it was for. They were both jumping for the ball but the Irish player got higher and had momentum on his side.


  • #6123
    kuang1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,469 ✭✭✭kuang1


    Posted this elsewhere, but I know some of you boys and girls are frequent fliers so maybe 1 or 2 of you might know something:

    Will be travelling through Stansted on a Saturday morning (10/11am) in a couple of weeks with a 2 hour connection time between 2 ryanair flights.
    I understand you can buy fast track last-minute if there's a huge difference between the queues...
    Just wondering if anyone has found this helpful in guaranteeing making a connecting flight on time?
    (My return trip a week later, also a Saturday, will involve passing through the airport at around 6pm with a 110 minute connection time)

    And yes I'm aware of how these connection times are ultra-dependent on flights running on schedule etc.!!
    All I'm curious about is hearing from anyone who has any experience of Stansted's fast track particularly in relation to Ryanair connections?


  • #6124
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Are you going to be going out into arrivals and then back in through security, do you have to do that with Ryanair?

    Either way, that sort of time wouldn't really be something that'd concern me, I'd think you should be fine so long as the first flight is on time


  • #6125
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 29,691 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    I've had some inefficiently slow security queues in STN. You should get out quite quickly on the way from Ireland, however on the way back I'd definitely use the fast track as you'll need to go through passport control which will slow everything down.


  • #6126
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    Anyone in Dublin have a painter they'd recommend?


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  • #6127
    kuang1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,469 ✭✭✭kuang1


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Are you going to be going out into arrivals and then back in through security, do you have to do that with Ryanair?

    Either way, that sort of time wouldn't really be something that'd concern me, I'd think you should be fine so long as the first flight is on time

    Yeah from what I've read that's what needs to happen.
    From everything I know so far we should be ok on the way out at least.


  • #6128
    kuang1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,469 ✭✭✭kuang1


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    I've had some inefficiently slow security queues in STN. You should get out quite quickly on the way from Ireland, however on the way back I'd definitely use the fast track as you'll need to go through passport control which will slow everything down.

    Is it not the same both ways given that my final destination is Spain? (I.e. not leaving the EU.)
    I would expect full standard passport control stuff even when staying within the EU.


  • #6129
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    kuang1 wrote: »
    Is it not the same both ways given that my final destination is Spain? (I.e. not leaving the EU.)
    I would expect full standard passport control stuff even when staying within the EU.

    This is more of a Schengen Issue than an EU thing.


  • #6130
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 29,691 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    kuang1 wrote: »
    Is it not the same both ways given that my final destination is Spain? (I.e. not leaving the EU.)
    I would expect full standard passport control stuff even when staying within the EU.

    No. Going from Dublin to STN you will leave without going through passport control. You will then re-enter through security and have your passport checked at the gate (probably) and in Spain. Coming from Spain you will need to go through passport control in STN to leave the arrivals and re-enter into departures. That might be quick enough but it could easily take 20-30 minutes. Depends on how many flights are coming in at the time etc. It's to do with the Common Travel area.


  • #6131
    kuang1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,469 ✭✭✭kuang1


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    No. Going from Dublin to STN you will leave without going through passport control. You will then re-enter through security and have your passport checked at the gate (probably) and in Spain. Coming from Spain you will need to go through passport control in STN to leave the arrivals and re-enter into departures. That might be quick enough but it could easily take 20-30 minutes. Depends on how many flights are coming in at the time etc. It's to do with the Common Travel area.

    Did not know that thank you.


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  • #6132
    swiwi_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,548 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    errlloyd wrote: »
    Anyone (maybe Swiwi) watching the Americas Cup? Sweden 2-2 with New Zealand in the challenger final. Super exciting, bt have sent their best rugby commentator (whos name I've forgotten).

    Very exiting format for racing!

    Wouldn't be the biggest yachting fan. It sounds like it's actually good value but I'm a bit tired of the America cup. NZ public seems to be folllowing it closely enough though.


  • #6133
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


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  • #6134
    FACECUTTR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,610 ✭✭✭FACECUTTR


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
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    Priceless !
    We have the same issue in our house.


  • #6135
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,002 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    A good day in my house is finding 2 socks. A great day is finding 2 socks that are the same colour. A brilliant day is finding a matching pair of socks.


  • #6136
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    mfceiling wrote: »
    A good day in my house is finding 2 socks. A great day is finding 2 socks that are the same colour. A brilliant day is finding a matching pair of socks.

    There are ancient nefarious forces at work in my house that conspire to dis-harmonise the sock situation. It oddly only affects the boys though, all female socks seem immune from selective banishment.


  • #6137
    Kailani Dirty Teenager
    Posts: 0 ✭ Kailani Dirty Teenager


    the problem here is that someone bought different colour socks. that's madness.
    all the same brand black socks works perfect for me.


  • #6138
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Kailani Dirty Teenager wrote: »
    the problem here is that someone bought different colour socks. that's madness.
    all the same brand black socks works perfect for me.

    These fools haven't evolved fully, it's the only explanation.


  • #6139
    stephen_n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    Matching socks are so last year!


  • #6140
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,086 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    They're all stuck in the corners of the duvet covers.


  • #6141
    Erik Shin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Erik Shin


    I have a pair of Hugo Boss socks I bought on sept 8 2000... No real relevance...just thought I'd share with you fckers!

    :D


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  • #6142
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Erik Shin wrote: »
    I have a pair of Hugo Boss socks I bought on sept 8 2000... No real relevance...just thought I'd share with you fckers!

    :D

    In TKMax?


  • #6143
    Erik Shin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Erik Shin


    Stheno wrote: »
    In TKMax?

    No, a long shut store in Tralee called The Gentleman's Corner


  • #6144
    Neil3030
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    So it's official, Conor McGregor will be knocked unconscious on the 26th of August in exchange for ~$100m. Not a bad evening's work.


  • #6145
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,073 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    Neil3030 wrote: »
    So it's official, Conor McGregor will be knocked unconscious on the 26th of August in exchange for ~$100m. Not a bad evening's work.

    Dunno if he'll get KOed, but no doubt that McGregor hasn't a hope of winning a boxing match against Mayweather

    But all the sh!t talk will be fun, be way more entertaining than the fight I'll say


  • #6146
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,090 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Really dumb fight this to be honest.


  • #6147
    Kailani Dirty Teenager
    Posts: 0 ✭ Kailani Dirty Teenager


    awec wrote: »
    Really dumb fight this to be honest.

    I'd get knocked out for 100 million


  • #6148
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Kailani Dirty Teenager wrote: »
    I'd get knocked out for 100 million
    I'd do it twice!


  • #6149
    Erik Shin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Erik Shin


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    I'd do it twice!

    You've got €200 million?!?


  • #6150
    stephen_n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    Fair play to him, he has managed to manufacture a fight against one of the best boxers ever, without ever fighting a professional boxing match. In the process he's going the earn 10's of millions of dollars. What ever about his fighting skills, his marketing skills are second to none.


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  • #6151
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,090 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    From a money point of view it's a good deal for him but from a sporting point of view this is a charade.

    A charade for Mayweather who will hit the 50 by beating someone who isn't too far off a bum in boxing and a charade for McGregor who is chasing the cash and appears to have no interest defending his belt.


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