Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II off topic discussion

magicbastarder · 12-09-2017 07:57PM

maybe he got a HSE grant.

Lumen · 13-09-2017 07:32AM

The Great Dublin Bike Ride have announced the medal design.

Non racing medals FTW. Cue outrage :pac:

(it is a nice medal in fairness)

rollingscone · 13-09-2017 09:16AM

Lumen wrote: »

The Great Dublin Bike Ride have announced the medal design.

Non racing medals FTW. Cue outrage :pac:
Snup[/IMG]

(it is a nice medal in fairness)

Medals get a bit pointless after a while but it's certainly an improvement on the school sports day medal from last year.

Idleater · 13-09-2017 09:57AM

rollingscone wrote: »

Medals get a bit pointless after a while but it's certainly an improvement on the school sports day medal from last year.

Having thought the beer bottle l'Eroica finisher medal at least had a purpose (as well as being my first event medal in quite a while), I now have 3 beer bottle opener medals and would consider suggesting that events start consider other options.

rollingscone · 13-09-2017 10:46AM

Idleater wrote: »

Having thought the beer bottle l'Eroica finisher medal at least had a purpose (as well as being my first event medal in quite a while), I now have 3 beer bottle opener medals and would consider suggesting that events start consider other options.

Trolley token medals ðŸ˜‰

magicbastarder · 13-09-2017 10:46AM

had to drive in rush hour traffic this morning (unplanned trip to the vet), and i can possibly understand motorist's rage. it's not good for the soul.

magicbastarder · 13-09-2017 11:07AM

heading north though, past the airport to ashbourne - there was an accident on the M50 northbound so i suspect there were lots of people bailing from the M50 and trying alternate routes. i wouldn't mind, only it wasn't even that bad. just the sitting there for minutes at a time not moving when you're in a bit of a hurry.

fun morning. a big blood lump on the cat's leg burst during the night. the kitchen was like a murder scene.

rollingscone · 13-09-2017 02:05PM

After finding out the number of Boardsies working in close proximity to me I'm wondering if we need to add sinister hooded robes to the next Kit order.

magicbastarder · 13-09-2017 02:44PM

so... where do you work?

RobertFoster · 13-09-2017 03:35PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

so... where do you work?

"sinister hooded robes", the Death Star?

rollingscone · 13-09-2017 03:48PM

RobertFoster wrote: »

"sinister hooded robes", the Death Star?

Maybe I work in a quaint village that's maybe a little bit too perfect

NamelessPhil · 13-09-2017 03:53PM

What Boardsies need are these nameplates as seen on LEL for members of another forum.

tomasrojo · 13-09-2017 04:39PM

rollingscone wrote: »

Maybe I work in a quaint village that's maybe a little bit too perfect

Are you in the NWA?

RobertFoster · 13-09-2017 04:45PM

tomasrojo wrote: »

Are you in the NWA?

# Straight outta Compton, crazy mother****er named rollingscone... #

magicbastarder · 13-09-2017 04:50PM

you mean
# Straight on my Brompton, crazy mother****er named rollingscone... #

tomasrojo · 13-09-2017 04:58PM

https://twitter.com/smytho/status/907942425586536448

What a helpful fellow!

(Guess George would join the Sandford NWA.)

Fighting Tao · 13-09-2017 05:02PM

Sadly another cyclist lost on our roads. Tractor and trailer in Cork. https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0913/904441-cork-rta/

Vel · 14-09-2017 12:36PM

New working hours mean that my commute home takes place now anywhere between 12- 1pm rather than 4-5pm.
I have to say I find it more challenging than if I was leaving later! Along with all of the delivery vans parked up along Aungier St/Wexford St/ Camden St, are the zombified pedestrians who maybe ravenous with lunchtime hunger seem to be much more erratic in their behaviour than when going home, strolling out without looking, plonking themselves in the bike lane while waiting to cross, popping out from behind said parked vans etc.

Then as I get into Ranelagh I seem to be hitting some of the early school pickup traffic with the yummies in their tractors doing whatever they wish on the road! One of the local secondary schools around there must have a half day one of the days as I have also had to contend with hoards of teenage boys cycling in packs, dropping on and off pavements, breaking lights and just generally being absolute d*cks when it comes to their road behaviour.

At least my 7am commute is relatively quiet *touch wood*

magicbastarder · 14-09-2017 04:26PM

someone has been juking the stats.

Frontline gardaí claim senior management wanted to collect useless data to improve their chances of promotion.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/frontline-garda%C3%AD-blame-senior-officers-for-breath-test-debacle-1.3221208

LollipopJimmy · 14-09-2017 04:40PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

someone has been juking the stats.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/frontline-garda%C3%AD-blame-senior-officers-for-breath-test-debacle-1.3221208

Pretty much the same as every business I've worked in. Meetings that should be emails and meetings about the meetings that should have been emails and capturing ridiculous customer data that will never be used and having an IT team and business analysts making this useless data readable

magicbastarder · 14-09-2017 04:52PM

there's an amusing debate on drivetime at the moment; a representative from the GRA is on.
'the rank and file did not falsify the figures'
'the rank and file only falsified the figures under pressure from the management'

'but that means they falsified the figures?'

'rank and file members did not falsify figures, they elevated the figures. the falsification happened at management level'.

repeat ad nauseam.

ford2600 · 14-09-2017 05:21PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

someone has been juking the stats.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/frontline-garda%C3%AD-blame-senior-officers-for-breath-test-debacle-1.3221208

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ogxZxu6cjM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqBtIhA87Js

Too much tv with those lads

Wishbone Ash · 14-09-2017 07:27PM

rollingscone wrote: »

After finding out the number of Boardsies working in close proximity to me I'm wondering if we need to add sinister hooded robes to the next Kit order.

Only discovered recently that a chap in the next office to me is a Mod on Boards.ie (albeit on a forum I'd never have any reason to visit).

We've been working in the same location for years and it only came to light when he happened to spot one of my Boards.ie jerseys one day and was puzzled! He had no knowledge of the Cycling Forum or the shenanigans associated with it!

Wishbone Ash · 14-09-2017 07:30PM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Pretty much the same as every business I've worked in. Meetings that should be emails and meetings about the meetings that should have been emails ...

At least you had meetings about meetings. I've had to compile minutes of meetings that may have not taken place!

Doc07 · 14-09-2017 11:41PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

someone has been juking the stats.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/frontline-garda%C3%AD-blame-senior-officers-for-breath-test-debacle-1.3221208

Haha, Superindendent Rawls from 'the Wire' would be proud.

magicbastarder · 15-09-2017 09:53AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

http://www.thejournal.ie/newstalk-staff-letter-george-hook-3593884-Sep2017/?utm_source=facebook_short

i wonder why he hasn't chosen to fall on his sword; though he's a famously bad (and self confessedly so - to the point of being unethical) businessman. maybe he hasn't managed his money well.

well, newstalk were quick out of the blocks with their action.

rollingscone · 15-09-2017 10:06AM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Only discovered recently that a chap in the next office to me is a Mod on Boards.ie (albeit on a forum I'd never have any reason to visit).

We've been working in the same location for years and it only came to light when he happened to spot one of my Boards.ie jerseys one day and was puzzled! He had no knowledge of the Cycling Forum or the shenanigans associated with it!

SHEEEEENAAAANIGANS!!!!

tomasrojo · 15-09-2017 10:39AM

Probably stale news by now, but Tesco pulled sponsorship on Hook last night, and he was suspended after that.

It's pretty awful that people on Twitter wish a loss of income on anyone.

https://twitter.com/ghook/status/865159689503481857

Oh.

Chips Lovell · 15-09-2017 10:48AM

What disappoints me most about George Hook is that he could have easily extracted himself from this (and all the other controversies his created) by simply repeating the magic words that absolve you of all responsibility for your remarks: "Relax, I was only having a bit of banter".

rollingscone · 15-09-2017 10:52AM

Baron de Charlus wrote: »

What disappoints me most about George Hook is that he could have easily extracted himself from this (and all the other controversies his created) by simply repeating the magic words that absolve you of all responsibility for your remarks: "Relax, I was only having a bit of banter".

I've long held that in Ireland you could be absolved of murdering an entire village just by complaining "Ah shure it was only a bit of craic, we had drink taken"

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