Things you don't understand

Maths, quantum physics and all that jazz, have no logic for all these things.

I don't understand how a Mum, single or not, can get to the point where herself and the kids are homeless, rather than go live outside of Dublin/town.
It's not an insult or trying to píss people off, I just genuinely can't understand. If I was in that position, I would be ready to start and try any kind of a new life.
People move all the time, families move. Kids move schools. People make new friends, weave a new web of support wherever life sends them. Having family near where you live is great, but if you're unemployed and about to be homeless, it's not something that should hold you in one spot.

Also : I grew up in France my entire school years were uniform free.
Never ever was bullied. In 2nd yr there'd be a few idiots starting off on what brand of shoes you were wearing or whatever, and they'd be quickly dismissed and shut down as losers. Think about it. In a class you may have one guy or one girl stupid enough to start something like that. Most kids are decent, so if you're the one in the class who can't afford Nike shoes, they'll support you, not the bully. Every one develops their own style around that time too, in my time people turned punk, or emos, or casual/sporty, funk, or fashion afficionado ... We all just got over talking about someone's style very quickly, because we were friends or acquaintances before they became punk/emo whatever, the clothes didn't make a difference.

Paddy Cow wrote: »

How do I upload pictures from photo bucket to boards? I want to post pictures of my pets in the cool pets thread. I set up a photo bucket account and uploaded pictures to it but when I tried to embed them in a post on boards I failed

Try Tiny Pic and upload the file to that plus it's more private.

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Why Electric Ireland are giving considerable grants (amounting to thousands of euro in the form of bill reductions in my case) to people to put energy saving devices into their homes - when EI make their money by selling energy. Surely they are doing themselves out of business?

Electric Ireland Energy Efficiency Incentive

Full list of Electric Ireland bill credits

According to Bonkers.ie their gas is cheaper than competitors even without this (Energia has the cheapest electricity). It's not like they are going to get it all back because they are charging more than their competitors.

Here in Ireland, ESB buy electricity from people with wind turbines etc. So grant aiding these projects seems silly.
BUT they pay you a lower rate than comparable EU power suppliers, and they apply a quota on the power you can get paid for.
So you might supply all your quota of power in 6 months, and then the ESB gets the following 6 months power you produce absolutely free.
This is why there aren't far more small scale power producing installations around the country.

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

People who own cars but use public transport to get to work.

You see this here in Dublin. People will drive to their local train station, park their car and hop on the train to get to work. I get it that parking in town (Dublin City Centre) is too expensive so that's not an option... but then why have a car as it's a costly thing to pay for knowing you don't get the full use out of it.

Parking at the train station is not free too. You think since you have to use public transport then just cut the car out and use public transport totally

It isn't just parking is too expensive it just isn't an option for many. Most companies I have worked for have had limited parking going to the people that were in the company earliest. Seen new managers demand parking be taken off longer serving staff members so they could have parking. Some left over the issue.
It is often quicker to use public transport than drive. Cars can be quite cheap to maintain if you do use them much especially as time moves on.

One car between us and it is generally used at the weekend to go shopping mostly and sometimes it doesn't get used for weeks on end. Much prefer a pay by use tax system and insurance.

How that thread about teachers' holidays is still going.

Nasty people/People who have no personality etc and you find out they STILL managed to get a partner/wife/kids etc. That really is a tough one to take in life at times, seeing the a%%holes get someone in their lives when they should by all rights have nobody.

batistuta9 wrote: »

Won't they get bullied wearing the normal clothes then if they can afford the expensive/latest clothes? Especially since they're wearing them for so long because uniforms saving on wear & tear

& what about where they live & what stuff they have? How do you hide that

I came from a fairly poor background , all my early years school photos in primary school where we didn't have to wear uniform looked terrible . And if I'm honest I personally got bullied to a small extent .
As soon as I went to high school all this stopped . Mind you some of that might have been to do with having a meltdown in first week and kicked **** out of a lad in 2nd year .

I could never get to grips with Twitter and all the hashtag business. Load of nonsence.

Scientology.
I have read dozens of articles about it and seen plenty of documentaries and I just don't get what attracts people to it

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I just cannot understand the magnitude of the evil in Auschwitz. Standing there, not too far from the tonnes of human hair, looking at thousands upon thousands of shoes and I come across the thousands of shoes that belonged to little toddlers. Fúcking hell. Christ. The thought. I feel a sickness so deep down at the ineffable depravity of humans when in a particular 'group think' mentality that has divorced itself from treating everybody as humans.

The additionally disturbing thing is that I left there thinking about whether this could happen again and I see no reason why greater technology combined with group think and dehumanisation of other humans couldn't lead to a repeat. Whether it's the rising xenophobia in Britain, Russia or the world of Donald Trump the political leaders of many western world countries seem that bit less enlightened these days.

Atrocities are being constantly repeated since and before, albeit it on a slightly lesser scale. Think man, machette and different tribe, qed. It appears the ability to dehumanise is part of our very fabric.