Off Topic Thread 3.0

kuang1 wrote: »

Tbh, I really don't ever want to know what he carries around in his manbag...although surely there's a plastic sheet in there.

I believe its plastic gloves and tesco bags he uses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnmTiqEikg

awec going by the name 'Jamie' here...

Neil3030

Deleted User wrote: »

awec going by the name 'Jamie' here...

Sidehug rap, ftw:

molloyjh

Buer wrote: »

My mortgage < My childcare costs

I don't know whether to be jealous of your mortgage payments or scared about my upcoming childcare costs.... :eek:

Buer

molloyjh wrote: »

I don't know whether to be jealous of your mortgage payments or scared about my upcoming childcare costs.... :eek:

A touch of both probably, to be honest. My childcare costs are about €1,650 a month. Two kids, full time childcare in Dublin.

Neil3030 wrote: »

Sidehug rap, ftw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnmTiqEikg

I had to double check that this was satire. I could easily see this being a completely serious and in no way self aware attempt by Conservative America to encourage a more platonic form of hugging.

Deleted User wrote: »

I had to double check that this was satire. I could easily see this being a completely serious and in no way self aware attempt by Conservative America to encourage a more platonic form of hugging.

Is that actually satire?

Neil3030

Ah feck, is it satire??

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Is that actually satire?

According to what I just read on wikipedia - yes.

Actually, only kind of. The song was written as a joke but the organisers thought it was serious.

I don't think religious folk are always the most self aware mind you - check out this sculpture ordered by a Catholic school in Australia. Someone had to actually inform them after the fact of what it looked like:

Deleted User wrote: »

awec going by the name 'Jamie' here...

Neil3030 wrote: »

Sidehug rap, ftw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnmTiqEikg

What's amusing about this is anyone who knows me knows I really hate country music and I am pretty anti-religion too.

Buer

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't think religious folk are always the most self aware mind you - check out this sculpture ordered by a Catholic school in Australia.

Complete tangent but if anyone is looking for an interesting podcast they should listen to Casefile's episode on the Catholic church in Australia. Absolutely brilliant and disturbingly fascinating look into the abuses by the church and their efforts to conceal it in conjunction with the authorities.

http://casefilepodcast.com/case-34-catholic-mafia/

Speaking of houses, I just saw the price changes for Clay Farm Venjur. 3 beds price up to start at 485k, 4 beds price up to start at 620k.

:eek:

Actually, Buer seems like exactly the type of person to ask if there's any good podcasts on the go.

awec wrote: »

Speaking of houses, I just saw the price changes for Clay Farm Venjur. 3 beds price up to start at 485k, 4 beds price up to start at 620k.

:eek:

That's outrageous

awec wrote: »

What's amusing about this is anyone who knows me knows I really hate country music and I am pretty anti-religion too.

That's exactly what someone really into Christian rock would say...

irishbucsfan wrote: »

That's outrageous

Especially when you see the place. Houses are packed in and pretty fugly, parking is a joke too.

awec wrote: »

Speaking of houses, I just saw the price changes for Clay Farm Venjur. 3 beds price up to start at 485k, 4 beds price up to start at 620k.

:eek:

I honestly couldn't even remotely care in the slightest about Francis Fitzgerald knowledge of an email or otherwise, but I really wish the Government would step in and put some real thought into controlling house prices.

I mean that's a 7% increase. 7% in what - 4 weeks?

It's actually disgusting. It makes my blood boil the f**king greed of it.

awec wrote: »

Especially when you see the place. Houses are packed in and pretty fugly, parking is a joke too.

I'm renting around the corner and would have considered one but then I heard the old prices. The new ones are ridiculous.

People become so disconnected from it and have to play along in order to keep the market up. It's madness.

I'm just going to keep renting until I'm good to move somewhere less insane. Luckily the industry is going that way, should be good to work from a sensible location soon.

I've always thought telecommuting might well rip the arse out of the market. 10 years time the demand could be nothing like it is today, when people have worked out how to make their employees remote like they have in our industry.

Neil3030

irishbucsfan wrote: »

I'm renting around the corner and would have considered one but then I heard the old prices. The new ones are ridiculous.

People become so disconnected from it and have to play along in order to keep the market up. It's madness.

I'm just going to keep renting until I'm good to move somewhere less insane. Luckily the industry is going that way, should be good to work from a sensible location soon.

I've always thought telecommuting might well rip the arse out of the market. 10 years time the demand could be nothing like it is today, when people have worked out how to make their employees remote like they have in our industry.

But what then, when the little darlings need non-denominational schooling, and you can't get your hands on decent Negev style hummus?

irishbucsfan wrote: »

I'm renting around the corner and would have considered one but then I heard the old prices. The new ones are ridiculous.

People become so disconnected from it and have to play along in order to keep the market up. It's madness.

I'm just going to keep renting until I'm good to move somewhere less insane. Luckily the industry is going that way, should be good to work from a sensible location soon.

I've always thought telecommuting might well rip the arse out of the market. 10 years time the demand could be nothing like it is today, when people have worked out how to make their employees remote like they have in our industry.

My goodness we might be neighbours. :pac: