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  • #812
    Christy42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,106 ✭✭✭Christy42


    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    Pathetic little snow falls here in D16. The laughable overkill from people and the media is a national embarrassment.

    You see at this point I can't tell if this a joke or serious.


  • #813
    TheQuietBeatle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭TheQuietBeatle


    Is Aldi opened today?


  • #814
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,464 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Vita nova wrote: »
    Or Sneachtas

    But with a Z


  • #815
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    Pathetic little snow falls here in D16. The laughable overkill from people and the media is a national embarrassment.

    Say that to my dog. He spent way too long this morning trying to find a place to piss that was low enough. Now he’s not a small dog, so that might tell you how much snow there is out there.

    Every time he squatted his Willy would plunge into the snow. I kept telling him to cock his leg instead… he just looked at me with that, you know I’m a Sitzpinkler, look.


  • #816
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    facehugger99 wrote: »
    Our local Centra has posted on facebook that they'll be open from 12pm to 3pm today and have got a bread delivery in.

    I'm almost tempted to head down there and film the resulting madness.

    i hope they price gouge , 3 euro at least :D

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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  • #817
    Fiery mutant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Fiery mutant


    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    Pathetic little snow falls here in D16. The laughable overkill from people and the media is a national embarrassment.

    I have enough to share.

    We should defend our way of life to an extent that any attempt on it is crushed, so that any adversary will never make such an attempt in the future.



  • #818
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,820 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    Pathetic little snow falls here in D16. The laughable overkill from people and the media is a national embarrassment.

    Met Eireann have issues a status red alert warning people to the dangers of edgy posts like this


  • #819
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,392 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    I'd hope they heed my post and bring me monster


  • #820
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    strange of the Portuguese to call it Emma, thought they would have went for a more latin name :confused:


  • #821
    TheQuietBeatle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭TheQuietBeatle


    fryup wrote: »
    strange of the Portuguese to call it Emma, thought they would have went for a more latin name :confused:

    Emmalina.


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  • #822
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,820 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    fryup wrote: »
    strange of the Portuguese to call it Emma, thought they would have went for a more latin name :confused:
    TheQuietBeatle wrote: »
    Emmalina.

    Is it were named by Brazilians, it would be Emmalina Eleanorina dos Ophelianos


  • #823
    no.8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 820 ✭✭✭no.8


    BillyBobBS wrote: »
    Pathetic little snow falls here in D16. The laughable overkill from people and the media is a national embarrassment.

    Start shouting at the sky, that'll help the cranky soul in you.
    Sorry they didn't predict the localised weather in your garden :D:p


  • #824
    cycle4fun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 418 ✭✭cycle4fun


    A nephews local school is closed this morning - and quite right too. The road and footpath was buried in a 2 millimetre snowdrift. Even the school is only a half mile away so the kids could walk, thank God for health and safety. Back to the gargle for half the population.


  • #825
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    Loads of snow in my house in Tullamore. Out in my parents it doesn’t seem as much but they were probably clearing etc- not like me. Snow - we cool- don’t impede me and you can stay put


  • #826
    no.8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 820 ✭✭✭no.8


    Nicolas Cage wrote: »
    Is it were named by Brazilians, it would be Emmalina Eleanorina dos Ophelianos

    Haha, too true. The storm will have passed by the time you finish saying the name.

    Stay safe people. Hopefully you get some thundersnow in Ireland!

    Meteorologists caught on the hop in central Europe. The moisture from Emma has made it far inland and is causing snow chaos. Really is a massive event.


  • #827
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Nicolas Cage wrote: »
    Is it were named by Brazilians, it would be Emmalina Eleanorina dos Ophelianos

    Emmalina Ronadinho Anna Rivaldo Paula Ronaldo Eleanorina dos Ophelianos de Silva


  • #828
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    cycle4fun wrote: »
    A nephews local school is closed this morning - and quite right too. The road and footpath was buried in a 2 millimetre snowdrift. Even the school is only a half mile away so the kids could walk, thank God for health and safety. Back to the gargle for half the population.

    Yes and do they all live within 1/2 a mile with only 2mm of snow? And the teachers? And what if heavy snow/blizzards happen while they would have been at school
    ‘Tis better to err on the side of caution


  • #829
    Beethoven9th
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭Beethoven9th


    Try_harder wrote: »
    And the teachers? And what if heavy snow/blizzards happen while they would have been at school
    ‘Tis better to err on the side of caution

    Maybe the teachers should get an extra few weeks off to get over the trauma of this snow event !


  • #830
    cycle4fun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 418 ✭✭cycle4fun


    Try_harder wrote: »
    Yes and do they all live within 1/2 a mile with only 2mm of snow? And the teachers?

    How do teachers and society cope in other countries that get snow?

    There are plenty of tourists stuck in Dublin airport who cannot get out of this country, even though they are going to countries with a lot more snow but functioning airports.


  • #831
    How Soon Is Now
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,209 ✭✭✭✭How Soon Is Now


    Feck that wind really kicks things up a notch! Ha.

    Walking with it to your back isn't to bad but jebus when your walking towards it!


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  • #832
    TheQuietBeatle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭TheQuietBeatle


    Feel sorry for the small businesses. They must be stressed with the losses they're taking due to not being able to work.


  • #833
    optogirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,040 ✭✭✭optogirl


    cycle4fun wrote: »
    How do teachers and society cope in other countries that get snow?

    There are plenty of tourists stuck in Dublin airport who cannot get out of this country, even though they are going to countries with a lot more snow but functioning airports.

    ah lads it's the same argument over & over. This is a ONCE IN A LIFETIME event for Ireland, not to mention that Emma hasn't hit yet.


  • #834
    Hector Bellend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭Hector Bellend


    cycle4fun wrote: »
    How do teachers and society cope in other countries that get snow?

    There are plenty of tourists stuck in Dublin airport who cannot get out of this country, even though they are going to countries with a lot more snow but functioning airports.

    Simple. Either lack of expertise or lack of equipment. Probably a mixture of the two.


  • #835
    cycle4fun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 418 ✭✭cycle4fun


    Hector Bellend wrote: »
    Simple. Either lack of expertise or lack of equipment. Probably a mixture of the two.

    Or a different attitude and more industrious / less lazy.


  • #836
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,464 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    cycle4fun wrote: »
    Or a different attitude and more industrious / less lazy.

    I take it you're at work?


  • #837
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,248 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    cycle4fun wrote: »
    How do teachers and society cope in other countries that get snow?

    There are plenty of tourists stuck in Dublin airport who cannot get out of this country, even though they are going to countries with a lot more snow but functioning airports.

    Once again the countries who are used to this and get it on a regular basis have invested large money into the snow clearing infra structure . They spent taxes on the equipment because it is used regularly and often .Its really not rocket science to see that countries spend their money on priorities and what is most needed . We could spend billions on equipment we need every ten years


  • #838
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,778 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    cycle4fun wrote: »
    How do teachers and society cope in other countries that get snow?

    There are plenty of tourists stuck in Dublin airport who cannot get out of this country, even though they are going to countries with a lot more snow but functioning airports.

    Obviously we should spend billions of tax payer's money on an infrastructure to cope with what is a once or twice a decade event. That would make loads of sense.


  • #839
    railer201
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 968 ✭✭✭railer201


    I was in Dunshaughlin in 1982 and what started out as 2mm finished up at around 2 metres, after a drifting snow storm. We lived about a mile from the village and all roads were blocked for a week - the snow was to high to walk through. Some people who got caught out in it were lucky not to lose their lives, due mainly to exposure. It will be interesting to see how this pans out, but I wouldn't make light of the warnings. :(


  • #840
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    My power went in 1998: now I'm just another Joe Soap at the mercy of others.


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  • #841
    cycle4fun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 418 ✭✭cycle4fun


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Obviously we should spend billions of tax payer's money on an infrastructure.
    No. just work when there are a few cm of snow instead of shutting the country down.


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