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Buer

It might go ahead but I'd be shocked if it managed to come close to the time line that is set out. There will be a massive number of objections to the work. The biggest one immediately is Na Fianna who will be displaced for 7 years by the works, supposedly. They're a huge club with significant clout and will happily drag this through every legal objection possible unless major allowances are made for them.

This work is decades overdue and we should be way, way down the line on such a system rather than only at the initial stages of development. The city is completey choked. We refuse to build up as a society so people are forced to live further and further out, commuting to the CBDs and business districts from long distance. And yet we're still going to have thousands of people objecting to the works.

It's a miracle that anything actually proceeds in this country. Also, if the economy goes bang before works commence, it will be shelved yet again.

Podge_irl

Synode wrote: »

It's getting to the stage where people realise these projects have to be done. Dublin traffic is atrocious. Spend whatever it takes to get us a world class public transport system. The benefits it will bring to the whole country will more than repay the cost.

Oh for sure. But everyone also wants to get credit for it being "their" project.

Synode

Podge_irl wrote: »

I'll lose my nut if the government changes before physical work on this starts and they put it on hold to "replan" it or some such nonsense.

It's getting to the stage where people realise these projects have to be done. Dublin traffic is atrocious. Spend whatever it takes to get us a world class public transport system. The benefits it will bring to the whole country will more than repay the cost.

[Deleted User]

awec wrote: »

Is having the metro follow pretty much the same route as the LUAS green line not a bit pointless?

It's going to use the Luas tracks. It'll have a much bigger capacity. Some stations will need to be upgraded but I think that's it, the track is suitable for the Metro stock.

I don't understand why the Metro doesn't stop in Drumcondra. There are massive numbers of people living there and it's one of the worst bottlenecks in the city at rush hour. In fact I'm still sitting in the office so when I get there this evening I'll be able to use the bus lanes.

The kink in the line to the west between Griffith Park and O'Connell St, this area is pretty much served by Luas cross-city already.

Podge_irl

Synode wrote: »

http://www.metrolink.ie/#/home

Site is live. Dublin is screaming out for metro lines. They better not bury this again

I'll lose my nut if the government changes before physical work on this starts and they put it on hold to "replan" it or some such nonsense.

Podge_irl

awec wrote: »

Is having the metro follow pretty much the same route as the LUAS green line not a bit pointless?

I believe the plan is that it just takes over the LUAS green line. The line was built with ability to be upgraded to metro. So the cross city will end at Charlemont and there will be a disconnected spur south of Sandyford.

awec

Synode wrote: »

http://www.metrolink.ie/#/home

Site is live. Dublin is screaming out for metro lines. They better not bury this again

Is having the metro follow pretty much the same route as the LUAS green line not a bit pointless?

Synode

http://www.metrolink.ie/#/home

Site is live. Dublin is screaming out for metro lines. They better not bury this again

prawnsambo

awec wrote: »

What sort of ruffian orders pints of Heineken anyway.

One that's just had a pint of Harp.

awec

What sort of ruffian orders pints of Heineken anyway.

b.gud

Buer wrote: »

I would hope the barman would just look at the bloke and move on to the next customer.

Order like a bellend, be treated like a bellend.

Was told a story about a barman in a sister pub of the one I worked a good few years, maybe 10, back.

D4 lad walks up to the bar, which was pretty busy.
D4 lad: "Can I have 3 pints of Ken"
Barman: "What?"
D4 lab: "3 pints of Ken"
Barman: "What are you talking about?"
D4 lad: "3 pint of Ken! You know Heineken"
Barman: "For f**ks sake if 3 frogs can say Budweiser surely you can say Heineken"

Buer

mfceiling wrote: »

Believe it or not it wasn't in the leafy enclaves of D4 but Dunshaughlin!!
The barman would have been well within his rights to administer a large boot in the hole.

I would hope the barman would just look at the bloke and move on to the next customer.

Order like a bellend, be treated like a bellend.

mfceiling

molloyjh wrote: »

I'm assuming the barman just told him to get out?

Believe it or not it wasn't in the leafy enclaves of D4 but Dunshaughlin!!
The barman would have been well within his rights to administer a large boot in the hole.

molloyjh

mfceiling wrote: »

Work mate was having a few beers in the pub after the glorious result on Saturday.
4 young "rugger buggers" (his words not mine) pulled in beside him and asked the barman for 4 sticks.
Barman stared blankly (mate said he was wondering WTF).
4 sticks?
Yeah 4 sticks of heinomite.

So that's it now folks...a pint of Heineken is now a stick of heinomite.

I'm assuming the barman just told him to get out?

.ak

prawnsambo wrote: »

.ak would never drink Heineken. No matter what edgy name it's given. It would be some obscure tipple fermented in the armpits of trappist monks.

Damn straight.

prawnsambo

pickarooney wrote: »

.ak drinks Harp ironically.

It's the only way to drink it, to be honest.

pickarooney

.ak drinks Harp ironically.

Stheno

prawnsambo wrote: »

.ak would never drink Heineken. No matter what edgy name it's given. It would be some obscure tipple fermented in the armpits of trappist monks.

Ah yes i forgot

Served in a glass of solidified yak droppings

prawnsambo

Stheno wrote: »

Ak surely?

.ak would never drink Heineken. No matter what edgy name it's given. It would be some obscure tipple fermented in the armpits of trappist monks.

Stheno

awec wrote: »

That was ibf and his posse.

Ak surely?

awec

mfceiling wrote: »

Work mate was having a few beers in the pub after the glorious result on Saturday.
4 young "rugger buggers" (his words not mine) pulled in beside him and asked the barman for 4 sticks.
Barman stared blankly (mate said he was wondering WTF).
4 sticks?
Yeah 4 sticks of heinomite.

So that's it now folks...a pint of Heineken is now a stick of heionmite.

That was ibf and his posse.

mfceiling

Work mate was having a few beers in the pub after the glorious result on Saturday.
4 young "rugger buggers" (his words not mine) pulled in beside him and asked the barman for 4 sticks.
Barman stared blankly (mate said he was wondering WTF).
4 sticks?
Yeah 4 sticks of heinomite.

So that's it now folks...a pint of Heineken is now a stick of heinomite.

[Deleted User]

mfceiling wrote: »

Was he in Star Wars?

Yes, and he likes classic rock, especially when the Guitarists plays by himself..

"ho ho ho... Solo.."

mfceiling

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Jabra evolve

Was he in Star Wars?

dregin

Work should be paying for these.

prawnsambo

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmm maybe that's not what you are after. The jabra has noise cancelling in the sense that the mic doesn't pick up background noise.

Do you perhaps just need earplugs?

That should be helpful with phone conversations.

Good quality over ear headphones that would block external noise is what's needed.

[Deleted User]

Stheno wrote: »

Thanks im working in an open plan office with no partitons and the noise is deafening at times

Hmm maybe that's not what you are after. The jabra has noise cancelling in the sense that the mic doesn't pick up background noise.

Do you perhaps just need earplugs?

errlloyd

Stheno wrote: »

Lads

Anyone recomnend noise cancelling headphones with a microphone?

Nothing mental pricewise

There is a boards thread in Bargain Alerts dedicated to the bose QC35s (which don't satisfy your nothing mental requirements), but in that thread people tend to post alternatives too. Although I reckon the Jabras are good, check the thread you might get something class.

Neil3030

Stheno wrote: »

Thanks im working in an open plan office with no partitons and the noise is deafening at times

My OH works in an office with a woman who apparently burps every couple of minutes. It's driving her up the wall. She reckons it's a cultural thing, as this woman apparently apologises every time she sneezes or coughs, but feels free to burp all she wants. Might pick her up a pair of... <checks price of those Jabra headphones>... you know, she should really learn to be more tolerant to other cultures!

Stheno

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Jabra evolve

Thanks im working in an open plan office with no partitons and the noise is deafening at times