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stephen_n · 27-06-2018 11:33AM

dregin wrote: »

Where abouts is the stage erected these days in the RDS? When I saw Metallica there, it was on the Grandstand. I can hear all the utter ****e coming out of it over the last few weeks and fairly high volumes and I'm almost a mile north of it. Never noticed it in previous years. If they've not moved the stage, their in-house sound engineer has gone deaf.

My daughter was at summer in the city on Sunday, said the stage was setup on the south stand end, so it’s pointing north alright.

stephen_n · 27-06-2018 11:35AM

So Kildare win, well at least they get the home advantage.

irishbucsfan · 27-06-2018 12:23PM

UTL

stephen_n · 27-06-2018 12:29PM

I hear Ulster want to hire the Kildare County Board for their negotiations with the IRFU.

Zzippy · 27-06-2018 02:02PM

Every day I'm thankful for a few things - health, family, having a roof over my head.

Today I am thankful for air conditioning...

Podge_irl · 27-06-2018 02:35PM

Zzippy wrote: »

Every day I'm thankful for a few things - health, family, having a roof over my head.

Today I am thankful for air conditioning...

3 years ago it got to 40 degrees here in Geneva.

I don't have air conditioning at home.

A fun summer it was not.

27-06-2018 02:42PM

Podge_irl wrote: »

3 years ago it got to 40 degrees here in Geneva.

I don't have air conditioning at home.

A fun summer it was not.

I spent a 5 months once in very high temperatures without air conditioning and was working labour jobs and training all at the one go. It was awful for a couple of weeks but you acclimatise to it. For whatever reason I've never been that uncomfortable in the heat since.

Podge_irl · 27-06-2018 02:52PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I spent a 5 months once in very high temperatures without air conditioning and was working labour jobs and training all at the one go. It was awful for a couple of weeks but you acclimatise to it. For whatever reason I've never been that uncomfortable in the heat since.

Depends on the kind of heat as well I guess. It was 30-35 for a good month and hitting 38-40 for a few days and I certainly didn't adjust to it. My office had AC so during the day wasn't the worst, but the weekends and evenings were just appalling. It was still 28/29 at 2am during the worst of it!

dregin · 27-06-2018 04:02PM

Slack are having QUITE the time of it.

thomond2006 · 27-06-2018 05:01PM

There won't be a cow milked in Seoul tomorrow. Germany are out!

umop episdn · 27-06-2018 07:23PM

My cousin messaged me to say that Lidl had let their staff out at 3 at head office... 3000 Germans rushing out to see the game...30 mins later he was still waiting to get out,
He's Irish...his missus is Hungarian...so they didn't give a monkeys

b.gud · 27-06-2018 09:09PM

I swear one of these days I'm not going to brake for the gobsh*the pedestrians who amble across the road no where near pedestrian lights

Neil3030 · 27-06-2018 09:20PM

b.gud wrote: »

I swear one of these days I'm not going to brake for the gobsh*the pedestrians who amble across the road no where near pedestrian lights

Oh mate, just be thankful you don't live in California. The "pedestrian right of way" law, brought in in the early 90s, has created an entire generation of flip-wits who just amble across the road no matter where they are, without looking left or right. I'm constantly scanning paths for any indication that some lemming will bolt out in front of my car. It's terrifying.

27-06-2018 10:57PM

Neil3030 wrote: »

Oh mate, just be thankful you don't live in California. The "pedestrian right of way" law, brought in in the early 90s, has created an entire generation of flip-wits who just amble across the road no matter where they are, without looking left or right. I'm constantly scanning paths for any indication that some lemming will bolt out in front of my car. It's terrifying.

Speaking of which the American's on my facebook and broader social networks are really upset. Apparently another Supreme Court judge is retiring and the expectation is that the top court will be locked up as conservative for 30 years.

This is the most animated they've been since Trump was elected. Really desperate anger now, bit surprised to be honest.

prawnsambo · 27-06-2018 11:24PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Speaking of which the American's on my facebook and broader social networks are really upset. Apparently another Supreme Court judge is retiring and the expectation is that the top court will be locked up as conservative for 30 years.

This is the most animated they've been since Trump was elected. Really desperate anger now, bit surprised to be honest.

Tell the Americans (note, no apostrophe

) that they can increase the number of judges to 15. Problem solved.

Dave_The_Sheep · 28-06-2018 02:37AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Speaking of which the American's on my facebook and broader social networks are really upset. Apparently another Supreme Court judge is retiring and the expectation is that the top court will be locked up as conservative for 30 years.

This is the most animated they've been since Trump was elected. Really desperate anger now, bit surprised to be honest.

Pity they weren't that animated before that, them and all the other Democrats who didn't vote back in that election. If they're expecting the GOP to ever play by the rules again, they're in for a rude awakening. They could learn a thing or two there, if they ever get back into power.

Buer · 28-06-2018 08:22AM

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Pity they weren't that animated before that, them and all the other Democrats who didn't vote back in that election. If they're expecting the GOP to ever play by the rules again, they're in for a rude awakening. They could learn a thing or two there, if they ever get back into power.

It would be interesting to see the number of people who don't want Trump in office who also declined to vote in the election. 58% turnout for the running of the country....a lot of people gave up their right to whinge when they didn't bother showing up to vote.

stephen_n · 28-06-2018 08:31AM

Buer wrote: »

It would be interesting to see the number of people who don't want Trump in office who also declined to vote in the election. 58% turnout for the running of the country....a lot of people gave up their right to whinge when they didn't bother showing up to vote.

Doesn’t stop them in this country.

Buer · 28-06-2018 08:36AM

stephen_n wrote: »

Doesn’t stop them in this country.

True enough but we've never had the level of division or complaining that we're seeing in the USA over the past 18 months. We've also never had only 58% turnout for a general election.

On that evidence, I imagine there is a significant portion of people throwing their toys out who didn't bother to vote. Probably worse again are those who consciously decided not to vote due to being sore at Clinton beating Sanders who are now apoplectic at Trump.

prawnsambo · 28-06-2018 08:43AM

Add in those who thought Clinton getting in was a foregone conclusion and didn't bother voting.

But one thing struck me at the time was how backward their voting system is and how slow it actually is to get in and vote. People can queue for hours in some places and it's a huge investment in time. Can't understand why they haven't improved it, it surely must be a problem for both parties.

Podge_irl · 28-06-2018 09:22AM

prawnsambo wrote: »

Add in those who thought Clinton getting in was a foregone conclusion and didn't bother voting.

But one thing struck me at the time was how backward their voting system is and how slow it actually is to get in and vote. People can queue for hours in some places and it's a huge investment in time. Can't understand why they haven't improved it, it surely must be a problem for both parties.

It's a bigger problem for cities and the Republicans deliberately obstruct attempts to improve it.

prawnsambo · 28-06-2018 09:55AM

Podge_irl wrote: »

It's a bigger problem for cities and the Republicans deliberately obstruct attempts to improve it.

Should have guessed. Gerrymandering taken to the nth degree. :rolleyes:

Squidgy Black · 28-06-2018 09:56AM

stephen_n wrote: »

Doesn’t stop them in this country.

In fairness, the complaints about the Irish government are usually along the lines of "what about the homeless!!!!" on every single Facebook page or news article even if it's not even remotely related, or "de gubberment duz nuttin 4 me n me angles".

Not on the levels of fear of their government engaging in conspiracy with the Russians or actively seeking war with nations that hold nuclear weapons.

stephen_n · 28-06-2018 10:44AM

Buer wrote: »

True enough but we've never had the level of division or complaining that we're seeing in the USA over the past 18 months. We've also never had only 58% turnout for a general election.

On that evidence, I imagine there is a significant portion of people throwing their toys out who didn't bother to vote. Probably worse again are those who consciously decided not to vote due to being sore at Clinton beating Sanders who are now apoplectic at Trump.

Last election was only 65.2% so we aren’t that much above it. I think it depends on where you look, the complainers in this country have little or no access to main stream media, this is not the case in the US. Where there are a lot of democratic supporters in prominent main stream media slots.

Though we really don’t have anywhere near the division that America is demonstrating. The levels of vitriol and hostility being displayed there, would make you wonder about the future of the country.

28-06-2018 11:19AM

stephen_n wrote: »

Last election was only 65.2% so we aren’t that much above it. I think it depends on where you look, the complainers in this country have little or no access to main stream media, this is not the case in the US. Where there are a lot of democratic supporters in prominent main stream media slots.

Though we really don’t have anywhere near the division that America is demonstrating. The levels of vitriol and hostility being displayed there, would make you wonder about the future of the country.

I don't think any country could survive a fox news style popular conservative outlet. It didn't start out quite as bad as it is now, but like boiling a frog the heat is at quite a serious temperature now.

I agree, with the overall sentiment of your post however - calm heads even amongst my more politically sedate colleagues in the States are nowhere to be found. Serious levels of anger and a lot of despair.

Not sure if it's true but apparently conservatives are saying or perhaps Trump has said that he want's a supreme court pick who will over turn gay marriage and abortion rights. Crazy times.

thomond2006 · 28-06-2018 11:38AM

As if UKIP couldn't get any worse, they are now hiring associates of Alex Jones. The same Alex Jones that said Sandy Hook was a hoax.

The Irexit campaign will be in full swing soon enough. Sigh.

Neil3030 · 28-06-2018 05:45PM

thomond2006 wrote: »

The Irexit campaign will be in full swing soon enough. Sigh.

After the gay marriage referendum, and the repeal-the-8th referendum, I just don't see us falling down the same hole.

stephen_n · 28-06-2018 06:27PM

thomond2006 wrote: »

The Irexit campaign will be in full swing soon enough. Sigh.

Think apart from a few left wing nutters, there is no genuine anti EU sentiment in Ireland. A lot of people are pissed off at the shafting we took over bank debt, but not enough to want to leave.

Neil3030 · 28-06-2018 07:02PM

The one risk would be Sinn Fein, who have historically been anti-EU, despite campaigning to remain in the North. If they got firmly behind an Irexit it would capture the shinner support, plus a lot of the ULA types. Still not enough to win a referendum, but possibly enough for it to be considered at some point.

prawnsambo · 28-06-2018 07:15PM

Neil3030 wrote: »

The one risk would be Sinn Fein, who have historically been anti-EU, despite campaigning to remain in the North. If they got firmly behind an Irexit it would capture the shinner support, plus a lot of the ULA types. Still not enough to win a referendum, but possibly enough for it to be considered at some point.

That would possibly be a mistake from Sinn Fein. There's a very close and very object lesson on the pitfalls of exiting the EU going on right now and every day brings a fresh horror story. The political consequences alone would give them pause. Never mnd the strange alignments that would come about were they to pursue such a policy. Imagine Mary Lou being cheered on by Farage.

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