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troyzer wrote: »

10/10.

Would read Swiwi travel reviews again.

I'll throw in some drink advice while I'm at it.

So it turns out the Pallars Jussa region has its own Liqueur: Ratafia dels Raiers. It's made from macerated walnuts and 22 aromatic plants, roots and spices.

It tasted to me like a Catalan version of Drambuie (of which I am a fan), but at a fraction of the price (€12 for 700 mls or €14 for 1L).

Suffice to say, a couple of bottles made their way back from Catalonia to Helvetica.

hahashake

swiwi_ wrote: »

Made the German news here with the headline Top of the Morgan to Eoin.

Nice double pun.

I'd say both England and NZ have a similar chance of doing the double this year.

Buer wrote: »

I'd like to think they're not so petty. Eoin Morgan is on the brink of lifting the CWC trophy. He's captain of a side that are likely to be champions of one of the biggest sports in the world. Like it or not, this automatically makes him one of the most successful Irish sports people of all time. The continued lack of coverage is just sad at this point. The RTE website actually had a report on the other semi final between NZ and India but nothing on England and Australia where Morgan smashed a 4 to win the match. It's a shame a born and bred Dubliner is getting zero recognition.

Made the German news here with the headline Top of the Morgan to Eoin.

Zzippy

Ah lads it's just RTE turning the tables on the BBC. You know how they jump on a story of an Irish athlete winning something and call them British... RTE just doing the same here. Ignore it til the Brits win then have a headline story about "Irish man World Champion"

hahashake

Buer wrote: »

I'd like to think they're not so petty. Eoin Morgan is on the brink of lifting the CWC trophy. He's captain of a side that are likely to be champions of one of the biggest sports in the world. Like it or not, this automatically makes him one of the most successful Irish sports people of all time. The continued lack of coverage is just sad at this point. The RTE website actually had a report on the other semi final between NZ and India but nothing on England and Australia where Morgan smashed a 4 to win the match. It's a shame a born and bred Dubliner is getting zero recognition.

On another note, cracking performance by the Irish side last night to beat Zimbabwe. Brilliant innings from Paul Sterling with 83 from 36 deliveries.

Does the fact he is playing for England negate this somewhat? Even if his choice was purely pragmatic.

But if they cover other sports even based purely on global interest then surely the CWC deserves a mention.

Buer

hahashake wrote:

I wonder whether it is a deliberate snub after the format change means Ireland isn't involved this time.

I'd like to think they're not so petty. Eoin Morgan is on the brink of lifting the CWC trophy. He's captain of a side that are likely to be champions of one of the biggest sports in the world. Like it or not, this automatically makes him one of the most successful Irish sports people of all time. The continued lack of coverage is just sad at this point. The RTE website actually had a report on the other semi final between NZ and India but nothing on England and Australia where Morgan smashed a 4 to win the match. It's a shame a born and bred Dubliner is getting zero recognition.

On another note, cracking performance by the Irish side last night to beat Zimbabwe. Brilliant innings from Paul Sterling with 83 from 36 deliveries.

hahashake

Buer wrote: »

The complete lack of coverage of England's CWC campaign under the leadership of an Irishman is somewhat bizarre. Not a sniff of it on RTE or The42 websites.

I wonder whether it is a deliberate snub after the format change means Ireland isn't involved this time.

awec wrote: »

Northbound rubbernecking ****

Nordies at it again...

ionadnapóca

awec wrote: »

Anyone caught in that M50 traffic today?

Northbound was bollocks purely because of rubbernecking ****. Just nosy bastards causing a tailback for 4 poxy junctions.

Was driving Southbound!
Rubberneckers should be banned from motorways for life
Midllelaners for a year

Anyone caught in that M50 traffic today?

Northbound was bollocks purely because of rubbernecking ****. Just nosy bastards causing a tailback for 4 poxy junctions.

Buer wrote: »

It ceased to exist last Sunday.

You’re a dub?

Always thought you were from Offaly or something.

irishbucsfan

Buer wrote: »

The complete lack of coverage of England's CWC campaign under the leadership of an Irishman is somewhat bizarre. Not a sniff of it on RTE or The42 websites.

It can get ta ****

Buer

thomond2006 wrote:

What about da hurlin.

It ceased to exist last Sunday.

thomond2006

Buer wrote: »

The complete lack of coverage of England's CWC campaign under the leadership of an Irishman is somewhat bizarre. Not a sniff of it on RTE or The42 websites.

English sports suck Buer. Come on.

What about da hurlin.

Buer

The complete lack of coverage of England's CWC campaign under the leadership of an Irishman is somewhat bizarre. Not a sniff of it on RTE or The42 websites.

Mr Tickle

Deleted User wrote: »

Apparently Whelan's final words were "Grace Lives"

*slow clap.....

DGRulz wrote: »

Ah lads, woke up to news of both Brendan Grace and Noel Whelan died (separately). R.I.P.

Apparently Whelan's final words were "Grace Lives"

DGRulz

Ah lads, woke up to news of both Brendan Grace and Noel Whelan died (separately). R.I.P.

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Yeah cost is really the main thing. Realistically you're looking at what, max 1gbps if the house is connected by FTTH, or 360/240/100 if it's standard Virgin/Eir/Sky etc, so in terms of speed and bandwidth it's much of a muchness at the moment, but it's more looking ahead so you're not throttled when FTTH is rolled out everywhere or if speeds drastically increase and looking at rewiring.

That Siro is the fastest thing about right now, and it's 1gbps, which cat5e can theoretically handle (in reality, you're not going to see 1gbps).

So, allowing for the usual tolerances, if you go with cat 6 and above you'll be well covered for the forseeable. Even Cat5e is likely to be fine for 10+ years.

Internet speeds, once they hit the 1gbps mark, will start seeing diminishing returns.

Squidgy Black

awec wrote: »

I’d go with the best you can reasonably afford.

Our house came with a mixture, we’ve a cat6 coming in from outside, and a cat6 coming from the router to the main switch, at which point it switches to 5e for all round the house.

5e nice and easy to crimp, cat6 would break your heart.

Yeah cost is really the main thing. Realistically you're looking at what, max 1gbps if the house is connected by FTTH, or 360/240/100 if it's standard Virgin/Eir/Sky etc, so in terms of speed and bandwidth it's much of a muchness at the moment, but it's more looking ahead so you're not throttled when FTTH is rolled out everywhere or if speeds drastically increase and looking at rewiring.

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Depends on the length, Cat 6 is 10gbps up to 37 metres, 6a is up to 100m and has twice the bandwidth. Big cost difference in termination for 6a, but it's futureproofing I guess.

I’d go with the best you can reasonably afford.

Our house came with a mixture, we’ve a cat6 coming in from outside, and a cat6 coming from the router to the main switch, at which point it switches to 5e for all round the house.

5e nice and easy to crimp, cat6 would break your heart.

troyzer

swiwi_ wrote: »

So for part of this years family summer holiday, we’ve gone right off the beaten track to the Pallars Jussà région of Catalonia. It’s at the foot of the Pyrenees and feels like the Wild West/Colorado/Aussie outback etc. It’s so non touristy that speaking English is not particularly useful and a working knowledge of Spanish or Catalan would be handy. People very friendly though, which is not my usual impression of the Spanish. We experienced the most spectacular thunderstorm I have ever seen. It’s full of lovely stone houses, castles from medieval times and even abandoned villages. Population density here is 1/10 of Ireland and I wouldn’t consider Ireland an especially dense country. Cheap as chips (at least compared to Switzerland). The roads are ridiculously winding though. I’d be keen enough to come back to the area but probably a bit more to the north or else head east to be nearer to the sea. Something totally different though. And at least the heat is dry. Last week we were in the south of France and it felt like Singapore, the humidity was unbearable at times.

10/10.

Would read Swiwi travel reviews again.

So for part of this years family summer holiday, we’ve gone right off the beaten track to the Pallars Jussà région of Catalonia. It’s at the foot of the Pyrenees and feels like the Wild West/Colorado/Aussie outback etc. It’s so non touristy that speaking English is not particularly useful and a working knowledge of Spanish or Catalan would be handy. People very friendly though, which is not my usual impression of the Spanish. We experienced the most spectacular thunderstorm I have ever seen. It’s full of lovely stone houses, castles from medieval times and even abandoned villages. Population density here is 1/10 of Ireland and I wouldn’t consider Ireland an especially dense country. Cheap as chips (at least compared to Switzerland). The roads are ridiculously winding though. I’d be keen enough to come back to the area but probably a bit more to the north or else head east to be nearer to the sea. Something totally different though. And at least the heat is dry. Last week we were in the south of France and it felt like Singapore, the humidity was unbearable at times.

Squidgy Black

MaybeMaybe wrote: »

lads, currently get my house built and am trying to figure out what cabling to use for ethernet ports in each room. should i go with cat6 or 6a?

Depends on the length, Cat 6 is 10gbps up to 37 metres, 6a is up to 100m and has twice the bandwidth. Big cost difference in termination for 6a, but it's futureproofing I guess.

lads, currently get my house built and am trying to figure out what cabling to use for ethernet ports in each room. should i go with cat6 or 6a?

errlloyd

swiwi_ wrote: »

Some of the science/medicine is just wrong too. But makes for good tv.

So I’ve got a Russian scenario with English speakers and at times incorrect medicine/science.

The costumes/set design etc are grand and I’ve done a bit more reading around the incident but there is no way this is the best bit of tv ever. Not even close.

I think the science is pretty all right, it resists the urge to be much more dramatic than it was. I can't remember any scenes of vomiting of blood specifically, maybe in Episode One one of the plant workers vomits blood on another. I've read a good few of those "list of things Chernobyl got wrong" articles. And many of them seem to be written before the final episode where the show specifically ties up the loose ends on things like the birth defects, official casualties, bridge of death, divers etc. Tbh I think a lot of those articles are just taking a counter position for the sake of it.

Saying that only the set design and costumes are accurate is pretty unfair. Much of the dialogue is lifted verbatim from the original reports. The timelines etc are pretty damn accurate. It's not like this is a fiction about a powerplant meltdown in Russia with good costumes.

Each named individual in the plant is a real person, their movements, what they say and do is as it was in real life.
Many of the firefighters are real people, their movements and how they die is real and as depicted.
The timeline is perfectly correct.
They resisted the urge to over dramatise the divers - who for a long time where suspected to have all died.
The miners and other liquidators are as they were.
The robots and bio robots are depicted as they were, and the urge to over dramatise their roll is resisted.
The show does not dramatise the bridge of death as some sources claim, it makes it pretty clear at the end no one died there.
The show does not pander to theories of birth defects.
Many of the theories depicted in the show are inaccurate (how large an explosion might be, how serious the threat of ground water leakage). But although the theories are incorrect, it is accurate those theories existed and were considered by soviet scientists.

The things I think the show took too much liberty on are fairly limited. The last episode had a trial that was nothing like the actual Dyatalov Trial. Legasov in real life was a bit of a dick - apparently. The Helicopter Crash happened much later, and probably had little to do with the radiation being admitted.

errlloyd wrote: »

This thread? It's the top rated TV show of all time on imdb! Don't blame us for the hype.

Some of the science/medicine is just wrong too. But makes for good tv.

So I’ve got a Russian scenario with English speakers and at times incorrect medicine/science.

The costumes/set design etc are grand and I’ve done a bit more reading around the incident but there is no way this is the best bit of tv ever. Not even close.

sydthebeat

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It was one of those shows that after an excellent first season you expect the quality to taper off but it's still top drawer.

At eight episodes it's a bit short, but it means the tempo is always high