MuffinTop86 wrote: » I watched a lot of Ally Mc Beal and thought my dream career was to be a barrister. But I wonder when I read the “in the courts”,- how they feel about defending people like the local knacker all the way up to child sex offenders. Was reading a thread where they were asking things like the colour of the curtains in order to put a doubt as to the person’s memory. Would you not feel like a bit of a scumbag yourself?
Widdershins wrote: » I was only thinking of you recently while you were away from Boards, hoping the new treatment was working brilliantly.
Antares35 wrote: » The use of stupid tense when writing about a tragedy that has occurred in some rural part of Ireland. When people are quoted in the lazy article about it, it's all "he would have been very well known here" or "they would have been big GAA supporters" or "the parish would be very shaken up at this point in time" 1. It matters not one f*ck if someone was a GAA supporter or not, or how well known they were - a tragedy is a tragedy and is not diminished because someone is from a big city as opposed to a small town. 2. The word you are looking for is "were". They were well known. They were GAA supporters etc. "Would have been" implies that they would have been but for [insert reason]. And then I find myself wondering, do all people from rural Ireland talk like this when being interviewed about an accident, or is it just lazy journalism?
retro:electro wrote: » Forgot to add that they were still wet too.
Alecto wrote: » a pain in my left lung from coughing. How very annoying, hurts when I do that breathing thing which I have to do pretty regularly, you know, to live
LirW wrote: » Just to paint a picture of the inconvenience: Kid needs to pay 13 euros for a school trip. I have a tenner on me but rarely bigger coins than 20 cents. He needs the exact amount in an envelope. So in order to get 3 Euro I have to go to the ATM, get 20 Euros out. My village has exactly one ATM. Then go to the shop and ask them to break it down into a tenner, a fiver and coins. Now comes the societal pressure, you can't be a bad person not supporting the local economy so you buy something sweet you don't want and then still have to ask if they could give some of the change in coins. Followed by an annoyed stare because about every shop in this country doesn't have enough change as is. Now you have the money together and hope your kid doesn't lose it. It's 2019, we send robots to the Mars but schools still operate an envelope cash policy.
Feisar wrote: » I remember that from school, £3.45 plus a half eaten scone for some silly outing or other.
LirW wrote: » ATMs not giving out 10 euro notes. That together with various school payments that always have really specific amounts. Wrecks my head. Nobody wants a 50 euro note for God's sake.
Feisar wrote: » Politicians who mispronounce words on the radio, saying pacific instead of specific for example.
Purgative wrote: » ATMs that ask how much you want. - 120 - This machine only has 50s your transaction has been cancelled - You b4stard why not let me change the amount. Alright I'll take my card out and try again. There's a queue of people behind me and they all think I'm an idiot for forgetting the PIN
Kitty6277 wrote: » People making plans they have no intention of sticking to! And the worst thing is it isn’t even the first time it’s happened
dubstarr wrote: » Maybe they fancy you.And that was their "way in" so to speak:D
Widdershins wrote: » People who send lurid memes. Fine if it's to your partner. Not ok to send to a friend. Basic manners. Post it on your FB newsreels by all means but not in a PM or text. That's skating close to thin ice. I recently had a stressful day and a sort of friend text'd me "how are you?" . "Not bad, but need a hug!" Cue meme of a couple heavy petting (dressed but still) and kissing. Followed by a meme of an orangutang looking dopey,and it was a sort of full frontal photo iyswim. "When you going to let me put my thang in you" it said. This could be a TA about poor communication skills too.
