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    #1442
    tractorporn
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    Anyone know if Hammond Lane are open these days?


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    #1443
    AckwelFoley
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    tractorporn wrote: »
    Anyone know if Hammond Lane are open these days?

    I wouldn't expect so. Wouldn't be considered an essential service I'd expect.


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    #1444
    flazio
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KI0gpy4fls


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    #1445
    horseofstone
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    flazio wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KI0gpy4fls

    Cool video, nice tune


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    #1446
    [Deleted User]
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    This tune sprung to mind while watching.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4


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    #1447
    beggars_bush
    Registered Users Posts: 4,382 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    so it looks like Athlone is the hotbed of covid in westmeath?


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    #1448
    Blanco100
    Registered Users Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Blanco100


    beggars_bush wrote: »
    so it looks like Athlone is the hotbed of covid in westmeath?

    How do you know this?


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    #1449
    passremarkable
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    This tune sprung to mind while watching.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4

    Spin master


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    #1450
    Rikand
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    flazio wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KI0gpy4fls

    I suppose anywhere looks quiet at 6 in the morning :)


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    #1451
    Dank Janniels
    Registered Users Posts: 644 ✭✭✭Dank Janniels


    I imagine the Boxer is waist deep in hand sanitiser?



    (joke for any offended faithful)


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    #1452
    veryangryman
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    beggars_bush wrote: »
    so it looks like Athlone is the hotbed of covid in westmeath?

    Opposite to what ive heard.

    Which is that mullingar is.

    Saying that we both dont have decent evidence so lets just keep the hands clean and all that


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    #1453
    [Deleted User]
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    This article in the Westmeath Independent pinpoints the cases, this map centred on Roscommon.

    https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2020/04/16/4188642-revealed-the-location-of-roscommon-covid19-cases/

    Edit: the source data is here


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    #1454
    rn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,060 ✭✭✭rn


    There's sufficient number of cases to indicate all urban areas are a hotbed of Covid-19. The numbers are lagging indicators, so any area where a significant number are not following social isolation guidelines will have a high risk of becoming an active hotbed and it'll only be after 2 weeks that we'll know it.


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    #1455
    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
    Registered Users Posts: 3,236 ✭✭✭Dr. Kenneth Noisewater


    On the map of the whole country, although the resolution wouldn't be the highest, I think the Mullingar cases look a fair bit more numerous and more concentrated than the Athlone ones. They have almost identical populations.


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    #1456
    L.Jenkins
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    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »
    On the map of the whole country, although the resolution wouldn't be the highest, I think the Mullingar cases look a fair bit more numerous and more concentrated than the Athlone ones. They have almost identical populations.


    Proximity to Dublin, large Hospital and a private Hospital within the town might skew the numbers negatively.


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    #1457
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,544 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Just to change topic for a bit...

    The one-way. Any idea why bollards instead of an actual widening of the footpath were put in near Dunnes? It always looked like a temporary solution but here we are.


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    #1458
    carq
    Registered Users Posts: 869 ✭✭✭carq


    Also whats with all the seagulls around the town?
    Woke up this morning and you would swear i was on a trawler in west cork


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    #1459
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    veryangryman wrote: »
    Just to change topic for a bit...

    The one-way. Any idea why bollards instead of an actual widening of the footpath were put in near Dunnes? It always looked like a temporary solution but here we are.

    The original plan didn't go as far as Dunnes. The bollards are temporary. The next phase includes this stretch and clearing up the site of the burnt out pub.


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    #1460
    beggars_bush
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    heard that the covid ward in mullingar is practically empty


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    #1461
    rn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,060 ✭✭✭rn


    beggars_bush wrote: »
    heard that the covid ward in mullingar is practically empty

    Hoping it stays that way!


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    #1462
    Kevwoody
    Registered Users Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Kevwoody


    Hi folks, just wondering if anyone has any experience of Westview Furniture in Athlone? I'm looking at a sofa on their Facebook page, seems a very reasonable price which includes nationwide delivery.

    They have over 50,000 likes on Facebook and a heap of positive reviews, but the lack of a website, the price, no bad reviews and the fact they can deliver on Tuesday after only contacting them last night has raised my suspicions.


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    #1463
    Ceirseach
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    Kevwoody wrote: »
    Hi folks, just wondering if anyone has any experience of Westview Furniture in Athlone? I'm looking at a sofa on their Facebook page, seems a very reasonable price which includes nationwide delivery.

    They have over 50,000 likes on Facebook and a heap of positive reviews, but the lack of a website, the price, no bad reviews and the fact they can deliver on Tuesday after only contacting them last night has raised my suspicions.

    Hi kevwoody. I’ve never heard of them but possibly because I don’t buy furniture. Judging by their location on google maps they are possibly McGinley Carpets. I don’t buy carpets either so I’ve never dealt with them. But they are a long time in business.


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    #1464
    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
    Registered Users Posts: 3,236 ✭✭✭Dr. Kenneth Noisewater


    Ceirseach wrote: »
    Hi kevwoody. I’ve never heard of them but possibly because I don’t buy furniture. Judging by their location on google maps they are possibly McGinley Carpets. I don’t buy carpets either so I’ve never dealt with them. But they are a long time in business.

    You're spot on, had a look at their Facebook page, saw an Eircode on there which corresponds to the big warehouse out the side of the McGinleys' house all right, it's definitely them. They're a long time on the go in fairness.


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    #1465
    Kevwoody
    Registered Users Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Kevwoody


    Thanks for the feedback guys, and for taking the time to check them out.

    I think I'll go ahead with the order.


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    #1466
    dePeatrick
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    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    The original plan didn't go as far as Dunnes. The bollards are temporary. The next phase includes this stretch and clearing up the site of the burnt out pub.
    Whats going to happen to that site? Redeveloped or made into roadway?


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    #1467
    dePeatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭dePeatrick


    I don't live in town but go in 2-3 times a week to shop and have to say people there are behaving themselves very well indeed. Quite a lot of people wearing masks and everyone observing social distancing from what I have seen.

    Very few vehicles on the road and what are seem to be 80% delivery vechicles/Post/ESB


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    #1468
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    dePeatrick wrote: »
    Whats going to happen to that site? Redeveloped or made into roadway?

    The delay on developing it was that the pub was 100+ years old and would have to be rebuilt in red brick etc. Very expensive.

    I don't know if the council will just spend the money or if they can ignore the rules.


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    #1469
    AckwelFoley
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    dePeatrick wrote: »
    I don't live in town but go in 2-3 times a week to shop and have to say people there are behaving themselves very well indeed. Quite a lot of people wearing masks and everyone observing social distancing from what I have seen.

    Very few vehicles on the road and what are seem to be 80% delivery vechicles/Post/ESB

    Agree largely..but, I think it was saturday when I went for a walk down burgess park.

    Couple of benches were occupied by lads with bags of cans. They weren't homeless, just arseholes


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    #1470
    Claw Hammer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,167 ✭✭✭Claw Hammer


    AckwelFoley wrote: »
    Agree largely..but, I think it was saturday when I went for a walk down burgess park.

    Couple of benches were occupied by lads with bags of cans. They weren't homeless, just arseholes

    I blame the parents!


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    #1471
    Steven81
    Registered Users Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭Steven81


    Seen the speed van opposite charlie Browns (AIT) getting traffic coming from the town, it is a 50km zone.

    Just a heads up as it is difficult to keep that speed at that point.


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