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Squidgy Black · 23-04-2021 03:28PM

Larbre34 wrote: »

The Euro2020 matches scheduled for Dublin have been moved to St Petersburg Russia and Wembley (Round of 16)

The ignominy of moving games to Russia which is riddled.

Our Government have missed a major opportunity here. 12,500 vaccinated persons could easily have attended each match, perhaps healthcare and frontline workers could have been funded to go, as a thank you from a grateful nation?

What a beacon of optimism that would have been as things improve. But no, total lack of ambition and b0ll0x from our elected representatives as per.

Eh I think this is the wrong take to be honest. It's not even an Irish game, combined with the logistics that have to be put in place to accommodate 12.5k people attending as well as the two teams, you're not going to get a load of vaccinated security guards, hospitality staff and with a reduced public transport system.

As well as if you're funding health workers tickets, you have zero revenue so it ends up costing the government a fortune for it.

Would much rather them concentrate on something like LOI games or the GAA, or even the rainbow cup games instead. Rather than just put the moment in UEFAs pockets for games we're not involved in.

Lost Ormond · 23-04-2021 03:37PM

Larbre34 wrote: »

The Euro2020 matches scheduled for Dublin have been moved to St Petersburg Russia and Wembley (Round of 16)

The ignominy of moving games to Russia which is riddled.

Our Government have missed a major opportunity here. 12,500 vaccinated persons could easily have attended each match, perhaps healthcare and frontline workers could have been funded to go, as a thank you from a grateful nation?

What a beacon of optimism that would have been as things improve. But no, total lack of ambition and b0ll0x from our elected representatives as per.

For 12'500 fans you would have a couple thousand more people between media, hospitality workers, stewards, cleaners. It simply wouldnt be viable especially with your suggestion of funding frontline/health care workers

Larbre34 · 23-04-2021 04:59PM

I'm in the minority it seems. Fair enough so.

stephen_n · 23-04-2021 08:38PM

jacothelad wrote: »

Co-incidentally:

Resistance to malaria drugs in Africa may be starting to take hold, according to a study that maps changes similar to those seen a decade ago when drug resistance spread in south-east Asia.
In Cambodia and neighbouring countries, the artemisinin drug compounds widely used against malaria are no longer always effective. The falciparum malaria parasites have developed genetic mutations that allow them to evade the drugs. There has been great concern that drug resistance could spread to Africa, which has the highest burden of cases of this type of malaria – and the highest toll of child deaths from it.

Let's hope....... The deaths of so many children is heart rending.

Was just watching this on the news, hopefully the issues with trust of vaccines won’t impact on its uptake in Africa.

hold my beer · 24-04-2021 12:11PM

jacothelad wrote: »

The Jenner Institute which developed the AZ vaccine have successfully developed an anti-malaria vaccine. 74% efficacy at low dose and 77% at high dose. 400,000 children a year die from this.

Speaking about it on Futureproof show on Newstalk now.

hold my beer · 24-04-2021 04:13PM

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2021/0424/1211852-perez-insists-super-league-will-continue-moving-forward/

Comical Ali levels of delusion from Perez. This sentence is hilarious (talking about JP Morgan at the start of it).

"It's not true they've withdrawn. They have taken some time for reflection, just like the 12 clubs. If we need to make changes we will but the Super League is the best project we've thought of," he added.

If that's the best you can think of Perez, you need to exit stage left.

mfceiling · 25-04-2021 10:21AM

So how fit are you? Or should I say unfit?

Went for a 5k walk in Barnaslingan forest park yesterday with herself and was feeling pretty good about my base level of fitness.

Watched Sherpa last night and proudly stated to herself "I could do that hike to Everest base camp handy enough".

So this morning at 7 we decided we'd do the trail walk at tick nock. The first 2 Kms is an uphill traipse before you hit the rocky pathway. I would say after about 5 minutes walking I was looking for a place for the air ambulance to land.

I am seriously unfit....I mean ridiculously unfit. This is going to have to be a work in progress. I'm in pain now.

The Inbetween is mine · 25-04-2021 10:25AM

I went for a mountain/forest walk yesterday....6km no problems at all..
and 20M from the carpark I fell off the boardwalk and fcked my ankle, ligaments and tendons....I too am old

Dave_The_Sheep · 25-04-2021 10:31AM

mfceiling wrote: »

So how fit are you? Or should I say unfit?

If I accidentally misspell fit, I'm pretty fit. Very fit in fact.

sydthebeat · 25-04-2021 10:45AM

i though i was fairly fit till i did the stairs at skogafoss in Iceland a few years back.... it was an eye opener when i had to stand aside and let pensioners and young children pass me cos i was so out of breath.

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went for a walk yesterday and checked my ankles this morning... bruised and loads of spider veins this morning... gettin' olds a pain in the ass

hold my beer · 25-04-2021 10:52AM

mfceiling wrote: »

So how fit are you? Or should I say unfit?

Went for a 5k walk in Barnaslingan forest park yesterday with herself and was feeling pretty good about my base level of fitness.

Watched Sherpa last night and proudly stated to herself "I could do that hike to Everest base camp handy enough".

So this morning at 7 we decided we'd do the trail walk at tick nock. The first 2 Kms is an uphill traipse before you hit the rocky pathway. I would say after about 5 minutes walking I was looking for a place for the air ambulance to land.

I am seriously unfit....I mean ridiculously unfit. This is going to have to be a work in progress. I'm in pain now.

Have done a bit of mountain biking up at Ticknock recently. The climbs are tough, the down hills great craic. Any type of hangover doing it and it's painful

stephen_n · 25-04-2021 01:11PM

mfceiling wrote: »

So how fit are you? Or should I say unfit?

Went for a 5k walk in Barnaslingan forest park yesterday with herself and was feeling pretty good about my base level of fitness.

Watched Sherpa last night and proudly stated to herself "I could do that hike to Everest base camp handy enough".

So this morning at 7 we decided we'd do the trail walk at tick nock. The first 2 Kms is an uphill traipse before you hit the rocky pathway. I would say after about 5 minutes walking I was looking for a place for the air ambulance to land.

I am seriously unfit....I mean ridiculously unfit. This is going to have to be a work in progress. I'm in pain now.

The lack of gym and other distractions had lead to a lot of walking. Average Sunday walk now is 35km. I can’t wait for the gym and cinema to re-open.

mfceiling · 25-04-2021 01:28PM

stephen_n wrote: »

The lack of gym and other distractions had lead to a lot of walking. Average Sunday walk now is 35km. I can’t wait for the gym and cinema to re-open.

Jesus fair play man. 35k is a savage distance to cover!!

Stheno · 25-04-2021 01:35PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Jesus fair play man. 35k is a savage distance to cover!!

Tis

I get tired watching the dog playing with his friends in the park

Bazzo · 25-04-2021 01:44PM

Gorgeous day out today here. Inaugural barbeque of the year in the works.

Buer · 25-04-2021 01:59PM

Bazzo wrote: »

Gorgeous day out today here. Inaugural barbeque of the year in the works.

Funny old day. It's lovely and sunny but not nearly as warm as yesterday. Was down the beach for a bit for a stroll. Quite blustery. 12C according to the car. Would be weather for a hoodie for me. But some people were lying out or stripped to the waist, paddling in the water.

We're a funny bunch as soon as there's a sniff of sunshine!

Zzippy · 25-04-2021 02:18PM

Buer wrote: »

Funny old day. It's lovely and sunny but not nearly as warm as yesterday. Was down the beach for a bit for a stroll. Quite blustery. 12C according to the car. Would be weather for a hoodie for me. But some people were lying out or stripped to the waist, paddling in the water.

We're a funny bunch as soon as there's a sniff of sunshine!

East wind this time of year always makes it cool on the east coast. Easily 18/19 degrees here in the west. Might fire up the barbie like Bazzo....

b.gud · 25-04-2021 02:32PM

You guys are only having your first bbq now? Tonight will be my 3rd of the week and i had the first of the year in late Feb /early March

Buer · 25-04-2021 02:54PM

b.gud wrote: »

You guys are only having your first bbq now? Tonight will be my 3rd of the week and i had the first of the year in late Feb /early March

Indeed. Yesterday was my third this week too. Gotta make sure that BBQ ends up being value for money!

Yeah_Right · 25-04-2021 03:19PM

b.gud wrote: »

You guys are only having your first bbq now? Tonight will be my 3rd of the week and i had the first of the year in late Feb /early March

Good man. If it ain't raining, its bbq weather. Fired it up for breakfast this morning.

Bazzo · 25-04-2021 03:40PM

Buer wrote: »

Funny old day. It's lovely and sunny but not nearly as warm as yesterday. Was down the beach for a bit for a stroll. Quite blustery. 12C according to the car. Would be weather for a hoodie for me. But some people were lying out or stripped to the waist, paddling in the water.

We're a funny bunch as soon as there's a sniff of sunshine!

We're lucky enough that the garden is nicely sheltered so a bit of a sun trap. It feels about 18 or 19 degrees at the moment but maybe 14 if we were exposed to the wind.

Stheno · 25-04-2021 03:50PM

Lads any recommendations for a bbq for a couple who are bbq novices?

Will never need to cook for more than 4 people

sydthebeat · 25-04-2021 03:53PM

Stheno wrote: »

Lads any recommendations for a bbq for a couple who are bbq novices?

Will never need to cook for more than 4 people

Beer

Squidgy Black · 25-04-2021 04:24PM

Stheno wrote: »

Lads any recommendations for a bbq for a couple who are bbq novices?

Will never need to cook for more than 4 people

Any of the Weber kettles are great, but in saying that they're charcoal so a bit more work than a gas bbq.

Dave_The_Sheep · 25-04-2021 04:28PM

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Any of the Weber kettles are great, but in saying that they're charcoal so a bit more work than a gas bbq.

Have one of these, not sure which model, am not an expert, have never had any problems with them.

Stheno · 25-04-2021 04:34PM

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Any of the Weber kettles are great, but in saying that they're charcoal so a bit more work than a gas bbq.

I was looking at those earlier!

I like the idea of charcoal over gas tbh

Bazzo · 25-04-2021 04:43PM

Stheno wrote: »

I was looking at those earlier!

I like the idea of charcoal over gas tbh

Charcoal is more work but well worth it for the flavour. Can't go wrong with a Weber.

Squidgy Black · 25-04-2021 04:48PM

Stheno wrote: »

I was looking at those earlier!

I like the idea of charcoal over gas tbh

Yeah I much prefer charcoal personally, we've had a couple of gas ones over the years because my aul fella was too lazy for a charcoal but I got a weber kettle two years ago and it's been quality. Decent build quality and it's handy to get replacement bits for them if you need it

hold my beer · 25-04-2021 05:04PM

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Any of the Weber kettles are great, but in saying that they're charcoal so a bit more work than a gas bbq.

I've a Gas Weber over 13 years and it's still going strong.

mfceiling · 25-04-2021 05:19PM

I have a gas BBQ and i use it 12 months of the year. I refuse to cook any meat on the cooker now.
Nothing beats the taste of meat cooked on a flame. (Obviously charcoal is superior but it's the hassle of setting it up that would kill me).

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