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I don't know where we're going, but we know where we are? (Part whatever)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    The app is back now Grem 👍



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    Winner wasn't me anyway 😒

    Think I'll go back to plan B now.

    Amy wealthy gentlemen on here, ahem, with a dodgy ticker???

    To thine own self be true



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    I'd nearly join you Purple!!



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Bedtime. Didn't win a bean on the flippin lotto.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,267 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Just back from the barber shop, this time no shave so mask stayed on.

    Will leave to another hotel on Tuesday for another rotation of quarantine, should be 3-4 weeks :):) Its kinda like 2020 around here, nothing changed. But at least i get to work today so will see some sky.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,267 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Missus is a big time foodie, she craves the hottest sauces that you can ever imagine, so for her not to have her taste/smell sense is a major annoyance to her.

    We have always known that the vaccines aren’t to stop you getting COVID, but to keep you away from hospitals and serious illness. Somehow i see next autumn we shall be offered the 2022 booster to protect us for the winter, then the 2023 / 24 / 25. I hope that at that stage I’m outta quarantine :):)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Jeez @smurfjed that sounds bad 😳😳



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Winning ticket sold it Mayo...hi ho hi ho it's off to work I go.🙄😥



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    My mother won €9 from last night's lotto.

    That's the extent of the winnings I've heard of!

    To thine own self be true



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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Getting prepared to get up here too. Must remind all my mayo friends how much they mean to me....



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,401 ✭✭✭thomil


    No lotto anxiety here as I didn't play 😁

    Deskside, having a complete Nerd moment here after noticing that my weather station had registered the shock waves from the recent volcanic eruption in Tonga. To think that an event literally at the other end of the planet would be strong enough to trigger a measurable, if small, disturbance in air pressure in a closed apartment is quite frankly mind-boggling 😮 🤓

    Oh, and stocked up on Nespresso as well ☕️ 😉

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Oh yes I did see someone mention that it registered here on seismographs (sp) here.. The satellite view of the eruption is quite something. Must go looking for other footage later.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,401 ✭✭✭thomil


    I'm currently working on a blog post to collate everything but I'm honestly surprised this isn't being covered more. There's every chance that yesterday's eruption was on the scale of Krakatoa, if not larger. The the island formed by the volcano has effectively ceased to be and the two closest islands have been reduced to mere rocks, if radar satellite imagery is anything to go by.

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Have you noticed the rise in barometric pressure too so?. I agree, a huge event.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,209 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod



    I'm no weather expert but I met a chap today who said he could notice something on his barometer. 😯

    Said chap was met on a change of plan walk. Couldn't handle the Wicklow mountains, but ended up on a tougher trek. Got dropped in Castletown, Westmeath and walked the rail trail to Moate. 16 feckin kms! All flat, but long. Mrs G and Ms G went into Athlone and were waiting on my aching legs in Moate station with a big ham and cheese salad roll. A really nice amenity and probably more suited to bikes over a stretch like that. Mid roll, I got chatting to the barometer man and yes it is truly amazing that after effects could be seen in this part of the world.

    Home just before dark and we are all tired. Takeaway is incoming. I'm suppin a beer and the ladies are watching the Book of Boba Fett. I'm up to date on it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,401 ✭✭✭thomil


    Yes. Small, we're talking about a 1 millibar fluctuation, but definitely noticeable. The first shock wave was registered by my barometer at 18:43-44 on Saturday, while a second, more chaotic shock wave hit at 1:20 this morning. Keep in mind that this fluctuation was recorded inside with most windows closed, so any barometers in the open, such as the one I've linked below in Cobh, would have registered a stronger disturbance.

    Note: The tweet above does NOT show my weather station 😉

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Surprised myself it didn't make bigger news..

    Work trundle, well actually sat on a bus with no driver.. 🙄



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,401 ✭✭✭thomil


    If the key is in, then just help yourself 😉

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Heading home after a Sunday drive 🥰 Nice to be chauffeured 🙌



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    I was reading that they heard it in Alaska, over 5000 miles away




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,401 ✭✭✭thomil


    Which is crazy if you think about it. Half way around the planet and, in the case of Fairbanks, beyond the Alaska Range, a mountain range that contains Denali, the highest mountain in North America. Gives you some impression about the forces at play here.

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Correct, referencing krakatoa was quite right of you. However it's not newworthy unless there is a humanitarian aspect aka deaths



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Whoooo it's cold, thankful for the full moon effect, all my werewolf hair will keep me warm 🐺



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,401 ✭✭✭thomil


    Full moon? That explains the howling coming from the neighbours...

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    I thought it was the bear traps you had down??



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    🤣🤣🤣🤣



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    I'm more your dour, plain and demonic type, people see that handy enough!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,401 ✭✭✭thomil


    I was talking about howling, not ear-piercing screams 😂

    Still desk-side here. Should be turning in for the night but can't really be bothered for some reason...

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    I can't scream funny enough, my voice just won't do it 🙄

    Do try and unplug, you'll zombify yourself..



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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Frosty pretty morning.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Only -4 walking the boss this morning 🥶🥶



  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,888 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Deskside, work office, getting material together for two afternoon lectures. Mondays.... (sigh) 😬🙄

    Absolutely drained as I got rotten sleep last night - kept waking up every 45 mins or so. Very chilly, crisp day out there today!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    I’ve had enough of today



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,401 ✭✭✭thomil


    Tableside, just finished with lunch.

    Lots to do at work but I'm actually surprised at how much I've gotten done at work this morning, given that I was up until 1 AM finishing that blog post on the Tonga volcano.

    Still, can someone please fast forward to 6PM?

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Tired. Roll on morning haha



  • Registered Users Posts: 169 ✭✭Elyvande


    Evening all. I’m sofa side trying to get over Covid. It fair walloped me. Blue Monday - hup

    @Thomil it was interesting hearng about your weather station picking up the volcanic explosions in Tonga.

    @Autosport Any chance of a pic of Alfie to cheer a gal up?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,209 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    BLUE MONDAY- GREAT SONG BY A GREAT BAND!

    Just played it and not buying into the BS day that it's meant to be. Any Monday can be shite. Most Mondays are anyway!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,267 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Yikes it Tuesday already, what happened to Monday :):)



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Another skedaddle for me



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    🙌🙌



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Where is Alfie dagnabbit!



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Off to psychologist appointment then finish my soup making and bed for a few hours before work again. I make cuckoo noises now?



  • Registered Users Posts: 169 ✭✭Elyvande


    @Autosport Did you know that there is a very successful Irish children’s author and illustrator called Mary Murphy. Her latest books feature a dog called Alfie who does look like your very beloved dog…



  • Registered Users Posts: 169 ✭✭Elyvande


    Mmmnn Soup. What flavour Grem? Soup is my friend at the moment.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Broccoli and blue cheese, I'll slide you a bowl shortly.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    To thine own self be true



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Holy moly what a delightful doggo, thank you!



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭wildwillow


    Not to everyone's taste it seems but I love that combination. Enjoy it .



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