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

Autosport · 15-01-2022 11:57pm

The app is back now Grem 👍

Gremlinertia · 16-01-2022 12:00am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118482508#Comment_118482508

Nope, maintenance it says now 🤣

Purple Mountain · 16-01-2022 2:41am

Winner wasn't me anyway 😒

Think I'll go back to plan B now.

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

Gremlinertia · 16-01-2022 2:48am

I'd nearly join you Purple!!

Gremlinertia · 16-01-2022 10:11am

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

smurfjed · 16-01-2022 10:44am

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.

smurfjed · 16-01-2022 10:47am

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 :):)

Autosport · 16-01-2022 12:14pm

Jeez @smurfjed that sounds bad 😳😳

16-01-2022 12:56pm

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

Purple Mountain · 16-01-2022 6:10pm

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

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

Gremlinertia · 16-01-2022 6:47pm

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

thomil · 16-01-2022 6:49pm

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 ☕️ 😉

Gremlinertia · 16-01-2022 6:54pm

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.

thomil · 16-01-2022 6:59pm

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.

Gremlinertia · 16-01-2022 7:21pm

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

Grandeeod · 16-01-2022 7:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118485589#Comment_118485589

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.

thomil · 16-01-2022 7:29pm

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.

https://twitter.com/CorkHarbourWX/status/1482650994186067969?s=20

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

Gremlinertia · 16-01-2022 8:01pm

Surprised myself it didn't make bigger news..

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

thomil · 16-01-2022 8:13pm

If the key is in, then just help yourself 😉

Autosport · 16-01-2022 8:15pm

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

Poochie05 · 16-01-2022 8:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118485545#Comment_118485545

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

thomil · 16-01-2022 9:01pm

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.

Gremlinertia · 16-01-2022 9:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118486169#Comment_118486169

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

Gremlinertia · 16-01-2022 11:20pm

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

thomil · 16-01-2022 11:26pm

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

Gremlinertia · 16-01-2022 11:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118486991#Comment_118486991

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

Autosport · 16-01-2022 11:37pm

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Gremlinertia · 16-01-2022 11:53pm

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

thomil · 17-01-2022 12:16am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118487033#Comment_118487033

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...

Gremlinertia · 17-01-2022 12:29am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118487232#Comment_118487232

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

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

Gremlinertia · 17-01-2022 9:11am

Frosty pretty morning.

Autosport · 17-01-2022 12:13pm

Only -4 walking the boss this morning 🥶🥶

JupiterKid · 17-01-2022 1:09pm

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!

Autosport · 17-01-2022 2:31pm

I’ve had enough of today

thomil · 17-01-2022 5:24pm

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?

Gremlinertia · 17-01-2022 5:59pm

Tired. Roll on morning haha

Elyvande · 17-01-2022 9:13pm

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?

Grandeeod · 17-01-2022 10:46pm

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!

smurfjed · 18-01-2022 8:50am

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

Gremlinertia · 18-01-2022 8:56am

Another skedaddle for me

Autosport · 18-01-2022 9:34am

🙌🙌

Gremlinertia · 18-01-2022 10:06am

Where is Alfie dagnabbit!

Gremlinertia · 18-01-2022 11:25am

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

Elyvande · 18-01-2022 11:44am

@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…