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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat

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  • #22232
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 27,331 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Hard to believe this is the second last day of February.

    And the weather seems to be FINALLY picking up, especially looking at the forecast.

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #22233
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,662 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    I may have just bought some decorations.

    Newbridge silverware is having a sale 50% off some decorations.

    My tree is mostly newbridge so I'm not going to refuse a reduction. Also I find they make great little gifts, as a thank you or if invited to a gathering a small gift along with chocs or a bottle or whatever for the host. .....so yeah I got 2 of everything 😂



  • #22234
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 27,331 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    IMG_0556.jpeg

    Yep!

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #22235
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,476 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124270836#Comment_124270836

    Had that today. Needed the rain coat because it did rain, but when it wasn’t raining, it was sweltering with it on

    Ended up with it rammed in my backpack and just tolerating the drizzle.

    Very, very briefly felt like proper Spring around midday.



  • #22236
    appledrop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,871 ✭✭✭appledrop


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124270836#Comment_124270836

    Brilliant, I would go a step further and say until end May in Ireland!



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  • #22237
    antimatterx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,102 ✭✭✭antimatterx


    I was in my office today for the first time in like a year. No one would go for a post work pint. Where’s the Christmas spirit ? 😂

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  • #22238
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,476 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124271210#Comment_124271210

    If attendance is that rare, was there anyone actually there to ask?

    My place was so quiet today, the lights in the stairwell (shared between tenants) had gone in to dim mode by the time I left, let alone most of our floor being dark.

    Nearly everyone does Monday and Friday from home, but I have always been entirely OK with being in the office on Friday - and it often means I'm basically there alone!



  • #22239
    Loughc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124271253#Comment_124271253

    I’m very jealous of all of ye hybrid people. We are 5 days a week in office and have been for years again.

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #22240
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,476 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124271312#Comment_124271312

    I was 1 day a week from home, compulsory, in 2016. Lack of desk space. Been available since long before the pandemic if you looked for it.



  • #22241
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    I see all the non Christmas threads are gone again... definitely gives a bit of a spring clean vibe to the place.

    Post edited by DvB on
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


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  • #22242
    antimatterx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,102 ✭✭✭antimatterx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124271253#Comment_124271253

    Yeah my team were in. The office is quite busy usually. It’s there if we want it. I just never go in

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  • #22243
    Heroditas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,176 ✭✭✭✭Heroditas


    Lovely day today. Sun shining and a full line of clothes to market the last day of meteorological winter. Speaking of weather, very sad to see the passing away of M.T. Cranium during the week. 😔



  • #22244
    Loughc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124271814#Comment_124271814

    Yes devastated about MT in the weather forum. An absolute boards legend and extremely knowledgeable and a gentleman as well. A massive loss for all weather lovers.

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #22245
    Loughc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124271513#Comment_124271513

    Thank goodness it was becoming unreadable in here with all the extra threads. Nice and neat now.

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #22246
    DenMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,575 ✭✭✭DenMan


    Hold on to your hats ladies and gentlemen as tomorrow is the 1st of March. 😊



  • #22247
    CheerLouth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,837 ✭✭✭CheerLouth


    Fab day today, was a real spring day! Hoping to get out for a dip tomorrow if its as nice🤞

    Great win for Louth as well today! 🥳



  • #22248
    Loughc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124272196#Comment_124272196

    One sixth of the way through 2026. Crazy work.

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #22249
    appledrop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,871 ✭✭✭appledrop


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124272097#Comment_124272097

    I'm so upset about M T. I know it seems mad as I didn't know him, but I joined the monthly forecast during Covid lockdown and I was hooked every month trying to predict the weather. So sad especially today as end of month and we would be rushing to get in our forecasts!

    He was a legend, rest in peace MT wherever you may be.



  • #22250
    Cork Lass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,330 ✭✭✭Cork Lass


    Well, it’s March and it’s still raining !! Will it ever stop 🤨.

    Pinch punch 😂.



  • #22251
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    IInto The 200s on.the countdown too... motoring!

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


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  • #22252
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,922 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Weather's back to normal.



  • #22253
    Loughc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124274277#Comment_124274277

    To be fair the weather for week looks good!

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #22254
    Posy
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124274432#Comment_124274432

    299 days- amazing! 🥳



  • #22255
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124275572#Comment_124275572

    Always feel the 66 days from 365 to 299 are equal to the 299 to 200 or 199 to 100... what with Jan and Feb usually lasting an age.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


  • #22256
    Loughc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124276243#Comment_124276243

    I think the days 299-200 and 199-100 have more in them than the first 66. Easter, paddy’s day, summer holidays keeps us busy during those periods and the days begin to fly by.

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #22257
    antimatterx
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124276536#Comment_124276536

    Yeah I love all these spring holidays. They’re great.

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  • #22258
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124276536#Comment_124276536

    Exactly, the first 2 months of the year are (biddy banker aside) just bland and miserable. Makes them feel far longer than the other periods of the year as they have some highlights. For me getting out of the 300s is a significant milestone.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


  • #22259
    kitten_k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,404 ✭✭✭kitten_k


    Just catching up - in relation to the vaccines I never knew there was a CP one - must look to see if it’s now included. I had the MMR as a child and when I went to start my fertility treatment in 2019 they said I needed a Rubella booster as I wasn’t immune. For the booster and when I went for more treatment in 2025 they said the same thing! So yet another booster. When I had the baby and they done my blood work it showed I am still not immune!

    Delighted to finally see some clear sky’s and brighter evenings! Got to bring the baby for a nice walk in her pram the other day and then she slept for 4 hours 🤣🤣

    @Jude13 just wanted to check in and make sure you are all ok?



  • #22260
    Jude13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,045 ✭✭✭Jude13


    @kitten_k hey there, all good thank god. We had pals round with their kids for a roast lunch Saturday then the government alerts sounded on our phone. They are like air raid sirens, full blast even if your phone is on silent.

    We didn't think much of it, not the first time we have had these in our time in the M.E., usually nothing happens. Then loads of whatsapp videos of rockets in the sky near us, and a huge boom as missile was intercepted which we watched from our back garden. Tried to tell the kids it was fireworks which they bought until about 2am. Rinse repeat for the night, windows in the house violently shaking from interception blasts, like shooting stars in the sky. We slept in the hall on mattresses to keep away from the windows.

    Seems to have calmed down, there was a lot of black smoke from impacts/debris, a lot more than is on the news.



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  • #22261
    Jude13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,045 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Not long after I typed that our youngest asked could she go into the garden, we havent heard anything since about 1am so thought it was fine. As we walked out with her there was a huge bang over us, she was like a scalded cat back inside, poor thing. Then two more blasts, likely intercepts. Anyway, hopefully its not the new norm.



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