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Things you wonder about.

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  • #1022
    Electric Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Electric Sheep


    Or in ireland how people say "lads".



  • #1023
    Beachcomber1097
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭Beachcomber1097


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124320752#Comment_124320752

    Ah ! A command and conquer man !

    I would prefer the Chronsphere way myself !



  • #1024
    ILikeBoats
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭ILikeBoats


    What a game



  • #1025
    Beachcomber1097
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭Beachcomber1097


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124323883#Comment_124323883

    I know I am an adult man. But with my adult money I bought myself a cheap enough laptop and a thing called Steam to get the games.

    Things I wonder about, how come 25 years later games are not as good as Command and Conquer ?????



  • #1026
    black & white
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭black & white


    Driving through heavy traffic this morning and wondering why so many cyclists/scooter users who are mingling with the traffic have headphones on. Surely if your life depended on being very aware of surroundings you would think they’d need to listen.



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  • #1027
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,316 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124326234#Comment_124326234

    Yeah, because motorists never listen to stuff in their cars. I sometimes listen to music when I'm cycling but I'm still aware of my surroundings. I'd have it as background music, and wouldn't put on a podcast which requires more active listening.

    (And I'm not trying to start a "Two wheels good, four wheels bad" argument.)



  • #1028
    Sigma101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭Sigma101


    Why is it that when I talk to my dog in a Scooby Doo voice she seems to understand me way better?



  • #1029
    black & white
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭black & white


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124326461#Comment_124326461

    I know what you mean but as a car driver I am surrounded by steel and have mirrors to see all around the car Versus a cyclist who has no protection and usually no mirrors. I would have thought that the concern for their own well being would more important than anything else. I certainly don’t want to start an argument.



  • #1030
    Beachcomber1097
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭Beachcomber1097


    Another thing I wonder about.

    Why do farmers not have to clean up the road after them when hauling out of fields?



  • #1031
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124327001#Comment_124327001

    Seriously,my pet hate. Roads absolutely destroyed over the winter months.



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  • #1032
    Anois_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭Anois_


    When I was 16 I worked for a man that was building a house and he had me sweep up the muck every time a tractor drove out on the road in case someone crashed and sued him. They were delivering fill as the site was below the road.



  • #1033
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,716 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    Why companies issue branded laptop bags to their staff. Surely it's a huge security issue having people walking around the city centre - and socialising after work, etc - basically advertising the fact that they more than likely have company IP on them???

    I feel the same about branded lanyards, tbh. A colleague of mine is a former journalist and he said before he picked up more than one story just from overhearing people talking shop while still wearing their swipes in the pub after work.



  • #1034
    T-Maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭T-Maxx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124327001#Comment_124327001

    They have to.

    But like so many other laws it's just ignored and not enforced.



  • #1035
    castletownman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,089 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124327651#Comment_124327651

    They are probably the most stubborn hoors around (while admittedly a vital cog in society).

    Like above, don't bother their arse cleaning the roads after themselves. Barely even pull in on narrow roads when driving heavy machinery. Often see them driving REALLY old cars/jeeps because they are too cheap to buy a new one. Don't seem to have any life outside of the farm. Complain about every.single. EU directive.



  • #1036
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124326461#Comment_124326461

    Listening without headphones doesn't stop you from hearing other sounds around you unless you have the volume through the roof. Headphones nowadays usually have noise cancelling functions, making them very dangerous to use while driving anything, let alone something that doesn't shield your body somewhat.



  • #1037
    Anois_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭Anois_


    Talking about awareness around you. I know it's terrible she died but the case in Dublin where that girl died after being hit by a motorbike surely she could have heard the scrambler coming before walking out in front of it and then the other side the guy driving should have seen her and moved out of the way. Both as bad as one another. I know I might get flak for this but it's the truth.



  • #1038
    appledrop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,873 ✭✭✭appledrop


    Why do the fuel prices shoot up the minute the price increases but the somehow magicially never go down as quick when the prices drop!



  • #1039
    Strumms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,985 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    there are six spotlights in the ceiling of my kitchen. Maybe a year ago the middle two stopped working or the bulbs just burned out… a few days ago one came on when I flicked the switch that turns them all on, and as of tonight both are back working….

    My own guess was that water got in during a storm and caused damage but how can that damage repair itself ? It’s quite frankly, weird. Makes me wonder…



  • #1040
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,716 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124327731#Comment_124327731

    I'll take the warning for this: fcuck right off. Both as bad as eachother??? She was crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing. You're a fcuking ghoul.



  • #1041
    Anois_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭Anois_


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124328704#Comment_124328704

    Did you read what I said. They are not exactly silent. How on earth did she not hear it coming.

    I've seen plenty of cases where people just walk out in front of cars totally oblivious to all around them.



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  • #1042
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    why do some people drive in heavy fog with their lights turned off.



  • #1043
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,869 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    I wonder why the grass is green and why the wind is never seen.

    To thine own self be true



  • #1044
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,277 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124327551#Comment_124327551

    If the company's security team has more than one collective braincell (not necessarily a given) then it doesn't matter who knows where they work or who steals what.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #1045
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 98,142 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124328741#Comment_124328741

    Why do so many people drive with fog lights on.

    And full beams.



  • #1046
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,277 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124327731#Comment_124327731

    These things are usually noisy as fcuk but the engine noise is largely projected sideways and the exhaust noise is projected rearwards.

    If going quickly (which it probably was) there is little audible warning from the front and little visual warning and time to react either.

    Not that she should have had to react. She was crossing the road at a crossing and the traffic had a red light.

    I'm a motorcyclist, sometimes pedestrians do very stupid things but this was not one of them

    Saying both as bad as one another is just cûntish

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #1047
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,346 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124328792#Comment_124328792

    I drive at night with full beams and flooodlights . It's shows the road up far far better . Dip when up see traffic coming , easy .. and no big deal . What people are grumbling about are dicks who don't dip



  • #1048
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,277 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124328741#Comment_124328741

    why do many people drive in clear conditions with their foglights turned on.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #1049
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,277 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124328803#Comment_124328803

    There is no such automotive lighting system called "floodlights"

    Are you one of those dopes who thinks that because foglights light up the road surface 5 metres ahead of you (while also blinding oncoming traffic) that (a) you can see better and (b) you're not being a total ignorant prick?

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #1050
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,346 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    Anyone with head / earphones arent concentrating is concentrating



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  • #1051
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124328833#Comment_124328833

    He just said he dips them when incoming traffic approaches. And in zero street illumination, bad roads, country roads, etc, fog lights DO make you see better because they light up the verges and further ahead than normal lights would. It makes it safer for both the driver and any pedestrian/animal walking along the road.



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