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MerryDespot · 12-04-2010 11:44PM

Indeed. Take the items sitting beside each other, and take your post about a mount and ...
Epic.

Shiva · 13-04-2010 01:55AM

MerryDespot wrote: »

Indeed. Take the items sitting beside each other, and take your post about a mount and ...
Epic.

You need to drop over to the shop tomorrow night, about midnight. Come alone, and tell no-one where you're going.

Oh, and bring a few plastic bin bags - we're all out.

Dread-Lock · 13-04-2010 03:03AM

Masada wrote: »

I dont think its the kinda thing they do, im thinkin more a metal fab shop or something. might see if i can blag something off the welder around the corner tomorrah.

Lenehans on Capel Street might have what your looking for, but they'll seriously charge ya for it. Your best bet would be B&Q.

MerryDespot · 13-04-2010 11:08AM

Shiva wrote: »

You need to drop over to the shop tomorrow night, about midnight. Come alone, and tell no-one where you're going.

Oh, and bring a few plastic bin bags - we're all out.

Sure thing Tony - how are you fixed for powder actuated nail guns and lime - could bring that too..

Shiva · 13-04-2010 12:05PM

MerryDespot wrote: »

Sure thing Tony - how are you fixed for powder actuated nail guns and lime - could bring that too..

Good man...since you're being helpful, we'll make it quick

MerryDespot · 13-04-2010 06:15PM

I note the lack of the word 'painless' in your post...

ED E · 13-04-2010 06:36PM

Masada wrote: »

What do you know, and how do you know it....

Oooohhh, taticoool

Stercus Accidit · 13-04-2010 11:44PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drE5cHe6c3s

Edit: Maths is one of the best ones

I thoroughly recommend watching this and all of season one on youtube, its a comedy series that did the rounds on BBC and had two seasons, the first is best. It based on the sort of thing you got in science books at school, but in a surrealist humor.

There used to be loads of eejits commenting on the videos, "is this real" and all.

I just watched the above video again and it reminded me of how funny it is

moggser · 14-04-2010 12:23AM

MerryDespot wrote: »

Sure thing Tony - how are you fixed for powder actuated nail guns and lime - could bring that too..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JK8j0KNLl0

Masada · 14-04-2010 01:21AM

The iPad has a competitor already, The WePad. For some reason i really want one of these... it runs on linux and has a rake load of features the iPad doesnt have. plus its a little cheaper.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1265713/Tablet-wars-German-WePad-takes-Apples-iPad.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0l0yf6zUu

jill_valentine · 14-04-2010 01:41AM

The Wee Pad? Really?

They might uh, they might want to try emulating some of Apple's marketing panache while they're at it.

NakedDex · 14-04-2010 11:05AM

HP have the Slate almost ready, and it's looking a much better prospect than anything else, while also being reputedly cheaper. Dell have a secretive little 7in version in the works too, there's only been a few sightings/pictures of it but the ones I've seen look rather good.

I kind of want the iPad more for a couple of the apps they have available soley to it, but I'm nowhere near the stage where I'm willing to pay for one. My netbook does everything it does, and my iPhone does even more. And, for the price of the 3G one, I could just go ahead and get a MacBook anyway.

Masada · 14-04-2010 12:08PM

I have an iPad mini at the moment so not bothered with the apps thing.

for this kinda device i would imagine an SD card slot is essential, aswell as usb and multi tasking, one of the things i hate about the iphone.

The Master · 14-04-2010 05:16PM

Some stats from boards.ie

In terms of traffic, our most popular forums are:

1. After Hours
2. Bargain Alerts
3. Motors
4. Soccer
5. Personal Issues
6. Relationship Issues
7. Cycling
8. Airsoft
9. Athletics/Running/Triathlon
10. Weather

T4RGET · 14-04-2010 05:49PM

The Master wrote: »

Some stats from boards.ie

In terms of traffic, our most popular forums are:

1. After Hours
2. Bargain Alerts
3. Motors
4. Soccer
5. Personal Issues
6. Relationship Issues
7. Cycling
8. Airsoft
9. Athletics/Running/Triathlon
10. Weather

surprised to see Weather in there....
like honestly what would you talk about?
'the weather here is really bad'
'o yeah same down here' there thread closed:P

Sod'o swords · 14-04-2010 05:53PM

T4RGET wrote: »

surprised to see Weather in there....
like honestly what would you talk about?
'the weather here is really bad'
'o yeah same down here' there thread closed:P

Well what do you talk about when you've ran out of conversation?
The weather, so, i can only assume it's the same on the internet.

The Master · 14-04-2010 05:54PM

The above stats are from Jan 1st this year.

All threads about the cold snap from all over boards were sent to the weather forum during the early part of the year hence the popularity boost

T4RGET · 14-04-2010 05:55PM

The Master wrote: »

The above stats are from Jan 1st this year.

All threads about the cold snap from all over boards were sent to the weather forum during the early part of the year hence the popularity boost

o yeah, true, and now coms the warm 'snap' as the radio are calling it.

Stercus Accidit · 14-04-2010 06:09PM

T4RGET wrote: »

o yeah, true, and now coms the warm 'snap' as the radio are calling it.

Then the moderate snap, 'why weren't the gudverment prepared for this snap of moderate weather', and so the news ticks over until the next bandwagon.

T4RGET · 14-04-2010 06:20PM

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

Then the moderate snap, 'why weren't the gudverment prepared for this snap of moderate weather', and so the news ticks over until the next bandwagon.

haha yup, and then the government where saying, we're going to sort the floods out as soon ass they're over, thety where all 'yeah c'mon let's do this! let's get active' and what have they done?

MerryDespot · 14-04-2010 09:07PM

The Master wrote: »

Some stats from boards.ie

In terms of traffic, our most popular forums are:

1. After Hours
2. Bargain Alerts
3. Motors
4. Soccer
5. Personal Issues
6. Relationship Issues
7. Cycling
8. Airsoft
9. Athletics/Running/Triathlon
10. Weather

What?!? Relationship Issues rates ahead of Airsoft?! Obviously there are people who have yet to be made aware that airsoft often resolves relationship issues.
No relationship = No issues.

Decoy · 14-04-2010 11:02PM

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

Re: Take Aim, WTF is with all the game reviews, its not a gaming mag its an airsoft mag, there are plenty of gaming mags out there covering that topic already. Less fluffing please.

I took the above quote from the Airsoft News thread but thought it best to post it here as this is WAY off-topic.

I couldn't agree more with the comments from Lethal Bullet. I accept there is a significant overlap between the airsoft & gaming communities but I buy airsoft mags for airsoft, not gaming articles. I have bought Take Aim up to now because the articles are pretty good and in doing so I support an Irish mag. However, I won't be buying it from now on as I don't have the luxury of being able to pay for gaming articles I don't need or want!

Rant over.

Masada · 15-04-2010 12:27AM

Cyprinus Carpio wrote: »

I took the above quote from the Airsoft News thread but thought it best to post it here as this is WAY off-topic.

I couldn't agree more with the comments from Lethal Bullet. I accept there is a significant overlap between the airsoft & gaming communities but I buy airsoft mags for airsoft, not gaming articles. I have bought Take Aim up to now because the articles are pretty good and in doing so I support an Irish mag. However, I won't be buying it from now on as I don't have the luxury of being able to pay for gaming articles I don't need or want!

Rant over.

Have you made your point to the mag yet ?

gerrowadat · 15-04-2010 12:32AM

Masada wrote: »

Have you made your point to the mag yet ?

Someone tried to make that exact point in the take aim thread and it was closed at their request.

I think last issue was the final straw for a lot of people, myself included. The content is okay, the reviews are good, but the video game **** and reviews of foreign sites mean it's not really an Irish airsoft mag any more.

Masada · 15-04-2010 12:39AM

it was closed from my memory because of chat of irish DPM, was it not?

As far as the mag goes though, If i know Ian i can tell you he will bend over backwards to supply what people want from the magazine. Simply letting him know what you think of the gaming reviews will go a long way towards shaping the future content of the mag.

Standing on a soap box though and saying im not buying because of this that and the other isnt exactly helping though, he'd be only too happy to take on peoples input.

Sod'o swords · 15-04-2010 01:01AM

Out of interest, who else has any Vegetato?

Or even seen someone with it?

Danin · 15-04-2010 01:09AM

Seems to me, Ian and the lads can't win, on one tread people say fair play the lads have expanded into not only the English market but also the US market."which I might add is good for their advertising clients and the recognition of the Irish Airsoft scene and English players travelling for the summer to try Irish sites "

On another tread they are saying "not buying that mag anymore because the content is not purely Irish and there is a gaming section".

Lads, they have to expand the content with the expansion of the circulation, I've also seen another magazine launched as an Irish version but to be honest all I saw in the difference of content was "Irish edition" printed on the cover practically everything else was the same as the English format, but then no one has mentioned that yet.

I'd also like to make the point I don't play computer games but I understand a lot of Airsoft readers come from that type of background.

Masada · 15-04-2010 01:13AM

Sod'o swords wrote: »

Out of interest, who else has any Vegetato?

Or even seen someone with it?

Theres a team of lads that played down in the Gtac outdoor site that wear it, im waiting on a set myself, i think helikon are doin it now aswell.,:)

Sod'o swords · 15-04-2010 06:55AM

Masada wrote: »

Theres a team of lads that played down in the Gtac outdoor site that wear it, im waiting on a set myself, i think helikon are doin it now aswell.,:)

Feck it, all well, still less common than mulitcam anyway.

Decoy · 15-04-2010 07:27AM

I've no problem with a mag expanding & diversifying its content, I've no problem with non-Irish articles (even though I didn't enjoy the American pieces) as long as the core of the mag is Irish airsofting, but as much as I enjoy wasting time on various FPS games I have no interest in paying for gaming mags which is why I now see buying Take AIM as a waste of my money.

Masada wrote: »

Have you made your point to the mag yet ?

A fair point Richie, I will do so. As a matter of interest when Ian decided to add the gaming section I don't recall any feedback being sought from airsofters so how did he know it was what his readers wanted?

And to another point from another poster, I wouldn't buy the Irish version of AI because it offers me nothing Irish, I will keep buying the standard international edition if I can find it.

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