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Mr_Spaceman · 23-07-2012 12:00PM

MJ23 wrote: »

The Northern Ireland accent is probably the most annoying accent in the world. I switch station on tv or radio whenever any of those politicians or golfers are on.

A grim, grating Belfast accent is pretty hard on the ears but there is no universal "Northern Ireland" accent.

Like in the south there are regional variations. In north-east Ulster the accent sounds quite Scottish, in fact.

Teyla Emmagan · 23-07-2012 07:15PM

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Teyla Emmagan · 23-07-2012 07:16PM

I wish it would rain.

It's way TOO HOT!!!!!

Jimoslimos · 23-07-2012 07:26PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I wish it would rain.

It's way TOO HOT!!!!!

+1, with my pale Irish skin. Rain I don't mind, if it came without the 'fresh' breeze - perfect

DEFTLEFTHAND · 23-07-2012 07:44PM

Pissing rain all evening here, and the temperature hasn't dropped so its real tropical monsoon stuff. :pac:

MJ23 · 23-07-2012 09:15PM

The Rolling Stones are the most over rated band ever. They had a few good songs about 30 years ago, and that's about it.

kunst nugget · 23-07-2012 09:38PM

mightdomighty wrote: »

The recession was more our fault than the government or the banks

The old 'Ar, shure, didn't we all lose the run of ourselves' argument... cheap credit was given to absolute spastics with not the first clue of how to handle money and who frittered it away obscenely but the fact is that the banks were lending out money to people they shouldn't have at an unsustainable rate and the government turned a blind eye to it through their lack of regulation so no, I don't buy the notion that it wasn't the fault of the banks or government. They could have chosen to stem the flow of cash that they were giving to these absolute morons but they didn't.

Bassfish · 23-07-2012 10:32PM

MJ23 wrote: »

The Rolling Stones are the most over rated band ever. They had a few good songs about 30 years ago, and that's about it.

30? Try 45 years ago! I skip through half of the greatest hits, not a patch on the Beatles or the Who

irishbarb · 23-07-2012 11:05PM

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

Teenagers shouldn't be allowed to be mothers , maybe take the kid off them until they're mature enough to be mothers ... Perhaps when they turn 20/21

I assume you don't know too many teen parents. I know many young Mother's who are amazing parents, and I know lots of older Mother's who are terrible and should never have had kids. Your age plays no part on whether you are a good Mother or not.

Wacker The Attacker · 24-07-2012 12:10AM

MJ23 wrote: »

The Rolling Stones are the most over rated band ever. They had a few good songs about 30 years ago, and that's about it.

The beatles are.

Rothko · 24-07-2012 12:55AM

MJ23 wrote: »

The Rolling Stones are the most over rated band ever. They had a few good songs about 30 years ago, and that's about it.

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

The beatles are.

You're both wrong. Led Zeppelin are.

DesperateDan · 24-07-2012 01:14AM

Suas11 wrote: »

You're both wrong. Led Zeppelin are.

Woah man. I certainly think you need to actually grow up at the same time as these bands to truly appreciate the cultural significance they represent. My mum is a huge Beatles fan, and she was one of the screaming teenagers you see on those old clips. Zeppelin influenced all of rock music for two decades from the end of the psychedelia fuelled ethics of the 60's to the weed toting 70's. The Rolling Stones introduced British rock/pop culture to the world, helping to establish it as a viable centre for musical creativity and in my mind epitomise the feeling of 1960's.

It's very hard to look at these bands as a 90's or 80's child and truly appreciate what they have done for the music industry.

Rothko · 24-07-2012 01:29AM

DesperateDan wrote: »

Woah man. I certainly think you need to actually grow up at the same time as these bands to truly appreciate the cultural significance they represent. My mum is a huge Beatles fan, and she was one of the screaming teenagers you see on those old clips. Zeppelin influenced all of rock music for two decades from the end of the psychedelia fuelled ethics of the 60's to the weed toting 70's. The Rolling Stones introduced British rock/pop culture to the world, helping to establish it as a viable centre for musical creativity and in my mind epitomise the feeling of 1960's.

It's very hard to look at these bands as a 90's or 80's child and truly appreciate what they have done for the music industry.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I like them and all but they just wouldn't be one of my favourite bands.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 24-07-2012 01:38AM

mightdomighty wrote: »

The recession was more our fault than the government or the banks

'Our'... Referring to who exactly?

IrishAm · 24-07-2012 01:43AM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I wish it would rain.

It's way TOO HOT!!!!!

Notch it up a few degrees. I love the sun and being Irish, I shall never complain about it. 30-35 is what I want. Throughout the whole summer.

karaokeman · 24-07-2012 06:29AM

krudler wrote: »

KenSwee wrote: »

I'm probably going to get battered for this but I don't get the big thing about Bruce Springsteen. Every year he's over here playing for five or six hours and you have all sorts like Matt Cooper and Tom Dunne on the radio saying " I can't wait to see him, he's so great". It's music for part time music lovers.

He's only slightly less annoying than music snobs.

There's music snobbery for ya;)

Teyla Emmagan · 24-07-2012 08:02AM

IrishAm wrote: »

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I wish it would rain.

It's way TOO HOT!!!!!

Notch it up a few degrees. I love the sun and being Irish, I shall never complain about it. 30-35 is what I want. Throughout the whole summer.

What sun? It's been overcast and humid here anyway. At least if it was sunny and clear it would be a whole load more enjoyable.

IrishAm · 24-07-2012 08:07AM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

What sun? It's been overcast and humid here anyway. At least if it was sunny and clear it would be a whole load more enjoyable.

The last few days here in the Fairest of Cities were nice. Alas, the suns decided to fuck off. Ah, well. It was nice when it lasted. :mad:

NegativeCreep · 24-07-2012 02:54PM

AC/DC are a terrible band. One of the worst ever.

Michael jackson was not a pedophile. There is nothing wrong with sharing a bed with kids. (although it's incredibly unconventional) and I don't believe for a second that he felt any of them up.

I also think that he never had a bad song. Ever. I even love everything on the HIStory, Invincible and MICHAEL albums.

NegativeCreep · 24-07-2012 02:54PM

AC/DC are a terrible band. One of the worst ever.

Michael jackson was not a pedophile. There is nothing wrong with sharing a bed with kids. (although it's incredibly unconventional) and I don't believe for a second that he felt any of them up.

I also think that he never had a bad song. Ever. I even love everything on the HIStory, Invincible and MICHAEL albums.

Mr_Spaceman · 24-07-2012 04:16PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Michael jackson was not a pedophile. There is nothing wrong with sharing a bed with kids. (although it's incredibly unconventional) and I don't believe for a second that he felt any of them up.

Either you're incredibly naive or you're simply at it.

I'm not sure which.

NegativeCreep · 24-07-2012 04:38PM

Mr_Spaceman wrote: »

Either you're incredibly naive or you're simply at it.

I'm not sure which.

I'm not at it, whatever that means :L I just really don't think he did it. And when I say theres nothing wrong with sharing a bed with kids I mean there's nothing illegal about it. Obviously its not right :L But I don't think he felt any of them up. In my opinion the kids were put up to it by their parents.

mightdomighty · 24-07-2012 08:26PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

The old 'Ar, shure, didn't we all lose the run of ourselves' argument... cheap credit was given to absolute spastics with not the first clue of how to handle money and who frittered it away obscenely but the fact is that the banks were lending out money to people they shouldn't have at an unsustainable rate and the government turned a blind eye to it through their lack of regulation so no, I don't buy the notion that it wasn't the fault of the banks or government. They could have chosen to stem the flow of cash that they were giving to these absolute morons but they didn't.

I don't remember saying the Banks /Government were blameless.

What I said was, I feel that those who created the demand are more to Blame. Credit agreements are explict in what is expected of those receiving loans/Mortgages etc. Its very hard to account for idiots who don't take what they were signing more seriously.

The demand was unprecedented, as were the consequences. Of course, regulations were inadequate and the Government / Banks should done more. It's too easy in retrospect to apportion the blame to the few instead of the many who actually created the demand in the first place. But there ya have it - my unpopular opinion

kunst nugget · 24-07-2012 09:06PM

mightdomighty wrote: »

I don't remember saying the Banks /Government were blameless.

What I said was, I feel that those who created the demand are more to Blame. Credit agreements are explict in what is expected of those receiving loans/Mortgages etc. Its very hard to account for idiots who don't take what they were signing more seriously.

The demand was unprecedented, as were the consequences. Of course, regulations were inadequate and the Government / Banks should done more. It's too easy in retrospect to apportion the blame to the few instead of the many who actually created the demand in the first place. But there ya have it - my unpopular opinion

Demand that was also created by the banks. Banks set enormous sales targets every month for their staff and pre-approved massive loans for people on low incomes. The reason house prices shot up was because of the amount of money banks were willing to give out to people so I would apportion a huge amount of the blame on the banks. I'm not saying people are blameless when a good portion were absolutely moronic in their borrowing and are paying the price now.

Remember the general view of banks a decade ago was completely different to what it is now. Banks were blue chip companies which had a reputation of being conservative and steadfast and if they were giving you money they obviously thought you were good for it, right?

Nobody held a gun to people's heads but the lax regulation of the banks meant that these institutions were giving out huge sums of money to people who would never be able to pay it back and now we are all reaping the rewards of that.

The demand for money is always going to be there, just now the banks are not giving out money.

Cienciano · 24-07-2012 09:12PM

Mr_Spaceman wrote: »

Either you're incredibly naive or you're simply at it.

I'm not sure which.

Big time. AC/DC are one of the best bands of all time

ChunkyLover54 · 24-07-2012 09:18PM

Nodin wrote: »

Irish women - nothin wrong with them at all.

I wouldn't call it an unpopular opinion. I'd say at least half the people in this country would tend to agree

(although this is After Hours....maybe you have a point)

mightdomighty · 24-07-2012 10:00PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

Demand that was also created by the banks. Banks set enormous sales targets every month for their staff and pre-approved massive loans for people on low incomes.

Setting sales targets for staff or pre-approving loans does not initiate a demand. They are actions to answer a demand thats already there and to secure their position to meet it.

kunst nugget · 24-07-2012 10:24PM

mightdomighty wrote: »

Setting sales targets for staff or pre-approving loans does not initiate a demand. They are actions to answer a demand thats already there and to secure their position to meet it.

Seriously, there's always going to be a demand for money - it's up to the banks whether they choose to take the risk of giving their money to you. During the tiger era, they created more demand for loans by pre-approving them and awarded the sales people with the most loans secured by giving them holidays. The banks were flush with easy credit and were trying their hardest to offload it onto their customers. 6 years ago I was being pre-approved for a loan of roughly half my yearly wage - something I never took them up on. It was absolute insanity.

NegativeCreep · 24-07-2012 10:31PM

Cienciano wrote: »

Big time. AC/DC are one of the best bands of all time

Yer man can't even sing :L

Cienciano · 24-07-2012 11:46PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Yer man can't even sing :L

Since when does being able to sing matter? Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Mick Jagger, Lou Reed and Rick Astley all can't sing. But music legends

Stick with the x-factor, leave the real music to the adults

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