The Rant Thread(a place to dump ur baggage)

runsir · 10-01-2014 09:26AM

In the middle of a 4 mile tempo running on the back of a 9 miler....legs were feeling it, lactic threshold had been reached...running out of juice big time coming down a narrow footpath along the Clontarf seafront.......when some gob****e on his bike on the path coming straight at me...with a glorious cycle lane on the other side of the wall....

Hadn't the lungs to fcuk him out of it,legs were shot after the forced stop!

cloudatlas · 10-01-2014 11:24AM

Started again from scratch yesterday. My glands were a bit swollen, on the anti- histamines again. I'm going to persevere though and find a way, even if I have to change to a tread mill when it gets too much in the spring. Will probably end up going back to the doc I don't think an inhaler that I can take two puffs from at a time will solve the problem

I was fitter than I thought. This time I'm running with a friend. I'm quicker than she is but I like helping her and we motivate each other to get out there.

Peckham · 10-01-2014 02:09PM

I think this is a rant….certainly feels like one!

My office overlooks the car park for an An Post delivery office and I can see the comings and goings of postmen all day. As I look over the car park now I can see six An Post vans plus a truck parked outside it. None of these vehicles have moved since I got into work at 8.30 this morning, and those same vans are parked there for most of the day everyday (some of them are used in late afternoon). However I can also see postmen coming and going to delivery rounds in their own cars.

Why do postmen drive their own cars on delivery rounds when there are An Post vehicles available for them to use? I can only assume they are paid mileage (consisting of the cost of fuel plus an amount for depreciation) for using their own cars. This doesn’t make sense when the company can provide transport at a lower cost to the company.

It’s odd also that there is a disproportionately high number of cars owned by these postmen that were registered in 2012 or 2013 (a conclusion I could jump to is that they are getting overly-generous mileage rates, but I could be off the mark here). Similarly that all the cars they use (old and new) are always sparkling clean (I’m assuming they get an allowance to get their car cleaned if they have to use it on their rounds).

Very strange, especially when considering that An Post is a loss-making operation and has recently increased the price of postage.

Whilst on the subject – why does an Irish Rail employee get to travel for free on my bus in the mornings? All he does is nod at the bus driver when he is getting on. Surely like everyone else, Irish Rail employees should have to pay for their travel to/from work?

PaulieC · 10-01-2014 02:31PM

Peckham wrote: »

I think this is a rant….certainly feels like one!

My office overlooks the car park for an An Post delivery office and I can see the comings and goings of postmen all day. As I look over the car park now I can see six An Post vans plus a truck parked outside it. None of these vehicles have moved since I got into work at 8.30 this morning, and those same vans are parked there for most of the day everyday (some of them are used in late afternoon). However I can also see postmen coming and going to delivery rounds in their own cars.

Why do postmen drive their own cars on delivery rounds when there are An Post vehicles available for them to use? I can only assume they are paid mileage (consisting of the cost of fuel plus an amount for depreciation) for using their own cars. This doesn’t make sense when the company can provide transport at a lower cost to the company.

It’s odd also that there is a disproportionately high number of cars owned by these postmen that were registered in 2012 or 2013 (a conclusion I could jump to is that they are getting overly-generous mileage rates, but I could be off the mark here). Similarly that all the cars they use (old and new) are always sparkling clean (I’m assuming they get an allowance to get their car cleaned if they have to use it on their rounds).

Very strange, especially when considering that An Post is a loss-making operation and has recently increased the price of postage.

Whilst on the subject – why does an Irish Rail employee get to travel for free on my bus in the mornings? All he does is nod at the bus driver when he is getting on. Surely like everyone else, Irish Rail employees should have to pay for their travel to/from work?

The vans are used for collection from post boxes and the like and for business routes. AFAIK postmen do not get mileage allowance as they are provided with a means to deliver in the form of a bike (for local routes, I assume it's different for countryside routes).
I am no apologist for An Post, my friend is a postman and they used to suckle good on the tits of the Celtic Tiger, getting paid a full shift at overtime rates for not coming in to work etc. , but that's all stopped now.
I can't explain why their cars are clean, maybe they like clean cars ?

ecoli · 10-01-2014 02:35PM

The pointlessness of appointments in the Irish health service - 10.15 but not seen till 12.30. :mad::mad::mad:

TRR · 10-01-2014 02:46PM

ecoli wrote: »

The pointlessness of appointments in the Irish health service - 10.15 but not seen till 12.30. :mad::mad::mad:

Add GP surgeries to that as well. Had an appointment last week for 11.30am so rang the surgery at 11 and asked was my appointment still on track or had it being pushed back (was bringing the kids and didn't want them climbing the walls). Was told was spot on but ended up waiting until close to 1pm before being seen. No emergencies came in ahead of me and judging by the faces on every one else in the surgery they had been waiting ages too.

displaced dub · 10-01-2014 02:57PM

TRR wrote: »

Add GP surgeries to that as well. Had an appointment last week for 11.30am so rang the surgery at 11 and asked was my appointment still on track or had it being pushed back (was bringing the kids and didn't want them climbing the walls). Was told was spot on but ended up waiting until close to 1pm before being seen. No emergencies came in ahead of me and judging by the faces on every one else in the surgery they had been waiting ages too.

Or call the GP like me "Hi need to see a doc" hows next week? I could be dead by then! well you don't have an appointment for today, Well i didn't know i was going to be fu*king sick today!

digger2d2 · 10-01-2014 03:35PM

ecoli wrote: »

The pointlessness of appointments in the Irish health service - 10.15 but not seen till 12.30. :mad::mad::mad:

Genito Urinary Medicine and Infectious Diseases Clinic particularly busy today

kit3 · 10-01-2014 03:38PM

digger2d2 wrote: »

Genito Urinary Medicine and Infectious Diseases Clinic particularly busy today

Were you waiting long ?

digger2d2 · 10-01-2014 03:39PM

kit3 wrote: »

Were you waiting long ?

I was treating him

Krusty_Clown · 10-01-2014 03:54PM

digger2d2 wrote: »

I was treating him

Treating him real nice?

BeepBeep67 · 10-01-2014 04:08PM

digger2d2 wrote: »

I was treating him

I love a story with a happy ending!

kit3 · 10-01-2014 04:10PM

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

I love a story with a happy ending!

Not sure his 'end' was happy by the sound of things. :eek:

Peckham · 10-01-2014 04:28PM

On a roll today...

At Connolly Station. Automated announcement.

"I'm sorry to announce that the 16:20 service to Pearse is delayed due to the late arrival of an incoming train"

So, in other words the train is late because it's late!

Wotsername · 10-01-2014 07:39PM

Peckham wrote: »

On a roll today...

At Connolly Station. Automated announcement.

"I'm sorry to announce that the 16:20 service to Pearse is delayed due to the late arrival of an incoming train"

So, in other words the train is late because it's late!

Must drive you crazy, Really, I mean, Who do they think is going to look out the window at the Post vans all day?

BeepBeep67 · 11-01-2014 08:39PM

Feckin' cup of tea on a Saturday!

ultraman1 · 11-01-2014 08:47PM

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Feckin' cup of tea on a Saturday!

Coors lite on a Saturday watchind d effin cube,awaitin grown ups....don't know whether to laugh,cry or go to bed

kit3 · 11-01-2014 10:20PM

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Feckin' cup of tea on a Saturday!

Hope it's Barrys gold blend

YFlyer · 11-01-2014 10:39PM

Limerick Ac and Dooneen AC training on the track in Limerick this morning. The track was full, however the coaches and athletes managed.

Along comes about 30 Limerick hurlers, mainly underage and minor by the look of them, stormed on to the track and infield without any regard to who were there before them. They could had quite easily had waited for an extra half an hour to do their run test :mad:

ultrapercy · 11-01-2014 11:48PM

Blackice, white ice. Ice full stop ,apart from in my gin and tonic. Wheels where roof should be . Roof where wheels should be. Climbing, briars, bushes and broken glass. Apart from that, all rave.

kit3 · 12-01-2014 12:01AM

ultrapercy wrote: »

Blackice, white ice. Ice full stop ,apart from in my gin and tonic. Wheels where roof should be . Roof where wheels should be. Climbing, briars, bushes and broken glass. Apart from that, all rave.

You have an accident ? Hope all ok

ultrapercy · 12-01-2014 12:13AM

kit3 wrote: »

You have an accident ? Hope all ok

Thanks kit3, I did a bit of smashing but unhurt, thanks for the concern.

PaulieC · 12-01-2014 10:03AM

The cyclist who took some time out of his busy day yesterday afternoon to berate me for running on an otherwise completely empty two-way cycle path along the canal. You, sir, are a pr1ck. You are the reason that motorists and pedestrians hold so little regard for cyclists.

Gavlor · 12-01-2014 11:00AM

PaulieC wrote: »

The cyclist who took some time out of his busy day yesterday afternoon to berate me for running on an otherwise completely empty two-way cycle path along the canal. You, sir, are a pr1ck. You are the reason that motorists and pedestrians hold so little regard for cyclists.

Just leave a trail of thumb tacks behind you next time

nerraw1111 · 12-01-2014 11:11AM

Ah to have dedicated cycle lanes.

You get people power walking in that cycle lane, with prams etc. it baffles me. There's a lovely tree lined path along the canal yet people are more attracted to a nice bit of tarmac. Same with the Phoenix park. Although they're badly designed in places.

All that said, majority of cyclists wouldn't have an issue when the lane is empty. More that cycling lanes are generally ignored in Ireland. Trying running in a cycle lane in Berlin or Copenhagen.

PaulieC · 12-01-2014 11:16AM

nerraw1111 wrote: »

Ah to have dedicated cycle lanes.

You get people power walking in that cycle lane, with prams etc. it baffles me. There's a lovely tree lined path along the canal yet people are more attracted to a nice bit of tarmac. Same with the Phoenix park. Although they're badly designed in places.

All that said, majority of cyclists wouldn't have an issue when the lane is empty. More that cycling lanes are generally ignored in Ireland. Trying running in a cycle lane in Berlin or Copenhagen.

I was in mile 18 of a 20-mile run and on this particular stretch of the canal, the path is badly surfaced and there's a slope down to it and back up from it, which I couldn't face

. the cycle lane was completely empty and I saw the cyclist coming I stepped onto the road in plenty of time to avoid him.

nerraw1111 · 12-01-2014 11:21AM

PaulieC wrote: »

I was in mile 18 of a 20-mile run and on this particular stretch of the canal, the path is badly surfaced and there's a slope down to it and back up from it, which I couldn't face . the cycle lane was completely empty and I saw the cyclist coming I stepped onto the road in plenty of time to avoid him.

Ha. I did the same.

I run and cycle on it too. It's a lovely surface. It's usually empty off peak.

rom · 12-01-2014 04:09PM

Being sick.

blockic · 12-01-2014 04:31PM

****e toilet hand dryers

drquirky · 12-01-2014 05:23PM

Running a **** race when your training is going really well. Really knocks ya back

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