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gnfnrhead · 19-02-2014 03:15PM

What was the question?

the groutch · 19-02-2014 04:17PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

WTF do we pay road tax when the bloody roads are in a terrible state :mad:

never heard of this road tax, I have heard of a motor tax though

JP Liz V1 · 19-02-2014 04:23PM

the groutch wrote: »

never heard of this road tax, I have heard of a motor tax though

Touché

Was too mad and angry to read back over my post needed to rant

gerTheGreat · 19-02-2014 07:01PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

WTF do we pay motor tax when the bloody roads are in a terrible state :mad:

it pays for our hospitals. Only about 40% pre-bail-out was spent on roads. Likely to be much lower now.

Bounty Hunter · 19-02-2014 09:06PM

gnfnrhead wrote: »

What was the question?

the Ultimate Question of 'Life, the Universe, and Everything'.

Deadlie · 19-02-2014 09:12PM

D.Q wrote: »

anyone here into their vinyl? bought a vinyl player, awful sound out of it... sounds like its in a tin.

What player did you get? If its the briefcase one from Rage in Dublin, I've heard there's quality control issues with some of them. Bring it back for another.

Mine has an equaliser type knob on it - it's a small one beside the volume. If its all the way to the left it might sound tinny, because the bass is taken out.

JP Liz V1 · 19-02-2014 10:31PM

gerTheGreat wrote: »

it pays for our hospitals. Only about 40% pre-bail-out was spent on roads. Likely to be much lower now.

Really?

I thought it was only for the upkeep and maintenance of the roads

D.Q · 19-02-2014 10:40PM

Deadlie wrote: »

What player did you get? If its the briefcase one from Rage in Dublin, I've heard there's quality control issues with some of them. Bring it back for another.

Mine has an equaliser type knob on it - it's a small one beside the volume. If its all the way to the left it might sound tinny, because the bass is taken out.

It's a steepletone one from rage. Not the briefcase, the other one they sell. What one do you have if you don't mind me asking?

Hashtag_HEEL · 19-02-2014 10:44PM

What's the going price of a vinyl player? Been looking for a decent one since everyone is raving about the sound quality.

D.Q · 19-02-2014 10:48PM

Mine was 60 or so, but it's not great.

gerTheGreat · 19-02-2014 11:03PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Really?

I thought it was only for the upkeep and maintenance of the roads

Na, all tax is basically dumped into a big pot and dived up. Tax isn't reserved for certain expenditure. Currently about 84% of all tax is spent on Social Welfare, Health and Education.

Ref: http://per.gov.ie/public-expenditure-policy/

Deadlie · 20-02-2014 05:09PM

D.Q wrote: »

It's a steepletone one from rage. Not the briefcase, the other one they sell. What one do you have if you don't mind me asking?

I've two - the Steepletone one ST282 (might be the one you have) in the computer room and my Dads old HUGE Sony one in the sitting room. The Steepletone one we have has some extra speakers in it, so it's not coming directly from the body. Sounds great!

D.Q · 20-02-2014 07:26PM

yeah its a strange one, i have mine plugged into my pc speakers and sub, which generally provide a decent bass sound, but when the vinyl player is going through it, there is hardly any bass at all.

Furious-Red · 22-02-2014 06:06PM

Great game of rugby pity about the end result but to be fair England deserved that win

Angron · 22-02-2014 06:16PM

If Ireland don't win the Six Nations, I'd rather see Wales win it than France or England.

GTR63 · 22-02-2014 06:33PM

Hate Wales as much as anyone tbh. As Red said we got what we deserved, wasn't a great spectacle but a VERY intense game to watch. Real Test rugby. Our kicking hurt us & I always feel Murray is too slow at the breakdown aswell.

Angron · 22-02-2014 06:34PM

GTR63 wrote: »

Hate Wales as much as anyone tbh. As Red said we got what we deserved, wasn't a great spectacle but a VERY intense game to watch. Real Test rugby. Our kicking hurt us & I always feel Murray is too slow at the breakdown aswell.

Oh I'm not a Wales fan, I just hate England, and really hate France.

GTR63 · 22-02-2014 06:37PM

Angron wrote: »

Oh I'm not a Wales fan, I just hate England, and really hate France.

I like the French the most even if they have hurt us the most on the pitch. But the current French side are the shíts tbh, so badly managed its not even funny.

Diabhal Beag · 22-02-2014 07:14PM

I don't really have any bias just don't see them topping the table. England would be my favourites.

Furious-Red · 22-02-2014 07:42PM

GTR63 wrote: »

Hate Wales as much as anyone tbh. As Red said we got what we deserved, wasn't a great spectacle but a VERY intense game to watch. Real Test rugby. Our kicking hurt us & I always feel Murray is too slow at the breakdown aswell.

Yea Sexton was off his game today imo , there is times like this where you do miss O Gara . But he did have a decent game against Wales 2 weeks ago . Its a pity he seems to have a very hit and miss . Plus at the moment there is no really ready yet to be a back up . I know they tried Jackson but he was far from ready

Mr.Nice Guy · 22-02-2014 08:00PM

It was tiring watching it. Hard to begrudge England the win overall but if Ireland had just been a bit more slicker (that Trimble opportunity in the first half, that BOD lay-off that Sexton missed in the second etc.)

Ah well. Still a lot to play for, but I agree with Diabhal that the English are the favourites.

GTR63 · 22-02-2014 08:20PM

Furious-Red wrote: »

Yea Sexton was off his game today imo , there is times like this where you do miss O Gara . But he did have a decent game against Wales 2 weeks ago . Its a pity he seems to have a very hit and miss . Plus at the moment there is no really ready yet to be a back up . I know they tried Jackson but he was far from ready

Tbh I doubt Jackson will ever be ready to make a big impact from the bench fair true for what they said about us transitioning from Rodge/Humpries to Rodge/Sexton & Sexton/Jackson doesn't have the same ring to it. O'Gara was so great at game management too, if we had him to come on after 55 mins tonite it would of helped.

GTR63 · 22-02-2014 08:28PM

Whats up with Whatsapp tonite?
Anyone know?

gnfnrhead · 22-02-2014 08:31PM

GTR63 wrote: »

Whats up with Whatsapp tonite?
Anyone know?

Wasnt it bought by Facebook the other day? Could be some sort of change over?

23-02-2014 05:54PM

So I recorded my TV Quizshow for TV3 the other day. It's called Crossfire and it's gonna air in April and I'll be on the first ever showing of it. Make it part of your WrestleMania Weekend if you can

beakerjoe · 23-02-2014 07:49PM

Omackeral wrote: »

So I recorded my TV Quizshow for TV3 the other day. It's called Crossfire and it's gonna air in April and I'll be on the first ever showing of it. Make it part of your WrestleMania Weekend if you can

As a man who has met you in real life, I look forward to this

Im hoping for moments like this :

cena · 23-02-2014 07:54PM

That is it for 4 more years till the next winter games

24-02-2014 10:36PM

Harold Ramis passsef away today
A great actor and Director

beakerjoe · 25-02-2014 01:24AM

connemara man wrote: »

Harold Ramis passsef away today
A great actor and Director

Sad news indeed, ill never forget going to my first day of school with my GB backpack and begging my mam to change my name to Egon as I thought the kids would laugh at Joseph. How lucky I was she ignored that plea.

Don't cross the beams

RIP

Charisteas · 25-02-2014 10:56AM

Sad news. What ever happened to Ghostbusters 3 which seemed to be in the pipeline forever?

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