FSA "off topic" thread - No discussion relating to FSA or Soccer - please read post 1

Swiper the fox · 02-11-2014 10:00AM

I signed up for a twitter account the other day on a whim. Anybody care to recommend some things (what do you call them?) that will improve my life:P

My interests are sports, food and cooking, reading, men's fashion:o, music (indie from days gone by), history.

Haven't a clue what to do with twitter and will probably pack it in very soon:o

Lemlin · 02-11-2014 10:02AM

Swiper the fox wrote: »

I signed up for a twitter account the other day on a whim. Anybody care to recommend some things (what do you call them?) that will improve my life:P

My interests are sports, food and cooking, reading, men's fashion:o, music (indie from days gone by), history.

Haven't a clue what to do with twitter and will probably pack it in very soon:o

Ben Dinnery is very good for injury updates

You know deep down you signed up for it for FSA.

Swiper the fox · 02-11-2014 10:16AM

Lemlin wrote: »

Ben Dinnery is very good for injury updates

You know deep down you signed up for it for FSA.

Funnily enough I signed up after reading a tweet from Dinnery which was posted on the sidebar of FFS:p, he's the only "person" I'm following in the world at the moment, typical:P

Lemlin · 02-11-2014 10:20AM

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Funnily enough I signed up after reading a tweet from Dinnery which was posted on the sidebar of FFS:p, he's the only "person" I'm following in the world at the moment, typical:P

Follow Zoo magazine but just make sure your missus never gets your phone!

alchemist33 · 02-11-2014 12:43PM

Anyone watch Game Of Arms on Dave? It's a reality show (they used to call them documentaries) about five US arm wrestling teams in a round robin tournament. Apart from being a good sports related show, it gives a great insight into what life's like for some average (but big) American men - divorce, family, work, bereavement, accidents etc. It also has one of the biggest d*ckheads I've seen on TV, the main man for the Erie team who gives a fantastic portrayal of a bad winner. I'll keep watching to see him lose, if nothing else.

02-11-2014 12:53PM

alchemist33 wrote: »

. It also has one of the biggest d*ckheads I've seen on TV.

Anyone who hasn't seen "king of kong" needs to do so immediately. Documentary on one man's attempt to break the world record score for donkey Kong, which is held by the biggest cartoon villain you've ever seen. You will hate this guy.

SpaceCowb0y · 02-11-2014 01:13PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone who hasn't seen "king of kong" needs to do so immediately. Documentary on one man's attempt to break the world record score for donkey Kong, which is held by the biggest cartoon villain you've ever seen. You will hate this guy.

Great documentary!

two of the best i have seen lately are

12 O'Clock Boyz:

and Narco Cultura:

FHFC · 03-11-2014 03:00PM

Maybe this is irregular and if so mod away, but I would like to draw attention to this appeal and suggest that every Fantasy Football addict out there take out their phone, right now, and text "Childline" to 57911.

http://www.savechildline24.ie/

wonski · 04-11-2014 01:16AM

FHFC wrote: »

Maybe this is irregular and if so mod away, but I would like to draw attention to this appeal and suggest that every Fantasy Football addict out there take out their phone, right now, and text "Childline" to 57911.

http://www.savechildline24.ie/

Very nice of you to post it. That is a second time this season some charity gets a mention around here.

Given the size of the community it wouldn't be a bad idea to create a charity league eg €1-€5 with money going to the charity.

Got few good news at work today and feel more than generous to take a part in something like this. Anyone in?

wonski · 04-11-2014 01:36AM

FHFC wrote: »

Maybe this is irregular and if so mod away, but I would like to draw attention to this appeal and suggest that every Fantasy Football addict out there take out their phone, right now, and text "Childline" to 57911.

http://www.savechildline24.ie/

Let's just add that it is €4 donated by sending the text message.

FHFC · 04-11-2014 08:05AM

wonski wrote: »

Given the size of the community it wouldn't be a bad idea to create a charity league eg €1-€5 with money going to the charity.

What sorta thing had you in mind?

There are a lot of leagues on the forum already. Maybe when we start running the Champions League/Europa format cups we could have a voluntary donation by entrants which we could donate to a suggested charity?

SpaceCowb0y · 04-11-2014 10:30AM

FHFC wrote: »

What sorta thing had you in mind?

There are a lot of leagues on the forum already. Maybe when we start running the Champions League/Europa format cups we could have a voluntary donation by entrants which we could donate to a suggested charity?

Great idea! Bernardos or Temple St would be nice!

wonski · 05-11-2014 12:10AM

FHFC wrote: »

What sorta thing had you in mind?

There are a lot of leagues on the forum already. Maybe when we start running the Champions League/Europa format cups we could have a voluntary donation by entrants which we could donate to a suggested charity?

Sounds like a plan.

Just realized we shouldn't discuss it here but I hope mods will forgive us on this occasion.

We could make a poll to choose from few charities to make everyone decide.

Let's think about this and make a new thread later on to see how popular this can be.

FHFC · 05-11-2014 12:22AM

wonski wrote: »

Sounds like a plan.

Just realized we shouldn't discuss it here but I hope mods will forgive us on this occasion.

We could make a poll to choose from few charities to make everyone decide.

Let's think about this and make a new thread later on to see how popular this can be.

Just to not I don't organise any of the euro cup tournaments, was only latterly involved in them last year. This suggestion would need to be ok with the people who have set up and run them over the years.

I'll gladly organise a PayPal or some such if it's acceptable.

SpaceCowb0y · 05-11-2014 12:26PM

FHFC wrote: »

Just to not I don't organise any of the euro cup tournaments, was only latterly involved in them last year. This suggestion would need to be ok with the people who have set up and run them over the years.

I'll gladly organise a PayPal or some such if it's acceptable.

Lemlin and Finnharpsboy ran the Europa last season IIRC, not sure about the others as i seemed to keep missing the deadlines for signup:rolleyes:

Lemlin · 05-11-2014 02:19PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Lemlin and Finnharpsboy ran the Europa last season IIRC, not sure about the others as i seemed to keep missing the deadlines for signup:rolleyes:

I ran the Champions Cup with the help of others on here but it's too late to run it with the same format as last year. I had planned to but I managed to stupidly get myself a four week ban just as the CL was starting.

SpaceCowb0y · 05-11-2014 02:23PM

Lemlin wrote: »

I ran the Champions Cup with the help of others on here but it's too late to run it with the same format as last year. I had planned to but I managed to stupidly get myself a four week ban just as the CL was starting.

Ahhh.. i knew you helped with the running of one of the tournaments! I stand corrected. Not to worry i'm sure there will be others set up over the course of the season that we can see about making charitable!

Iused2likebusts · 05-11-2014 02:39PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Ahhh.. i knew you helped with the running of one of the tournaments! I stand corrected. Not to worry i'm sure there will be others set up over the course of the season that we can see about making charitable!

What about running an fa cup style one . 64 entrants and we could use the gw before the fa cup games as our scoring weeks.

Lemlin · 05-11-2014 02:42PM

The missus is in New York for a few days. Any suggestions for anything particularly good available over there that I should ask her to get?

manual_man · 05-11-2014 03:05PM

FSA Charity Shield/Cup?

Could have it running side-by-side with the FSA Cup or possibly a little later in the season as a good way of keeping up interest while contributing to a good cause

FHFC · 05-11-2014 04:55PM

Sorry to hear there won't be a Champions League. I wasn't in it last year but it looked good craic.

If we're doing a new Charity Shield sorta thing I'm happy to help out running it.

SpaceCowb0y · 05-11-2014 06:19PM

Lemlin wrote: »

The missus is in New York for a few days. Any suggestions for anything particularly good available over there that I should ask her to get?

Depends what you're into i guess! Electrical good are extremely good value. Clothes too!

Lemlin · 05-11-2014 06:29PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Depends what you're into i guess! Electrical good are extremely good value. Clothes too!

I have given her a list of clothes alright! What electrical goods? Lads on the console forum reckoned there was little or nothing to be saved on those.

OneColdHand · 05-11-2014 06:54PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Depends what you're into i guess! Electrical good are extremely good value. Clothes too!

For some reason when I read 'electrical goods' I was imagining Mrs. Lemlin coming back with a suitcase full of toasters!

SpaceCowb0y · 05-11-2014 07:23PM

Lemlin wrote: »

I have given her a list of clothes alright! What electrical goods? Lads on the console forum reckoned there was little or nothing to be saved on those.

I'm not much of a gamer these day so I don't know about consoles but phones/tablets/laptops etc work out quite cheap with the exchange rate and if you go to the right places

Lemlin · 05-11-2014 09:21PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

I'm not much of a gamer these day so I don't know about consoles but phones/tablets/laptops etc work out quite cheap with the exchange rate and if you go to the right places

Don't really need any of those tbh. Would a phone from the US work on the networks here?

SpaceCowb0y · 05-11-2014 09:40PM

Lemlin wrote: »

Don't really need any of those tbh. Would a phone from the US work on the networks here?

You would need to buy it sim free or could always just get it unlocked. I got someone to bring me back a Google nexus 4 a couple of years ago before it was released over here and got it for a great price and it worked fine

Lemlin · 06-11-2014 02:44PM

FHFC wrote: »

Sorry to hear there won't be a Champions League. I wasn't in it last year but it looked good craic.

If we're doing a new Charity Shield sorta thing I'm happy to help out running it.

I suppose we could still do the CL and just go with different weeks this year for the first phase.

How would people feel about €10 entry? €5 towards a charity and €5 towards a prize fund.

That'd leave €320 for charity donation and €320 for a prize. We could do:

Winner: €200
Runner Up: €70
Third: €30
Fourth: €20

wonski · 06-11-2014 02:56PM

Lemlin wrote: »

I suppose we could still do the CL and just go with different weeks this year for the first phase.

How would people feel about €10 entry? €5 towards a charity and €5 towards a prize fund.

That'd leave €320 for charity donation and €320 for a prize. We could do:

Winner: €200
Runner Up: €70
Third: €30
Fourth: €20

I'm in:D

Would you be able to organize it? I remember FHFC already offered to either run part of it or organize the financial part (Paypal etc).

I can help of course, but don't even know where to start:o

FHFC · 06-11-2014 03:03PM

Lemlin wrote: »

I suppose we could still do the CL and just go with different weeks this year for the first phase.

How would people feel about €10 entry? €5 towards a charity and €5 towards a prize fund.

That'd leave €320 for charity donation and €320 for a prize. We could do:

Winner: €200
Runner Up: €70
Third: €30
Fourth: €20

I'm in and will help out in whatever way is needed. Was there a cash prize in it last year? I'd be happy to have no prize and just throw the entry to the charity , but am easy either way.

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