Off Topic Thread too point uh

dregin · 15-07-2015 09:56AM

O'Connell Steet was an AWFUL lot worse before they redid all the footpaths and planted trees. It'll hopefully pick up once that shopping centre is built...

dregin · 15-07-2015 09:58AM

Spoilers galore, but here's a breakdown on everything everyone has missed in True Detective Season 2: http://www.buzzfeed.com/kirstenking/im-so-confused#.wt8z88kGq

awec · 15-07-2015 09:59AM

Yea it looks nice, until you look at all the shopping units up close.

thomond2006 · 15-07-2015 10:07AM

They ruined Grafton St. with that horrendous paving. The red brick was really nice.

.ak · 15-07-2015 10:12AM

dregin wrote: »

O'Connell Steet was an AWFUL lot worse before they redid all the footpaths and planted trees. It'll hopefully pick up once that shopping centre is built...

Yeah, I remember being privvy to the plans for the rejuvenation project in 1999. The plans have actually been adhered to quite closely. I have the planning book at home somewhere. Only difference is they were going to erect these weird columns opposite the GPO, and the plan for the spire was completely different.

awec wrote: »

Yea it looks nice, until you look at all the shopping units up close.

Yeah the actual retail units are poor on O'Connell st... It's really just a traffic by-point at the moment, and a public transport hub.

The thing is you can't blame anyone for that - these things happen organically quite a lot. If I was opening a new retail business I wouldn't put it on O'Connell st, would you?

However, I would open a tourist spot. They need to look at the planning for the area again and allow more pubs/restaurants there, there's an absolutely huge footfall from tourists there because of the hop-on-hop-off tour buses. They need to make more of the tourist visitor centres and attract the likes of TGI's or Hard Rock cafe's... Those are the kind of businesses that would do well.

.ak · 15-07-2015 10:12AM

thomond2006 wrote: »

They ruined Grafton St. with that horrendous paving. The red brick was really nice.

Yeah but probably a nightmare to keep maintained with the footfall.

Buer · 15-07-2015 10:14AM

thomond2006 wrote: »

They ruined Grafton St. with that horrendous paving. The red brick was really nice.

They've been making a dog's dinner of that street for a few years now, tearing it up and interrupting traffic. The council should be taken to task for the absolute mess they make every time they try to do any ground works; always slow and often no improvement visually. It's rare enough you can walk the street without seeing some section cordoned off for works.

Podge_irl · 15-07-2015 10:18AM

The red brick just isn't really designed for pavement - I think it was pretty hard to maintain and wore badly. But it gave the street a great character and the new one is bland and boring.

I'm super interested to see how College Green develops. In my ideal world it would be closed to all traffic except trams.

dregin · 15-07-2015 10:20AM

Buer wrote: »

They've been making a dog's dinner of that street for a few years now, tearing it up and interrupting traffic. The council should be taken to task for the absolute mess they make every time they try to do any ground works; always slow and often no improvement visually. It's rare enough you can walk the street without seeing some section cordoned off for works.

Council. Taken to task.

Excuse me while I spend the remainder of the day rolling around the floor in stitches.

Podge_irl · 15-07-2015 10:23AM

dregin wrote: »

Council. Taken to task.

Excuse me while I spend the remainder of the day rolling around the floor in stitches.

This is the kind of area where I think a directly elected mayor would be quite nice.

**** you Fingal.

awec · 15-07-2015 10:25AM

.ak wrote: »

Yeah, I remember being privvy to the plans for the rejuvenation project in 1999. The plans have actually been adhered to quite closely. I have the planning book at home somewhere. Only difference is they were going to erect these weird columns opposite the GPO, and the plan for the spire was completely different.

Yeah the actual retail units are poor on O'Connell st... It's really just a traffic by-point at the moment, and a public transport hub.

The thing is you can't blame anyone for that - these things happen organically quite a lot. If I was opening a new retail business I wouldn't put it on O'Connell st, would you?

However, I would open a tourist spot. They need to look at the planning for the area again and allow more pubs/restaurants there, there's an absolutely huge footfall from tourists there because of the hop-on-hop-off tour buses. They need to make more of the tourist visitor centres and attract the likes of TGI's or Hard Rock cafe's... Those are the kind of businesses that would do well.

The council need to incentivise it.

awec · 15-07-2015 10:25AM

The new paving on Grafton street is pretty slippy when it's wet.

b.gud · 15-07-2015 10:27AM

dregin wrote: »

Spoilers galore, but here's a breakdown on everything everyone has missed in True Detective Season 2: http://www.buzzfeed.com/kirstenking/im-so-confused#.wt8z88kGq

Nice I'll get the GF to read this before the next episode so I don't have to keep pausing it to tell here what's happening

Buer · 15-07-2015 10:28AM

dregin wrote: »

Council. Taken to task.

Excuse me while I spend the remainder of the day rolling around the floor in stitches.

Indeed. The nonsensical element did strike me as I read back over it. It'll never happen but it's a pathetic situation.

They recently redid the footpath along the coast road in Raheny/Clontarf bordering St. Anne's park. It took them 2-3 weeks to do about 800m of path. Absolutely laughable and should have been done in a fraction.

awec · 15-07-2015 10:36AM

These car insurance companies drive me crazy. You go online to get a few quotes just to see what the field looks like and within a minute they are ringing you. :mad:

b.gud · 15-07-2015 10:43AM

awec wrote: »

These car insurance companies drive me crazy. You go online to get a few quotes just to see what the field looks like and within a minute they are ringing you. :mad:

Yep had the same thing myself this week, it's a f***ing pain. Also a pain having to fill out all your details over and over. I wish there was one site I could give my details to and then say check all these sites using my details

Zzippy · 15-07-2015 10:59AM

awec wrote: »

These car insurance companies drive me crazy. You go online to get a few quotes just to see what the field looks like and within a minute they are ringing you. :mad:

Just put in ak's number. They won't be calling you, and ak will be wondering what the f*ck just happened. Win win...

.ak · 15-07-2015 11:05AM

Zzippy wrote: »

Just put in ak's number. They won't be calling you, and ak will be wondering what the f*ck just happened. Win win...

Jokes on you! I've been waiting for somebody to talk to for years....

P_1 · 15-07-2015 11:07AM

awec wrote: »

These car insurance companies drive me crazy. You go online to get a few quotes just to see what the field looks like and within a minute they are ringing you. :mad:

Also they've stopped generating quotes when you put 0871234567 as the contact number too, baxtards

.ak · 15-07-2015 11:28AM

P_1 wrote: »

Also they've stopped generating quotes when you put 0871234567 as the contact number too, baxtards

Not surprising, as the 085 version of that actually belonged to someone I knew.... Eventually he sold on the number because it was literally ringing every few seconds with just random people ringing it.

Wang King · 15-07-2015 07:57PM

Because of ivf, and then crumlin with my daughter, I've been in Dublin for 13 years, basing myself on Parnell St, either in jury's inn, or the kingfisher across the road. I've seen the area change, and I love it! I'd look out my window in the hotel and gaze down on Moore Street and it would amaze me with the hustle and bustle starting at dawn and going on until after 6. The ethnic diversity in the whole area is marvelous, the food is out of this world!
I enjoyed walking O'Connell St, watching tourists, seeing people enjoying themselves, even watching the local skangers roaring at each other gave me a laugh
I'll tell you, after cancer, thinking you may not be able to have kids and all the other normal stresses of life, this part of Dublin kept me fckin sane.......ish

Yeah_Right · 16-07-2015 02:03AM

Wang King wrote: »

Because of ivf, and then crumlin with my daughter, I've been in Dublin for 13 years, basing myself on Parnell St, either in jury's inn, or the kingfisher across the road. I've seen the area change, and I love it! I'd look out my window in the hotel and gaze down on Moore Street and it would amaze me with the hustle and bustle starting at dawn and going on until after 6. The ethnic diversity in the whole area is marvelous, the food is out of this world!
I enjoyed walking O'Connell St, watching tourists, seeing people enjoying themselves, even watching the local skangers roaring at each other gave me a laugh
I'll tell you, after cancer, thinking you may not be able to have kids and all the other normal stresses of life, this part of Dublin kept me fckin sane.......ish

Mate. I'm sorry for your troubles. I really am. And I get what you're saying. And I'm sorry for my morbid sense of humour, but....
My first thought was - O'Connell St, it's better than cancer.

Sorry. All the best.

Wang King · 16-07-2015 07:56AM

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Mate. I'm sorry for your troubles. I really am. And I get what you're saying. And I'm sorry for my morbid sense of humour, but....
My first thought was - O'Connell St, it's better than cancer.

Sorry. All the best.

Troubles all over now

....but according to some here, O'Connell St is worse than cancer

16-07-2015 11:18AM

Posted some rugby related sport science in the General Rugby thread -

Deleted User wrote: »

All about the referee's impact on the game
Injuries in rugby – how often are players injured, when they are injured, and how seriously?
Possession in rugby – why rugby has been a sport where the team with the ball is LESS likely to win
The physiological demands of rugby – how far do they run, how often do they tackle, how much energy...

Discuss them there if you wish, but Ross Tucker (author of the articles above) was on Off-The-Ball last night discussing drugs in cycling. Worth a listen to the clip and a read of the additional info here too.

The interview comes off the back of this piece here where Ross questions the plausibility of the 'Froome & Sky cycling story' so far...

Another 'pixel in the picture' is a really good analogy. Suspicions, deja vu and cycling having another super-human team...

Wang King · 16-07-2015 08:33PM

Going to a wedding next month where the bride is a scouser, half the guests will be scousers.....think I'll be staring a chorus of "In your Liverpool slums"

Stheno · 16-07-2015 08:54PM

Wang King wrote: »

Surprised by 2 things here...1...that anyone considers Anne summers a feckin sex shop...and 2...we have a female forum member!

There are multiple female members on here, sullivlo is also female I'm fairly sure, then there are other less regular posters

awec wrote: »

These car insurance companies drive me crazy. You go online to get a few quotes just to see what the field looks like and within a minute they are ringing you. :mad:

Fake number

I'm watching extreme railroads on C4, has anyone heard about that Japanese train the Maglev, that goes at over 600km/hr that floats above the track and uses magnetic force to move?

Stheno · 16-07-2015 09:03PM

and @ Wang King, I thought you lived in Cork!

Buer · 16-07-2015 09:08PM

Nah, he just supports them in the football.

mfceiling · 16-07-2015 11:44PM

Stheno wrote: »

There are multiple female members on here, sullivlo is also female I'm fairly sure, then there are other less regular posters

Fake number

I'm watching extreme railroads on C4, has anyone heard about that Japanese train the Maglev, that goes at over 600km/hr that floats above the track and uses magnetic force to move?

I love that train...I love trains in general. I must be the only person who loves everything about the London underground..stations, the trains themselves, even down to the tiles (was the only tile I insisted on for my ensuite). Read a great article recently on the maglev (think it was the guardian app (best app on my phone )..how many more ((( ))) can I use in a post?

Wang King · 16-07-2015 11:51PM

Buer wrote: »

Nah, he just supports them in the football.

I'm going to cry

Off Topic Thread too point uh

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