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Wang King wrote: »

Just noticed a poster in AH has used one of my past boards names...tiny adjustment of course...should I be annoyed or flattered?

I actually thought that was you posting under that again!!

People change their names on here? Why?

Stheno wrote: »

1. They close their accounts and get withdrawals, so have to rereg
2. They get bored with their name/want to change their online profile/past/image
3. They break up from a relationship and don't want the ex stalking them online.

They'd be probably the top three genuine reasons.

Then you get the trolly idiots who get banned all the time and rereg constantly

So Wang, was it 1,2 or 3?

Or some fascinating story that will entertain us all for hours






Sorry. I'm bored.

awec wrote: »

Just watched the first two episodes of True Detective.

Is the entire series done in this interview past/present format? It's kind of annoying.

Seems very slow too, but a lot of these shows are just slow to start and I'm hoping that's the case here?

The first series?

It is slow. But don't get bogged down with that. Just appreciate the sense of dread, the eccentric element of russ's character, the acting, the dialogue, and the shots. It's a piece of TV art IMO, and shouldn't be held in the same regard as other shows. It doesn't need pace of action, just sit back and soak it in.

Buer wrote: »

Absolutely fed up to the back teeth of weddings at this point. I'm just shy of 30 weddings in the past 3 years (and hit that number later this year). They're all bland, repetitive and dull at this point. Only 2 of those have been in Dublin which has ended up costing us a small fortune.

Have had some great nights at them but at this stage, they have to be something quite different to stand out or make me look forward to them.

All those divorces must have cost you!

Buer wrote: »

Oh Thomond, wait until your peer group fall like dominoes.

You'll see.....you'l see...

I've obviously been really lucky. All the weddings I've been going to have been spread out over a good few years. I had friends and family getting married when I was in my early 20s and have friends and family who have yet to get married. It seems to be dragging itself out over a 15-20 year period. Which is grand because it means we rarely have more than 2 or 3 a year. I really pity those people whose mates all get married within a 2 year period because it's non-stop and a ridiculous expense.

Frequency of weddings is pretty unsurprisingly linked more to financial security than age. So I think anyone who was entering their late twenties during the crash put off their weddings, which created a backlog. Hence the massive amount of weddings happening now.

I'm 24 and only went to my first wedding as a friend (as opposed to family) last month, it was nice. I'm worried because lots of guests said it was one of the best they'd been to, so only downhill from here. Plus gay marriage means our generation have at least 10 percent more weddings to sit through.

Wang King wrote: »

Going to a wedding today, church at 1.30, pub across the road from 12

The pub is probably open now. Get a head start.

Synode wrote: »

I love weddings. They're always great craic. Out of the 25 or so I've been to, I can't remember a single one that I didn't enjoy

They can be great craic but man do they get old. I had 5 in 2 months last summer, dotted all over the country. The last one, I just went to the residents bar at 11pm with a newspaper.

They're generally a good way to catch up with a gang of friends (unless it's a wedding for one of her 385 cousins which is a different story) and have a few beers.

But it's still a major pain to take a day off work (at least half are on Fridays and the last one I was at was a Thursday so two days off work).

Then they're all in "nice" hotels so you're looking at anything between €120 - €160 for a room and often it's a 2 night stay if it's the other side of the country. We tend to get a nearby B&B for a good few of them but they copped onto this a long time ago and even they charge €100 for a double room if they're within a few minutes of a big wedding hotel.

Same music (oh the last song is Don't Stop Believing, no way) and food (I'll have the beef sirloin thanks and look forward to the assiette of desserts that are from Tesco).

I'll never understand people who spend €40k and more on a wedding day that is pretty much forgotten a week later due to it being pretty much identical to all the others.

Buer wrote: »

They can be great craic but man do they get old. I had 5 in 2 months last summer, dotted all over the country. The last one, I just went to the residents bar at 11pm with a newspaper.

They're generally a good way to catch up with a gang of friends (unless it's a wedding for one of her 385 cousins which is a different story) and have a few beers.

But it's still a major pain to take a day off work (at least half are on Fridays and the last one I was at was a Thursday so two days off work).

Then they're all in "nice" hotels so you're looking at anything between €120 - €160 for a room and often it's a 2 night stay if it's the other side of the country. We tend to get a nearby B&B for a good few of them but they copped onto this a long time ago and even they charge €100 for a double room if they're within a few minutes of a big wedding hotel.

Same music (oh the last song is Don't Stop Believing, no way) and food (I'll have the beef sirloin thanks and look forward to the assiette of desserts that are from Tesco).

I'll never understand people who spend €40k and more on a wedding day that is pretty much forgotten a week later due to it being pretty much identical to all the others.

This. Nail on the head. I hate them. Irish weddings for the most part are so same-same and cost an absolute fortune.

I'd be going over to a small village in the middle of rural Italy, get some amazing food, wine, just close friends, and get away from the Irishness of it all.

No stupid music either.