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Star Lord · 11-03-2016 11:03PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Couldn't resist picking up Pandemic Legacy when I saw it in the gaming shop behind Jervis earlier. Really excited to dig in, although have only played the original once. The permanence of Legacy is just fantastically intriguing. Now just to find another player or two happy to commit to a few months play :pac:

Been playing it with some friends, great game! Tough, but really really good!

Doge · 12-03-2016 12:23AM

Steve X2 wrote: »

I see An Post are offering a Parcel Motel type service now.
addresspal.ie
3.50 per delivery and any post office is your collection point. I've not signed up yet but it looks like you get a real UK address, as in just outside London and not somewhere up north.

I personally haven't used Parcel Motel since I swithced to DPD Parcel Wizard back in December.

€3.85 delivered to your door, and they are extremely lenient on oversized items.

I even ordered a bulky office chair and wasn't charged extra, in fact i wasnt charged at all as it was one of my first 3 free deliveres during the promotional period.

I guess its handy for people who have someone who is at home to receive it,
but you could always get it delivered to your work address.

You get a text and email when it hits the depot in Northern Ireland telling you the day it will be out for delivery,
and another text on the morning the van is out for delivery with the estimated time of arrival.

Currently its next day delivery after it hits the depot up North.

You can also choose a future date and time to have it delivered if you're not available on the day.

On the website you can see where the van currently is on a google map, and it tells you how many stops left before it arrives to your location.

There's an app being beta tested by customers also at the moment.

Pretty slick so far, the only con is when you top up it doesn't show you how many top ups are on your account but they're working on adding it.

eddhorse · 12-03-2016 08:48AM

That sounds great. We use DPD already at my office so that might work well for me.

The only thing i dont like about Parcel Motel is that you dont know where your goods are. You get a picture of the box in the Dublin depot but not one in the north first which is more important.

CiDeRmAn · 12-03-2016 12:27PM

eddhorse wrote: »

That sounds great. We use DPD already at my office so that might work well for me.

The only thing i dont like about Parcel Motel is that you dont know where your goods are. You get a picture of the box in the Dublin depot but not one in the north first which is more important.

Parcel Motel does allow one to avoid Saurons noticing the various purchases turning up, also avoiding divorce and selling ones collection to pay for the split....

eddhorse · 12-03-2016 01:31PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Parcel Motel does allow one to avoid Saurons noticing the various purchases turning up, also avoiding divorce and selling ones collection to pay for the split....

Good point well presented, if they go to the work office i should be ok as well.
The post office idea wouldnt be helpful for me either. I dont see a benefit. Only collection during the day is meh. I collected from parcel motel the other morning at 4am on the way to the airport.

Jack burton · 12-03-2016 02:08PM

My post office always has the local Scum in there looking for their free money, I hate queuing in there 99% of the time

CiDeRmAn · 12-03-2016 02:08PM

Any packages that end up at home often wind up having the be collected from this depot or that, as a lot of the time we might be out.
It's as handy just having them sent to the local Parcel Motel and dropping by on the way to work or after dropping Cidonalad to school.

Doge · 12-03-2016 04:01PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Parcel Motel does allow one to avoid Saurons noticing the various purchases turning up, also avoiding divorce and selling ones collection to pay for the split....

Sauron - "The Mam of shame?"

Nerdkiller1991 · 13-03-2016 04:37PM

Had a good day in Dublin, yesterday. Got to see The Hateful Eight in 70mm, plus I had Abra for the first time in an age, and I think the kebabs in that one around the corner of the IFI were better than the ones I used to have when it was around were I lived.

13-03-2016 06:46PM

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Had a good day in Dublin, yesterday. Got to see The Hateful Eight in 70mm, plus I had Abra for the first time in an age, and I think the kebabs in that one around the corner of the IFI were better than the ones I used to have when it was around were I lived.

what a day out.
my da calls abra kebabs a "****e in a shoe"

Nerdkiller1991 · 13-03-2016 07:40PM

BrownFinger wrote: »

what a day out.
my da calls abra kebabs a "****e in a shoe"

Me da would disagree with your da on that one.

johnny_ultimate · 13-03-2016 08:04PM

Jaysus, Abrakebabra - I'm amazed they're even still about in Dublin! Zaytoon and Ishkanders are going to be revelatory if Abra is currently your go-to kebab choice in the city :pac:

eddhorse · 13-03-2016 08:32PM

Oh zaytoon nom nom nom

Nerdkiller1991 · 13-03-2016 10:09PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Jaysus, Abrakebabra - I'm amazed they're even still about in Dublin! Zaytoon and Ishkanders are going to be revelatory if Abra is currently your go-to kebab choice in the city :pac:

Retro recommended me Rick's Restaurant, not too far from the Abra I went to for their taco fries. I might give them a go the next time I'm in the city.

Steve X2 · 13-03-2016 10:10PM

Abra food during the day is muck, pure muck.
Abra food at 1am after a few hours drinking is mana from the gods

Next morning you'll regret it though.

Retr0gamer · 13-03-2016 11:12PM

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Retro recommended me Rick's Restaurant, not too far from the Abra I went to for their taco fries. I might give them a go the next time I'm in the city.

Rick's burgers. They do awesome burgers and taco fries.

However I'm with Johnny Ultimate on recommending Zaytoons. The kebab's there are fantastic with or without booze.

Retr0gamer · 13-03-2016 11:21PM

F*** you Johnny Ultimate, I need a Zaytoon kebab now! Hopefully I can get one during the paddy's weekend!

johnny_ultimate · 14-03-2016 12:06AM

Zeytoon isn't quite as appealing anymore now that Umi falafel has opened on Dame Street. Yummy

Also: given there's a Bunsen a two or three minute walk from Rick's, that's where you want to be for your semi-regular burger injection

Doge · 14-03-2016 04:02AM

Finally a decent attempt at capturing the FPS view on the big screen.
This might just avenge that god ****ing awful attempt made by Doom:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96EChBYVFhU

Seriously hyped for it, couldn't care less about the plot or acting, the action and FPS view do it for me already.

CiDeRmAn · 14-03-2016 08:07AM

Will it out Crank Crank though?
That movie and it's sequel were pure insanity.

Doge · 14-03-2016 08:17AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Will it out Crank Crank though?
That movie and it's sequel were pure insanity.

I havent seen any of them, the original has 7/10 on IMDB though.

Is it the only film Jason Statham is in? :pac:

Those Transporter films were would put you off his entire career!

Edit: always forget he was in Snatch and Lock Stock.

Retr0gamer · 14-03-2016 08:47AM

To give Jason Statham some credit, he's been in some pretty enjoyable schlock the past few years. He knows the market he is aiming towards and does it well and on a budget without looking cheap. Also anyone that is in a film and describes Hurling as a mix between hockey and murder is alright in my book.

Retr0gamer · 14-03-2016 08:51AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kE9BR24XIw

Super Bunny Hop examining each first level of the sonic games. His channel has turned into one of the best gaming channels on YouTube.

Jack burton · 14-03-2016 09:43AM

Doge wrote: »

I havent seen any of them, the original has 7/10 on IMDB though.

Is it the only film Jason Statham is in? :pac:

Those Transporter films were would put you off his entire career!

Edit: always forget he was in Snatch and Lock Stock.

Ah I love a good auld Jason Statham film. Crank 1 & 2 are some of the better ones in fairness but they are all enjoyable

Him and vin diesel fighting with pieces of a broken car....biggest Oscar snub for best picture ever

Doge · 14-03-2016 09:52AM

It was the scene in Transporter 2 where that blond one in lingerie shot at a helicopter with an uzi resulting in the most fake explosion ever, that made me say **** this and stop watching!

o1s1n · 14-03-2016 10:08AM

Action films are for me the equivalent of scrolling beat em ups. Anything after the 90s tends to be ****e.

Myrddin · 14-03-2016 10:35AM

Watched The Last of Us Maze Runner 2 - The Scorch Trials last night....there's not many films I'd turn off after an hour or so, but this was one of them. Disappointing really, as the first one was a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. This one though, took everything that made the first one at least a tiny bit different & threw it all away

Jack burton · 14-03-2016 11:35AM

Doge wrote: »

It was the scene in Transporter 2 where that blond one in lingerie shot at a helicopter with an uzi resulting in the most fake explosion ever, that made me say **** this and stop watching!

Ah if it only you stuck it out till transporter 3. Jason Statham double pegs a rail on a bmx to catch up with a car that will cause him to blow up if he gets too far behind it....its like versus micro machines

um7y1h83ge06nx · 14-03-2016 11:45AM

Talking about kebabs, if you guys are ever in Limerick go to Turkuaz - link

I was amazed when I went to the likes of Turkuaz and Zaytoon first, kebabs that are tasty when you're sober!

K.O.Kiki · 14-03-2016 01:40PM

I've had real Turkish kebabs growing up in Germany, and I will unequivocally state:

Abrakebabra are actually alright.

Better than most cheap ethnic kebab shops here.

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