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  • #8732
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,330 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    wp_rathead wrote: »
    Stentho and CatFromHue no?

    I accidentally stumbled upon r/theredpill on reddit
    Oh my gawd - what an absolute cesspool of a place

    Lol what?

    What makes you think I'm a woman?

    I'm all man baby :cool:


  • #8733
    chupacabra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭chupacabra


    I've been away from Ireland for some time now on and off. But goodness me Zaytoon's is always amazing.


  • #8734
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    Some light reading for the forum...

    I can't imagine why anyone would respond to Jessica Valenti's thoughtful, balanced writing with anything other than admiration.


  • #8735
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,073 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Lol what?

    What makes you think I'm a woman?

    I'm all man baby :cool:

    Haha whoops
    Who the feck am I thinking of so?


  • #8736
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Lol what?

    What makes you think I'm a woman?

    I'm all man baby :cool:

    I was really questioning everything I thought I knew of this forum for a minute there.


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  • #8737
    Greta Massive Saliva
    Posts: 0 ✭ Greta Massive Saliva


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Lol what?

    What makes you think I'm a woman?

    I'm all man baby :cool:

    A man baby?

    manbaby.jpg


  • #8738
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    So how does this LUAS dispute end?


  • #8739
    Greta Massive Saliva
    Posts: 0 ✭ Greta Massive Saliva


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    So how does this LUAS dispute end?

    badly


  • #8740
    Zzippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    So how does this LUAS dispute end?

    With an epic fight scene



  • #8741
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    Don't think they have much public support at all. First with their ridiculous 50%+ initial claim then rejecting a generous offer of up to 18%. They're being completely unreasonable and imo we can't let a group of workers hold the capital to ransom. I'm at the stage where I think they should all be sacked and replaced with people who want to work. They'll have nobody to blame but themselves


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  • #8742
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    Synode wrote: »
    Don't think they have much public support at all. First with their ridiculous 50%+ initial claim then rejecting a generous offer of up to 18%. They're being completely unreasonable and imo we can't let a group of workers hold the capital to ransom. I'm at the stage where I think they should all be sacked and replaced with people who want to work. They'll have nobody to blame but themselves

    There's an AWFUL lot of mis-information going on about this in the media. Don't have it to hand, but if you do a bit of googling there's a breakdown of what they're actually looking for. While I was initially pretty skeptical of their requests, I reeled that in after doing a bit of research.

    Transdev are going to regret putting staff on protective notice.


  • #8743
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,081 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Their requests are insane. If they get it then Luas price hikes will follow.

    I don't think I've ever seen a strike with so little public support, they are literally holding the Dublin commuters to ransom.

    SIPTU need their wings clipped too. I reckon they thought Transdev wouldn't have the balls for the fight and have been giving bad advice to the drivers. Doubt they predicted how little support they'd be able to drum up either.

    There are ulterior motives at play here and SIPTU keep running to the government to sort it out which is kind of like the school bully running to the teacher when the person they have been bullying hits them back.


  • #8744
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    I have this great idea. We can do a "Lockout". And then maybe some chancer can write a good poem about it afterwards.

    "Was it for this the wild geese spread
    The grey wing upon every tide;
    For this that all that blood was shed,
    For this Edward Fitzgerald died,
    And Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone,
    All that delirium of the brave?
    Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
    It's with O'Leary in the grave."


  • #8745
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,081 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Beautiful, beautiful ibf.

    Do you write much poetry?


  • #8746
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    awec wrote: »
    Beautiful, beautiful ibf.

    Do you write much poetry?

    I do yeah, mostly in very longform prose in threads in response to emmet's posts, it's more akin to an art installation mind you.


  • #8747
    Greta Massive Saliva
    Posts: 0 ✭ Greta Massive Saliva


    dregin wrote: »
    There's an AWFUL lot of mis-information going on about this in the media. Don't have it to hand, but if you do a bit of googling there's a breakdown of what they're actually looking for. While I was initially pretty skeptical of their requests, I reeled that in after doing a bit of research.

    Transdev are going to regret putting staff on protective notice.

    If you could be so kind as to direct us that would be superb. I've been following it for quite some time, and what I have seen ties very very closely to what the media has portrayed.

    I'd be extremely interested in seeing the 'real info' that might be available elsewhere.

    This was illuminating for me - http://transdevireland.ie/assets/files/Claim%20For%20Transdev%20Employees-%202.pdf

    I posted it previously, broken into what that kind of claim actually amounts to per employee at each level - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=99009602&postcount=520

    I believe that the presence of a third-party independent accessor of the claim costs is worth noting too...
    The cost of the Unions claims have been verified independently by Mazars


  • #8748
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,081 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    I do yeah, mostly in very longform prose in threads in response to emmet's posts, it's more akin to an art installation mind you.

    Emmet and ibf,
    Sitting in a tree,
    k-i-s-s-i-n-g,
    emmet said to ibf will you mate with me,
    ibf says yes certainly.

    I am also a poet it seems.


  • #8749
    Zzippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    I do yeah, mostly in very longform prose in threads in response to emmet's posts, it's more akin to an art installation mind you.

    I'd actually describe it as a whole other genre. Have you considered applying for a grant, or artist's tax exemption?


  • #8750
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    awec wrote: »
    Emmet and ibf,
    Sitting in a tree,
    k-i-s-s-i-n-g,
    emmet said to ibf will you mate with me,
    ibf says yes certainly.

    I am also a poet it seems.

    Is this an intentional butchery of a childhood classic or is this actually how kids north of the wall say it?


  • #8751
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    dregin wrote: »
    There's an AWFUL lot of mis-information going on about this in the media. Don't have it to hand, but if you do a bit of googling there's a breakdown of what they're actually looking for. While I was initially pretty skeptical of their requests, I reeled that in after doing a bit of research.

    Transdev are going to regret putting staff on protective notice.

    I'd agree that there's a huge amount of sensationalism and misinformation around the numbers. The incremental approach is very different to how it's being reported with the ridiculous numbers or 40% etc. being thrown out. I think a number of people believe it's a blanket increase.

    However, the increases are still bullsh*t. They are unrealistic and out of touch. I'm not just referring to the salary demands but the additional benefits. A full, free GP service? €100 is a driver has to transfer a tram between Red Cow and Sandyford depots plus 1 hour in lieu? 10% pension contributions? Potential 10% bonus of basic salaries?

    Whatever about the details, whoever is doing the PR for the Luas workers should be shot. I'd say less than 5% of the public has any sympathy for them.


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  • #8752
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,081 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Is this an intentional butchery of a childhood classic or is this actually how kids north of the wall say it?

    It's the awec version, I modified it slightly so I could claim it as my own.


  • #8753
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Zzippy wrote: »
    I'd actually describe it as a whole other genre. Have you considered applying for a grant, or artist's tax exemption?

    It's kind of like Banksy. You stick your art in a public place where noone has asked for it or particularly needed it, and where it often gets in the way. Then years later you make documentaries about it and sell lots of merchandise.


  • #8754
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    The biggest piece of misinformation I see about it is this myth that transdev are a massively profitable company who are paying their execs **** load of money while the workers struggle. They're not. They hardly break even year on year.

    Also, if everyone is behind the strike. Why don't the luas staff just get the ticket conductors to strike. No one gets interrupted, public travel free and transdev get the message?


  • #8755
    swiwi_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,548 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    awec wrote: »
    There are ulterior motives at play here and SIPTU keep running to the government to sort it out which is kind of like the school bully running to the teacher when the person they have been bullying hits them back.

    If you're going to plagiarise, at least give keith16 (who posts here from time to time) some credit...

    :D


  • #8756
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,081 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    If you're going to plagiarise, at least give keith16 (who posts here from time to time) some credit...

    :D

    I did borrow his analogy indeed as I found it most splendid at describing the current charade.


  • #8757
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,002 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    The luas drivers look for more

    We laugh and say they're mad

    They huff and puff and go on strike

    And that makes dublin sad

    They won't drive trams which isn't fair

    Those nasty little runts

    Sack them all and start again

    And feck those stupid....


    *I'm not great at poetry...can't even think of a word that rhymes with runts*


  • #8758
    Felix Jones is God
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Felix Jones is God


    mfceiling wrote: »
    The luas drivers look for more

    We laugh and say they're mad

    They huff and puff and go on strike

    And that makes dublin sad

    They won't drive trams which isn't fair

    Those nasty little runts

    Sack them all and start again

    And feck those stupid....


    *I'm not great at poetry...can't even think of a word that rhymes with runts*

    Stunts?


  • #8759
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    cunts


  • #8760
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    wp_rathead wrote: »
    Haha whoops
    Who the feck am I thinking of so?

    aad012e6cf9e03e00471980ac922ae4c.jpg


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  • #8761
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,330 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    Ha being called a lady is fine by me, though someone on here called me Louis Walsh once which I've no idea what that means!


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