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Brandy and Cigars: Off topic thread

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    #4532
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,203 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Do get a bit fed up of TheJournal.ie sometimes. That said, their sports section has some excellent articles - am I'm don't read much sports coverage or really watch it, in general.

    Howyiz.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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    #4533
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,293 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    It was essentially a sports journal that delved into the world of news (rather unsuccessfully imo).

    This thread needs to be dusted off a bit. Mods bit of a spring clean please!!


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    #4534
    D'Agger
    Registered Users Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    I suggest a diffuser - lemongrass & cedarwood preferably


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    #4535
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Mhoree brandy!


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    #4536
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,293 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Panthro on the sauce last night??? :)


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    #4537
    D'Agger
    Registered Users Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    It's 2019 so I'm now recommending one of the water based essential oil, electric diffusers

    Got one for the gaff and it's a game changer


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    #4538
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Absolutely glorious day out. Ara it's too hot. I'd to walk me dog in the woods. Poor thing couldn't take the heat.
    4day weekends are amazing I've decided!


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    #4539
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    D'Agger wrote: »
    It's 2019 so I'm now recommending one of the water based essential oil, electric diffusers

    Got one for the gaff and it's a game changer

    Did they diffuse the situations?!


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    #4540
    D'Agger
    Registered Users Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    Panthro wrote: »
    Did they diffuse the situations?!
    Depends on the situation but Lavendar has been known to end hostilities


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    #4541
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Rewatching Men behaving badly.
    They umm wouldn't get away with the jokes in today's world!
    Harry Enfields so young looking. Martin Clune hasn't aged.


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    #4542
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,293 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Panthro wrote: »
    Martin Clune hasn't aged.


    In that he looked just as old then as he does now.:D


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    #4543
    Barna77
    Registered Users Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭Barna77


    I see what ye did. Thread resucitated on Easter Sunday


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    #4544
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    In that he looked just as old then as he does now.:D

    That could be more correct alright!
    He's a new show where he's a driving instructor. Watched the first episode. It's not the worst.


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    #4545
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Barna77 wrote: »
    I see what ye did. Thread resucitated on Easter Sunday

    In a way... I'm jesus..!


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    #4546
    D'Agger
    Registered Users Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    I've watched all of 'Barry' in a few days - well worth checking out, some great humour in it.


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    #4547
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    I've watched Can't Cope won't cope....

    And now I'm leaving the Internet!!


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    #4548
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Happy Friday beer ó clock oww!


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    #4549
    Barna77
    Registered Users Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭Barna77


    Holiday, celebrate!


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    #4550
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Ya on the hols?


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    #4551
    Barna77
    Registered Users Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭Barna77


    yes

    The sweet moment when you create an out of the office email reply :)


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    #4552
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Haha! Nice! Working myself this week then the 4days of the following week booked off.
    Get a right go at that bank Holiday!


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    #4553
    D'Agger
    Registered Users Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    How do gents feel about kindles? I'm disappointed with how little I read and in stereotypical male fashion I'm assuming a gadget will change that


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    #4554
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 37,141 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    D'Agger wrote: »
    How do gents feel about kindles? I'm disappointed with how little I read and in stereotypical male fashion I'm assuming a gadget will change that

    I was skeptical but I have since been converted. What sold it for me was the dictionary. Just tap a word and you get the definition. Then there's having all your books on it, the phone app and saving space. Battery lasts a good while now as well.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #4555
    Barna77
    Registered Users Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭Barna77


    No.
    Handy as it may be to save space and trees, can't beat turning book pages


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    #4556
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,293 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    It is all I use anymore. I haven't read an actual paper book in years.

    The one issue I have with the kindle is the price of books. I was one for libraries and second hand bookshops in my pre kindle life so was not used to spending full price. That said there are forums on boards that highlight special offers so I normally stock up when they are cheap.

    Agree re dictionary. It is very handy.

    I was always a reader though so getting the kindle was a natural progression.


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    #4557
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,293 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    There ya go

    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056877109/16/#post111393787


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    #4558
    Knex*
    Registered Users Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    D'Agger wrote: »
    How do gents feel about kindles? I'm disappointed with how little I read and in stereotypical male fashion I'm assuming a gadget will change that

    I had stopped reading them until I got one a few years back. Since then, I read fairly regularly again.

    Easy to get books, cheaper, and the sheer convenience of it all makes me recommend it to pretty much everyone. Its hard to go back to regular books once you do.

    You can customise font, brightness etc, and the backlight is really nicely done. So it feels very different to reading on say an iPad.

    I have the kindle in my work backpack at all times tbh, and read a few pages when travelling or stopped on my own for lunch.

    Makes it far easier to have multiple books on the go at once too, as its a fairly simple interface to jump between recently read books and go back to exactly where you were.

    You can also quickly jump to locations, chapters etc, and bookmark and highlight pieces for easier reference.

    So yeah, I'm a big fan. Just make sure you get one with an inbuilt backlight, like the paperwhite.


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    #4559
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    They should bring out the Dr Richard Kindle.
    That'd be sweet.
    (don't own one so can't comment!)


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    #4560
    D'Agger
    Registered Users Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    Panthro wrote: »
    They should bring out the Dr Richard Kindle.
    That'd be sweet.
    (don't own one so can't comment!)
    Tindle - where you match with people reading the same book as you for a conversation starter*

    *Patent Pending


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    #4561
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    "Bringing Bookworms together"

    Aww yeahhh


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