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Ray D'arcy on RTE Radio 1 **Mod Warning post 1** 27th Jan Forward

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    #1682
    BPKS
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    For about the 20th year in a row Ray is doing the same show on Pancake Tuesday


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    #1683
    sligojoek
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    Tell us what you put on your pancakes.

    A shovel of sugar.

    I suppose Ray puts eggs on his. There's nothing that can't be improved by putting an egg on it.


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    #1684
    BPKS
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    Ray doesn't seem to like the fact that the Friends cast are getting 2.5 million for the new episode of the show when it takes him a staggering 5 years to earn that much.


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    #1685
    amlinopta
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    Not quite the same show as every other year, varied the pancake recipe with some different toppings. Dire.


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    #1686
    Higgins5473
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    BPKS wrote: »
    Ray doesn't seem to like the fact that the Friends cast are getting 2.5 million for the new episode of the show when it takes him a staggering 5 years to earn that much.

    I rarely listen to him but he does seem to harp on about money an awful lot. Obsessed by it. Seems to mention how he lives a simple life very often but I'd imagine that's purely because he's a hungry miser more than anything. Something very off about the man, so very obviously false and pretentious.


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    #1687
    neris
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    sligojoek wrote: »
    Tell us what you put on your pancakes.

    A shovel of sugar.

    I suppose Ray puts eggs on his. There's nothing that can't be improved by putting an egg on it.

    Lashings of porridge


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    #1688
    jk23
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    I don't think he was like this on the den, seemed like a genuine fella up for a laugh, it seems since he met Jenny he takes himself way too serious and has gone extremely left


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    #1689
    elperello
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    Higgins5473 wrote: »
    I rarely listen to him but he does seem to harp on about money an awful lot. Obsessed by it. Seems to mention how he lives a simple life very often but I'd imagine that's purely because he's a hungry miser more than anything. Something very off about the man, so very obviously false and pretentious.

    Man speaks of simple life yet is described as pretentious.
    jk23 wrote: »
    I don't think he was like this on the den, seemed like a genuine fella up for a laugh, it seems since he met Jenny he takes himself way too serious and has gone extremely left

    Sadly, we all grow up.
    The process gets us all in the end.


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    #1690
    jk23
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    elperello wrote: »
    Man speaks of simple life yet is described as pretentious.



    Sadly, we all grow up.
    The process gets us all in the end.
    He was in his 20s and 30s on the den!! Fairly grown up by then too!!


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    #1691
    elperello
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    jk23 wrote: »
    He was in his 20s and 30s on the den!! Fairly grown up by then too!!

    Late developer ? :)


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    #1692
    jk23
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    elperello wrote: »
    Late developer ? :)

    Maybe but that means you are inclined to like his personality since his later days on today fm and his show now?


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    #1693
    elperello
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    jk23 wrote: »
    Maybe but that means you are inclined to like his personality since then and his show?

    I'm agnostic about the "personalities" of most of that type of presenter.

    As for the show I reckon it is as good or as bad as most of it's genre.

    They are magazine programmes filling a gap between the serious stuff of news and current affairs.

    I think he does a passable job most of the time. Not outstandingly good but certainly not as bad as some here paint him.


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    #1694
    jk23
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    elperello wrote: »
    I'm agnostic about the "personalities" of most of that type of presenter.

    As for the show I reckon it is as good or as bad as most of it's genre.

    They are magazine programmes filling a gap between the serious stuff of news and current affairs.

    I think he does a passable job most of the time. Not outstandingly good but certainly not as bad as some here paint him.

    I have to say to preferred him early on in today fm but like you say maybe with age he has changed his style.


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    #1695
    elperello
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    jk23 wrote: »
    I have to say to preferred him early on in today fm but like you say maybe with age he has changed his style.

    Maybe in the early stages of becoming a grumpy old man.

    Still there's hope for him yet.

    I fancy his chances at the Ronan Collins slot in a few years.


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    #1696
    jk23
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    elperello wrote: »
    Maybe in the early stages of becoming a grumpy old man.

    Still there's hope for him yet.

    I fancy his chances at the Ronan Collins slot in a few years.

    He actually made a joke on air yesterday about going to lyric fm, I actually think he will eventually end up there


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    #1697
    elperello
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    jk23 wrote: »
    He actually made a joke on air yesterday about going to lyric fm, I actually think he will eventually end up there

    He's an old DJ at heart and all old DJ's need a home.


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    #1698
    PieOhMy
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    elperello wrote: »
    I'm agnostic about the "personalities" of most of that type of presenter.

    As for the show I reckon it is as good or as bad as most of it's genre.

    They are magazine programmes filling a gap between the serious stuff of news and current affairs.

    I think he does a passable job most of the time. Not outstandingly good but certainly not as bad as some here paint him.

    Agreed on the actual show itself being lightweight, its neither the time nor the place for heavy journalism but that being said just because the shown is light hearted it doesnt make it ok that someone with a career that long and on a wage that high with a support team that big makes that many errors and acts so unprofessionally on air.


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    #1699
    [Deleted User]
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    “Lent has its genesis in religion”. How much is this muppet paid again?


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    #1700
    elperello
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    PieOhMy wrote: »
    Agreed on the actual show itself being lightweight, its neither the time nor the place for heavy journalism but that being said just because the shown is light hearted it doesnt make it ok that someone with a career that long and on a wage that high with a support team that big makes that many errors and acts so unprofessionally on air.

    Everyone to their own but that sort of detail doesn't bother me in the least.

    I've been listening to radio for years so maybe my standards are slipping..


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    #1701
    generalgerry
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    Another woke clown.


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    #1702
    generalgerry
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    "Any book that centers around a town chipper is alright with me"

    Says that man who has made it his life's work to outlaw all unhealthy food. Has the man ever been consistent on any topic?


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    #1703
    Field east
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    generalgerry wrote: »
    Another woke clown.

    Excuse my ignorance but what does the word ‘woke’ mean or stand for?


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    #1704
    Field east
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    elperello wrote: »
    He's an old DJ at heart and all old DJ's need a home.

    God spare us. Do you really think that he will be able to manage all those buttons , slides, discs and the planning and research needed to set out a programme. And incorporate into that the fact that as Mr. Darcy ages he will get slower and even. More absentminded . It happens to most of us


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    #1705
    elperello
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    Field east wrote: »
    Excuse my ignorance but what does the word ‘woke’ mean or stand for?

    Don't worry you are not alone. Most of those using it don't know either.
    It's just a slur you apply to anyone you don't like, job done.
    Field east wrote: »
    God spare us. Do you really think that he will be able to manage all those buttons , slides, discs and the planning and research needed to set out a programme. And incorporate into that the fact that as Mr. Darcy ages he will get slower and even. More absentminded . It happens to most of us

    Ah he'll be grand once he gets a few tips from Ronan Collins. Bit of on the job training maybe.


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    #1706
    Lithium93_
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    elperello wrote: »
    Ah he'll be grand once he gets a few tips from Ronan Collins. Bit of on the job training maybe.

    A bit of on the job training :rolleyes: oh knock it off, he's an experienced broadcaster (or should be anyways) at this stage, not some trainee apprentice starting out.


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    #1707
    elperello
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    Lithium93_ wrote: »
    A bit of on the job training :rolleyes: oh knock it off, he's an experienced broadcaster (or should be anyways) at this stage, not some trainee apprentice starting out.

    Every day is a school day :)

    Sorry, I should have indicated that my comment was meant to be lighthearted.


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    #1708
    Lithium93_
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    elperello wrote: »
    Every day is a school day :)

    Sorry, I should have indicated that my comment was meant to be lighthearted.

    True, but it's not that hard using a radio desk, though not knowing the set up in RTE's studios, I can't comment, though it wouldn't hurt Ray maybe to brush up on what he knows..

    I apologize for the hot headed response :)


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    #1709
    elperello
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    Lithium93_ wrote: »
    True, but it's not that hard using a radio desk, though not knowing the set up in RTE's studios, I can't comment, though it wouldn't hurt Ray maybe to brush up on what he knows..

    I apologize for the hot headed response :)

    No problem.

    Maybe you are right and he is a bit sloppy but as I said earlier that sort of thing doesn't really bother me.

    I can understand it might bother some but it just goes over my head.


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    #1710
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    Field east wrote: »
    Excuse my ignorance but what does the word ‘woke’ mean or stand for?

    Being Woke = having awareness of all the sensibilities of others in “minority” groups. Knowing enough to follow all the rules of political correctness around race, ethnicity, gender etc. It had its origins USA where a Black activist used his own dialect when telling politicians “you need to be woke (awake) to the injustices”, of something along those lines. Later it was adopted by white people and grew legs to describe every type of scenario that has evolved around being politically correct. Now it has again been hijacked by likes of us to slag people who spend an excessive amount of their energies around being PC.


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    #1711
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Being Woke = having awareness of all the sensibilities of others in “minority” groups. Knowing enough to follow all the rules of political correctness around race, ethnicity, gender etc. It had its origins USA where a Black activist used his own dialect when telling politicians “you need to be woke (awake) to the injustices”, of something along those lines. Later it was adopted by white people and grew legs to describe every type of scenario that has evolved around being politically correct. Now it has again been hijacked by likes of us to slag people who spend an excessive amount of their energies around being PC.


    At least the PC crowd are on the side of angels some of the time.


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