Off Topic Chat. (MOD NOTE post# 3949 and post#5279)

Uinseann_16 · 23-08-2018 6:19pm

Was in the local garda station for a passport renewal during the small talk as the form was being filled out it came up i had finished my leaving cert this year the guard asked me what i was planning on doing didnt think much of it told them i was hoping to join the DF next year. I was surprised when the garda made a comment about thats a continuation of your "Gun fetish" is it

...Boom it hit me this is the same guard that i left one of my firearms applications into last year.
Bit unprofessional imho:(.

Grizzly 45 · 23-08-2018 6:31pm

"Are you assuming my sexual preferences there Garda?":rolleyes:

tac foley · 23-08-2018 7:38pm

Garda station for passport renewal? I didn't know that the state police issued its citizens with their passports.

Uinseann_16 · 23-08-2018 7:42pm

tac foley wrote: »

Garda station for passport renewal? I didn't know that the state police issued its citizens with their passports.

They have to stamp the passport photos and application and witness signatures. This may just be because i am underage which means i cannot apply online:P

tac foley · 23-08-2018 8:08pm

Uinseann_16 wrote: »

They have to stamp the passport photos and application and witness signatures. This may just be because i am underage which means i cannot apply online:P

What's with the emoticon? I thought it was a reasonable question from a person who is unfamiliar with the workings of a police state.

tac

Uinseann_16 · 23-08-2018 8:22pm

tac foley wrote: »

What's with the emoticon? I thought it was a reasonable question from a person who is unfamiliar with the workings of a police state.

tac

Im just saying i have no idea myself if its standard procedure for those over 18 , its a reasonable question the passport office issues the passport but they rely on AGS for proof of identity of the applicant every first time applicant has to do this. i believe if you've previously held a passport that is still in date you can skip the whole procedure of going to the Garda station mine however was out of date and im underage.

Cass · 23-08-2018 10:07pm

tac foley wrote: »

What's with the emoticon? I thought it was a reasonable question from a person who is unfamiliar with the workings of a police state.

I'd say relax a little. You read too much into things. Nothing was meant and if we get to the point we have to explain every comment, including context, frame of mind when posting, and any hidden messages/innuendos, then whats the point?

:cool:

You don't want to turn out like this:

tac foley · 23-08-2018 10:25pm

Uinseann_16 wrote: »

Im just saying i have no idea myself if its standard procedure for those over 18 , its a reasonable question the passport office issues the passport but they rely on AGS for proof of identity of the applicant every first time applicant has to do this. i believe if you've previously held a passport that is still in date you can skip the whole procedure of going to the Garda station mine however was out of date and im underage.

Thank you for the fuller explication. Much appreciated.

gunny123 · 23-08-2018 10:27pm

Uinseann_16 wrote: »

They have to stamp the passport photos and application and witness signatures. This may just be because i am underage which means i cannot apply online:P

I thought they gave Irish passports away like confetti at a wedding now ? Anyone in the world who wants one can have one.

Cass · 23-08-2018 10:33pm

Cass wrote: »

Ok, i've bitten my tongue long enough on this. Another article in this mornings paper about the Pope's visit. Its to cost an estimted €32 million, up from the original €20 million. Reason for this cost? Security and organisation.

ARE YOU SH**ING ME? :mad::mad::mad::eek:

And if that is not enough to make your piss boil then look at this. They say it's for anew message, but irt better not be some watered down, tip the cap, style message.

tac foley · 23-08-2018 10:53pm

gunny123 wrote: »

I thought they gave Irish passports away like confetti at a wedding now ? Anyone in the world who wants one can have one.

Well, not quite everyone. I had to take a copy of my father's birth certificate along with my application to the Irish embassy in London to get mine. I dare say that if you have no direct connection to the RoI by having been lucky enough to have one or even two parents born there, the chances of getting one are pretty slim. However, as you imply, things may well have changed in the fifty-something years since I got mine.

Uinseann_16 · 23-08-2018 10:56pm

tac foley wrote: »

Well, not quite everyone. I had to take a copy of my father's birth certificate along with my application to the Irish embassy in London to get mine. I dare say that if you have no direct connection to the RoI by having been lucky enough to have one or even two parents born there, the chances of getting one are pretty slim. However, as you imply, things may well have changed in the fifty-something years since I got mine.

British passports are fairly easy to get all i need is my mothers passport number and i can do the whole process online.

gunny123 · 23-08-2018 11:02pm

tac foley wrote: »

Well, not quite everyone. I had to take a copy of my father's birth certificate along with my application to the Irish embassy in London to get mine. I dare say that if you have no direct connection to the RoI by having been lucky enough to have one or even two parents born there, the chances of getting one are pretty slim. However, as you imply, things may well have changed in the fifty-something years since I got mine.

Nah, you can get one free in a packet of corn flakes soon. Trust me.

tac foley · 23-08-2018 11:04pm

gunny123 wrote: »

Nah, you can get one free in a packet of corn flakes soon. Trust me.

Wish I'd known that at the time. I had other things to spend my 12/6d on.

gunny123 · 24-08-2018 12:25am

Cass wrote: »

ARE YOU SH**ING ME? :mad::mad::mad::eek:

And if that is not enough to make your piss boil then look at this. They say it's for anew message, but irt better not be some watered down, tip the cap, style message.

The homeless situation could have been sorted years ago Cass, and its nothing to do with a lack of public money, Huge housing schemes were built back in the 40's, 50's and onwards, when the country hadn't an arse in its trousers.

The government parties got so cheek by jowel with the big developers and speculators, they do not want to discommode them now.

Grizzly 45 · 24-08-2018 10:51am

Plenty of ways this could be sorted out, but there are no votes in homeless and less money to be made. Wonder how long it will be before we see a West Berlin situation here? Back in the 80s, before the wall fell, Berlin had the same problem of homelessness and abandoned and vacant buildings. The homeless got together, formed communes and barricaded themselves into the buildings. There were running battles with the cops and sieges lasting weeks trying to extricate these communes and groups.Some of them got downright nasty,with IEDs being sent to property owners and police stations. Finally, it got so bad the Berlin cities relented and accepted that the communes could stay by adverse possession, and so long as the building was made fit for habitation and improved upon within 6months. They had the right to live there. Been in a couple of these communes,both left and right leaning,and can say they are spot on, clean and well organised. They also are a good solution in a city where the rental property price is high but fixed by law, and the longer your tenancy, the longer the notice to quit is.

Grizzly 45 · 25-08-2018 12:38pm

An average Irish gun owner coming home after discussing his/her next license with the Superintendent.:D:D
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PS honey badgers eat porcupines.!

gunny123 · 25-08-2018 3:55pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

An average Irish gun owner coming home after discussing his/her next license with the Superintendent.:D:D

PS honey badgers eat porcupines.!

They are absolutely fearless those honey badgers, tough as nails too. Got to admire them.

Cass · 25-08-2018 8:36pm

Seems the streets were not as lined as people were expecting when the dude in the white dress came. Any picture i've seen shows a few (hundreds to only a handful) on various parts of the "parade".

I got a good laugh at our unelected "leader" standing like a good choir boy beside him knowing full well he [the pope] denounces everything about him [leo].

The welcome that was put on for his pope-ness is akin to the British government refusing entry to Lauren Southern for "damaging the public good", but allowing a saudi prince, the Turkish PM and others with massive human rights violations and possible genocides not only entry but a welcome at downing street.

Haven't a fecking clue. :rolleyes:

gunny123 · 25-08-2018 9:18pm

Cass wrote: »

I got a good laugh at our unelected "leader" standing like a good choir boy beside him knowing full well he [the pope] denounces everything about him [leo].

The choir boy, princess sparkle socks, is only there because of what the pope denounces about him, virtue signalling of epic proportions, the new Irish pass-time. He certainly did not get there on merit, he made a town-halls of any other post, such as health he got his hands on.

p.s, the pope is as big a sjw as its possible to be, he was the one calling for borders to be abolished etc.

deezell · 25-08-2018 10:12pm

Nekarsulm · 25-08-2018 10:27pm

gunny123 wrote: »

p.s, the pope is as big a sjw as its possible to be, .

Never thought I'd see a SJW in a Dodge Ram !

Grizzly 45 · 26-08-2018 1:22am

The hypocrisy of the second country to occupy Ireland for over 1000 years.
Vatican city's walls built to keep out Muslim pirates in the 12th century

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Grizzly 45 · 26-08-2018 1:26am

Grizzly 45 · 26-08-2018 1:28am

gunny123 · 05-09-2018 6:23pm

Canada in for a rough time on the firearms ownership front again. The idiot mayors of some cities want to ban handgun ownership to cut crime :rolleyes:. Did not work in Chicago, New York or London. Also a ban on "Assault" weapons, which maybe the result of the UN and their policies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtX8S8jNMsc

Grizzly 45 · 05-09-2018 10:45pm

With a general election next year in Canada??Guaranteed to lose you a load of votes anything West of Toronto.

tac foley · 05-09-2018 11:09pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

With a general election next year in Canada??Guaranteed to lose you a load of votes anything West of Toronto Ottawa.

FIFY.

Grizzly 45 · 05-09-2018 11:54pm

For anyone who has been a Facebook political prisoner with 30-day bans, or are just fed up arguing with SJW.

gunny123 · 06-09-2018 2:08am

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

For anyone who has been a Facebook political prisoner with 30-day bans, or are just fed up arguing with SJW.

Check your white privilege, facist

Cass · 06-09-2018 10:40am

Its actually starting.

Will it be this:

Or this:

Grizzly 45 · 06-09-2018 11:52am

Cass wrote: »

Its actually starting.

Well guess what that will mean then?No more 3 round limits on your shotgun for a start:D:D:D

gunny123 · 06-09-2018 9:06pm

Ross Kemp on ITV now, looking at gun crime in Birmingham.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/ross-kemp-armed-police-birmingham-15085102

Grizzly 45 · 07-09-2018 2:16am

The life and times of an NPWS ranger
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/the-life-of-an-irish-wildlife-ranger-1.3610400?mode=amp

tac foley · 07-09-2018 12:29pm

Cass wrote: »

Looks like Huntingdon High Street any day of the week, but not as crowded....

Uinseann_16 · 07-09-2018 6:56pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

The life and times of an NPWS ranger
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/the-life-of-an-irish-wildlife-ranger-1.3610400?mode=amp

"a wildlife ranger with responsibility for more than 50 raised bogs in the east and south of Ireland."
He doesnt look like a lad thats built for soft ground:D On a serious note ive known of a few wildlife rangers about the place but ive only ever seen one who was in decent shape. i would've thought it was a job that'd require quite a bit of physical fitness??

Grizzly 45 · 07-09-2018 7:28pm

You haven't seen many US Fish& Game dept officials then?? The few that i have seen in CA were the fattest fukers going.Feckin elephants in uniform.:rolleyes: My roomie at the time was finishing up in the USMC and from Noth Florida.Said he wanted a job like that back home,as all the FLA F&G do was sit in their 4wd.air boat,or whatever mode of transport and just go and bother people for their liscenses in hunting & fishing season,or collect deer that had been hit on the highways.And if not to badly bashed up take them home and eat them too.:eek:

Grizzly 45 · 07-09-2018 7:32pm

gunny123 wrote: »

Ross Kemp on ITV now, looking at gun crime in Birmingham.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/ross-kemp-armed-police-birmingham-15085102

More sensationalist Kemp fodder.Uk gun groups are slating this on FB.

gunny123 · 07-09-2018 7:41pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

More sensationalist Kemp fodder.Uk gun groups are slating this on FB.

It had nothing to do with legal gun owners though, it was all illegal (to the UK) pistols, usually cheap Baikal semi-auto pistols. What PO'ed a lot of people about the show was it showed a stolen car full of scrotes, who had a load of drugs on board, and weapons like hammers. They drove the wrong way on a main road at night, with the lights off, total the car, and none of them get charged, because the police could not say who was driving. Madness.

Grizzly 45 · 07-09-2018 7:56pm

Apart from saying also,that the criminals are the problem,but the ligit shooter gets it in the neck,as usual.

gunny123 · 07-09-2018 8:01pm

Johnny Kingdom, who used to present some good programmes on UK television, died when a digger rolled over on him. I always liked him and it was a rough old way to go.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/728234/Johnny-Kingdom-wildlife-presenter-Devon-Knowstone

Uinseann_16 · 07-09-2018 8:58pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

You haven't seen many US Fish& Game dept officials then?? The few that i have seen in CA were the fattest fukers going.Feckin elephants in uniform.:rolleyes: My roomie at the time was finishing up in the USMC and from Noth Florida.Said he wanted a job like that back home,as all the FLA F&G do was sit in their 4wd.air boat,or whatever mode of transport and just go and bother people for their liscenses in hunting & fishing season,or collect deer that had been hit on the highways.And if not to badly bashed up take them home and eat them too.:eek:

"Pre-tenderized" :P

Sounds like a fairly handy number alright
Though if i was F&G in the US id stick to the truck too, blaze orange doesnt even stop them lads accidentally shooting each other in the woods:eek:

Cass · 08-09-2018 12:18pm

Cass wrote: »

Its actually starting.

Well feck.

I was joking before, but after seeing this, i'm having tiny, little moments of "WTF".

gunny123 · 08-09-2018 2:58pm

Cass wrote: »

Well feck.

I was joking before, but after seeing this, i'm having tiny, little moments of "WTF".

Would not be the first time, 100 years ago exactly, 50 million dead worldwide.

https://www.cdc.gov/features/1918-flu-pandemic/index.html

Grizzly 45 · 08-09-2018 3:48pm

Uinseann_16 wrote: »

"Pre-tenderized" :P
Sounds like a fairly handy number alright
Though if i was F&G in the US id stick to the truck too, blaze orange doesnt even stop them lads accidentally shooting each other in the woods:eek:

Kevlar is HIGHLY recommended if you go hunting in Italy:eek: Think they surpass the US in accidental hunting deaths.La passione grandeseems to bring out the trigger-happy ones enmasse.

BTW great read and learn from is this book on amazon "Blood on the leaves"
Should be in every gun club library.
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Leaves-Hunting-Accident-Investigations_And/dp/158667157X

Grizzly 45 · 08-09-2018 4:28pm

Abit late in the year for silly season in the media??

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/puma-sightings-in-cork-are-too-credible-to-ignore-animal-welfare-experts-37295755.html

From Chuck Hawkes
For hunting cougar it is wise to select bullets with a sectional density above .236 for the small bore calibers, .223 for the medium bores, and .204 for the big bores. A muzzle energy of around 2700 ft. lbs. is probably close to ideal. The .308 Winchester with a 165-180 grain bullet would be an example of an excellent cougar cartridge. Or a good 12 GA with 000 buckshot.

Seems to be a well travelled cat too.
Only trouble is. Mountain lions are ambush hunters.So the only time you know it's there is probably when its sitting on your back!:eek:

Uinseann_16 · 08-09-2018 8:08pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Abit late in the year for silly season in the media??

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/puma-sightings-in-cork-are-too-credible-to-ignore-animal-welfare-experts-37295755.html

From Chuck Hawkes
For hunting cougar it is wise to select bullets with a sectional density above .236 for the small bore calibers, .223 for the medium bores, and .204 for the big bores. A muzzle energy of around 2700 ft. lbs. is probably close to ideal. The .308 Winchester with a 165-180 grain bullet would be an example of an excellent cougar cartridge. Or a good 12 GA with 000 buckshot.

Seems to be a well travelled cat too.
Only trouble is. Mountain lions are ambush hunters.So the only time you know it's there is probably when its sitting on your back!:eek:

As daft as it sounds i wouldn't be surprised theres no licence required to own exotic species, ie you can own a Wolf with no licence but you need one for lassie the dog:rolleyes: ive seen caiman kept as pets:eek:
Thats how the coypu got out here isnt it? someones pets got out
My brother almost shot a pet wolf when he was out deer hunting here luckily the owner ran down and caught it and brought it away:D
Anyways if this puma was out its a invasive species which means its open season on it:p *loads shotgun with 000*

Grizzly 45 · 08-09-2018 8:29pm

You hear no more of the Coypu,if it was such a threat,wouldn't you think something would be heard about them by now?Same as the Muntjac?

We'll soon know if this is real or not, once someone's dog gets eaten that is left outside in a run. Mountain lions are partial to trapped dogs or other large livestock.

Uinseann_16 · 08-09-2018 8:49pm

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

You hear no more of the Coypu,if it was such a threat,wouldn't you think something would be heard about them by now?Same as the Muntjac?

We'll soon know if this is real or not, once someone's dog gets eaten that is left outside in a run. Mountain lions are partial to trapped dogs or other large livestock.

Seen feral pigs here too but they were trapped very quickly and never got a chance to spread which is a shame in a way as they were on one of my permissions:(
Muntjac eh was it sitting beside the fairys in the ring fort after a session of Jameson in the local?:P I dont think they're ever going to get established here im starting to think the little f*ckers are imaginary creatures with the stories ya hear:D
It seems like its very hard for anything to get established here Feral pigs,coypu,muntjac about the only thing successful was the mink but thats probably just because thousands of them got out

gunny123 · 08-09-2018 9:52pm

Uinseann_16 wrote: »

Seen feral pigs here too but they were trapped very quickly and never got a chance to spread which is a shame in a way as they were on one of my permissions:(
Muntjac eh was it sitting beside the fairys in the ring fort after a session of Jameson in the local?:P I dont think they're ever going to get established here im starting to think the little f*ckers are imaginary creatures with the stories ya hear:D
It seems like its very hard for anything to get established here Feral pigs,coypu,muntjac about the only thing successful was the mink but thats probably just because thousands of them got out

Partridge never got going here either, although i have heard of gun clubs rearing them and trying to establish them, maybe they have and i never heard of it.

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