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irishbucsfan · 14-03-2019 12:35am

Podge_irl wrote: »

Ugh...tore my ACL skiing.

Paris marathon in 5 weeks looking a smidgen unlikely...

Hopefully it not being too painful is a good sign. I tore it before and it wasn’t hugely painful and I was back playing the following season a few months after.

I know a girl who did the same thing and I had to carry her off the pitch, as I was sitting with her she was getting regular bursts of agonizing pain and she still isn’t back, that was about 18 months ago. She’d probably have a higher pain threshold than me as well.

With very little medical understanding of it myself I’d hope that’s a good sign?

Anyway, sorry to hear it, hope it’s not too disruptive outside of sports

swiwi_ · 14-03-2019 6:07am

molloyjh wrote: »

So what do you want?

I can tell you what I don’t want.

Yes, but what do you want?

Well not those things over there.

So what do you want then?

Not what we agreed to.

I wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah?

troyzer · 14-03-2019 8:28am

One of the Brexiteers just described May's deal as a Hotel California Brexit.

Which is really clever. I have to hand it to him.

Zzippy · 14-03-2019 10:24am

troyzer wrote: »

One of the Brexiteers just described May's deal as a Hotel California Brexit.

Which is really clever. I have to hand it to him.

It is, but seeing as the Brexiteers have so little imagination they haven't been able to propose a single workable plan 3 years after the referendum, I doubt he came up with it.

prawnsambo · 14-03-2019 10:31am

troyzer wrote: »

One of the Brexiteers just described May's deal as a Hotel California Brexit.

Which is really clever. I have to hand it to him.

It's the same old false narrative though. The same bunch keep saying there's an alternative to the backstop, but paradoxically don't want the backstop because they might be trapped in it [because there aren't any alternatives].

Podge_irl · 14-03-2019 10:35am

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Hopefully it not being too painful is a good sign. I tore it before and it wasn’t hugely painful and I was back playing the following season a few months after.

I know a girl who did the same thing and I had to carry her off the pitch, as I was sitting with her she was getting regular bursts of agonizing pain and she still isn’t back, that was about 18 months ago. She’d probably have a higher pain threshold than me as well.

With very little medical understanding of it myself I’d hope that’s a good sign?

Anyway, sorry to hear it, hope it’s not too disruptive outside of sports

Yeah, the lack of pain is hopefully a sign that nothing else in the knee is really damaged. I presume if you were back that quickly you didn't get it reconstructed?

irishbucsfan · 14-03-2019 11:15am

Podge_irl wrote: »

Yeah, the lack of pain is hopefully a sign that nothing else in the knee is really damaged. I presume if you were back that quickly you didn't get it reconstructed?

No I didn’t need the reconstruction.

You could always do the marathon in a wheelchair and get someone to push you though?

dregin · 14-03-2019 11:56am

troyzer wrote: »

One of the Brexiteers just described May's deal as a Hotel California Brexit.

Which is really clever. I have to hand it to him.

Brexiteers aren't that smart. It's robbed from Varoufakis - https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/eu-like-hotel-california-you-can-never-leave-yanis-varoufakis-1.2688702

Dave_The_Sheep · 14-03-2019 3:24pm

Podge_irl wrote: »

Yeah, the lack of pain is hopefully a sign that nothing else in the knee is really damaged. I presume if you were back that quickly you didn't get it reconstructed?

I needed the re-construction surgery (complete ACL tear) and it was a few weeks on crutches, gradually stretching the leg out straight and then months of recovery in the gym/physio. Pain in the hoop. Surprisingly not that painful though (except at the exact time I did it, that hurt like a mother****er).

Podge_irl · 14-03-2019 4:25pm

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

I needed the re-construction surgery (complete ACL tear) and it was a few weeks on crutches, gradually stretching the leg out straight and then months of recovery in the gym/physio. Pain in the hoop. Surprisingly not that painful though (except at the exact time I did it, that hurt like a mother****er).

Mine is a complete tear also, but apparently the thinking these days is that physio is enough (with the proviso that the only sports I engage in these days are running, cycling and skiing).

joseywhales · 14-03-2019 5:32pm

irishbucsfan wrote: »

No I didn’t need the reconstruction.

You could always do the marathon in a wheelchair and get someone to push you though?

My wife is training with an orthopedic surgeon these days, the decision making mid surgery is fascinating.

"luckily there is enough give in this muscle to stretch"
"what would you do if it didn't reach"
"well, I would scrape a little under here and scrape on top over there and hope that I can make it"

Never mind drilling new holes and passing pig ligaments through to add support to a joint.

Personally I would avoid surgeries if there is any other option, not that they are not amazingly talented people (To even imagine some of the procedures). The body has miraculous self healing abilities depending on the injury.

awec · 14-03-2019 8:30pm

Just finished my first watch through of The Wire.

Some show. Really slow to start, but it's unlike anything I have ever watched before.

Synode · 14-03-2019 8:42pm

Brilliant show. Up there with The Sopranos in my opinion

Diabhal Beag · 14-03-2019 10:08pm

Season 2 is way too heavily criticised. I loved the Sobotka stuff. I loved that way more than the wanky newspaper plot at the end.

awec · 14-03-2019 10:16pm

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Season 2 is way too heavily criticised. I loved the Sobotka stuff. I loved that way more than the wanky newspaper plot at the end.

One of the few shows I've seen where all seasons are good. Like, a few of them are slightly weaker than the others, but they are all exceptional, and none of them feel like you're just watching them so you can get to the good stuff later.

5 definitely my least favourite. 4 was the best.

Podge_irl · 14-03-2019 10:27pm

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Season 2 is way too heavily criticised. I loved the Sobotka stuff. I loved that way more than the wanky newspaper plot at the end.

I've rather ashamedly never managed to get to the end of season 5. Just doesn't work for me at all. I definitely enjoyed season 2 though, think it gets way too much ****.

awec · 14-03-2019 10:28pm

Podge_irl wrote: »

I've rather ashamedly never managed to get to the end of season 5. Just doesn't work for me at all. I definitely enjoyed season 2 though, think it gets way too much ****.

5 gets better at the end. The finale is very good.

14-03-2019 11:05pm

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Season 2 is way too heavily criticised. I loved the Sobotka stuff. I loved that way more than the wanky newspaper plot at the end.

Ziggy was a brilliant character. What an absolute disaster of a person. I loved season two, thought it nicely expanded the world of the Wire and it gave it that anthology feel that made each season individually interesting.

You get what you pay for. HBO invests in it's shows, gets excellent talent across the board and finances them well. No surprise the result is more often top quality.

stephen_n · 15-03-2019 10:02am

I’d actually have the Wire ahead of the Soprano’s in my all time favorite list. Unfortunately it didn’t seem to get the traction at the time, so didn’t get more seasons. Think the writers could have got more out of the characters.

troyzer · 15-03-2019 10:05am

This attack in Christchurch is absolutely nuts.

dregin · 15-03-2019 12:41pm

Didn't want to detract from the sentiment in the New Zealand thread, but it has to be said - this is why Gemma O'Doherty and chums need to be challenged out the ****ing door.

troyzer · 17-03-2019 4:31pm

I'm in Birmingham now on the way home from Cardiff. Just catching an early dinner before the airport and I've been caught up in the parade.

The plastic is strong in some of these paddies.

pickarooney · 17-03-2019 5:06pm

Podge_irl wrote: »

Mine is a complete tear also, but apparently the thinking these days is that physio is enough (with the proviso that the only sports I engage in these days are running, cycling and skiing).

I did mine last April. Tried physio only but it wasn't going to be enough and I got surgery in July. Got the all clear in January but had a flare up a week later. Feels close to 100% now. Going to go back training in three weeks.

BBDBB · 17-03-2019 9:34pm

G’wan Rory

bilston · 18-03-2019 10:53am

BBDBB wrote: »

G’wan Rory

Great drama last night

Getting over the line before the Masters and other Majors this year is important. Not sure how important, but I suppose come the final stretch on a Sunday if he is contention it will help.

He is more consistent this year so you'd have to fancy that he will be in contention come the Majors.

Buer · 18-03-2019 11:15am

I was fully convinced he'd wobble on those final two holes. Not easy holes at all and multiple players in the leading groups dropped shots on them. McIlroy looked confident and his putting was far more consistent than it has been for a long time. When he dropped a shot on 14 and came back immediately on 15, it was a huge mental boost for him, I would imagine.

Some of the other top players completely fell apart in the final round though. I was surprised with how badly Rahm went on the day. If he even held even he'd have been right in the mix on the final hole.

Sawgrass is a perfect warm up for Augusta but I'd almost rather he came into the tournament in good form but with less expectation. He has shot straight back to the top of the bookies odds for the Masters now.

Also fair play to Seamus Power for managing to struggle through and finish 35th. He's going to need every place he can get if he is to retain his card again.

bilston · 18-03-2019 12:05pm

Buer wrote: »

I was fully convinced he'd wobble on those final two holes. Not easy holes at all and multiple players in the leading groups dropped shots on them. McIlroy looked confident and his putting was far more consistent than it has been for a long time. When he dropped a shot on 14 and came back immediately on 15, it was a huge mental boost for him, I would imagine.

Some of the other top players completely fell apart in the final round though. I was surprised with how badly Rahm went on the day. If he even held even he'd have been right in the mix on the final hole.

Sawgrass is a perfect warm up for Augusta but I'd almost rather he came into the tournament in good form but with less expectation. He has shot straight back to the top of the bookies odds for the Masters now.

Also fair play to Seamus Power for managing to struggle through and finish 35th. He's going to need every place he can get if he is to retain his card again.

I expected him to put it in the drink on 17 but he played it sensibly. Fleetwood on the other seemed to go for the pin and ended it blowing it all....scoreboard pressure...

irishbucsfan · 18-03-2019 12:20pm

bilston wrote: »

I expected him to put it in the drink on 17 but he played it sensibly. Fleetwood on the other seemed to go for the pin and ended it blowing it all....scoreboard pressure...

Fleetwood was 2 shots behind with two to play, he had no choice

thomond2006 · 18-03-2019 2:21pm

I passed the Fire Brigade taking someone out of the Liffey, near DCC. Hopefully all ok.

Zzippy · 18-03-2019 2:42pm

thomond2006 wrote: »

I passed the Fire Brigade taking someone out of the Liffey, near DCC. Hopefully all ok.

Near daily occurrence in Galway. My office is beside the river and it's a rare week we don't have the Coast Guard helicopter overhead on a search mission.

The Lost Sheep · 18-03-2019 2:44pm

Zzippy wrote: »

Near daily occurrence in Galway. My office is beside the river and it's a rare week we don't have the Coast Guard helicopter overhead on a search mission.

I lived in Newcastle/Dangan for a few years and yeah its horrible. Way too rregular an occurance

stephen_n · 18-03-2019 3:50pm

Zzippy wrote: »

Near daily occurrence in Galway. My office is beside the river and it's a rare week we don't have the Coast Guard helicopter overhead on a search mission.

Are these people accidentally falling in our attempting suicide?

DGRulz · 18-03-2019 4:40pm

Was walking over O'Connell Bridge on the way back to work the other day. Some guy, approximately 50s, stood on top the ledge holding on to a lamp post. At first I thought he was doing some sort of charity drive because he looked like he had wet gear on. Nope, tourist taking a selfie.

Zzippy · 18-03-2019 6:42pm

stephen_n wrote: »

Are these people accidentally falling in our attempting suicide?

I suspect mostly the latter. I gave a guy a lift home to dry out after he waded in to help someone having second thoughts a couple of years ago. Cry for help more than anything else, just lucky where he landed in shallow water or he may not have had the chance...

ClanofLams · 18-03-2019 6:44pm

stephen_n wrote: »

Are these people accidentally falling in our attempting suicide?

The latter is 95%+ unfortunately.

Neil3030 · 18-03-2019 8:20pm

https://twitter.com/Tweet_Dec/status/1107678798143733765

sydthebeat · 18-03-2019 9:13pm

I've given up trying to understand the workings of that Parliament

Neil3030 · 18-03-2019 9:28pm

sydthebeat wrote: »

I've given up trying to understand the workings of that Parliament

TL:DR from today:

"Stop wasting Parliament's time bringing back the same pissing deal for a vote, change it substantially or f*** off"

troyzer · 18-03-2019 9:34pm

Neil3030 wrote: »

TL:DR from today:

"Stop wasting Parliament's time bringing back the same pissing deal for a vote, change it substantially or f*** off"

This has always been the way. There were a few grumbles that it was out of order even the second time but nobody challenged it because of how high the stakes were. But now it looks like the EU are going to offer an extension, it makes no sense to continue this charade. She's likely to lose votes now that the pressure has been temporarily relieved, not gain them. She has absolutely no leverage over the EU, they're not going to budge.

I have no idea what's going to happen next. The most obvious thing is a second referendum which is legally binding but there are so many MPs against it. Which makes you think they'd need an election first.

Synode · 18-03-2019 9:43pm

I think a second referendum is getting likelier by the day. The withdrawal agreement or revoke article 50. If they really want to leave then it paves a route for it that everyone can live with. If they don't then revoke article 50. Do it quick so we can all move past this utter nonsense

Neil3030 · 18-03-2019 9:53pm

There's talk now that Parliament could vote to change the law that prevents them voting again on a deal they have already voted against twice.

Apologies if you need a few reads of that to figure it out; couldn't make this stuff up.

troyzer · 18-03-2019 10:05pm

Neil3030 wrote: »

There's talk now that Parliament could vote to change the law that prevents them voting again on a deal they have already voted against twice.

Apologies if you need a few reads of that to figure it out; couldn't make this stuff up.

So parliament wants to vote to vote again against the deal.

You have to wonder how they ever managed to rule an empire.

mfceiling · 19-03-2019 11:23am

Did anyone watch Alan Partridge last night? Funniest 30 minutes of tele I've seen in ages. I won't spoil it but the last 2 minutes are going to go down as comedy gold for the ages.

swiwi_ · 19-03-2019 11:28am

mfceiling wrote: »

Did anyone watch Alan Partridge last night? Funniest 30 minutes of tele I've seen in ages. I won't spoil it but the last 2 minutes are going to go down as comedy gold for the ages.

I was just going to post whether Irish viewers would find it funny/not funny/offensive?

I was chortling away.

mfceiling · 19-03-2019 1:13pm

swiwi_ wrote: »

I was just going to post whether Irish viewers would find it funny/not funny/offensive?

I was chortling away.

Even the wife was in stitches laughing so it must have been good!!

The Lost Sheep · 19-03-2019 2:47pm

mfceiling wrote: »

Did anyone watch Alan Partridge last night? Funniest 30 minutes of tele I've seen in ages. I won't spoil it but the last 2 minutes are going to go down as comedy gold for the ages.

top class tv. Ending is fantastic.
Scene playing CPR on sex doll to another one bites the dust was very funny
He got accent spot on...

stephen_n · 20-03-2019 12:16pm

This time 4 weeks ago I started to feel unwell in the shower after training. Kind of knew straight away it was a heart attack, but at the same time wasn’t sure. Not wanting to make an idiot of myself I of course didn’t ask for help and opted to drive myself to the hospital, just in case it was a really bad case of indigestion or some bug. Luckily the hospital is only 5 minutes from the gym. Whatever you can say about the Irish Health System, they are pretty damn good when you have a serious issue. Within 2 hours I’d been transferred to Vincent’s and had 2 stents put in. It’s very surreal watching your heart up on a screen as they fiddle about inside you. Again luckily for me, they got this done within 2 1/2 hours of it starting, so not much damage done to the heart muscle. Going from someone who works 50+ hours most weeks and trains 5-6 days a week, to barely being able to walk for more than 5 minutes at a time forces you to slow down a bit

Has its benefits though, currently sitting having breakfast in Lanzarote, feeding sparrows and watching them bully a pigeon. Nice place to recouperate and take stock. I would have regarded myself as extremely fit before this and am only 46. So maybe if you see one of those free Heart Health checkups the Irish Heart Foundation do. Do yourself and your family a favor and get yourself checked.

awec · 20-03-2019 12:28pm

stephen_n wrote: »

This time 4 weeks ago I started to feel unwell in the shower after training. Kind of knew straight away it was a heart attack, but at the same time wasn’t sure. Not wanting to make an idiot of myself I of course didn’t ask for help and opted to drive myself to the hospital, just in case it was a really bad case of indigestion or some bug. Luckily the hospital is only 5 minutes from the gym. Whatever you can say about the Irish Health System, they are pretty damn good when you have a serious issue. Within 2 hours I’d been transferred to Vincent’s and had 2 stents put in. It’s very surreal watching your heart up on a screen as they fiddle about inside you. Again luckily for me, they got this done within 2 1/2 hours of it starting, so not much damage done to the heart muscle. Going from someone who works 50+ hours most weeks and trains 5-6 days a week, to barely being able to walk for more than 5 minutes at a time forces you to slow down a bit
Has its benefits though, currently sitting having breakfast in Lanzarote, feeding sparrows and watching them bully a pigeon. Nice place to recouperate and take stock. I would have regarded myself as extremely fit before this and am only 46. So maybe if you see one of those free Heart Health checkups the Irish Heart Foundation do. Do yourself and your family a favor and get yourself checked.

Glad to hear you're alright!

Must have been scary, did you feel a pain in your chest and light headedness or what?

stephen_n · 20-03-2019 12:30pm

awec wrote: »

Glad to hear you're alright!

Must have been scary, did you feel a pain in your chest and light headedness or what?

Pain in the chest, shortness of breath, nausea and slightly dizzy. Just not laying on the floor clutching my chest type of feeling. Pain felt like bad indigestion.

Buer · 20-03-2019 12:31pm

Glad you're ok, Stephen. I can only imagine that was a rather scary experience. I would imagine that a lot of us would be similarly stubborn and dismissive to the point where we would drive ourselves to the hospital (if at all).

I've generally had excellent experiences with the health system in the past even with non-critical issues. I previously went to my GP with a lump (turned out to be benign) but within 48 hours I had been seen by a consultant in his clinic, booked in for surgery and was sitting in hospital recovering. I had to spend the bulk of a day on a trolley but so be it.

Any time I have had to bring a child to Temple Street or D-Doc, I have had exceptionally smooth and quick service. When I call D-Doc, I have a phone call back from a nurse within 5 minutes. I have an appoointment with an on call GP within another hour and my child is home having been seen with a prescription within 2 hours of making the initial phone call.

I know there's a huge amount of bitching and moaning about the health service but, in the grand scheme, it's light years ahead of most other nations.

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