Random/General Chat Thread

ziedth · 06-04-2009 11:32am #1

On this miserable ass day siad i'd start a discussion regarding well anything.
Nothing to do here with I think people in town are like the Ailens in That film Signs alergic to water.

I pulled a three day session this weekend, Simply in bits now. Mrs Ziedths brother is going to the states today so had various nights out for him.

Any news with anyone else?

Sully · 06-04-2009 11:35am

The last one died a horrible death.. so hopefully this one will be better.

Ill stickify it for now and see how it runs.

scout353 · 06-04-2009 11:36am

Wish I had a three day session this weekend..................

Ah, them were the days

ziedth · 06-04-2009 11:41am

Sully wrote: »

The last one died a horrible death.. so hopefully this one will be better.

Ill stickify it for now and see how it runs.

I wont let that happen sully

Ya I wouldn't be the best now for the big sessions usually I can drink with the best of them over any given day but I'll be out for the count for the proceeding 24 hours. Hence why i'm in such pain today

AdMMM · 06-04-2009 3:47pm

Arrrrrghghhh! It's Waterford City's BBV!

robtri · 06-04-2009 4:22pm

random thread is back.... will it burn and crash like the last one....
I am just waiting for the fine weather to re-appear and enjoy the fine sites around waterford on a nice mcflurry run......

ziedth · 06-04-2009 4:35pm

See we just need to commit to this like have have committed to the TK Maxx Debate and it will flourish

, I see there is over 3000 views on that now.

deisemum · 06-04-2009 7:13pm

I'm wrecked from entertaining some young lads on an under 13 rugby team from the UK. Parents on my son's team had 2 boys each from visiting team for the weekend. It was very enjoyable but tiring and I wasn't even drinking.

Rua Tipoki and his family were visiting Waterford and heard that the youths were having a blitz so turned up at Waterpark on Saturday and watched some of the games. He stayed around and signed autographs and chatted with the children and parents.

robtri · 07-04-2009 8:20am

deisemum wrote: »

I'm wrecked from entertaining some young lads

ha ha.. the opening line made me laugh

AdMMM · 07-04-2009 3:08pm

robtri wrote: »

ha ha.. the opening line made me laugh

If you reacted that way to the first half of the sentence, I can only imagine how you reacted to the second part!

deisemum · 07-04-2009 3:27pm

lol, just shows how wrecked I was that I didn't consider how my post might have been read

All I had to do was mind them and provide vast quantities of food then spend most of Saturday in Mrs Doyle mode providing tea/coffee and sandwiches for so many parents and children. Next year the UK team will host Waterpark.

robtri · 07-04-2009 3:59pm

deisemum wrote: »

lol, just shows how wrecked I was that I didn't consider how my post might have been read

All I had to do was mind them and provide vast quantities of food then spend most of Saturday in Mrs Doyle mode providing tea/coffee and sandwiches for so many parents and children. Next year the UK team will host Waterpark.

made my morning it did....

Kastro · 09-04-2009 11:25am

:rolleyes: ohhh rob, you will never change.
me washing is bleedin soaked on the line and im waiting for anyone to say "yeah ive a shed/garage you can use"

nkay1985 · 09-04-2009 1:24pm

I'm finishing work at 2 and going to pick up the keys to my new house. But have you seen the weather outside? It's manky. Not the most pleasant day to have such a nice experience but sure what harm.

stick-dan · 09-04-2009 2:16pm

Jaysus we have a random thread in carlow and it's a great success!!

Anyways best of luck with this one.

ziedth · 09-04-2009 3:51pm

Thank you stick-dan support from the carlow fourm is always appreciated

Where's the new house nkay? I'm off work today, why could it not have been yesterday:mad:

nkay1985 · 09-04-2009 7:40pm

ziedth wrote: »

Where's the new house nkay? I'm off work today, why could it not have been yesterday:mad:

It's in a new estate called Cnoic Caislean in Ballygunner. It's between The Village and Riverview.

Delighted with it.

stick-dan · 10-04-2009 9:52am

Waterford people aint very chatty are they?:P

*( that outta get them started :P)

deisemum · 10-04-2009 10:06am

nkay I hope your move went well and that you enjoyed your first night in your new home. It's exciting until you start paying the mortgage.

robtri · 10-04-2009 10:52am

deisemum wrote: »

nkay I hope your move went well and that you enjoyed your first night in your new home. It's exciting until you start paying the mortgage.

hope you have been behaving yourself deisemum...

nkay1985 · 10-04-2009 11:21am

deisemum wrote: »

nkay I hope your move went well and that you enjoyed your first night in your new home. It's exciting until you start paying the mortgage.

Ah there's nothing in there yet so couldn't spend the night there. Getting flooring in Tuesday so wouldn't be worth our while getting the bed and that delivered yet. Think we're going to set up a mattress on the bare floor for the weekend because we kind of have to be out of where we are staying. Within two weeks, it'll be like a real house!

deisemum · 10-04-2009 7:32pm

robtri wrote: »

hope you have been behaving yourself deisemum...

I always behave myself and I'm keeping out from teenage boys. :rolleyes:

When we bought our first home (in UK) we assumed when you ordered furniture that it would be like here, delivered within a day or two but we had to wait for a month for the beds to be delivered.

We had to borrow a sofa bed that was so uncomfortable. Not long after getting our bed I noticed that one of the boards in the base was cracked and had to get a replacement. We were waiting 4 months for a suite of furniture.

When we moved back here and bought our current home I was heavily pregnant and hubby who's a carpenter was working away from home so I had to get another carpenter in as we were under pressure timewise. No wonder I had my baby a month early.

robtri · 14-04-2009 9:38am

deisemum wrote: »

I always behave myself and I'm keeping out from teenage boys. :rolleyes:

When we bought our first home (in UK) we assumed when you ordered furniture that it would be like here, delivered within a day or two but we had to wait for a month for the beds to be delivered.

We had to borrow a sofa bed that was so uncomfortable. Not long after getting our bed I noticed that one of the boards in the base was cracked and had to get a replacement. We were waiting 4 months for a suite of furniture.

When we moved back here and bought our current home I was heavily pregnant and hubby who's a carpenter was working away from home so I had to get another carpenter in as we were under pressure timewise. No wonder I had my baby a month early.

moving house is a pain in the ass, but it can be so worth it...
it was bad enough moving from Dublin down to here, don't know how you coped moving from different country and being pregnant at the time...
Fair play to you....

Fajitas! · 14-04-2009 2:09pm

So, I'm back in Waterford for a few hours, helping out the aul fellah... And decided to get a bit of lunch. Christ, it's expensive down here. Deli's are working out cheaper than Dublin, but hot food/pub grub around town (without walking up to the Showboat, Mansion, etc), is all a minimum of a tenner - I'd get fed and watered in Dublin city centre for that!!

ziedth · 14-04-2009 2:13pm

It is surprising noone has come up with an idea for affordable dinners cause your going to pay a min of €9-12 to be half way fed in town these day's with a coffee. That is working out at around €150 for the month when you think about it.

What would be wrong with giving someone a card that works out at say €30 for 5 dinners/whatever midweek. could be a nice little earner if you got enough people envolved.

Fajitas! · 14-04-2009 2:18pm

ziedth wrote: »

What would be wrong with giving someone a card that works out at say €30 for 5 dinners/whatever midweek. could be a nice little earner if you got enough people envolved.

They have a system similar to that in Slovenia, albeit for students, but it works great, you buy tokens for about €4 each, and only have to pay €3 in the selected restaurants - The restaurants know they'll get the business, and the students get cheap grub (Bear in mind, that €7 over there would get you a three course meal with beer).

Am still in shock with it being more expensive than Dublin.

KingLoser · 14-04-2009 2:26pm

Fajitas! wrote: »

So, I'm back in Waterford for a few hours, helping out the aul fellah... And decided to get a bit of lunch. Christ, it's expensive down here. Deli's are working out cheaper than Dublin, but hot food/pub grub around town (without walking up to the Showboat, Mansion, etc), is all a minimum of a tenner - I'd get fed and watered in Dublin city centre for that!!

Stay out of the posh places boyo! Check out La Taverna on Arundal Sq, cheap and great Italian.

Fajitas! · 15-04-2009 9:40am

Aye, I know the lads inside there, but just fancied something a bit less Italian! Harlequin's on Patrick St too!

Ended up in the Belfry... <.<

ziedth · 15-04-2009 11:06am

Fajitas! wrote: »

Ended up in the Belfry... <.<

I like the Belfry, It doesn't have the same rat race feel to it like some other places around town has. Cajun Chicken Wrap is fairly nice in there too

longshanks · 15-04-2009 3:49pm

how do you know when its time to change the tyres on your car? is there a minimum thread depth or something?

ziedth · 15-04-2009 3:54pm

Isn't there a rule of thumb that you have to be able to stick a thick coin in it or something?

longshanks · 15-04-2009 4:06pm

ziedth wrote: »

Isn't there a rule of thumb that you have to be able to stick a thick coin in it or something?

yeah, i have a vague memory of something along those lines.
the thing is i know if i go to any garage and ask, that they'll just tell me i need 4 new tyres and suddenly i'll feel a couple of hundred euro lighter

Sully · 15-04-2009 6:28pm

longshanks wrote: »

how do you know when its time to change the tyres on your car? is there a minimum thread depth or something?

Yup. 1.6mm IIRC. I think the coin trick is if you put a coint in the thread and you can see the bottom of the coin, the tyre needs to be changed. Bit sketchy on that though. I believe you can fail the NCT and get a fine if found by a Guarda (very rarely check). Motors forum is your best bet.

http://www.globaltyres.ie/pdfs/Tyres_can_Kill.pdf

Also, check the tyre pressure on a regular basis.

deisemum · 15-04-2009 6:34pm

There's an indicator strip that shows when tyres are worn, well there is on my tyres and I wouldn't have known only for the tyre fitter showed me when I was replacing them.

deisemum · 15-04-2009 7:00pm

I'm a hoarder, I've still got my 80's and 90's "fashion" if you can call it that.

Anyway I started clearing out stuff today and found at least 1000 books but best of all my wedding video which I haven't watched in years.

We'll be 19 years married next Monday, would I be mean to make hubby sit and watch it next Monday?

Sully · 15-04-2009 7:26pm

deisemum wrote: »

We'll be 19 years married next Monday, would I be mean to make hubby sit and watch it next Monday?

Congrats

Paige Turner · 16-04-2009 2:37am

longshanks wrote: »

how do you know when its time to change the tyres on your car? is there a minimum thread depth or something?

Hi longshanks, you can buy a tyre thread depth gauge in most car accessorie shops (Deeveys, halfords). They are really handy. They shouldn't cost more than €5. Some tyre places even have free keyring type ones if you ask.

robtri · 16-04-2009 8:54am

ziedth wrote: »

Isn't there a rule of thumb that you have to be able to stick a thick coin in it or something?

there used to be alright, it was in relation to the groves on and old ten pence piece iirc..

best of getting a gauge from a motor factors, handy to have in the car..

one piece of advice, never go cheap on tyres and get them inspected regularly and changed when needed, even though it is 1.6mm legal depth, I never allow tyre to go below 2mm.....

longshanks · 16-04-2009 3:14pm

ok thanks people, and sully. thats the tyres question sorted.
now answer me this, what did people do before toothpaste and tootbrushes?

love2swim · 16-04-2009 4:26pm

is it just me - or is today the QUIETIST day ever in Waterford???

the phone ain't ringing, I got zero emails, the dogs aren't barking - it's too darn quiet...

deisemum · 16-04-2009 5:50pm

longshanks wrote: »

ok thanks people, and sully. thats the tyres question sorted.
now answer me this, what did people do before toothpaste and tootbrushes?

Long ago people didn't eat as much sugary, refined food as what's available nowadays. Their food contained more roughage.

They used to chew twigs, for toothpaste some people used soot, others a paste of eggshells, pumice and ashes.

Just imagine french kissing back them :eek:

ziedth · 16-04-2009 6:47pm

longshanks wrote: »

what did people do before toothpaste and tootbrushes?

Ha ha good one,

ziedth · 20-04-2009 9:15am

Ah it's a lovely day today, Makes the city centre all shiney.

Bad news though, Think I'm going to be an employment statistic this time two weeks. at least I'll get more time to annoy everyone on Boards

robtri · 20-04-2009 9:55am

ziedth wrote: »

Ah it's a lovely day today, Makes the city centre all shiney.

Bad news though, Think I'm going to be an employment statistic this time two weeks. at least I'll get more time to annoy everyone on Boards

sory to hear that dude....

it is a lovely day.... think me and heathen need to do a mcflurry run and watch all the shiney things in the city later

echosound · 22-04-2009 11:03pm

ziedth wrote: »

Ah it's a lovely day today, Makes the city centre all shiney.

Bad news though, Think I'm going to be an employment statistic this time two weeks. at least I'll get more time to annoy everyone on Boards

Sorry to hear that Ziedth. There's lots of us in Waterford already in that ever-expanding club, it sucks. On the upside though, it does give you a lot of free time to enjoy (even if you have no cash to do so with

)

On a completely unrelated note, anyone pass by the cops loading a car onto a towtruck on the main road outside those blocks of apartments opposite the hospital about an hour ago? Wonder what happened - was it a breakdown, or siezure of car, or what.... (me being the nosy parker that I am).

ziedth · 23-04-2009 9:38am

echosound wrote: »

Sorry to hear that Ziedth.

robtri wrote: »

sory to hear that dude....

Cheers lads, Might have something else lined up not management now but sure I think most of us dole goers would take anything at this stage.

Did Anyone notice there is NOTHING out there jobs wise? I mean granted I haven't had to look for say 14 months buts there is really nothing doing out there.

deisemum · 23-04-2009 9:49am

I hope it works out Zeidth.

My hubby is self-employed like myself and his work is very quiet at the moment, he's considering going back to London for work. His friend in London has work for him from June onwards if things don't improve here.

ziedth · 23-04-2009 9:55am

deisemum wrote: »

I hope it works out Zeidth.

My hubby is self-employed like myself and his work is very quiet at the moment, he's considering going back to London for work. His friend in London has work for him from June onwards if things don't improve here.

Cheers, I know I'm tempted to look further out myself but just so settled its hard to know what to do. Hope it works out for him too.

nkay1985 · 23-04-2009 7:30pm

Apparently Abbott in Clonmel are one of the only companies around here that are taking people on. And possibly Boston Scientific up there too. It's a bit of a trek every day but I'd say people would happily do it now.

baronflyguy · 07-05-2009 6:07pm

Anyone hear that annoying repetitive ad on the radio for XtraVision
"1 euro 1 movie 1 night"
"How much is that?"
(x3)

It's like Deja Vu...in a way....I remember renting a video tape for 1 pound a night back in the good oul days.

jackdrel · 07-05-2009 6:28pm

know the add and its grinding :mad::mad: but there is another add at the moment that has a woman running around after pigs which is crazy ..

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