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Brandy and Cigars: Off topic thread

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  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Sounds like he was butchered; several papers reporting that his heart and/or one of his lungs was cut out... and eaten...

    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/chess-murder-victims-lung-was-removed-and-has-not-been-located-29910709.html


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,289 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Mod note: Lads I have deleted a couple of posts here. Please don't speculate. It is fine to post links from reputable sources but be aware that a family are grieving here


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    What I said is on the front page of the Indo.


  • Registered Users Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    Dear Jesus. Reading the Indo's report now.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,289 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    What I said is on the front page of the Indo.

    Mod note: Cool, I have put your post back with a link to the article.

    Absolutely horrific:confused:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    Mother of god that's horrendous, could have done without hearing that story on a fearful Monday morning!

    Hope the rest of your weekends went well, I quit my current gym and joining one across from work, so hopefully that'll allow me to train before & after work in between football - looking forward to a change of scenery

    Got enough cardio in watching Liverpool vs. Stoke yesterday, my poor heart!


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    D'Agger wrote: »
    Mother of god that's horrendous, could have done without hearing that story on a fearful Monday morning!
    Sorry!

    The guy's lodger has been charged with his murder though so everyone can sleep easy tonight :pac:
    D'Agger wrote: »
    Got enough cardio in watching Liverpool vs. Stoke yesterday, my poor heart!
    My weight training in the gym seems to be having the unexpected effect of making me weaker, I can do fewer and fewer repetitions every time I go :confused:


  • Registered Users Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    My weight training in the gym seems to be having the unexpected effect of making me weaker, I can do fewer and fewer repetitions every time I go :confused:
    How often are you doing it? You might need to increase recovery time a bit


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    How often are you doing it? You might need to increase recovery time a bit
    I've been trying to increase it to every 2 days; clearly isn't enough recovery time for me though. Going to drop it back to every 3 days. It's a pity because I have to go to the gym basically every 2nd day anyway for my knee rehab.


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    Sorry!

    The guy's lodger has been charged with his murder though so everyone can sleep easy tonight :pac:


    My weight training in the gym seems to be having the unexpected effect of making me weaker, I can do fewer and fewer repetitions every time I go :confused:

    No need to apologise man it's a crazy story so worth sharing but yeah....reading about that kind of stuff makes you wonder about the people you'd be passing on the street!
    How often are you doing it? You might need to increase recovery time a bit

    This - make sure you're resting enough between visits, not overdoing it, and make sure you're eating enough of the right foods - are you taking protein to aid recovery?

    I've been given a plan to do via the GAA club I play for - first two weeks are to be doing a weight you can do 4 sets of 12-15 to build muscle stamina a bit, then after that 4 sets of 6-8 for strength before going back to sets of 10 for toning.

    It's mainly focusing on core work, back & shoulders which is what I need to work on really but hopefully I can do the program while doing the preseason running - my legs are going to be full of lactic acid tomorrow I'd say :(


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  • Registered Users Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    I've been trying to increase it to every 2 days; clearly isn't enough recovery time for me though. Going to drop it back to every 3 days. It's a pity because I have to go to the gym basically every 2nd day anyway for my knee rehab.
    Are you training the same muscles or doing the same routine every two days? If so then you should specialise i.e. if you need to do light rehab for your knee every two days, then fine, keep that up but maybe try the following:

    Monday - Rehab, Chest & Arms
    Wednesday - Rehab, Legs
    Friday - Rehab, Back & Shoulders
    Saturday - Swim / Light Cardio / Recovery
    Sunday - Rest


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Yeah. I'll try something like that, cheers. Having a beer instead tonight though :p


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭Hermione*


    Yikes, even reading the headline of that story has me :eek: Poor guy :(

    Productivity at all time low today. Email traffic unobligingly increasing in direct proportion to sleepiness. Not :cool:


  • Registered Users Posts: 15,775 ✭✭✭✭Slattsy


    Took the day off work, very little sleep last night and really needed the lie on.

    House to myself while the missus works so we have bread and butter on the table this eve :D

    Watching The Lord of The Rings trilogy. Today is a good day :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    Slattsy wrote: »
    Took the day off work, very little sleep last night and really needed the lie on.

    House to myself while the missus works so we have bread and butter on the table this eve :D

    Watching The Lord of The Rings trilogy. Today is a good day :)
    I've been meaning to go back and watch that trilogy again

    It's been years


  • Registered Users Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    D'Agger wrote: »
    I've been meaning to go back and watch that trilogy again

    It's been years

    Myself and my house mates watched them all last year in one day when we decided to give college a skip. Our FYPs were due the next day too, if I remember correctly :D

    I love those type of days, Slattsy!


  • Registered Users Posts: 15,775 ✭✭✭✭Slattsy


    Yeah it's great.

    Ain't seen them in years either so rather than do housework I picked the longest movies. They're actually the extended versions too!

    Loads of tea and bickies as well.


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    Didn't die at training. Success!


  • Registered Users Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Its normal to have pictures of cartoon cats playing hungry hungry hippos framed & hanging up in your apartment right?......


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,196 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Yeah, read about that murder this morning, terrible. Quite why the Indo needed to include certain details, oh well, it's Paul Williams. Will say no more.

    Need to do a LOTR rewatch.
    January's already creeping by...


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  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,963 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Its normal to have pictures of cartoon cats playing hungry hungry hippos framed & hanging up in your apartment right?......

    Of course.


  • Registered Users Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Of course.

    Good :pac:
    IMG_20140113_202711.jpg


  • Registered Users Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    Awesome :D


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,963 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Nice :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭Barna77


    Meow ! :D

    Archer is back!


  • Registered Users Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    Barna77 wrote: »
    Meow ! :D

    Archer is back!

    I love you, oh bringer of fantastic news!

    Oh Bloody Mary, full of Vodka.
    Blessed art thou among cocktails...


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,798 ✭✭✭BonsaiKitten


    D'Agger wrote: »
    Didn't die at training. Success!

    Not yet, you didn't, ya mean.
    Yeah, I know I'm very supportive :pac:
    Yeah, read about that murder this morning, terrible. Quite why the Indo needed to include certain details, oh well, it's Paul Williams. Will say no more.

    Need to do a LOTR rewatch.
    January's already creeping by...

    It is flying by! It's crazy. I can't believe I'm back to college already, it's like I blinked and back again.
    Its normal to have pictures of cartoon cats playing hungry hungry hippos framed & hanging up in your apartment right?......

    Never change.

    That's an amazing pic :D
    Knex. wrote: »
    I love you, oh bringer of fantastic news!

    Oh Bloody Mary, full of Vodka.
    Blessed art thou among cocktails...

    I hate vodka. Don't lynch me :pac:
    I am sitting here drinking Jack Daniels and finishing college work - this will end well :pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    I hate vodka. Don't lynch me :pac:
    I am sitting here drinking Jack Daniels and finishing college work - this will end well :pac:


    Lynch you? Kudos, more like! I'm a Whiskey man myself. Have half a bottle of JD in the press, awaiting my next social, or not so social adventure :D

    I once reedited an entire Group Project, in some BS module such as Marketing, or Market Research, at 3 in the morning after a night on the sauce. While predrinking I highlighted everything that I hated and wanted to change, and I came home and rewrote it under the influence of the creative muse that is alcohol.

    Never even told the two girls I was with that I changed all their stuff, nevermind that I did it while drunk pleasantly unsober. Thankfully, it all went well :D

    You're gonna ace it :cool:

    :pac:


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Booze enhances creativity... at least to a point. My rule of thumb is that if your spelling gets so bad that Word can no longer suggest corrections, then it's time to put the bottle away.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭Barna77


    Knex. wrote: »
    I love you, oh bringer of fantastic news!

    Oh Bloody Mary, full of Vodka.
    Blessed art thou among cocktails...
    Laughed at that :D
    Saw some pictures of the real models used for the characters. Pam is bang on, but Lana not so much....

    Whiskey dirnker myself too. Got a bottle of Jameson and one litre of rum for Christmas. Sitll unopened :eek: Both.
    But I'm about to finish a homemade sort of coffee liqueur. Keeps you warm, it's freezing ourside.


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