Off Topic Thread too point uh

Dave_The_Sheep · 11-01-2015 1:44pm

Is the iMax on Parnell much better than the iSense in the Odeon, does anyone know?

sydthebeat · 11-01-2015 1:46pm

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Is the iMax on Parnell much better than the iSense in the Odeon, does anyone know?

Both pale to the hfr screenings in the point in my opinion.

We travel up from laois to go to it.

errlloyd · 11-01-2015 1:47pm

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Is the iMax on Parnell much better than the iSense in the Odeon, does anyone know?

It is better, it is not much better. Neither is really that close to the level of true imax.

mfceiling · 11-01-2015 3:10pm

_Tyrrell_ wrote: »

12.50 an hour to sit in your house watching tv or spending the entire time on their phone texting their mates. Jesus :rolleyes:

Eating my sweets, and changing my ass groove on my sofa and gets paid...sad state of affairs. To be honest she is our childminder and doesn't get that much during the week.

Taco Corp · 11-01-2015 3:25pm

mfceiling wrote: »

Eating my sweets, and changing my ass groove on my sofa and gets paid...sad state of affairs. To be honest she is our childminder and doesn't get that much during the week.

So this is the price of having kids. My ass groove is very important to me. I'm never having kids now. Thanks, mcfceilling. You really are the insight to family life that I needed

awec · 11-01-2015 5:54pm

When travelling to Canada or the US do you need a passport with a chip?

Also, does it need to have at least 6 months before expiry left?

Anyone know?

mfceiling · 11-01-2015 7:39pm

awec wrote: »

When travelling to Canada or the US do you need a passport with a chip?

Also, does it need to have at least 6 months before expiry left?

Anyone know?

You need one with "fries" not a chip!!

Seriously I don't think you do...the wife is over 2 or 3 times a year and her passport is a few years old now. I wouldn't risk not having 6 months on the passport...yanks can be sticklers for sh*tty rules.

Swiwi. · 11-01-2015 10:21pm

molloyjh wrote: »

Not lately thankfully, but she did watch it for a while a year or two back. I wish I could say it was the worst thing she watched though. If I have to see or hear any of the Khardashian clan ever again I think I might need psychiatric help!

Mine is Downton Abbey. I actually quite like it myself, definitely better than what you have to endure.

I sometimes wonder what the womenfolk post on their off-topic forums. Giving out about their men watching such crap TV as True Detective etc...

Mine's not so keen about my being on this forum at all TBH...makes ye olde smartphone quite handy!

11-01-2015 10:23pm

awec wrote: »

When travelling to Canada or the US do you need a passport with a chip?

Also, does it need to have at least 6 months before expiry left?

Anyone know?

The 6 month thing is a myth afaik.

You need to do your ESTA, and as long as you have a valid passport you should be grand. They scan it the same way they do in every other country going from what I've seen in the past. They also have an electronic device that takes your fingerprints, you have to give them to get through.

Synode · 11-01-2015 10:35pm

You'll be fine as long as your passport doesn't expire while you're over there

http://dublin.usembassy.gov/consular/validity-of-irish/eu-passports.html

irishbucsfan · 11-01-2015 10:41pm

Sky Mango Tux wrote: »

The 6 month thing is a myth afaik.

You need to do your ESTA, and as long as you have a valid passport you should be grand. They scan it the same way they do in every other country going from what I've seen in the past. They also have an electronic device that takes your fingerprints, you have to give them to get through.

Don't think the fingerprint thing is true for Canada btw, if that's where you're going.

Zzippy · 11-01-2015 10:55pm

Been to both in the last few years, no fingerprints for Canada alright. The 6 months rule is only for certain countries, don't think it applies to either US/Canada but best to check official channels. Definitely get your ESTA in good time. And don't crack any jokes in US Immigration, they have no sense of humour...

11-01-2015 11:30pm

Not sure on Canada but your passport needs to be valid up to the point you leave the US, no 6 month requirement.

http://dublin.usembassy.gov/consular/validity-of-irish/eu-passports.html

Synode · 12-01-2015 12:16am

I must be on your ignore list :pac:

Molester Stallone II · 12-01-2015 12:53am

Swiwi. wrote: »

Mine is Downton Abbey. I actually quite like it myself, definitely better than what you have to endure.

I sometimes wonder what the womenfolk post on their off-topic forums. Giving out about their men watching such crap TV as True Detective etc...

Mine's not so keen about my being on this forum at all TBH...makes ye olde smartphone quite handy!

She would rather you were frequenting sites with ladies in various states of undress than talking to strange men on the internet?!

mfceiling · 12-01-2015 12:56am

Molester Stallone II wrote: »

She would rather you were frequenting sites with ladies in various states of undress than talking to strange men on the internet?!

Seems fair to me...

awec · 12-01-2015 12:47pm

Was looking this morning at NHL tickets and the prices are unreal! Like 200 dollars + for a normal league game and that's the poorer seats!

irishbucsfan · 12-01-2015 12:52pm

awec wrote: »

Was looking this morning at NHL tickets and the prices are unreal! Like 200 dollars + for a normal league game and that's the poorer seats!

They have really small arenas, so they get tons of demand!

awec · 12-01-2015 12:54pm

irishbucsfan wrote: »

They have really small arenas, so they get tons of demand!

Yea, was looking at Madison Square Garden, they are almost sold out for nearly all of their games.

Buer · 12-01-2015 1:26pm

I went to an NBA game there before and, while the Rangers games are supposed to be more enjoyable, the seating arrangement is very similar. We paid about $100 each to be 4 rows from the very back of the arena. It was not worth it at all.

irishbucsfan · 12-01-2015 1:32pm

I spend a fair amount of time in Toronto and I have to say I enjoy watching the Leafs games more in a bar there. But then that is with locals there who I know, I can't imagine the same would be true if I was just dropping into the city for the first time. The baseball is great craic live though, and dirt cheap!

Zzippy · 12-01-2015 1:34pm

I've been to Rangers games a couple of times, think I spent about 70-80 dollars for a ticket, not the best seats but great view nonetheless. There's a huge hotel across the street (Pennsylvania Hotel, don't stay there, the rooms are terrible), but they have (or used to have anyway) a ticket office where you can get tickets for events/plays/etc at fairly good prices. Or book online. Brilliant atmosphere at the hockey games and easy to get a beer/hot dog etc without missing much.

awec · 12-01-2015 1:39pm

Baseball would bore me. Basketball too.

We're actually going to Toronto as well but the Maple Leafs have no home games when we're there (and they're also expensive!).

Sangre · 12-01-2015 2:11pm

I was surprised by how much I enjoy a Yankees baseball. Even the gf who struggles with all sports enjoyed it. Its quite like cricket in that you can zone in and out.

Have also tried to get NBA/NHL tickets in the past, really expensive.

Molester Stallone II · 12-01-2015 4:30pm

awec wrote: »

Baseball would bore me. Basketball too.

We're actually going to Toronto as well but the Maple Leafs have no home games when we're there (and they're also expensive!).

Basketball is end to end excitement, how could that bore you
"What was the score, ah twas 114-112 after the, second period of OT, bored the balls off me it did"..... Said no one ever

.ak · 12-01-2015 4:32pm

Yeah I love basketball...

Although I was at a LA Galaxy pre-season game in Vegas and cuz there wasn't anything riding on it it was a bit flat.

EDIT: Lakers even! Kobe will be turning in his grave....

Podge_irl · 12-01-2015 4:37pm

Molester Stallone II wrote: »

Basketball is end to end excitement, how could that bore you

Because you get the general impression that nothing outside the last few minutes actually matters at all. Individual scores are rendered somewhat meaningless as in the grand scheme of things they don't matter a damn and there are loads of them.

Molester Stallone II · 12-01-2015 4:41pm

Podge_irl wrote: »

Because you get the general impression that nothing outside the last few minutes actually matters at all. Individual scores are rendered somewhat meaningless as in the grand scheme of things they don't matter a damn and there are loads of them.

The beauty of the game is lost on you

Leave the scoring aside and just enjoy the spectacle and athleticism on display

Buer · 12-01-2015 4:45pm

A close basketball game can be great. A game where one team wins comfortably is pretty dull. I know teams can claw back 15-20 point deficits in the final quarter but it's rare. If a side is going into the final quarter 90-75 ahead, it's likely they're going to just ease to victory and the game is going to have little or no excitement in the closing stages. NBA games often have large chunks of the crowd departing before the end because of it.

Zzippy · 12-01-2015 4:49pm

.ak wrote: »

Yeah I love basketball...

Although I was at a LA Galaxy pre-season game in Vegas and cuz there wasn't anything riding on it it was a bit flat.

Did you mean the Lakers?

I think Robbie Keane's a bit short to be really good at basketball.....

.ak · 12-01-2015 4:51pm

Zzippy wrote: »

Did you mean the Lakers?

I think Robbie Keane's a bit short to be really good at basketball.....

Yes I meant Lakers! Was just reading an article about Gerrard there so had it stuck in my head! :P

awec · 12-01-2015 5:22pm

Sure do they not basically score on every attack in basketball?

12-01-2015 6:17pm

Molester Stallone II wrote: »

Basketball is end to end excitement, how could that bore you
"What was the score, ah twas 114-112 after the, second period of OT, bored the balls off me it did"..... Said no one ever

Its end-to-end because the defending team run back to their own half instantly. Only the last 10 mins are exciting. I really don't get how a big dunk is impressive.

dregin · 12-01-2015 6:19pm

Sudden urge to spend the evening playing this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wHQLx-17EE

Team of Dietmar Hamanns please!

CatFromHue · 12-01-2015 6:21pm

Speculative effort from Dregin!

I had to look up what speculative meant

mfceiling · 12-01-2015 6:43pm

Good old DOC. Nailed BOD...

http://balls.ie/rugby/3423-donncha-ocallaghan-autobiography/

Molester Stallone II · 12-01-2015 7:16pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Its end-to-end because the defending team run back to their own half instantly. Only the last 10 mins are exciting. I really don't get how a big dunk is impressive.

The whole game is exciting, you only get a few allyoop dunks per game really, its all about speed of thought and precision

12-01-2015 7:54pm

So I'm going to be in Chicago the weekend of the France game in the 6N, would any of you perchance know a pub/bar in Chicago who might be showing it?

12-01-2015 8:17pm

Molester Stallone II wrote: »

The whole game is exciting, you only get a few allyoop dunks per game really, its all about speed of thought and precision

I must admit I don't understand the appeal of the vast majority of sports... Rugby has just been beaten into me over the years :pac:

CatFromHue · 12-01-2015 9:15pm

Sky Mango Tux wrote: »

So I'm going to be in Chicago the weekend of the France game in the 6N, would any of you perchance know a pub/bar in Chicago who might be showing it?

The Lonely Planet/Rough Guide/Any guide book usually has a good list of bars, sports bars, and Irish bars so giving them an email/phone call is the best way to find out.

I'd be surprised if one of the Irish bars didn't have it as it's a 5pm Irish KO so will be around 11 am or 12 mid day over there.

Molester Stallone II · 12-01-2015 10:11pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I must admit I don't understand the appeal of the vast majority of sports... Rugby has just been beaten into me over the years :pac:

Basketball is my first love, played all thru youth into adulthood, travelled to the states to watch games, brilliant game imo

13-01-2015 12:36pm

Fox News have become a parody of themselves with #FoxNewsFacts

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/11/fox-news-steven-emerson-birmingham-muslims?CMP=fb_gu

molloyjh · 13-01-2015 12:52pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Fox News have become a parody of themselves with #FoxNewsFacts

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/11/fox-news-steven-emerson-birmingham-muslims?CMP=fb_gu

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/01/12/fox-news-facts-fails_n_6456178.html

Pudsy33 · 13-01-2015 1:11pm

molloyjh wrote: »

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/01/12/fox-news-facts-fails_n_6456178.html

Its hard to believe some of those are true

molloyjh · 13-01-2015 1:17pm

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Its hard to believe some of those are true

In fairness I haven't watched any of the videos as I'm in work so they may not all be.

.ak · 13-01-2015 1:21pm

Hahah, Jesus if they weren't so blatantly racist it'd be funny... but it's actually kinda saddening.

I presume you've all seen Outfoxed?

awec · 14-01-2015 12:24am

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=329624140575877

Just listen to that. :pac:

Honestly the "frost bit" gets me every single time.

dregin · 14-01-2015 10:03am

awec wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=329624140575877

Just listen to that. :pac:

Honestly the "frost bit" gets me every single time.

Completely got me!http://lovebelfast.co.uk/2015/01/13/16-year-old-comedian-ruairi-mcsorley-goes-viral-with-his-brilliant-accent/

.ak · 14-01-2015 1:07pm

dregin wrote: »

Completely got me!http://lovebelfast.co.uk/2015/01/13/16-year-old-comedian-ruairi-mcsorley-goes-viral-with-his-brilliant-accent/

Hahah I had to believe he was putting it on... Genius.

awec · 14-01-2015 6:00pm

I'm glad today isn't a match day, couldn't face going outside in that!

Off Topic Thread too point uh

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