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  • #6802
    madmaggie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭madmaggie


    The fecking dog ate the cable to the router. Mobile signal is erratic at best here. I'm hoping the local phone shop has the right cable or it's a trek to Carlow or Kilkenny. He's a lovely dog, but he tries my patience.


  • #6803
    wildwillow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭wildwillow


    The hundreds of people who have come from London before the lockdown of flights. Will they all get tested and keep a proper quarantine, or is this new strain going to flood into the country.


  • #6804
    Up Donegal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,236 ✭✭✭Up Donegal


    Buying a new tv, setting it up and discovering I can't connect my DVD player to it because it (tv) doesn't have a scart socket! And having to go out and buy an adapter and hdmi cable.


  • #6805
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Barbers and hairdressers that give their customers alcohol.
    Nothing like a drink full of hair clippings, then it's a nice drunk drive home afterwards. :rolleyes:


  • #6806
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Purple Mountain wrote: »
    And the little scrotes inside it, barely visible above the dashboard to oncoming cars bar the obligatory flat cap.
    The seat almost the full way back so they can't see diddly squat, them driving round with the (c)rap music blaring, thinking they are a gangsta from south central L.A. rather than a farmers boy from Westmeath :rolleyes:


  • #6807
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,976 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    Up Donegal wrote: »
    Buying a new tv, setting it up and discovering I can't connect my DVD player to it because it (tv) doesn't have a scart socket! And having to go out and buy an adapter and hdmi cable.

    I bought a new smart TV last year that - according to the manufacturer's website - had a scart connection. When I was in the shop, I mentioned it to the sales assistant. His response "I am pretty sure no new televisions have scart sockets"

    I asked him to open the box on the shopfloor to check. He said ok and as expected, it did have a scart connection.

    I needed mine for a VCR but if you just need yours for a DVD player, would you not just buy a blu ray player which will play both?


  • #6808
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,640 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    So my Covid test came back negative so hurrah - Christmas isn't cancelled.
    My associated TA is that I've apparently just somehow picked up a dry cough from somewhere and my family made fun of me for being overcautious because I ALWAYS get sick at Christmas.


  • #6809
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,920 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    I thought I was having a bad morning cause I woke up at 3am and never got back to sleep.

    One of our account directors joined our daily call dead late and completely flustered. Turns out he thought we'd finished up for Christmas on Friday.

    We don't finish til Wednesday.

    He definitely wins the "bad day" sweeps.


  • #6810
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,976 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    Two Christmas presents that I ordered haven't arrived. Both posted 25 November - from London and Brussels.

    Whereas the contingency presents (replacement for the above) were posted in London last Wednesday and just turned up this morning.


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  • #6811
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,094 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    Sometimes it's a bigger problem when stuff you ordered does arrive.

    I ordered a book for my brother as part of his present (I do stress part - I'm getting him some good stuff too). It's a book of one million random digits. He's into maths, and it's supposed to be a joke. Hilarious, eh?

    Ordered it back in early November from the publishers in the US. Couple of days later they said it shipped. I waited patiently until last Tuesday, but there was no sign if it, so I emailed the publishers. Immediately they responded with an apology, and said that they'd FedEx another copy.

    FedEx arrived on Friday morning with the replacement. Happy days. Then Saturday morning, the postman arrives - with the first copy I ordered.

    The book is massive. And completely useless.

    I've now got a spare copy of "A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" that I have absolutely no use for and is far too expensive to return to the US. And I just can't stress how completely useless it is. It weighs about 2kg, and all it is is a million random digits printed across 628 pages. Ok, there's 100,000 Normal Deviates too, but I've no idea what that means.

    To top it all off, you can download the PDF for free. The physical book and shipping cost me a fortune.

    TAd that sometimes the "hilarious" joke or prank you come up with at one one in the morning turns out to be both an expensive and inconvenient folly.

    Any suggestions on what to do with the spare copy? I was thinking of just leaning even more into the stupid joke and giving it to my wife (fnar fnar - there's no way I'd get any ever again if I gave her a giant book of one million random digits for xmas).


  • #6812
    Gamer Bhoy 89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,627 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    I was told by a coworker that I was best to leave getting my holiday pay for the week leading up to Xmas as apparently "I get taxed the least amount that week"....

    Well that was bullsh1t.

    I got taxed MORE than what I usually get taxed because of Revenue's PAYE Week 1 basis nonsense, whatever it is.

    GREAT!


  • #6813
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    You get a paper carrier bag when you're shopping on a wet day and it disintegrates in the rain.


  • #6814
    Antares35
    Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    the purple tin wrote: »
    You get a paper carrier bag when you're shopping on a wet day and it disintegrates in the rain.

    I remember Penney's went through a phase of double paper bagging everything!


  • #6815
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,912 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    Sometimes it's a bigger problem when stuff you ordered does arrive.

    I ordered a book for my brother as part of his present (I do stress part - I'm getting him some good stuff too). It's a book of one million random digits. He's into maths, and it's supposed to be a joke. Hilarious, eh?

    Ordered it back in early November from the publishers in the US. Couple of days later they said it shipped. I waited patiently until last Tuesday, but there was no sign if it, so I emailed the publishers. Immediately they responded with an apology, and said that they'd FedEx another copy.

    FedEx arrived on Friday morning with the replacement. Happy days. Then Saturday morning, the postman arrives - with the first copy I ordered.

    The book is massive. And completely useless.

    I've now got a spare copy of "A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" that I have absolutely no use for and is far too expensive to return to the US. And I just can't stress how completely useless it is. It weighs about 2kg, and all it is is a million random digits printed across 628 pages. Ok, there's 100,000 Normal Deviates too, but I've no idea what that means.

    To top it all off, you can download the PDF for free. The physical book and shipping cost me a fortune.

    TAd that sometimes the "hilarious" joke or prank you come up with at one one in the morning turns out to be both an expensive and inconvenient folly.

    Any suggestions on what to do with the spare copy? I was thinking of just leaning even more into the stupid joke and giving it to my wife (fnar fnar - there's no way I'd get any ever again if I gave her a giant book of one million random digits for xmas).

    Have you tried bringing the Maths forum in the equation?

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=380

    They might be very excited about it!

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #6816
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    My sister left her job over 4 years ago and still gets 250 euro vouchers for Christmas. I have been over 8 years with my job and get absolutely nothing, I'm really angry now. They don't even send out cards anymore, last year I got an ecard.


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  • #6817
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    People who text or fb message you. Getting a good yap going and they just disappear.

    Why bother.


  • #6818
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,482 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Cadbury milk tray box of chocolates.
    Gone to shīte completely.
    Unless it's my taste buds :o


  • #6819
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,094 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    Glitter.

    Bought a tub of it so one of the kids could make a snow globe out of a jam jar. Now the whole house looks like it's been wiped down by strippers.


  • #6820
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    Glitter.

    Bought a tub of it so one of the kids could make a snow globe out of a jam jar. Now the whole house looks like it's been wiped down by strippers.

    And it will remain that way until November next year :D


  • #6821
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,026 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    Glitter.

    Bought a tub of it so one of the kids could make a snow globe out of a jam jar. Now the whole house looks like it's been wiped down by strippers.

    Next time the missus asks why I've glitter on me, I can use the excuse I was making snow globes


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  • #6822
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,591 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    Red haired women.
    My first gf ,as a teenager and several other gfs ,have been red heads.
    Yet I'm only realising now that I effing love red haired women.
    Strange , it took 40+ years to work it out :(


  • #6823
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    blade1 wrote: »
    Cadbury milk tray box of chocolates.
    Gone to shīte completely.
    Unless it's my taste buds :o
    Cadburys are gone to pot since Kraft took over. They changed the good old recipes. They have a waxy, soapy taste I am guessing?


  • #6824
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    There is a corro game out where you control Ken fupping Barlow :confused:
    Nobody in the history of this planet has ever thought 'you know what would be great? A video game where you get to play as Ken Barlow and decorate his front room'


  • #6825
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,026 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    cj maxx wrote: »
    Red haired women.
    My first gf ,as a teenager and several other gfs ,have been red heads.
    Yet I'm only realising now that I effing love red haired women.
    Strange , it took 40+ years to work it out :(

    Red heads are kryptonite


  • #6826
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,840 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    These new boards.ie live ads. You’re scrolling down on the phone then the page moves either up or down, throwing you off the place you were reading, to load these ads


  • #6827
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,527 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    the purple tin wrote: »
    The seat almost the full way back so they can't see diddly squat, them driving round with the (c)rap music blaring, thinking they are a gangsta from south central L.A. rather than a farmers boy from Westmeath :rolleyes:

    At least the tyre companies make something out of them, judging by the donuts tyre marks left around after them.


  • #6828
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,527 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Some teen goes missing and the only id pic they can find is one with her face screwed up doing a duck face pose.


  • #6829
    Seanachai
    Registered Users Posts: 2,544 ✭✭✭Seanachai


    Stinginess in all it's various forms.


  • #6830
    Mimon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭Mimon


    Surreptitious wrote: »
    My sister left her job over 4 years ago and still gets 250 euro vouchers for Christmas. I have been over 8 years with my job and get absolutely nothing, I'm really angry now. They don't even send out cards anymore, last year I got an ecard.

    We have gone from 30 to 40 to 50 euro vouchers. Might get a big 60 euro one this year :P


  • #6831
    Mimon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭Mimon


    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    Glitter.

    Bought a tub of it so one of the kids could make a snow globe out of a jam jar. Now the whole house looks like it's been wiped down by strippers.

    This lad makes good use of it. He had packages stolen from his porch so he leaves packages with a glitter bomb inside :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo


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  • #6832
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    The phrase "up to" in marketing terms.

    Up to 60% off , click in and maybe one item (if you're lucky) is 60% off the rest is 10-15% but it's not false advertising as "up to"

    Up to 100% effective.....it's effective or it's not, stop using the "up to" as a get out clause when your product fails.


  • #6833
    Blitzkrieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,660 ✭✭✭Blitzkrieger


    I was in Mahon yesterday and spotted a guy on the road that looked like a competitive walker. Why tf was he on the road? I've said this before about runners running on the road when there's a path next to them, cyclists on the road when there's a cycle path next to them - get off the ****ing road. I don't care what reason you think you have for being on the road - you're a danger to yourself and others - get off the ****ing road!

    This guy can really have had no excuse. Not only was there empty footpaths on both sides of the road, but he was also less than five hundred yards from the disused Blackrock railway line - he could mince his way up and down that all day without bothering anyone. With the newly pedestrianised Marina, he could make an almost 10km loop (though maybe 1.5km would be on streets with footpaths), which might be a bit repetitive if he's doing massive distance but is a nice part of the city and would be safe. He could even take a spur out to Passage West and back, which again has a short stretch on a road with a footpath but is mostly a separate amenity walk.

    But no - this genius is walking on the ****ing road. And though I passed him in relatively good weather, on a wide stretch of road with good visibility, and at a quiet time of day, I'd bet that he's sometimes out there training in busy traffic, on narrow roads, and in bad weather when people are driving around with half their windows misted up. I think when he gets run over, because it is "when", not "if", he should be held criminally and financially liable for the consequences.


  • #6834
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    Blitzkrieger wrote: »
    I was in Mahon yesterday and spotted a guy on the road that looked like a competitive walker. Why tf was he on the road? I've said this before about runners running on the road when there's a path next to them, cyclists on the road when there's a cycle path next to them - get off the ****ing road. I don't care what reason you think you have for being on the road - you're a danger to yourself and others - get off the ****ing road!

    This guy can really have had no excuse. Not only was there empty footpaths on both sides of the road, but he was also less than five hundred yards from the disused Blackrock railway line - he could mince his way up and down that all day without bothering anyone. With the newly pedestrianised Marina, he could make an almost 10km loop (though maybe 1.5km would be on streets with footpaths), which might be a bit repetitive if he's doing massive distance but is a nice part of the city and would be safe. He could even take a spur out to Passage West and back, which again has a short stretch on a road with a footpath but is mostly a separate amenity walk.

    But no - this genius is walking on the ****ing road. And though I passed him in relatively good weather, on a wide stretch of road with good visibility, and at a quiet time of day, I'd bet that he's sometimes out there training in busy traffic, on narrow roads, and in bad weather when people are driving around with half their windows misted up. I think when he gets run over, because it is "when", not "if", he should be held criminally and financially liable for the consequences.
    I saw a guy running BACKWARDS on Centre Park Road on a winter evening about 3-4 years ago. I was walking from Mahon into the city so I was on the footpath. This guy was on the actual road, going one way then turning and coming back, running backwards the whole time. He passed me four times in total.


  • #6835
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,591 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    Princess Calla wrote: »
    The phrase "up to" in marketing terms.

    Up to 60% off , click in and maybe one item (if you're lucky) is 60% off the rest is 10-15% but it's not false advertising as "up to"

    Up to 100% effective.....it's effective or it's not, stop using the "up to" as a get out clause when your product fails.

    And the same with broadband suppliers. Up to X speed. Bull if you're outside a major town, or in the country


  • #6836
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,527 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Blitzkrieger wrote: »
    I was in Mahon yesterday and spotted a guy on the road that looked like a competitive walker. Why tf was he on the road? I've said this before about runners running on the road when there's a path next to them, cyclists on the road when there's a cycle path next to them - get off the ****ing road. I don't care what reason you think you have for being on the road - you're a danger to yourself and others - get off the ****ing road!

    This guy can really have had no excuse. Not only was there empty footpaths on both sides of the road, but he was also less than five hundred yards from the disused Blackrock railway line - he could mince his way up and down that all day without bothering anyone. With the newly pedestrianised Marina, he could make an almost 10km loop (though maybe 1.5km would be on streets with footpaths), which might be a bit repetitive if he's doing massive distance but is a nice part of the city and would be safe. He could even take a spur out to Passage West and back, which again has a short stretch on a road with a footpath but is mostly a separate amenity walk.

    But no - this genius is walking on the ****ing road. And though I passed him in relatively good weather, on a wide stretch of road with good visibility, and at a quiet time of day, I'd bet that he's sometimes out there training in busy traffic, on narrow roads, and in bad weather when people are driving around with half their windows misted up. I think when he gets run over, because it is "when", not "if", he should be held criminally and financially liable for the consequences.

    I work in a port area, they have up no public access/no dog walking signage in what is a non public area with heavy goods vehicles, cars buses etc driving up and down in limited visibility esp in this weather.

    This is a locality with no shortage of other pavements and walkways etc but it still attracts these fecking walkers and joggers and eegits with their dogs.
    It's not really that scenic and in murky weather there's F all to look at.


  • #6837
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    At least the tyre companies make something out of them, judging by the donuts tyre marks left around after them.
    And these twerps haven't heard about the study that says rubber particles from tyres are really bad for people's health :mad:

    They are needlessly filling the atmosphere with them for a bit of craic like.


  • #6838
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Mimon wrote: »
    This lad makes good use of it. He had packages stolen from his porch so he leaves packages with a glitter bomb inside :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo
    Nail bomb would be good enough for the fcukers :mad:
    Did you see all the tech in that last guys house? And those guitars would have cost a few bob too. Greedy fcuker.


  • #6839
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,029 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Mimon wrote: »
    This lad makes good use of it. He had packages stolen from his porch so he leaves packages with a glitter bomb inside :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo


    Needs more glue and indelible ink.


  • #6840
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Princess Calla wrote: »
    The phrase "up to" in marketing terms.

    Up to 60% off , click in and maybe one item (if you're lucky) is 60% off the rest is 10-15% but it's not false advertising as "up to"

    Up to 100% effective.....it's effective or it's not, stop using the "up to" as a get out clause when your product fails.
    Used in broadband sellers too.
    With speeds of up to 50 whatevers...you will never get faster than 10 whatevers :(


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  • #6841
    secondrowgal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭secondrowgal


    THUMBS.DB

    Sorry for shouting - I've been trying to delete a folder for AN HOUR! I never even opened it. ****ing thumbs.db...


  • #6842
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,494 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Dealing with non-finance people.

    Like seriously, is that a credit credit meaning you want a debit figure reflected on the books or do you not realise that one of those codes that you used means it is a credit and you want a credit posted so you didn't need the second credit?


  • #6843
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,035 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Dealing with finance people. Enough with the confusing codes already!

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



  • #6844
    Antares35
    Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    Dealing with finance people. Enough with the confusing codes already!

    Way back when I did some accountancy training for work and someone was asking me for help on some hell to do with ledgers and credits, debits etc. I told her, basically think of what makes sense and how you would logically go about doing it, and once you have that in your head, then do the complete opposite.


  • #6845
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,494 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Antares35 wrote: »
    Way back when I did some accountancy training for work and someone was asking me for help on some hell to do with ledgers and credits, debits etc. I told her, basically think of what makes sense and how you would logically go about doing it, and once you have that in your head, then do the complete opposite.

    :D this made me laugh


  • #6846
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,094 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    Ordered a spare part for a camera from Amazon.

    TAd that I received 6 rolls of dental floss instead.

    Even more TAd that they are insisting that I return them in order to get my refund.


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  • #6847
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,026 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    When you walk through a cobweb and you can feel it on your face


  • #6848
    dubstarr
    Registered Users Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    Well my hotel stay after Christmas has just been cancelled.
    I was so looking forward to it. The kids will be so sad.

    It was the only thing keeping me going.


  • #6849
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,407 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Blitzkrieger wrote: »
    I was in Mahon yesterday and spotted a guy on the road that looked like a competitive walker. Why tf was he on the road? I've said this before about runners running on the road when there's a path next to them, cyclists on the road when there's a cycle path next to them - get off the ****ing road. I don't care what reason you think you have for being on the road - you're a danger to yourself and others - get off the ****ing road!

    There are parts of my run route that I run on the road as the paths are busy and I doubt people want me panting on them as I drag myself past. Unlikely that a car will get infected by covid.

    Driving a car is a responsibility to be aware of your surroundings and not be a danger to anyone. If you are driving with due care there is no way you will hit the guy. Give a wide berth. If you have to stop then stop. TA that this needs to be said


  • #6850
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    In supermarket today and the guy stacking the bread was taking it from the "loading shelves" then putting them on the floor then from the floor to the supermarket shelf......in no way does this make sense.

    Now people are going to be putting bread that has been on the floor ( with multiple people walking on it) onto their kitchen table/counter.... Grrrrrrr


  • #6851
    Mimon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭Mimon


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    When you walk through a cobweb and you can feel it on your face

    Especially the ones hanging down out the back in work that are old and dirty.

    There are false widows there as well so expect there to be one of these every time I walk into one.

    False_Widow_Spider_PRHarvey.jpg


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