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Finglas: little cubes on back of satellite dishes,

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  • 06-04-2019 4:35pm
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    Pkiernan
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    Anyone know what the little cubes on the back of satellite dishes in Finglas are called?


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    ToddyDoody
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    Whats the deal with Finglas all of a sudden?


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    Jim Bob Scratcher
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    Space travellers


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    Beasty
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    Could be dice - any dots on them?


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    El_Bee
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    hopefully target locators for carpet bombing.


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    dxhound2005
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    For Cubesat reception.

    http://www.cubesat.org/


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    Beasty
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    El_Bee wrote: »
    hopefully target locators for carpet bombing.
    Carpet bombing or satellite dish bombing:confused:


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    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Is this that awful snobby joke from the '90s?

    "What do you call the box on the end of a satellite dish? A council house hahahaha!"


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    kneemos
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    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    For Cubesat reception.

    http://www.cubesat.org/


    What are they receiving?


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    El_Bee
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    Beasty wrote: »
    Carpet bombing or satellite dish bombing:confused:


    Well yeah the dishes would be hit but they'd be unfortunate collateral damage.


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    Anteayer
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    It's just the Finglas SETI project.


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    greencap
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    kneemos wrote: »
    What are they receiving?

    single parents allowance mostly.

    discussion/2058195983/russia-threadbanned-users-in-op/p3135

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    lawred2
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    Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »
    Is this that awful snobby joke from the '90s?

    "What do you call the box on the end of a satellite dish? A council house hahahaha!"

    It's not that awful a joke


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    Yer Da sells Avon
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    lawred2 wrote: »
    It's not that awful a joke

    Fierce snobby though.


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    BalcombeSt4
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    lawred2 wrote: »
    It's not that awful a joke

    It doesn't even make any sense, only people with a good bit of money would be able to afford a satellite system back in the early 90's. Unless the joke is implying there was a rise of rich people migrating to council houses in the 90's.


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    Your Face
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    BalcombeSt4 wrote: »
    It doesn't even make any sense, only people with a good bit of money would be able to afford a satellite system back in the early 90's. Unless the joke is implying there was a rise of rich people migrating to council houses in the 90's.

    The joke implies that because they get allegedly get everything handed to them, they could afford these luxuries.


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    kowloon
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    Anteayer wrote: »
    It's just the Finglas SETI project.

    It's just STI in this case.


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    biko
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    Anteayer wrote: »
    It's just the Finglas SETI project.
    So far unsuccessful


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    BalcombeSt4
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    Your Face wrote: »
    The joke implies that because they get allegedly get everything handed to them, they could afford these luxuries.

    But then surely they could afford to move to a bigger house.

    I'm also pretty sure most council houses by the 90's had the little cable boxes on the wall & would have no need for a satellite dish at that stage.


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    Your Face
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    BalcombeSt4 wrote: »
    But then surely they could afford to move to a bigger house.

    I'm also pretty sure most council houses by the 90's had the little cable boxes on the wall & would have no need for a satellite dish at that stage.

    I don't think you can buy a new house for the price of a satellite dish.


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    kneemos
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    BalcombeSt4 wrote: »
    But then surely they could afford to move to a bigger house.

    I'm also pretty sure most council houses by the 90's had the little cable boxes on the wall & would have no need for a satellite dish at that stage.


    Hear the one about the Priest,the Rabbi and the Imam walking into a bar.

    Correct.

    The Imam wouldn't be in a bar.


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    dd973
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    Given the locale probably best not to ask too many questions...


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    Beasty
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    I've heard a rumour that Ernő Rubik is planning a trip to Finglas, and the locals have been getting out their cubes in his honour


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    TCM
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    greencap wrote:
    single parents allowance mostly.


    Oh, you are really funny.


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    greencap
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    TCM wrote: »
    Oh, you are really funny.

    Yeah, I know, thanks.

    discussion/2058195983/russia-threadbanned-users-in-op/p3135

    😁



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