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Post what's on your mind

Last post by Norman Breaks « Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:23 pm
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by 765489 » Fri Aug 26, 2022 5:52 pm
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A thread for random thoughts that don't fit anywhere.

What's in my head at the moment? Well after seeing the electricity price hike being introduced...

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Congratulations!

TY.
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Last post by Norman Breaks
Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:23 pm
Scam emails

Last post by Del.Monte « Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:26 pm
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by Del.Monte » Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:27 pm
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Scammers very active at the moment but they really need to up their game. I received this one this evening but I think I'll give this opportunity a...

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Here's another couple of legit looking ones. :mrgreen:

Hi,

I am a USMC on a special redeployment. I am looking for a good looking and...
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Last post by Del.Monte
Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:26 pm
Annoyances & Irritations

Last post by Jack The Stripper « Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:32 pm
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by GoldenBrown » Thu Aug 19, 2021 11:10 pm
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Car drivers who veer to the right when turning left and vice versa. Let your steering wheel do the work! What annoys or irritates you?

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It’s probably a fanny with a I in it Fanni
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Last post by Jack The Stripper
Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:32 pm
Boards Megathread - Read OP before posting.

Last post by PlaneSpeeking « Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:10 pm
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by Guburnor » Mon Feb 13, 2023 8:00 pm
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MOD NOTE:

I gave a lot a of leeway on the other boards threads hoping that peoples desire to get personal and nasty about specific boardsies would...

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I use to work with a lad who use to called it culchie fighting. Although he seemed to have a grudging respect for Hurling. But that may have had more...
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Last post by PlaneSpeeking
Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:10 pm
Forgotten Gems ??

Last post by Del.Monte « Mon Mar 20, 2023 11:40 am
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by PlaneSpeeking » Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:42 pm

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Has anyone recently seen a film or series that was out years ago and they’ve just seen - and it’s great??

I just watched Erin Brockovich and really...

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Another one with Sean McGinly and this time a bit more obscure, was DDU: District Detective Unit. Think it was late 90's early 00'S. Don't think it...

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Last post by Del.Monte
Mon Mar 20, 2023 11:40 am
Funny pics, vids, etc ..

Last post by Del.Monte « Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:38 am
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by peasant » Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:53 pm
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let's make an innocent beginning ;)

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Another early 20th century postcard.
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Last post by Del.Monte
Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:38 am
Will Joe Biden and King Charles .III. have Motorway Plazas named after them?

Last post by Seanybiker « Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:01 am
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by Del.Monte » Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:22 pm

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Asking for a friend. :mrgreen:

Personally I think naming something like a motorway service area after a dignitary is beyond tacky, and very...

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Does my bulb in. Yet we're still gonna go ape shit when he comes over here.

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Last post by Seanybiker
Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:01 am
Mother's Day

Last post by Diamonds of Frost « Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:44 pm
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by Diamonds of Frost » Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:02 pm

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Happy Mother's Day Gubus :)

I'm in bed with a coffee and a jam coconut yoke thinking about mine.

I love mammies :)

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Careful, those flakes of coconut can make their way into some unfortunately delicate areas 😏

Happy Mother's day.

:?

:D

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Last post by Diamonds of Frost
Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:44 pm
St Patrick's Day

Last post by Happy Days « Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:50 am
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by isha » Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:01 am

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My Auntie had a special green suit she took out every At Patrick's Day.
My granny has a good green blazer
We as kids had special coordinated...

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Had to pop in to Dublin City Centre this morning and took a short cut through Temple Bar. Let's say it wasnt pretty. The street cleaners will earn...

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Last post by Happy Days
Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:50 am
Food you loved as a kid..

Last post by PlaneSpeeking « Tue Mar 14, 2023 11:25 pm
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by Del.Monte » Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:45 am

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This article from the Guardian resonated with me and, indeed, several of the items were favourites of mine. Anybody here who was conscious in the...

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Anyone else use to make sugar sandwiches?

2 slices of plain white bread, butter both pieces, sprinkle sugar on piece, press together and enjoy the...

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Last post by PlaneSpeeking
Tue Mar 14, 2023 11:25 pm
Crappy rites of passage

Last post by Happy Days « Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:19 am
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by gugleguy » Sun Feb 26, 2023 1:55 pm

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So what noteworthy shitty rites of passage did my other fellow gubernites go through?

For me head and shoulders above the rest was going to the...

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Being dragged down by my Father to join the under 10 GAA team, as my Brother had before me, and being forced to keep playing until Minor. How it...

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Last post by Happy Days
Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:19 am
Why Are We Here?

Last post by isha « Sat Mar 11, 2023 6:48 pm
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by isha » Tue Mar 07, 2023 1:38 pm
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On earth, I mean.
Alive.
Why?
Why do you think you are alive? What is the purpose of your life? The meaning of it all?

I used to unassailably think...

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I think people only question when they're suffering.

Being honest, life has no inherent meaning for anyone. Whether you're the happiest, smartest,...
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Last post by isha
Sat Mar 11, 2023 6:48 pm
Sweetness and Light 💕

Last post by isha « Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:16 am
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by isha » Sun May 29, 2022 8:17 pm
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Awwwwww... Look at this... 🤗😍

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🥰
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Last post by isha
Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:16 am
Have you or an acquaintance used a TAZER ?

Last post by Cyclepath « Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:25 am
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by gugleguy » Fri Feb 24, 2023 4:13 pm

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I don't hear about them much here in Ireland. Some UK constabularies use them. Do you think theyre a good thing?

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But when the guards get them, will they become a tool to coerce you to follow the guards wishes and instructions, as has happened in America. Or will...

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Last post by Cyclepath
Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:25 am
Poem of the Day

Last post by Happy Days « Wed Mar 08, 2023 4:29 pm
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by isha » Sat Nov 13, 2021 12:21 pm
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let it go
let it go – the
smashed word broken
open vow or
the oath cracked length
wise – let it go it
was sworn to
go
let them go – the
truthful...

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And Death Shall Have No Dominion
Dylan Thomas

And death shall have no dominion.
Dead man naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the...
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Last post by Happy Days
Wed Mar 08, 2023 4:29 pm
You Learn Something New Every Day!

Last post by isha « Tue Mar 07, 2023 4:06 pm
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by quodec » Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:31 pm
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Well this morning I learned from an acquaintance that Ben Kane, the famous historical novelist, spent much of his formative years in the next village...

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Just found out we have 1500 different types of moths in Ireland. This one is on my door. Maybe not feeling too great. Phlogophora meticulosa, it...
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Last post by isha
Tue Mar 07, 2023 4:06 pm
Favourite Youtube clips!

Last post by quodec « Thu Mar 02, 2023 2:20 pm
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by quodec » Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:25 pm
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I have loads but here's one to get you going! Hold on to your hats!

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Brave woman!!!!!!!!!!
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Last post by quodec
Thu Mar 02, 2023 2:20 pm
Odd Things About You.

Last post by nlgbbbblth « Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:02 pm
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by isha » Wed Feb 15, 2023 5:23 pm
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I will start off because I am very qualified on this matter.

I hate sitting down on chairs or seats that are still warm from someone else recently...

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I can remember people I met on holidays in the 1970s and 1980s.
Sometimes having a good memory is a curse.
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Last post by nlgbbbblth
Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:02 pm
Happy Valentines day - Eugh!

Last post by Diamonds of Frost « Tue Feb 14, 2023 5:20 pm
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by Hairy-Joe » Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:41 am

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Happy Valentines Day my fellow Gubus.

Personally I find it a completely made up thing pushed by businesses in order to sell their crap, something...

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Happy Valentines Day Gubus :D

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Last post by Diamonds of Frost
Tue Feb 14, 2023 5:20 pm
Boards Hall of Fame

Last post by Guburnor « Mon Feb 13, 2023 6:28 pm
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by PlaneSpeeking » Sun Jun 26, 2022 12:34 pm
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I’m starting a scheme - like the OBEs or Oscars as it were - that recognize GUBU posters still active in the Bad Place who hold on to normality...

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MOD NOTE: Thread is locked because it's a magnet for people being a dick. I've locked the other boards thread too. Later on I'll start a boards...
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Last post by Guburnor
Mon Feb 13, 2023 6:28 pm
Away from the madness of geopolitics ...

Last post by kadman « Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:47 am
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by CelticRambler » Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:43 pm

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This could have gone in woodworking ... or maybe farming ... or favourite YouTube videos ... or any number of other threads. I couldn't decide, so...

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Poor lad probably never played Assassins Creed.

Gaw on outta dat you gurrier...... :lol:

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Last post by kadman
Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:47 am
Quote of the Day

Last post by KHD « Sun Feb 05, 2023 11:30 pm
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by 765489 » Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:37 pm
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Post your QOTD

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say...

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Stupidity has a habit of getting its own way. - Dr. Landowska, line from the movie The Day After.
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Last post by KHD
Sun Feb 05, 2023 11:30 pm
AI is coming to get you....

Last post by NickNickleby « Sun Feb 05, 2023 12:09 pm
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by Del.Monte » Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:10 am

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Sorry for the crude attempt to draw your attention, but I discovered this fun thing yesterday and thought some of you - isha - would enjoy. I only...

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Was given a demo of this last week. Son in law asked some questions and the thing responded using a conversational mode that was indistinguishable...

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Last post by NickNickleby
Sun Feb 05, 2023 12:09 pm
So I bought a 3D printer

Last post by PogMoThoin22 « Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:19 pm
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by PogMoThoin22 » Tue Dec 27, 2022 1:25 pm

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Months ago I backed a Kickstarter project by Anker (the well known cable and accessory maker) to build a really fast high quality 3D printer which...

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Did a 12 hr print today, my longest one yet, this is a Imperial Dragon in Rainbow Silk PLA

This Dragon:

This filament:

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Last post by PogMoThoin22
Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:19 pm
A family conundrum!

Last post by knownunknown « Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:18 am
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by quodec » Mon Jan 30, 2023 11:36 pm

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Trying to figure out a particular family relationship. Here's the scenario.

Man (A) and wife had a son (B). The son gets married and also has a son...

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Thanks knownunknown, but I'm just trying to figure out how can the a single ancestor (A) have descendants who are aunts/uncles to each other. It just...

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Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:18 am

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