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You Learn Something New Every Day!
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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!
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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.
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isha »
Wed Feb 15, 2023 5:23 pm
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I will start off because I am very qualified on this matter.
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I can remember people I met on holidays in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Last post by nlgbbbblth
Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:02 pm
Happy Valentines day - Eugh!
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Hairy-Joe »
Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:41 am
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Happy Valentines Day my fellow Gubus.
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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
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DeletedUser »
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 ...
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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.
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Last post by kadman
Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:47 am
AI is coming to get you....
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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
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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
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Last post by PogMoThoin22
Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:19 pm
A family conundrum!
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quodec »
Mon Jan 30, 2023 11:36 pm
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Trying to figure out a particular family relationship. Here's the scenario.
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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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Last post by knownunknown
Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:18 am
Maintenance jobs that give you that satisfaction feeling.
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KHD »
Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:37 am
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Was looking at a video of someone in China tapping the roof of a house and big slabs of snow falling off and found it something I'd get great...
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For me, it's spending a few hours properly cleaning / detailing a car. I do like to keep things nice and clean.
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Last post by Hairy-Joe
Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:05 pm
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Last post by KHD
Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:18 am
Another Barn Find for Kadman?
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Del.Monte »
Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:28 pm
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1929-1931 Fiat Classic - not being a car enthusiast this means nothing to me but it's for sale at South Dublin Auction this Sunday.
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Probably more reliable than modern cars.
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Last post by Hairy-Joe
Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:44 pm
What was on the trucks?
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schmittel »
Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:01 pm
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I have just driven back from Spain via Bilbao. About 120km south of Bilbao stopped for fuel in big services area. As we pulled in we saw about 10...
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Damn you Isha and your sensible logic!
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Last post by Hairy-Joe
Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:44 pm
If the end was nigh, would you know it?
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CelticRambler »
Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:54 pm
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Someone on boards.ie resurrected a 10-year-old thread about Ireland's (non-existent) emergency broadcast service, prompting among other replies this...
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Little point in knowing. I wouldn't be doing anything different anyway if a nuclear bomb went off, except trying to get my children and their...
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Last post by isha
Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:42 am
Happy Little Christmas!
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CelticRambler »
Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:30 am
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'Tis nearly the end of the official season to be jolly, but the hard-core amongst us can justify keeping things going till Imbolc/St. Bridget's Day,...
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Just be Jackie the Stripper for one day 😉🥳
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Last post by isha
Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:58 pm
Your most or least endearing personality traits...
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Del.Monte »
Wed Jan 04, 2023 8:50 pm
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I was thinking about this today and I do have a plenty of the latter... :mrgreen:
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I love hearing and reading about how other people see themselves. It's insightful for me. It's also freeing to express my own thoughts in this way....
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Last post by Diamonds of Frost
Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:31 pm
Things that keep existential dread and the sense of impending doom at bay.
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Mirabeau »
Wed Dec 28, 2022 1:18 pm
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There's too much bad news being heaped upon the peepz.
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realising the majority of living things on the planet don't give a fook about anything other than where their next meal is coming from.
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Last post by CelticRambler
Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:42 pm
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Last post by KHD
Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:09 am
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Last post by Del.Monte
Sun Jan 01, 2023 10:05 pm
Christmas Over Indulgence Thread
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Del.Monte »
Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:14 pm
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By popular request (yes, there was one). :mrgreen:
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Sign-in or delivery/invoice ?
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Last post by marhay70
Sun Jan 01, 2023 5:24 pm
Plans for NYE? Any plans for the new year?
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Norman Breaks »
Thu Dec 29, 2022 8:14 pm
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I'm DJing at a local brewery that just opened up. Then going to watch some fireworks for the midnight. Them finish off the night at a friend's house...
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I awoke from a dream where I was (after a long and complicated adventure) climbing up a steep incline from what had turned out to be a sacred river...
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Last post by isha
Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:44 am
Things to do when the Weather is CRAP
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95438756 »
Sun Dec 25, 2022 9:40 am
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Loners and Extroverts welcome to post but no snarking after all this the season!
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Seriously CRAP weather today - feckin gales blowing everything everywhere. Giant holes in the front door not helping. Nothing for it but to go...
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Last post by CelticRambler
Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:24 pm
Do you get a Christmas bonus
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KHD »
Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:22 pm
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I hope none of ye think I'm nosy, just curious. Myself no, not even a feckin Christmas card. Used to get Dunnes vouchers which were very handy but...
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Last year with no Christmas party the company gave us 250 on a voucher, this year with a party it was only 200, so we paid for our own party which I...
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Last post by PogMoThoin22
Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:45 pm
And to all a good night.
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knownunknown »
Sun Dec 25, 2022 1:12 pm
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Merry Christmas- you filthy animals.
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659 isn't bad for total members. I wonder how many of those would be active posters. It does strike me at times that the majority of posts are by a...
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Last post by isha
Wed Dec 28, 2022 2:11 pm
"Digital cinema will never be this fun!"
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CelticRambler »
Mon Dec 26, 2022 2:49 pm
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The closing sentiment expressed in the video the below. Back in the day, when UCI opened in the Square in Tallaght, I remember hearing about some...
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Oh yeah, that too. Nothing like trying to justify the expense of paying for two hours in the dark, with the smell of regurgitated coke-and-popcorn...
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Mon Dec 26, 2022 4:44 pm
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