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The deaths thread
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Setanta »
Sat Jun 10, 2023 7:27 pm
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The Unabomber has death announced this evening
You'd wonder is half the legend about him true
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I am surprised that two police officers firing into a car, only hit one occupant. They are normally well known for emptying clips into what ever is...
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Fri Jan 10, 2025 4:51 pm
GUBU 2025
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Setanta »
Thu Jan 02, 2025 7:51 pm
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Here's hoping all GUBUrs enjoy 2025,
,and willing to participate in recruitment campaigns and welcoming to all newcomers who want freedom to express...
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It is a pity that this site hasn't taken off more.
I haven't looked at planks since the US Election and the meltdown was glorious .. but I used to...
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Last post by Adso_of_Melk
Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:15 am
Food you loved as a kid..
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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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Back in the early 1990s, there was an add for campbells meat balls and there was a snooker match cutting between a kid eating the meatballs and the...
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Last post by Adso_of_Melk
Mon Sep 23, 2024 9:23 am
A few things after my recent trip to Ireland...
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Norman Breaks »
Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:14 pm
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A small bit of background first. I was born and raised in Ireland. Move to the US for 3 years at 21.
Back to Dublin for 3 years.
18 months in...
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@return of the Mac Just stick to planks where you will be thanked to oblivion and any alternative views will just be deleted and the poster banned....
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Last post by Adso_of_Melk
Mon Sep 23, 2024 9:18 am
The 13,000,000,000 win
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Setanta »
Tue Sep 10, 2024 6:03 pm
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What should it be spent on?
A Dublin Olympics perhaps :D :D
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Turns out,our glorious leaders,intend to use it as an effective second bailout for property developers
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Last post by Setanta
Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:22 am
Doctors who prescibe sleeping pills
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mariannaspring »
Sat Aug 31, 2024 9:59 pm
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My friend has just lost her mother but her GP is reluctant to prescribe her anything. She had a family history of alcoholism and that's probably why...
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A doctor365 walk-in clinic will do the job, be warned that the Indian doctors who work for them are like robots and don't show any empathy...
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Last post by John
Sun Sep 01, 2024 6:35 pm
The big number of posts
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Setanta »
Thu Aug 01, 2024 5:53 pm
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This is post 55,000 of gubu
Time to take a moment to appreciate such a volume of high quality content,near entirely free from moderation aswell...
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If Bertie’s posts were a medical condition then it would be life-threatening constipation.
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Last post by Arthur Cocks
Fri Aug 09, 2024 12:59 pm
Scam emails
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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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And they keep on coming.....I haven't been on Netflix in years......but there must be some suckers out there for this barely literate tripe to still...
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Last post by marhay70
Wed Jun 26, 2024 1:19 pm
The Mac is Back
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Return of the Mac »
Tue Jun 11, 2024 9:04 pm
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I've been away a while. But the Mac is back. Great to be here again
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Thanks to all for the various PM's welcoming me back. It's great to be back among you and I'm looking forward to getting stuck in to some meaty...
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Last post by Return of the Mac
Wed Jun 12, 2024 8:40 pm
Wokeness of the day
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knownunknown »
Tue May 14, 2024 10:44 pm
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Seemed popular elsewhere until censorship.
Today I came across an article about how Greta Thurnberg had inspired hundreds of New Zealand students...
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No one could ever accuse Ricky of being woke, he struggles with subtle. :)
He was thanking the woke people who tried to get him cancelled...
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Last post by knownunknown
Tue May 21, 2024 1:53 pm
Annoyances & Irritations
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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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My pet annoyance is people selling their pride and joy on marketplace, donedeal, adverts ect.........who attack you and call you a timewaster for...
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Last post by kadman
Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:32 pm
Funny pics, vids, etc ..
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peasant »
Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:53 pm
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let's make an innocent beginning ;)
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Maybe a little political but I saw the last guy here and couldn’t help but think of del.monte :lol:
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Last post by knownunknown
Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:31 am
WTF Lidl?
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CelticRambler »
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:15 pm
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Lidl taking packaging lessons from Amazon? :roll:
Wheelie-bin for scale:
I don't think you have Lidl online in Ireland, do you? Don't bother...
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Look they are Lidl so really they are Einhell.
They are fine for light enough stuff, but not real trough stuff.
Yeah, but if your definition of...
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Last post by CelticRambler
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:52 pm
Traditional forums that are still going in Ireland (excluding "planks")
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John »
Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:06 pm
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Politics.ie and askaboutmoney are the only two that I'd know well, P.ie seems to be ticking over ok with posts all things considered but I've no idea...
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Obviously you didnt know much about Askaboutmoney back during the construction bubble.
Posts and posters questioning it very not welcome.
Of course...
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Last post by John
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:43 pm
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Last post by 6234567
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:57 pm
Any weird stuff ever happen to you?
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6234567 »
Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:39 pm
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I was talking to a fella at work and he was telling me about seeing weird green lights in the sky when he was young.
He didn't see anything source...
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Northern lights?!
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Dunno. I wasn't there.
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Last post by 6234567
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:19 pm
Happy Leap Year
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Adso_of_Melk »
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:42 am
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Trust the French!
The world's only quadrennial, or four-yearly newspaper, has hit the kiosks again in France with the release of a new issue of...
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best i came up with is some bloke i never heard of called Fred Hoyle ? ??
don't thinkke many'd come to your table quizzes :oops: :lol:
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Last post by Enoch Von Clausewitz
Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:20 pm
None of ye noticed ... but I'll tell ye anyway.
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CelticRambler »
Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:44 am
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As ye all know, I steadfastly refuse to follow the venerable Kadman's advice that any self-respecting (late?) middle-aged man should be happy to...
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Sounds wonderful !
Best of luck!
Did I ever tell you of the night of sinful passion I had in a monastery in the north of Italy ?
My master is not...
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Last post by Adso_of_Melk
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:02 pm
Passing through ... ->>>
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CelticRambler »
Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:02 am
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Howaryiz ...
Have just spent a fortnight wearing out my eardrums in the company of two dozen gabby relatives (none of whom has ever kissed the...
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Right: picking up where I left off (sort of) ...
How are all the cats?
Gone, all gone, 'cept me, mwhahhhaahahahahha! :twisted:
:cry: I...
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Last post by CelticRambler
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:36 am
Karma?
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Del.Monte »
Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:36 pm
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Yesterday as I was leaving my trolley back at the local supermarket I noticed a young child guarding two small dogs at the trolley bay and for no...
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Karma?
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Last post by Norman Breaks
Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:04 pm
Christmas 2023 Over Indulgence Thread
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Del.Monte »
Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:35 pm
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Not even Halloween and I'm in Christmas mode from today. Started off with ordering a 3lb plum pudding €28.50 - (€24.99 last year) - well there is the...
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Still haven't had any of my wildly expensive (€28) plum pudding and associated brandy butter (specially ordered from Helen Gee's Jams, Abbeyleix)....
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Last post by Del.Monte
Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:06 pm
Sweetness and Light 💕
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isha »
Sun May 29, 2022 8:17 pm
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Awwwwww... Look at this... 🤗😍
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Brought me to tears. Síofra Lawless being welcomed back to school after becoming World Junior Boxing Champion. AWESOME 😎
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Last post by isha
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:23 am
Post what's on your mind
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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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Here's a nice surprise, for me anyway. For years and years I have dutifully made sure enough money has been in the bank to pay the weekly standing...
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Last post by isha
Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:52 am
Poem of the Day
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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 for a little bit of light relief...
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Last post by quodec
Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:36 pm
Bidets 🍑
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isha »
Sat Dec 02, 2023 12:22 pm
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I have travelled a lot and coped with many toileting arrangements including happily using the Indian water cleaning method which deploys jugs of...
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I'm trying to broaden my range of experience and continental bidets are surely posh, no?
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Last post by isha
Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:09 am
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