Pet Peeves

[Mower Liberation Front]

Football bending the knee for racism and the minute silence for prince Phillip - The Royal Racist -  is seriously ironic.

It was a two minutes silence. Just wish Martin Tyler could have carried on with his fawning and held a 90 minute silence.

[Blackout]

Football bending the knee for racism and the minute silence for prince Phillip - The Royal Racist -  is seriously ironic.

It was a two minutes silence. Just wish Martin Tyler could have carried on with his fawning and held a 90 minute silence.

Was it 2 minutes? It went by so quickly.

Fly high over rainbow Bridge sweet angle.

[StoutAndAle]

Was it 2 minutes? It went by so quickly.

Fly high over rainbow Bridge sweet angle.

[StoutAndAle]

That can actually happen if the battery is fine but there's a sudden change in ambient temperature, e.g. if you had a window or draught from a vent with the cold overnight temperatures this week. The condensation in the sensor throws it out.

I discovered this after a similar problem previously where it continued after changing the battery. I then checked the power of both batteries and they were both solid. So on researching the problem on manufacturer sites I discovered the possibility.

Yeah? That's something I wasn't aware of. Nice one.

I had a feeling that I had only recently changed the batteries in two of the three alarms that I have in my house but I couldn't remember which.

[Eoin McLove]

Your one Angela Scanlon gets on my tits. She's quite gorgeous looking but every time she speaks a little part of my soul flakes off. Her D4 accent on steroids doesn't help, but I was recently flicking past that dogshite TV show she hosts, Your Home Made Perfect,  and they were all standing in the kitchen and herself is sitting up on the fucking kitchen counter going on about the amazing view from there. She wasn't even being ironic! You can picture the family taking turns to sit in the most scenic part of the house getting their arses covered in breadcrumbs. What a tit...

Still though, she is very hot so you'd put up with her if you could only mute the cunt.

[Carnage]

The worst thing about her accent is how affected it is. Every now and then a bit of skanger twang sifts through (see also that Vogue Williams bastard).

[Eoin McLove]

She sounds like an RTE newsreader with an extra toe up her hole. Still though...

Vogue Williams... Jesus Christ. I already despise Theodore (Thee-ewww-duerrrre) just because of her.

[Carnage]

There's a directive from the higher ups in RTE that Portlaois has to be pronounced 'Portlaois-eh', despite nobody from Laois pronouncing it that way (to his credit, Gerry Ryan apparently refused to go along with it, and threatened to quit if they pushed it - they backed down). 'Med-sin' is another RTE one that drives me nuts.

[Eoin McLove]

Haha yeah. Annoying.

[Caomhaoin]

They remind me of the way my mothers extremely strong Kilkenny accent would morph into this Hyacinth O'Bóceadh affectation when she'd take me to the doctor when I was a young f'la. Her voice would peel the paint off of walls in the car either side of Doctor Bradbury's waiting room.

[Blackout]

Scanlon wouldn't be my type now. Who's the redhead with the giant boobs that sometimes presents for one of the Irish channels? She's feckin hot now!

[son of the Morrigan]

There should really be a "Pet Perve" thread here to discuss the very important matter of who's a ride on Irish telly.
Angela Scanlon is a little cracker so she is, also the TnaG weather girls, mother of divine jeasus, the talent!

[open face surgery]

Angela Scanlon is new to me. Total babe. Hopefully never hear her talk. Gas that there are picture links to articles with the taglines "Where is she from? Married?". Hungry bastards for the gossip.

[son of the Morrigan]

There are so many forces at work far beyond our control. Do you (Son of the Morrigan) actually think that there is anything to be done by the average man or woman in the street that will influence the direction of commerce or technology? I don't think there is. I believe there are worrying aspects to the online-ification of every aspect of our lives and it's important to get away from the online world whenever you can, but avoiding online banking or tap and go payments or PayPal will probably get you nowhere. The tides are turning and some battles are already lost.

I know what you'r saying man, and sadly you are correct. The commercial and technology sectors, which are supposed to serve the needs of the people, have now become master, and the people serve them. The people no longer influence the direction of these sectors, the sectors influence the direction of the people, and that is one fucked up situation.
We need to take the power back before its too late, and yes, I do believe it can be done, if enough people cop the fuck on and opt the fuck out.

One thing is certain, if everyone takes the defeatist attitude you have,the battle is surely lost.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

The people no longer influence the direction of these sectors, the sectors influence the direction of the people, and that is one fucked up situation.
We need to take the power back before its too late, and yes, I do believe it can be done, if enough people cop the fuck on and opt the fuck out.

One thing is certain, if everyone takes the defeatist attitude you have,the battle is surely lost.

I'm sympathetic to your overall position, but the commercial and technology (in the broad sense) sectors have been influencing the direction of the people since the industrial revolution, which is why all the people you are directly or indirectly influenced by in everything you're saying started saying those things back then. At what point do you think things were rosy? When you were a kid? Things were already fucked up then, but in ways that you became accustomed to naturally. Now things are fucked up in ways that buck with what you're comfortable with, but socially, economically and politically speaking, they're genuinely no more fucked up than they were back then.