how are your neighbours atm anyway?
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:20 (twelve years ago) link
sending yr landlady round 400 years later is a bit petty tho imo
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:20 (twelve years ago) link
they are absentee tenants atm, which is a new twist on an old favourite
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:21 (twelve years ago) link
triffic bunch of lads
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:23 (twelve years ago) link
he showed up in a taxi for five mins yesterday after not being seen for a fortnight. I asked him for further info but it wasnt forthcoming i dunno
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:27 (twelve years ago) link
well, i stuck my head out the window and roared 'what the fuck you doin back?' but still
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:28 (twelve years ago) link
can we turn this into a discussion of neighbours?
above: mark, tottenham hotspur fan, have fairly stilted discussions often, nice to know a neighbour i guess, a DECENT GUY. attractive gf.
below right: angry man who you hear roaring at wife and later praying/chanting. unpleasant, doesn't say hello.
below left: somalian man who works in dry cleaner locally, friendly.
adjacent: swedish girl and rotating cast of flatmates, she is friendly. flatmates frequently hot.
above left: the queen of england. annoying. away a lot though. flatmates frequently ugly.
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:38 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:42 (twelve years ago) link
it's weird being here in dublin while the queen is visiting, we're staying downtown and we were told that there would be all these cops everywhere and checkpoints and blah blah blah
so far no queen at the paramount hotel breakfast bar tho
― the tune is space, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:46 (twelve years ago) link
i feel yr implicit criticism of thread drift is unfair however, my neighbour situation not only parallels the uk question rather neatly, it also raises questions on the property market, encapsulates the breakdown in social order as a result of the tiger's demise, definitely ropes in the question of what to do with the lower orders, etc
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:48 (twelve years ago) link
nah i wasn't criticising, genuinely wanted a neighbour discussion.
x-post you're in dublin? cool...say hello to everyone i know.
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:49 (twelve years ago) link
cead mile failte dr3w i'm sure
Ur a bitter little man local garda, and i'm not gonna talk to yeuh if ah dint want teuh
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:51 (twelve years ago) link
i was serious!
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:54 (twelve years ago) link
well can you post some pics of yr neighbours pls, as a gesture of good faith
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:56 (twelve years ago) link
the swedish ones obviously
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:57 (twelve years ago) link
don't have any...the really beautiful one doesn't live there anymore. had to destroy the photos of her after that.
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 08:58 (twelve years ago) link
that's fair enough i suppose. I suppose.
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:03 (twelve years ago) link
nuthin on yerman mark's girlfriend i take it?
cmere now this is nonsense and it'll stop
How are fg doing at all at all? When are they going to hammer the public sector like needs doing? Will they sort out the banks will they?
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:07 (twelve years ago) link
no the girl who lived adjacent was like a film star, every hello was like winning the lottery on a sunny day. neighbour above's gf is v pretty. i'm conscious i sound like a man who drills holes in the roof/walls now. i do not do this.
x-post is tide already turned against new gov? i've seen some rumblings but obv only reading certain things...
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
nah there's been a lull, they got a good honeymoon period in fairness.
It's prob about time things got hairy for them though, they've a couple of shifts put in at this stage.
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:14 (twelve years ago) link
I was a bit disappointed not to be cavity searched on my way to work.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:21 (twelve years ago) link
just cos you're public sector or for the queen thing?
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:26 (twelve years ago) link
just cos he is a dirty vicar and likes to be touched
― Jlloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken (ken c), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:34 (twelve years ago) link
GF's sister on security in Dublin yesterday:
"there were Gardai in every hole".
Pretty sure she didn't mean it like that, but lol anyway.
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:37 (twelve years ago) link
oh the filthy mare
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:39 (twelve years ago) link
heard they were working overtime alright
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:48 (twelve years ago) link
moonlighting
― Jlloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken (ken c), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:52 (twelve years ago) link
in other news, Morrissey has condemned the Queen's visit to Ireland: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0517/1224297120594.html
― The New Dirty Vicar, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 10:05 (twelve years ago) link
sure he's always falling out with queens
― taking ilxers out with a flurry of butthurt (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 10:08 (twelve years ago) link
oh hey look morrissey thinks something
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 10:10 (twelve years ago) link
does he issue a press release or is there some sad bastard somewhere who phones up Morrissey every week and asks him about what's in the news?
― taking ilxers out with a flurry of butthurt (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 10:12 (twelve years ago) link
It's Hot Press so it was probably closer to the latter
― Number None, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 10:48 (twelve years ago) link
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:02 (twelve years ago) link
re public sector wages etc, while we're not on the topic, i'm gonna take my p60 this week and check out getting medical card, rent support, etc, cos tbh 400 quid isnt doing much for me week to week this past few months.
Recession biting anywhere else, or do i just need to learn to budget?
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:15 (twelve years ago) link
is biting here...not even a fucking job to apply for let alone not get.
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:19 (twelve years ago) link
I'm living like a king on 188 euro a week
― Number None, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:20 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i know it's prob weak to be complaining about a 35hr a week income
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:25 (twelve years ago) link
just checkin round how we're all doin i guess, who's the fatcats of the irish ilxia
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
I imagine i'm the poorest seeing as i forgot to sign on this month so i haven't had money for two weeks.
― Number None, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:30 (twelve years ago) link
oof
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:33 (twelve years ago) link
Also, i'm typing this from my flatmates laptop cos mine fell off the coffee table on Saturday and now the hard drive is banjaxed. This is me right nowhttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TDhFeXYJEr0/R_k3dyiY6-I/AAAAAAAAA5Y/KavEsX05XNE/s320/Dublin%2BFamine%2BCloseDSC_0395.jpg
― Number None, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:38 (twelve years ago) link
Fuck the Queen. Apropos of nothing.
― Tom D has taken many months to run this thread to ground (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
absolutely fuck the queen.a few weeks ago I was ambivalent about this visit, altho dreading the inevitable horseshit from RTE/the Irish Times about maturity etc.
i'm now actively annoyed - first off by the ludicrously OTT security operation - there are snipers on the roof of the Spar on the corner by my work. FFS. if they're actually that worried maybe it's not actually the right time for her to visit? not to mention the fact that we didn't have any of this crap for 30 years of troubles when people were being shot/blown up every day, 100 miles down the road.
second off, it's annoying but far from surprising how quickly we switch into police state mode. obv eirigi are headcases but the complete quashing of dissent, including ripping down every one of their cheap little posters, is thoroughly depressing.
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
Independent editorial yesterday:http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-a-visit-that-will-test-how-far-two-countries-have-come-2284676.html
Our relations could still be better, and would be, if in this country we paid more heed to the horrors visited on Ireland in Britain's name, and if everyone in Ireland was willing to let go of the past.
Incoherent sentiment overall, but the scale of that last clause is fantastic.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 12:18 (twelve years ago) link
That sentence is up there with Tony Blair's "Now is not the time for cheap cliches - I feel the hand of history on my shoulder".
― The New Dirty Vicar, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 12:20 (twelve years ago) link
I'd be worrying more about relations with Scotland, if I was Her Majesty's Government
― Tom D has taken many months to run this thread to ground (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 12:27 (twelve years ago) link
i'd say she'll be done before the trip's over. Are paddy power doing odds?
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
cmere has big phil said anything good about us yet
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
fyi media, these
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/images/2011/0517/274160_1.jpg?ts=1305681415?ts=1305681415
aren't 'dissidents', they're cunteógs
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 01:27 (twelve years ago) link