Friday's rant
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the spoofer wrote:
Two HSE ex staff on pensions of €160k pa.
They would also have received a lump sum of €480k each.
That makes me more sad than angry.
The lump sum is equivalent to 9600 property tax amounts collected.
The annual pension needs 3200 property taxes to be collected yearly at the current rate of €100 to fund them.
...to the sound of a Sivivatu slap!
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Something to remember when we all start paying the €100 household charge in the new year......
http://www.independent.ie/national-news ... 72186.html
Am sure the anti reform brigade will have some excuse that makes this sh!t alright
http://www.independent.ie/national-news ... 72186.html
Am sure the anti reform brigade will have some excuse that makes this sh!t alright
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Despite paying a hefty delivery sum to ensure guaranteed pre-Christmas delivery UPS did not deliver on time and there will now be a very large gap under the tree tomorrow morning. I rang to enquire and the guy on the customer service line actually told me "that Christmas isn't really about the presents" well no that's true but paying a lot of money for a service and expecting it to be professional and carried out in a correct manner as promised has nothing to do with Christmas.
I asked if I could drive to their depot myself to collect and was informed that they're closed and not delivering today, well you know what shoddy old An Post are out and about and the post office was open this morning so fair play to them making sure people get their Christmas deliveries.
I have rarely used UPS previously but I will now go out of my way to ensure that I and anyone I know or work with never uses them either.
I asked if I could drive to their depot myself to collect and was informed that they're closed and not delivering today, well you know what shoddy old An Post are out and about and the post office was open this morning so fair play to them making sure people get their Christmas deliveries.
I have rarely used UPS previously but I will now go out of my way to ensure that I and anyone I know or work with never uses them either.
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Ouch.TerenureJim wrote:"that Christmas isn't really about the presents"
johng wrote:Classic bit of Sidness there.
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Real Time Bus Info displays taking a well earned rest on St Stephens Day. What a joke!
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Those things wind me up anyway. Would it not have been better to use the money those things cost to run more buses?!Hornet wrote:Real Time Bus Info displays taking a well earned rest on St Stephens Day. What a joke!
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Thought they were great at first but they're so inconsistent that they're pretty much a waste of space alright. I was in Sweden a while back and if the bus is meant to be at a stop at 18:13 but arrives early then it'll wait until the right time. Admittedly this was in a much quieter area than our city centre but surely a similar system would work here? It's the inconsistency of our buses that really gets to me.BlueArmyOriginal wrote:Those things wind me up anyway. Would it not have been better to use the money those things cost to run more buses?!Hornet wrote:Real Time Bus Info displays taking a well earned rest on St Stephens Day. What a joke!
Oh and that reminds me that the new fare increases are a complete joke. I't not like these are a one off either, they've been increasing them fairly heavily for the last 3/4 years. I'm sure it won't be long before the new 2.15 increases to a nice round 2.50 as well.
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It took a break the previous week too... Just after they won some award for itHornet wrote:Real Time Bus Info displays taking a well earned rest on St Stephens Day. What a joke!
Dublin Bus... Real Time.... What an oxymoron
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1.85 please.
That fair has gone up to 2.15
get the f%~k outta here
That fair has gone up to 2.15
get the f%~k outta here
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Great, it's now unquestionably cheaper to drive than get the bus.
johng wrote:Classic bit of Sidness there.
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Wonder what the anti reform brigade have to say about this shite that Dublin Bus are serving up...Scott wrote:1.85 please.
That fair has gone up to 2.15
get the f%~k outta here
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Take it up directly with Vrad the Loudhaler. He's the reformist that sanctioned the increases (after cutting the state subvention).sheepshagger wrote:Wonder what the anti reform brigade have to say about this shite that Dublin Bus are serving up...Scott wrote:1.85 please.
That fair has gone up to 2.15
get the f%~k outta here
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So the DART is now cheaper to get into town than the bus. Nice one.Scott wrote:1.85 please.
That fair has gone up to 2.15
get the f%~k outta here
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Indeed - he is prize tool though.alterego wrote:Take it up directly with Vrad the Loudhaler. He's the reformist that sanctioned the increases (after cutting the state subvention).sheepshagger wrote:Wonder what the anti reform brigade have to say about this shite that Dublin Bus are serving up...Scott wrote:1.85 please.
That fair has gone up to 2.15
get the f%~k outta here
Prattling on yesterday about people threatening to boycott the new household charge saying people should think before doing so unless they want to stop using the fire brigade, local sewage systems etc..... Err looking at the root cause as to why the county councils are short on money might be a better place to start.
Cut the bureaucracy, wastage and clear as mud duplication around the country in these councils and the charge may not have to be implemented!
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I saw that interview. The b$&%@#d was wearing a leinster season ticket holder's scarf. . Keep politics (and politicians) out of sportsheepshagger wrote:Indeed - he is prize tool though.alterego wrote:
Take it up directly with Vrad the Loudhaler. He's the reformist that sanctioned the increases (after cutting the state subvention).
Prattling on yesterday about people threatening to boycott the new household charge saying people should think before doing so unless they want to stop using the fire brigade, local sewage systems etc..... Err looking at the root cause as to why the county councils are short on money might be a better place to start.
Cut the bureaucracy, wastage and clear as mud duplication around the country in these councils and the charge may not have to be implemented!
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All these bloody Repak ads on the radio about the app they have which will give you GPS co-ordinates etc of other recycling centres if your local one is full.
Why not maybe pay their staff some overtime and make sure the recycling centres are emptied more regularly instead?
Why not maybe pay their staff some overtime and make sure the recycling centres are emptied more regularly instead?
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Not sure if this was mentioned previously, but walking through Dublin's eerily quiet Terminal 2 on the week to Christmas they have "Faces of Ireland" kinda half plastered along some walls. Having people like Colm Cooper is fine because it shouldn't all be about those known across the world - like Gabriel Byrne or whatever - but some of the architects of our economic downfall were present, like Michael Martin. However, I especially loved the presence of Ryan Tubridy - if there was ever an example of how poor quality hacks earned way beyond their talent during the boom years, and you wanted to show it off to the world, here was the marquee personality. A Face of Ireland to scare away the foreigners too. He might have a prominent job on Irish TV, but do we really consider him worthy of a place alongside the likes of our great writers, actors, musicians and sporting personalities etc?
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He is on Radio 2 sometimes , filling in for Graham Norton and Ken Bruce.....................it makes me so angry. Its that Mrs Brown's boys sh1te , they run out of ideas for Ireland so they hock their sh1te to the Britssuisse wrote:Not sure if this was mentioned previously, but walking through Dublin's eerily quiet Terminal 2 on the week to Christmas they have "Faces of Ireland" kinda half plastered along some walls. Having people like Colm Cooper is fine because it shouldn't all be about those known across the world - like Gabriel Byrne or whatever - but some of the architects of our economic downfall were present, like Michael Martin. However, I especially loved the presence of Ryan Tubridy - if there was ever an example of how poor quality hacks earned way beyond their talent during the boom years, and you wanted to show it off to the world, here was the marquee personality. A Face of Ireland to scare away the foreigners too. He might have a prominent job on Irish TV, but do we really consider him worthy of a place alongside the likes of our great writers, actors, musicians and sporting personalities etc?
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Trying to renew my passport - An Odyssey.
Day 1 - go to chemist to get photos done. Chemist #1 doesn't do passport photos.
Go to another chemist for photos.
Drive to Garda station to have form & photos endorsed.
Drive to Post Office to use Passport Express service. Find post office closed despite it not being a weekend or public holiday.
Day 2 - Return to Post Office. Be informed by clerk that the Guard should have stamped the back of my photos in addition to signing them.
Return to Garda Station. Be given the third degree by the desk sergeant about who signed my form.
Listen to rant from desk sergeant about the fact that that Guard shouldn't have been answering the public hatch, as he's traffic corps.
Return to Post Office, where a massive queue has materialised.
Finally get application in the post.
Day 6 - Miss phone call from passport office.
Ring back to be informed that my signature didn't scan onto the passport properly, and that I need to sign a new form and send it in again.
Have small conniption about the fact that I'm due to fly on the 15th of the month.
Drive to Clondalkin post office for new application form to find they don't leave forms in the public area, and there's a massive queue of at least 35 people.
Run down the road to Garda station in torrential rain to get form from there.
Run back up the road to post office in torrential rain to post new form.
Day 7 (today) - just waiting on another call from the passport office telling me something else has gone wrong...
ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Day 1 - go to chemist to get photos done. Chemist #1 doesn't do passport photos.
Go to another chemist for photos.
Drive to Garda station to have form & photos endorsed.
Drive to Post Office to use Passport Express service. Find post office closed despite it not being a weekend or public holiday.
Day 2 - Return to Post Office. Be informed by clerk that the Guard should have stamped the back of my photos in addition to signing them.
Return to Garda Station. Be given the third degree by the desk sergeant about who signed my form.
Listen to rant from desk sergeant about the fact that that Guard shouldn't have been answering the public hatch, as he's traffic corps.
Return to Post Office, where a massive queue has materialised.
Finally get application in the post.
Day 6 - Miss phone call from passport office.
Ring back to be informed that my signature didn't scan onto the passport properly, and that I need to sign a new form and send it in again.
Have small conniption about the fact that I'm due to fly on the 15th of the month.
Drive to Clondalkin post office for new application form to find they don't leave forms in the public area, and there's a massive queue of at least 35 people.
Run down the road to Garda station in torrential rain to get form from there.
Run back up the road to post office in torrential rain to post new form.
Day 7 (today) - just waiting on another call from the passport office telling me something else has gone wrong...
ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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