The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub

First topic message reminder :

Welcome to the virtual rugby pub - a place where you can come in for a sly beverage and discuss whatever's on your mind, or just eavesdrop on the regulars if you fancy a break from all the rugby chat.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the Tommy Bowe photo on the bar. That's a banning offence

So pull up a chair....what'll it be?

"God, why do I ask myself awkward questions? Ive seen to many to make a judgement."

No real need to judge - just enjoy. All I know was that exiting the gig after Zep at Earls Court, I had witnessed something special. The same with many a gig, but not quite as special as that.

It was a Day of Days Puma. No no They cant take that away from us...

Did you get your HC 2011 Final armagnac delivered yet pal? ;-)

I drank mine re-watching the Final at home. It tasted soo sweet.

Hound,
You are right. Dont judge... just enjoy.

I actually think that sums you up, mo chara. In the best possible way.

Nite regs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8ljNobUys

One for the late shift.

https://www.606v2.com/t5998-italy-name-provisional-world-cup-squad#140132

G'night.

Loving the music vibes from last night - Mercury, Zep, Verdi & Springsteen - now imagine them all together live! Back off to de Dam today, so up with the sparrows (and Glas probably). So better have my on the hoof this morning

Morning

Back to work today. Am actually looking forward to getting out of the house.

Morning all.

Hope we are all well. Helicopter has had me awake a bit during the night. It was a Garda helicopter. My guess it's because apparently there has been a man attacking girls in the area last few days so they are on the look out for him maybe

Kia ora, mauri ora all (good morning, and cheers in Maori)



Those lovely London 2012 people took £136 out of my account. £6 is transaction/delivery, and I applied for 3 £65 events, 2 x beach volleyball and 1 x archery.

I probably missed out on some atheltics, track cycling, swimming and equestrian though.

Got up at 5.40 to go for a :run2:, though it looks like Asbo has me trumped on the early start. Time to head for work, laters all ...

Hi all, shattered tired today. Don't know why but woke up at 2.45am and was wide awake. Couldn't get back to sleep for ages. Had to get up at 7.30 then and was very tired. Though I'm looking good today which is good

red_stag wrote:Hi all, shattered tired today. Don't know why but woke up at 2.45am and was wide awake. Couldn't get back to sleep for ages. Had to get up at 7.30 then and was very tired. Though I'm looking good today which is good

It's you'd modesty I like most about you stag

I am what I am Mick. Its a burden I have to bear.

Not looking as good as Wally Staggy...but then who does?

Micky - the police helicopter has woken me up a few times over here. At least we know they're doing their job I suppose as annoying as it is.

Back in the orifice and my inbox runneth over.

Morning all, Mick I heard about that weirdo in Tallaght alright. Hope they catch him and take his legs.

X-men first class is out today, I shall be hitting that tonight. You really can’t beat marvel superhero movies for does-exactly-what-it-says-on-the-tin-edness can you?

Morning all,

Three days off now, middle of the week though which is a bit of a pain in the hole.


Anyway the papers


http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/
http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/rugby/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport?mobile-redirect=false
http://sport.scotsman.com/rugby
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/rugby/
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/rugby

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=80
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union

And as requested on a Wednesday by rava

http://www.ballymoneytimes.co.uk/

Micks - I'm sure he won't get far, it sounds like they're closing in on him. He's probably local as well. Not very nice for the people in that area though when you ahve something like that going on.

Morning Hughie - any plans for the days off?

I just read that ja606 has been closed down already.

eep really Cari? I best be keeping my eyes peeled for the WUM's that went over there, who might make the jump over here then!

And morning all, hope everyone's well today

My one remaining colleague is having to come in late this morning, so tis just me in the office. Am sooo tempted to put the answer phone on!

Apparently so Dreamer. Someone's written a thread about it:

https://www.606v2.com/t5999-the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-king

I'm on my own here on Friday

Yeh Mick, the brothers girlfriends friend was attacked by him in Kingswood. wrapped a wire thing around her neck..

Apparently he is polish the guy they are looking for but we will remain to be seen..

Hopefully indeed they get him soon

mickyt wrote:Yeh Mick, the brothers girlfriends friend was attacked by him in Kingswood. wrapped a wire thing around her neck..

Apparently he is polish the guy they are looking for but we will remain to be seen..

Hopefully indeed they get him soon

Good grief. Sounds horrendous. They'll get him.

Mick thats awful hope they get him.

So Staggy, did you think more about your job situation after?

Wow, she was the one attacked in Kingswood? They must be up the walls.

Take his feicing arms while they’re at it. These people make me sick, the entire community will feel uneasy until they find this scumbag but he doesn’t care, a town is nervous and he’s thinking about his next victim. What kind of mindset makes people want to go so far against the grain of society. Sick.

My mobile company just text me and I've got 600 free texts to use up this month. I never text that much! Expect some rubbish to go flying around...

I was thinking of adding a poll to the rugby section about peoples nationality/ national team supported.

Couple of questions:

Is it of interest?
Should I start a thread in the International section asking
Should I add it to the introduce yourself thread
Shall I not bother!


Good morning by the way - can I have a full English and a Bahama Mama to wash it down, please

We moved like spirts in the night!!


Doing Flip all today cari except some stuff I've to sort out on internet which could lead to good things but ill mention more about that in the future


Then, I plan on doing some drinking

Hobo wrote:I was thinking of adding a poll to the rugby section about peoples nationality/ national team supported.

Couple of questions:

Is it of interest?
Should I start a thread in the International section asking
Should I add it to the introduce yourself thread
Shall I not bother!


Good morning by the way - can I have a full English and a Bahama Mama to wash it down, please

It might be of interest towards the World Cup to see who people support. Stick it in the international section nearer the time.

Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen.

Another drizzle soaked day up here..... joy!

hughie1986 wrote:

Doing Flip all today cari except some stuff I've to sort out on internet which could lead to good things but ill mention more about that in the future

Are you that fella from Nigeria by any chance?

Hobo, you filthy itinerant

What's the story with the mobile site?? Is it going to launch properly?? I can tell you if it had a comment option I wouldn't use the main site it'd be all mobile for me, it has a great feel to it

I'm going to shop around Cari. If I can find permanent jobs based in Limerick, in the same line of work, with the same/similar hours and better pay I will jump ship.

Got a voice mail today about a German customer services role in Limerick for a pharmacuteals company. It pays a lot more. Don't know any more about it yet.

hughie1986 wrote:Hobo, you filthy itinerant

What's the story with the mobile site?? Is it going to launch properly?? I can tell you if it had a comment option I wouldn't use the main site it'd be all mobile for me, it has a great feel to it

I will be honest, the mobile version seems to have been in "testing" for about 2 months now. Its not v2 who is building it but the software providers. Hopefully it will be soon but like most things they do, we wont find out about it until its live!

Great to see so many new members.

Whilst I am about today, has anyone got any questions/ suggestions for the rugby section?

Sounds promising Staggy. Worth following up.



Hobo - Gibbo has been begging for the Zen smiley from the old 606 to be added (do you remember it?) Any chance of it appearing? You'll be doing your bit for the senior citizens in this community if you can get it over here.

if you can find a thread where it appears, I will add it for you.

I was expecting, "Can you change the coding of the system to allow direct interface with my frontal lobes" and all I got was "can you add a smiley"!

Hobo, maybe give everyone "virtual money" and let them bet it against each other on the scores of games - might be hard but works on another site. You create a poll asking who will win, give people virtual cash and they lose/win it based on result.

Sorry...

See Aslongas comment on this thread, it's the one he uses after "mon brave".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A85204640

WE used to do one:

https://www.606v2.com/t476-the-virtual-bookmaker

The guy disappeared - as you can see, I was the biggest loser! If someone wants to revive the idea, please feel free to take it up though.

There is a whole gaming section (fantasy leagues etc) - you should check them out.

Glas a du wrote:Nos da bawb. When it comes to music, you lot won't have seen Mike Stephens or Dafydd Iwan, Mynediad am Ddim or Tecwyn Ifan live so won't know what I'm on about.

Meic Stephens - sometimes referred to as 'the Welsh Dylan' (the irony !!). Pretty much like Dylan as well, great songwriter, Shi-te singer

Dafyfdd Iwan's 'rebel songs'

Meinir Gwilym is a good listen too

Springsteen wasn't known as THE BOSS for nothing, love his stuff
Bryan Adams - really enjoy the 'Reckless' album (not much else though)

However, they all fade into the background when compared to Philip Parris Lynott

Morning again folks, safely made it to work. Just had a rare tube journey in - I actually talked to a random stranger - an Auckland-based Dutchman wearing an All Blacks jersey and watch, carrying an AB's wallet and with a "kiwis crossing next 1200km" sign stitched on his backpack. Talk about zeal of the convert!

Awh thanks Hobo, you'll make Gibbo a very happy bunny

Kiwireddevil wrote:Talk about zeal of the convert!

You should see how Irish some of the immigrants here have become

Cheers for that hobo, ill try to keep myself updated on it so

Kiwi - that's cool that you actually got talking to a random stranger on the tube. Usually people keep to themselves on there don't they?

Can I ask a favour of any of you that can be bothered!

I am trying to get the forum promoted by some big names. We already have had a few massive retweets (Peter Jones of Dragons den for example RT'd to 240k + people).

We are now trying to get Robbie Savage to do it but we need bait:

https://www.606v2.com/t5830-which-footballer-has-had-the-best-hair#136205

Could you all take 5 seconds to vote - if you have no preference, then just vote for Robbie.

Thanks

H

Cari wrote:Kiwi - that's cool that you actually got talking to a random stranger on the tube. Usually people keep to themselves on there don't they?

Technically it was before getting on the tube. We were both lined up for a minicab outside the station last night (it was dark and I didn't want my takeaway to get cold so I managed to justify being lazy ) and had a quick chat, then our walks to the tube this morning crossed routes. To be honest, last night I only said hello because I saw the NZ patches on his backpack - Kiwis are pretty thin on the ground in Greenford.

Cari wrote:Kiwi - that's cool that you actually got talking to a random stranger on the tube. Usually people keep to themselves on there don't they?

USUALLY they do. But when Huggy, MickyT, Aonghus and I get on the case, things start to happen that never happened before.

Like getting a stranger to hum and dance along to the impromptu a cappella version of Africa by Toto that broke out among us.

Damn MickyT and his rhythmic tapping on the seats!

Ha that's cool. Makes a change from the usual stony silence you get. I like talking to random people like that. When I went to Dublin I got chatting to a few travellers. I met a couple heading from Cardiff to Paris, then coming home I met a couple from Bridgend who'd been visiting their son in Dublin, (before I met You Know Who). I also helped this girl with a ridiculously huge bag she had from Cardiff airport into town. I got her onto a cab at the station before heading home on my own.

I like that too. Hitch hiked from Holyhead to Cardiff in 2008 with a lovely Welsh couple. Chatted to a rugby club on tour on way back from Bordeaux in 2007. While I was in Munich I had some girl spill her heart to me on the train about the things that were bothering her. Me and her sat in a compartment together and after about 15 minutes of her sobbing I made small talk.

Ha Staggy, some people charge by the hour for the service you gave her. Sounds like she would've spoken to anyone. I'm sure it helped anyway. I've never had that before....I don't know if I'd want to.

Morning all,

I bet Hobo will be happy. A few topics are getting some numerous responses and it looks like the Irish posters are back to form.

Watching Scrum V. George North thinks he might grow another inch? Phooook.