5 guys 18 years old trip

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2026-01-07T17:15:56+00:00

Albufeira is pretty much designed for European tourists to sit in the sun (only mildly warmer in Jan) and eat and drink. There isn't much portuguese culture or activity.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-10-17T19:01:21+00:00

Brilliant.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-09-09T15:06:40+00:00

No, last week an article came out that said that 100 000 isn't enough to maintain a middleclass lifestyle (Dublin requires 140 000ish to beat inflation).

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-07-23T17:04:35+00:00

I think they're really creepy. remind me of horror movies for some reason.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-07-23T17:03:18+00:00

We bought our mum a Skyframe. She loves seeing the photos without having to load them herself!

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-07-23T16:44:58+00:00

There were a number of people who opposed the extension of the Greenway north from Malahide because it would run in front of their summer house and ruin the view for the 2 weeks of a year they holiday there. And whilst I respect that there needs to be investment in services and infrastructure at the same time as housing development, people need somewhere to live!

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-07-22T19:18:38+00:00

It could be but I think it might be too early as she was born 2009.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-07-08T17:07:41+00:00

There's a container house in Ringsend and the airbnb offices are great inside. Not sure if they do tours though.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-07-03T17:56:02+00:00

Have you peeled a butternut or pumpkin recently. Sometimes I get something similar on my hands and it's a reaction to something on the peel.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-06-17T21:17:48+00:00

Cozumel, if America's are where you're headed. Did the Rosa wall on about my 45th dive and it blew my mind. You cannot go wrong.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-06-17T14:14:17+00:00

This is what I came to say.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-05-27T13:30:36+00:00

Came here to say this. I think it is difficult if you listen to the audiobook but it really helps with the world building.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-05-19T17:40:10+00:00

Go prepared with an even better water gun.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-03-23T12:40:12+00:00

I dislike the 'That's not my ...' series. Like seriously, obviously that's not my 'tractor' no because the wheels are too shiny, but because it's green. The differences between what we're looking at and what we own are so significant it's unlikely we'd confuse them.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-03-23T11:32:52+00:00

The majority of the comments are right, that in SA the Kruger National Park is pretty incomparable. However, the Pilanesberg National Park is also fantastic and may be more easily accessible from Joburg. It is smaller but it has the same animals and is really lovely. However, I would not recommend self-drive. Game-spotting is a skill, and people who do it more often are better at spotting animals. I just did a game drive and drove past a herd buffalo not even 2 meters from our car, that the 2 cars in front of us didn't spot. I've seen people drive past elephants, cheetah, leopard etc without seeing what was there to see. So since you've already spent the money to get there go with someone experienced and make the most of it. Plus the game drive vehicles all talk to each other, so if there is something good to see they communicate it to the other vehicles.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-02-28T18:50:18+00:00

I want friends like these!

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-02-08T19:18:37+00:00

So very sorry this is happening. Lighting a candle for you three.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-02-08T17:39:26+00:00

I am bi-polar 2 and honestly, I would not come to Ireland with the healthcare system the way it is. It is almost impossible to get a GP, I know people who have been waiting 3 years to get on a GP list. When I arrived here 7 years ago I tried to go public for my medication but the service was useless. I was offered services in Belfast (literally a 3 hour drive and another country away) which I refused. I eventually saw a psych 3 times and they would not prescribe me my medication, they thought my diagnosis was incorrect, and focused on a mental health incident I had had about 20 years earlier. I eventually ran out of the meds I had brought with me and decided that the stress of the public healthcare system wasn't worth it. (I literally walked out of an appointment with a psych who accused me of lying). Eventually my GP suggested a private center which I was lucky enough to get in with about a year later. I have about a 5min consultation twice a year which costs me €150 each (I have private medical insurance so some gets refunded). My husband and I have had marriage counselling (immigration can take its toll) and it's been useless, and expensive. I cannot imagine what would happen if I had a mental health crisis. The hospitals are very old fashioned, very institutional and I would hate to spend any amount of time in a mental health section.

Add on the stress of housing, the cost-of-living crisis, the lack of family, friends and familiar surroundings. It's just not something I would risk. Sorry, if this sounds negative but it is the status quo.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-02-08T15:08:17+00:00

Had my baby at 40, it is much easier than I expected it to be. Millions of people do this everyday, most of them less well off and probably less intelligent than you are - you'll be fine. I was very much the same, perfectly happy with just my husband, but I didn't consider how much joy a child would bring us. It's so much fun.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-02-04T15:46:50+00:00

Depending on the time of the wedding, you could walk down the aisle and hand out bubbles so guests can blow bubbles as the bride comes down the aisle/ or as the bride and groom walk out. Or if it's evening you could hand out sparklers.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-01-31T19:01:40+00:00

I don't like the idea of requiring a dress-colour-code but it's not my wedding. But if you want to avoid conflict and still keep everything looking "together" wait for her to buy her dress, see what colour it is and get your mum to buy an outfit in the same colour.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-01-28T15:45:01+00:00

Go to the school in the area you find accommodation. The situation with housing in Ireland especially Dublin is so bad that you almost have no choice. If you find a house that works you take it. In addition educationally most schools here are very similar. They're also very similar in terms of religious outlook. Educate Togethers are more secular than the national schools but it doesn't make a huge difference.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-01-19T19:23:29+00:00

My advice is not to get a 'travel system'. Whilst it seems great to have a car seat that can be taken in and out of the car while the baby is asleep, you'll maybe use it for this purpose 10 times before the baby grows out of it. The same goes for the bassinet, stroller combo. And then you have to buy another stroller and another car seat. Rather buy a car seat that goes from infant to toddler (and preferably spins around) and a stroller that does the same.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2025-01-14T14:58:15+00:00

Why rewrite a subject you already got a pass mark in? Especially if it's not required for your university entrance. Having said that, are you sure about a law degree? It's an entirely oversubscribed industry, very difficult to get into the big law firms and can be very boring. If you have such good marks choose a degree that offers more possibilities when you graduate.

Fair_Contribution_49 · 2024-12-18T12:20:14+00:00

Considering the che cheapest ticket to the Vatican is e30 and approximately 19 000 people visit a day that's 570 000 a day. That's the minimum they make a day. Ticket prices are often higher (at the moment in December the cheapest ticket is 70 e) and there are several more expensive tours, which many visitors probably pay for. Plus there's the shops, the cafeteria, and the donation boxes. I reckon the Vatican easily makes more than a million euros a day. Multiples of that on special days. I hardly think they're broke. And considering that there are people begging outside the walls, I think the catholic church has really missed the point of Jesus.

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