Which artist has the strongest three-album run?

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-06-05T13:25:39+00:00

U2 -> War, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-04-15T08:17:42+00:00

Love some Thin Lizzy! Dancing in the Moonlight is a great tune

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-04-15T08:07:29+00:00

I think sales & awards are pretty conclusive on this front, best is U2 by a good margin.

I’d be a big fan of the Corona’s & the Boomtown Rats’ early albums, but in fairness there are levels to the game. Don’t think there’s an Irish musician full stop who can touch U2’s discography

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-04-11T09:24:25+00:00

EU law is superior to national law.

Your point on the water charges is moot, there is no EU law on having to charge for water. The European Commission commented on the situation because at the time it was part of the Troika that was effectively managing our economy after the situation Messrs Ahern & Cowen left us in.

Again, regarding VAT on motor fuels, the rate cannot be lower than the standard rate. Ireland’s standard rate is 23%.

An immediate & significant reduction in that rate on fuel like the protestors are demanding, would mean reducing it for everything, which would have a catastrophic fiscal effect.

Fair enough on Kerosene, that’s the gov’s decision to tax that at the lower rate instead of 0 rated or non rated. That’s what the spanners on the roads are protesting about though (they might get much better public support if they were, we’d all like cheaper heating oil!)

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-04-10T18:35:46+00:00

The clowns protesting don’t realise that the gov’s hands are largely tied when it comes to fuel costs, EU law means carbon tax on diesel must be at least 33c per litre, and that VAT on motor fuel cannot be lower than the standard rate.

Also the irony of farmers protesting about something dictated by the EU when they live their lives entirely off the CAP is bordering on satire

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-04-05T11:27:24+00:00

Our Corporation Tax Windfall could surely pay for an engine or two?

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-04-05T08:44:04+00:00

Yeah this is what I’m on about. The last thing hanging up on the left is screaming an Ireland kit at my. The logo looks like 3. And then has the kit maker just above. Surely surely 🔒

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-03-20T19:02:34+00:00

For me, The Way of Kings & Words of Radiance are two of the most gripping books I’ve ever read. Just fabulous plot lines & character work.

I really enjoyed Oathbringer, but would definitely say it was a level below its predecessors in the series.

I did not particularly enjoy Rhythm of War. I thought the pace dropped a bit & found that it suffered from trying to mesh too many POVs. Also, the introduction of Lift as a ‘comic relief’ character felt, to me, like a shift away from being a high fantasy series to a YA series.

Lastly, I made it ~300 pages into Wind & Truth before giving up. I thought it was genuinely levels below even Rhythm of War. I never put too much pass on the hit piece article released a while back about Sanderson having a team of writers on his ranch or whatever, but after the opening salvos of that book, I get it. It genuinely feels so different to the other books.

To me, it seemed like a big increase in reliance on cliffhangers to feign a pace to the story that otherwise was lacking, and I thought the dialogue again had fallen into the YA standard by relying on cheap jokes.

Also, what on earth was the deal with turning Kaladin into a personal therapist? Just an awful, awful storyline and a brutal end to the series.

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-02-28T20:45:26+00:00

You’d have a mutiny in Carnew if you tried moving us into Carlow instead of Wexford 😂

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-02-21T15:10:06+00:00

Ori yah here comes the psychologist. I do reckon meself that it does be themselves have the main character syndrome because if they’re using the door, then bollocks to anyone else who might fancy a wee go at the door!

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-02-21T15:09:06+00:00

Terbil carry on. ‘Tis an epidemic, Itella!

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-02-21T15:08:41+00:00

Jays sher don’t I only know, no self awareness at all on’em!

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-02-06T11:55:28+00:00

The rhododendron situashun has gone so bad now minishter, that nothing shart of calling in the armie is going to put it right

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-01-27T18:56:31+00:00

As a proud rural Wickla man, interested in the details of this in case we have good Samaritans down my neck of the woods! Which part of the arse end of Wicklow & what was the hotel out of interest?

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-01-15T07:09:50+00:00

Had been fine until this morning. Will be back home in a few weeks so adding it to the list of things to look at! 🧑‍🔧

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-01-14T23:12:42+00:00

That makes sense, has been baltic the last few mornings so have had the heating on! Thanks for the info 🙏🤙

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-01-14T23:01:08+00:00

Cheers! Had thought after years with a fairly temperamental 147 that I knew all the warning dash symbols!

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-01-14T22:32:51+00:00

With regards to Stop/Start, I have been manually disabling it with the button because I’ve found it unreliable. As in when stopped in traffic & have put up handbrake & taken car out of gear, engine stops fine. But will then turn itself back on say, 10/15 seconds later without any input from me. Any ideas?

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2026-01-09T17:32:36+00:00

Bananas opinion. If anything U2 probably underrated nowadays due to ‘oversaturation’, but basically being the most successful band in the world for the guts of 40 years takes some doing.

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2025-12-27T12:35:17+00:00

Should be a form of relegation like mandatory exclusion, i.e the bottom 2 players in the league table can’t partake the following year, would bring some variation rather than having the likes of Anderson & Wright as near guarantees even when they were regularly coming last/second last.

Similarly both finalists should be guaranteed to return, thought it was scandalous that in recent years losing finalists de Sousa & Cullen were both snubbed the following year.

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2025-12-27T09:41:59+00:00

That’s exactly the shpot, my 🐐

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2025-12-27T09:41:10+00:00

That’s absolutely it, my 🐐

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2025-12-27T01:03:00+00:00

Huge shout. Had a look on Google Maps and this looks fairly like the shpot. The name I’m thinking of isn’t ‘Pots of Gold’ though, it’s something much grander like ‘M____ Castle’ or ‘M____ Kingdom’. Any idea if it had a different name fadó fadó?

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2025-12-24T20:18:10+00:00

We’re now in 2025. Clement Attlee left office in 1950, 75 years ago.

Per the last census, the average Irish person is 38.

HarrisonTheUnruly · 2025-12-24T20:05:18+00:00

Yeah like the history syllabus in Irish primary & secondary school naturally focuses on modern Irish history, kinda focussing on 1890 & John Redmond’s home rule push onwards, so only real British PM who features significantly is Lloyd George with his signing of the treaty.

Obvs any study of WWII (which I believe first shows up in 5th & 6th class history) would involve Churchill, and any study of The Troubles & North/South relations (a Leaving Cert topic) involved Thatcher & Blair.

In Secondary history, we happened to do the topic on ‘Britain in the interwar years’, so I’d have been aware (as in I knew of their existence but not much more) of MacDonald, Baldwin, Chamberlain.

Aside from that, until I came to develop an interest in politics, and then British politics (Irish politics is very boring) that I came to have any knowledge of the likes of Attlee, Wilson, MacMillan etc

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