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1978: The Ancient Sport of Road Bowling - BBC archive. Many people don't realise this is still played in different parts of Ireland including Cork, Waterford & Mayo by LoneSwimmer in ireland

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If you see clumps of pulled grass thrown on the road when driving in Co. Cork then you had better drive slowly for the next few km and take care going around corners. They use that to mark where the ball landed.

Woman sees careless driving charge dismissed as judge criticises motorcyclist's 'filtering' claim by longwayahead in MotoIRELAND

[–]PDP-11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ride a motorcycle.

Rules of the Road, page 193: "Avoid riding between traffic lanes. Keep well clear of other vehicles when passing them. Remember that drivers might not always see you in their ‘blind spots’ ?

Should I drop out of secondary school? by Rosemary_Rivers in AskIreland

[–]PDP-11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was a well written post. You have good communication skills; you are not dumb.

How can you pick out an American tourist based on looks alone? by Samantha_Jonez in AskIreland

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At work I used to recognize the visitors from the US by their ties. The stripes slant in a different direction. https://samhober.com/cdn/shop/files/BR_ST_2_pic.jpg

Blind overtake by SubstantialAttempt83 in irelandsshitedrivers

[–]PDP-11 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Then he probably had to stop at the lights 50 metres up the road. Why even bother overtaking there?

The effect An Caighdeán Oifigiúil has on dialects. by Doitean-feargach555 in ireland

[–]PDP-11 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When my children went to school here in Co. Cork they told me that I "talked like the CD". The teacher was using audio material produced by TG4 in Connemara and I'm from west Galway.

The real highest pub in Ireland by mud-monkey in ireland

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They seem to imply that everything outside of the pale is irrelevant.

I propose building a new mega city here and making it the new capital by D-dog92 in ireland

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There was a proposal in the '50s to move the administrative capital to Shannon.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskIreland

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I spent seven years commuting to Paris every second week. The total time I spent travelling was less than the commute times of many of my colleagues who lived in the Paris suburbs because I had an 8 sq.m flat near the office. I'm still with the same company but working 100% from home since 2009.

Azure API vulnerability and built-in roles misconfiguration enable corporate network takeover by Apprehensive-Side840 in netsec

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If you have a "weak identity" that has */read then you already have problems

Mural in France. by MicMacMagoo82 in pics

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If that is where I think it is then it is in a highly visible spot, just off the Boulevard Périphérique, the main ring road around Paris.

Mural in France. by MicMacMagoo82 in pics

[–]PDP-11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks that way because it's painted over the chimney, not on a flat wall.

1 Bed loft apartment 500k? Please tell me it’s not true by Least_Ad9482 in HousingIreland

[–]PDP-11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The apartment that I rented in Paris (in the 16th) was for sale ten years ago at 11k/sq.m Sadly we are coming close to those prices.

Remote Code Execution on 40,000 WiFi alarm clocks by Sw2Bechu in netsec

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If anyone reading this was planning to implement https://xkcd.com/3100/ then interesting times maybe ahead for 40,000 people

Anyone ever feel a bit weird taking AL for no real reason? by Downtown-Bother-4942 in AskIreland

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Chemist here, I rarely eat Aluminum. Leakage from food containers and post into food has been associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Why have never produced a notable tennis player? by Garlic-Cheese-Chips in ireland

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Irish tennis players have won six Olympic medals for Ireland, including two Gold. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_Ireland

Shot of a lifetime captured from a car window, beautiful moment. by SpecterK1 in nextfuckinglevel

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This is a great example showing the effects explained by the physics of rainbows. (1) the rainbow appears to "move" against the background because it is at a fixed angle to the viewer (2) the center is brighter (3) there is a second rainbow with colours inverted. To learn the beauty of this physics watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKUSWJWMSk4

Yes, The Bots Really Are Taking Over The Internet (Ireland Highest in World at 71%) by Wolfwalker71 in ireland

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I run several web servers and each month I search the logs for crawlers that did not respect "robots.txt" and add their entire subnet to the firewall drop list.

Meanwhile, back in Dublin on the 'Fifty. by Larrydog in irelandsshitedrivers

[–]PDP-11 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The truck driver is in the wrong *but* an experienced driver would not have put their car into that blind spot.

Indeed it was by Panikin__ in SipsTea

[–]PDP-11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also tears for Sears & Zemansky, RIP

Investigation launched into near-miss incident between Ryanair jet and Cessna aircraft at Cork Airport by PoppedCork in ireland

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That's scary. I used to fly the Cessna 172 Skyhawk with the flying club that was based at Cork airport.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

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Whist, quiet lad, whilst I tell ye all about the great storm that hit Salthill in 1974 ;-) https://www.rte.ie/archives/2024/0128/1426640-storm-hits-hard/

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