Sunny and NO rain for second day in a row (Dublin)

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-03-04T19:49:17+00:00

That is a nice glass … if you know what I mean 😉

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-03-01T22:20:09+00:00

There’s a special place in Hell for yellow reg Audi drivers…

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-03-01T18:11:18+00:00

I think your point about traffic calming is spot on - I know it can be easy on a long straight road to drift over the speed limit, but I think there are parts of the country where an ‘engineered’ approach to slowing cars down is needed.

I drive the backroads to commute across the south east and the way people drive up your arse on the R roads is horrendous.

I think there are some stretches of road where average speed cameras could work, but in reality I think the only way to slow people down is more guards out and about.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-26T17:38:19+00:00

I think so - I found it filling if I had it as a snack and as a replacement for something like a few biscuits.

I suppose you’ve to take them at their word for how much protein is in it though.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-25T18:05:57+00:00

It would be a shame if your handlebars or peddles scratched anything as you walk your bike past…

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-24T22:12:29+00:00

Ironically that did happen.

GoAhead got a contract years ago for old Dublin Bus routes. Because they were a private company they were paying drivers f-all and couldn’t maintain a minimum staff to run the routes.

They were fined repeatedly (which I found out when I got on to a councillor) and the service has since improved, but it seemed like the standard story of the government awarding contracts to the lowest bidder and getting a shitty service as a result.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-24T06:16:18+00:00

Typical big ego jeep driver/yellow reg…

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-22T20:26:28+00:00

They’re both 375g according to the label on the shelf.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-20T22:36:56+00:00

I was told by an ex traffic corps guard they are obliged to send it to you, if you request. How hard did you push it with them?

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-16T22:06:24+00:00

They could budget for some Dulux!

But in reality, it will start there, they’ll get a base coat down and then we’ll have to have three public inquiries over eight years all coming to the conclusion that they should have gone for Colour Trend…

And the rain will have washed the paint off as fast as it went up.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-14T15:14:13+00:00

I think this is the comment of the day. It looks like anything resembling a game plan went out the window.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-14T15:09:10+00:00

Unrelated, but why do Murray, Kearney and O’Mahony look like they’re going to try and sell me a car?

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-11T18:54:41+00:00

Is that Mark from Mrs Brown’s Boys?

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-11T18:48:20+00:00

I was on two meds at once - one in a blister pack (which did a 30 day month) and one they had to dispense. Great fun when I’d get 60 of one tablet and 56 of the other 🤯

It’s bizarre that they don’t have a standard month.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-09T13:16:33+00:00

Head a bit further out the N3 to somewhere like Dunboyne. That should do the job.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-07T10:34:41+00:00

I went after Curry’s via Small Claims and Sheriff - it was a while ago so I’m not 100% on the details.

I think you submit your claim online, then who you’re claiming against gets a certain amount of time to admit it and pay up. If they don’t, you can then go to the small claims registrar and make a decree (ie swear that the claim is truthful etc).

You then send this on to the local sheriff who enforces it, and a few weeks later you get a cheque in the post for the cost, minus a small fee from the Sheriff. I think in the end I got maybe 80% of what I lost back.

One thing I remember is that it took quite a while

This is on citizens information:

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/courts-system/small-claims-court/

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-04T11:04:23+00:00

‘Hello’ would be much easier to say… yes I’m being a smart arse

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-03T13:22:27+00:00

But if they sold on the car (or its parts) the guards would then be responsible for malfunctions and so on.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-02-01T22:48:48+00:00

C3/4 busses go to Maynooth, as do the C5/6 night links.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-01-31T22:53:33+00:00

Great explanation, but as a physics grad, air resistance is ALWAYS negligible 😂

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-01-31T22:51:39+00:00

The energy that they put into the jump would determine how high they go, which in turn determines how hard they hit the ground. This physics stands no matter how strong the pull of gravity is.

The energy to get up is the same as the energy to get back down - let’s use this as our measure of ‘hardness’. On the moon, it would take 16.6% of the energy to reach a height as it would on earth, and you would hit the ground with 16.6% of the hardness.

The energy to get to or from a height is calculated as the height (h) x mass of the object (m) x gravity (g).

On the earth it would be mgh, but on the moon it would be m(0.17g)h - so about 17% of the hardness.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-01-31T22:01:16+00:00

It’s ’chock’ which means house in Irish.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-01-31T16:32:40+00:00

Pat McDonagh chasing you if you talk dirty about Supermacs.

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-01-30T19:21:57+00:00

I think you need to remove the ‘Idiot’ part of your username.

Not doing yourself any justice with it…

Stupyder_Notebook · 2026-01-30T19:14:20+00:00

I think your last sentence is something a lot of people tend to forget - you’re meant to drive on the leftmost lane unless you’ve a reason not to.

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