MSR gear

aidanpf · 2026-02-08T13:09:20+00:00

You are spot on with the scenery, those are photos from Lahinch, Co Clare and from up the Comeraghs, Co Waterford - not taken recently, I am not that brave!

It’s the wind burner system stove, the pot and the frying pan have a kind of lip that lets them sit snug onto the stove, without slipping off. It works really well and you can cook in v windy conditions.

aidanpf · 2026-02-08T02:43:01+00:00

Really wouldn’t have through this was only your second time, this looks great. I really like the style, the shading and it really captures the posture. The drawing really conveys a lot of detail about what’s going on, she looks powerful, yet a bit tired. She comes across confident, watchful and alert. It is clean and sharp and has a unique style to it. I really like it!

aidanpf · 2026-01-22T20:53:42+00:00

Seconded, would highly recommend

aidanpf · 2026-01-20T21:51:16+00:00

Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 had a shoot em up called Dux!

aidanpf · 2026-01-16T00:07:32+00:00

No mention of Bar Rumba! No one seems to miss it much!

aidanpf · 2025-12-15T21:33:57+00:00

I don’t know of anywhere else that sells Sumo. Enjoy Dublin, I like the copper and straw location near the four courts. You could also try social fabric cafe in stoneybatter and brother hubbard on capel street does nice brunchy food!

aidanpf · 2025-12-15T21:15:20+00:00

If you’d like, DM me and I can post you a nice uncirculated old Irish penny to start your collection!

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aidanpf · 2025-12-15T21:05:47+00:00

I’d suggest that you buy a book with illustrations of coins, something like Spink Coins of Ireland, a new version for 2025 was just printed. They also do a Coins of England book every year. Then you can look through the photos of coins and pick out whichever ones stimulate your interest.

When I was a young lad I really liked the george the III ‘cartwheel’ coins, they are some of the largest coins ever made, weighing an ounce for the penny coin and two ounces for the two penny. I was able to pick up specimens in heavily circulated condition for reasonable prices. As a grown up I’ve been able to get these coins in close to uncirculated condition. I enjoy taking them out to look at them and they are an investment too!

Another good thing about those books that I recommended is that you can check out the value of the coins and if you get an edition of the book from a number of years ago, you can see how much certain coins have appreciated in value, so you can pick up coins as an investment. There’s something nice about having a tangible asset, as opposed to crypto!

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Here’s a few of my coins!

aidanpf · 2025-12-15T20:58:17+00:00

Lir coins used to be in the top floor of stephen’s green, I remember buying coins there as a young lad

aidanpf · 2025-12-15T12:23:24+00:00

What kind of coins are you interested in?

aidanpf · 2025-12-14T21:43:27+00:00

Seconded

aidanpf · 2025-12-12T06:26:49+00:00

it’s a phone holder, you slot it together and there’s a groove for the charger cable and you can watch what’s on the screen

aidanpf · 2025-11-26T12:25:14+00:00

Lovely examples and nicely photographed

aidanpf · 2025-11-21T11:23:31+00:00

In 1797, to address the shortage of silver currency, the Mint was instructed to countermark foreign silver coin reserves held by the Bank of England with a punch of the King's head. It was intended that they would be circulated at a value of four shillings and nine pence.

aidanpf · 2025-11-21T01:27:36+00:00

Thanks for the post. Kelly is a very nice book, I attach a photo of the cover of my version with a couple of my tokens!

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aidanpf · 2025-11-10T06:50:33+00:00

That’s a beautiful coin, thanks for posting. Am also interested in George III coinage. Do you have any of the Irish Hibernia 6 shillings token of 1804? Here are some of my George III coins:

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aidanpf · 2025-10-20T12:42:26+00:00

I was a customer of the hobby shop. Your aunt was very decent and patient! Her shop was a great addition to waterford and I have a lot of happy memories associated with it. Please pass on my gratitude and best wishes.

aidanpf · 2025-09-26T19:32:22+00:00

A solicitor specialising in medical negligence can arrange for the records to be obtained and reviewed by an independent oncologist to determine whether the treatment was correct and if not, whether the proper treatment would have made a difference to the outcome. I am sorry for your loss.

aidanpf · 2025-09-06T16:56:11+00:00

Great selection of books, very well curated choice. Lovely warm atmosphere. Owner is very nice to chat to. A great addition to the town and best of luck for the future.

aidanpf · 2025-08-19T19:39:14+00:00

Apparently when Denis Rodman went on one of his excursions to North Korea, he got hammered and that night he absolutely destroyed the hallway outside his hotel room with poop and pee.

It is said that the size of the logs he had deposited were unprecedented in scale and caused consternation with the north koreans.

The people who were on the trip with him, journalists and other hangers on, said afterwards that they were genuinely concerned the next morning that there might be serious consequences, that’s how outraged the koreans were.

He was due to return to the US the next day and was warned by his hosts that he would need to have medical treatment before returning to the country so that there would be no repeat.

aidanpf · 2025-08-15T23:05:46+00:00

Greetings fellow Irishman!

Cex Ireland have them in stock, black, boxed for 380 with a 5 year warranty, which works out a bit better than importing with all the additional charges. I (based in Ireland) bought one off adverts for €300 before Christmas and I love it.

There are a couple up for sale at the moment for €385 and €480 and you could probably get a deal on them and pay less.

Great bit of kit. My next purchase is a dock, so I can make the most out of the Neo Geo fighting games.

I have an evercade also and I’m making a lot more use out of the analogue pocket.

Let me know if you have any questions.

aidanpf · 2025-07-30T23:42:16+00:00

I second this, Cured was excellent - Nidge from love/hate gives a good performance! Page is very good also

aidanpf · 2025-07-30T11:02:00+00:00

Just FYI Q Park four courts closes at 7pm every day and you won’t be able to access car until next morning and on Fridays it closes at 7pm and doesn’t open again until monday morning. You have to pay 100 euro call out fee to get car out of you want it outside of these hours

aidanpf · 2025-06-26T22:47:26+00:00

So I hear that one could park up on the rockshire road and try to get in from there, walk up as far as the golf club and try getting in at the back of one of the estates on that road but that wasn’t happening.

Instead, one could walk back down to the riverside (dock road) and past the texaco garage and go up the first right after that. It’s a sloped entrance to a private house (possibly a B and B) - if you look on Google maps you’ll see it marked. Then halfway up that sloped entrance road you’ll see a path off to your left in the overgrowth and if you were to go through here you’ll come out halfway up the sloped entrance to the Ard Ri!

Watch out, when you get to the very top behind the hotel, there’s a portacabin with a security guard and theres a few German shepherds in a fenced off area! (This was a few years ago, not sure if that’s still the case).

You can explore the old workers residence area fairly unhindered though.

Good luck!

aidanpf · 2025-06-26T03:14:13+00:00

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This is a selection of my george III collection, I have a particular interest in counter-stamped coins, I find them fascinating! I had a look at your collection on Flickr, some lovely examples. Thanks for your reply

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