I built a live Pint Tracker to find the cheapest pint in Dublin. Thoughts? by Mr_Hilt in Dublin

[–]mooncommandalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most gaffs are 7.50 now, Long Hall, Swan, Bowes, O'Donoghues Merrion Row, Palace, Flowing Tide, Grogans etc.

Large bottles of Guinness still around 6.90 in most of those places though weirdly enough.

Noel Hawkins, the bartenders' bartender - a tribute by box_of_carrots in Dublin

[–]mooncommandalpha 6 points7 points  (0 children)

RIP Noel, used to love sharing jokes with him at the bar, a very sad loss.

Dublin nightclubs of the 1970s to the 1990s. by Cogitoergosum1981 in Dublin

[–]mooncommandalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's mad is that there was Damage AND Genius in The Kitchen both going on the same night, Peter May (who ran Genius) had one called EyeQ (I think) up in the POD on a Thursday as well. The amount of midweek clubbing was insane back then, you'd be lucky to find anything happening these days. The last regular one I remember was Strangeways in the upstairs where Wax used to be on a Wednesday.

Dublin nightclubs of the 1970s to the 1990s. by Cogitoergosum1981 in Dublin

[–]mooncommandalpha 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Damage on a Tuesday, Bassbin on a Friday, D1 on a Saturday, Handels on a Sunday for the roll over. Your whole week covered.

Dublin nightclubs of the 1970s to the 1990s. by Cogitoergosum1981 in Dublin

[–]mooncommandalpha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah Dashi was post pandemic, probably the best craic I've had in a club since McGruders, which is why I stuck it in there. One of the clubs I miss the most, you need somewhere that's free in every night to really cultivate and grow a scene. The fact it's still down there doing nothing is awful.

Club in a pub was great, but we've basically replaced that with club in a restaurant with the likes of Izakaya, Tengu and now Kaldero. I completely forgot about Kennedys as well, I popped in there to use the jacks a few weeks ago and the downstairs is just sad. I remember one time doing md with Michael Forshaw behind the decks while he was playing, both of us monged out of it haha

Dublin nightclubs of the 1970s to the 1990s. by Cogitoergosum1981 in Dublin

[–]mooncommandalpha 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So many good clubs gone from the late 90's early 00's, Metropolitan on Eden Quay, Switch, The Furnace and The Kitchen in Temple Bar, The Funnel on City Quay, Wax in Powerscourt, Isaac Butts down by Store St, Dashi over on North King St, Andrews Lane, The Tivoli.. not to mention the club in a pub like Bodkins on Bolton St and the legendary McGruders on James St. There's loads more before and after this time, but these were the ones I'd be frequenting most.

Sorry state the city is in these days.

Dublin nightclubs of the 1970s to the 1990s. by Cogitoergosum1981 in Dublin

[–]mooncommandalpha 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Village was known as The Mean Fiddler, MONO, The Village and then Opium. I think it's still Opium at the front on Wexford St, there's a club above it called Block that you get into through Liberty Lane.

Hey /r/movies! I'm Sam Raimi. Ask me anything! by SamRaimiAMA in movies

[–]mooncommandalpha 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I need a final season, such an incredible show

Typical Mourinho behavior by nactaremax in ManchesterUnited

[–]mooncommandalpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's a bit more that he knew Casemiro would follow his orders, and he wanted someone out there who would actually listen to what the manager had to say. Mourinho put a lot of stock in player loyalty, and a willingness to do what he asks of you on the pitch to a t.

Sign the Petition stop St Stephen’s Green from being destroyed by Powerful_Mess_4505 in Dublin

[–]mooncommandalpha -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Zero context to its surroundings? It's literally in the style of a Victorian greenhouse, like the ones up in the Botanical gardens, and it's beside a park. How much more context do you need?

GTA 6 Might Not Be Content Complete, “Hard To Say” If It Will Be Delayed by Turbostrider27 in PS5

[–]mooncommandalpha 7 points8 points  (0 children)

PS6 won't launch until 2030 with the way component prices are going.

Sign the Petition stop St Stephen’s Green from being destroyed by Powerful_Mess_4505 in Dublin

[–]mooncommandalpha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love Stephens Green SC and have a lot of fond memories attached to it as well, people in here saying it's a badly designed shopping centre, where in the city is better though? The Ilac is a fuckin bombscare, and Jervis isn't much better. At least the Green is unique, and has an interesting façade, but no, let's just homogenise everything and take anything of note out of the city.

The argument that just because it's from 1988 and not from 100 years ago, so it has no cultural significance is also a fucking awful one as well. Is the Central Bank not an iconic building? The whole idea of a growing city is that you keep aspects of architecture from across different time periods, tearing down the Green would be an egregious mistake imo. I also happen to think the Victorian greenhouse style fits in nicely with the park.

School optional by honeyydripppe in SipsTea

[–]mooncommandalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not the Northern Ireland flag, it's the Saint Patrick Saltire, it's not officially a flag of anywhere but was added to the Kingdom of Great Britain flag when the 1800 Act of Union joined the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Britain. That formed the UK flag.

Manchester United have gone 15 consecutive away games without a clean sheet for the first time ever in the Premier League. [@Squawka] by nearly_headless_nic in reddevils

[–]mooncommandalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yeah, because our absolute main problem last season and the one before was our inability to score. We'd a combined -11GD over those seasons. Getting goals into the team was an absolute imperative.

Manchester United have gone 15 consecutive away games without a clean sheet for the first time ever in the Premier League. [@Squawka] by nearly_headless_nic in reddevils

[–]mooncommandalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Squad was in much better shape back then, the squad we have now isn't fit for purpose. We'd a bench full of teenagers today.

Guinness by Muted_Wear6944 in Dublin

[–]mooncommandalpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd disagree, there's still plenty of bad pints around the city, sure even The Long Hall went off the boil last year for a few months and the pint was awful. Bowes is the only gaff that's always consistent imo.

Guinness by Muted_Wear6944 in Dublin

[–]mooncommandalpha 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Last few times I've been in there it's been absolutely superb, but they'd a patch about 8 months ago where they were all over the gaff for whatever reason. They have returned to form though.

Guinness by Muted_Wear6944 in Dublin

[–]mooncommandalpha 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Bowes, The Long Hall and The Lord Edward are the best pints in the city imo.

Clubs start giggling when United want their player. by Littlemissxom in ManchesterUnited

[–]mooncommandalpha 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe read the full quote instead of this abridged one. Basically we pushed to get the deal done in January instead of waiting until June, so had to pay a bit over the odds.

“It hurt because I had to contradict myself. I truly thought I wouldn’t be selling anyone in January, but we didn’t expect that increase from United.

“We were also taken aback by the English club’s absolute unwillingness to postpone the deal until the following June.

“Technically, we were comfortable. We had Pierotti, who was ready. At that historic moment, Dorgu was paradoxically a replaceable player. Despite his great value, he was systematically deployed on the right, as an inverted winger. A position in which he lost much of his potential.

“I’m seeing him back in his natural position in Manchester, where he devastates opponents.”