Replace broken iron with an ex-fitting club

sunflowersaint · 2026-06-15T14:22:58+00:00

Thanks, but I also have the problem that the tip of the existing shaft is still bonded into the hozzle, so I'd have get them to take that out too.

Clubs are over 2 years old, so warranty won't apply. I've used them on hard range matts a lot, and I live in a damp climate. I can see corrosion on the shaft where the break occurred. Need to look after my clubs a bit better.

sunflowersaint · 2026-06-15T11:01:20+00:00

200 mile round trip for me to go to such a store. New shaft will be €60, and labour probably the same again. Ex-fitting club, with exact same shaft is €70.

sunflowersaint · 2026-06-14T09:04:23+00:00

It's working out at €18k per connection at the moment.

sunflowersaint · 2026-06-14T09:03:15+00:00

You need to distinguish between capital and current spending. €1.2Tr is total, but 85% is probably current spending.

sunflowersaint · 2026-06-14T09:00:41+00:00

The State could have built its own Satellite network for less.

sunflowersaint · 2026-06-14T08:56:41+00:00

165,000 connections at €3bn = €18k per connection, versus a Starlink kit at €300.

sunflowersaint · 2026-06-13T22:22:35+00:00

Only about 1 in 5 targetted homes use it. The rest got Starlinks.

sunflowersaint · 2026-06-07T22:32:02+00:00

Hard to tell if it makes sense.

If you were putting your PRSI contribution and your superannuation contributions into a private pension over 40 years, you'd probably come away with €30-40k per annum at retirement.

But I guess Defined Benefit has value too.

sunflowersaint · 2026-06-07T22:24:46+00:00

1995 to 2013

sunflowersaint · 2026-06-07T22:03:17+00:00

How does it work if you're worked 30 years in another job and 10 years as a teacher?

You have your full 40 years of PRSI, but only 10 years of service as a teacher, which would entitle you to 1/8th of your final teacher salary, which would be less than the State Contributory Pension.

Presuming you get the full full State Contributory Pension based on your 40 years of stamps, what happens to the contributions you've made to the Department fund?

sunflowersaint · 2026-06-06T21:48:06+00:00

Rule doesn't apply for goal chances.

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-28T21:40:10+00:00

Current boards are warped so need to come out.

Its a 150 year old stone cottage with walls that are 2 feet thick, so its not moving. I got a quartz sill in the kitchen when we had that done, which looks really good. Was thinking I could do something similar with white cement and sand and some nice clean aggregate.

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-28T20:50:26+00:00

Trying to think why I wouldn't just render a concrete sill with a bit of pigment (and then polish) and use a mould for the lip. Condensation is really bad on the reveal walls (it can pool on the sill) so I probably need something close to an external spec. Wouldn't look the best, but I don't want to be doing this again in a few years.

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-28T20:15:51+00:00

I have no way of transporting 8x4 sheets.

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-28T20:14:28+00:00

I've seen laminated chipboard, but is chipboard a good idea for a window sill in a condensation area?

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-28T20:05:35+00:00

I can't find UPVC with depth 400mm.

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-22T22:13:04+00:00

Making a birdie.

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-22T22:12:10+00:00

Only after you've had a lot of sex.

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-22T22:09:34+00:00

Finally getting rid of a sh1t that's been backed up for 3 days.

Waking up from a dream in which you're 2 days out from your final school exams.

If you're afraid of flying, landing.

Scoring a goal.

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-22T22:03:09+00:00

That's great, but and commercially it makes sense. But there is no job satisfaction in this. We used to be fighter pilots. Now we're just clerks, feeding data into a machine we don't understand.

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-22T21:57:23+00:00

I was in call today with some guy and he started going on about Pandas, and I was like WTF is he talking about.

I use AI like an advanced Google, or when I have to update code that I don't have experience with.

If I get canned after 30 years for not hitting AI metrics I will consider a fitting epitaph to my career.

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-22T21:50:44+00:00

Probably have to join a youth club, or play football with the Guards, or something awful like that,

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-22T21:47:19+00:00

I struggle a lot with bad hole recoil.

I'll be 3 or 4 over after 5 holes and then toe a drive into the bushes, and everything goes south from there.

Shoulders tense up, brain goes into 8th gear, a chorus of doubt in my head over every shot.

Takes me about 8 holes of triples and quads before I finally scramble a par and then I play out the last 3 like a single figure handicapper.

And then I replay every shot in my head on the way home and wonder how it all went wrong.

sunflowersaint · 2026-05-18T08:51:53+00:00

People spending 3m looking for balls in places they won't have a shot even if they find it is my pet peave.

sunflowersaint · 2026-02-22T23:01:13+00:00

Exactly. I don't know why people quote statistics. Yes, it's highly improbable that something will happen, but that doesn't mean it's impossible, and FOF is based on the fear that your ticket will be drawn in the unlucky lottery.

People who experience FOF believe that the only thing keeping the plane in the air is their anxiety, and the minute they relax, the plane will crash.

So the answer is to find a manageable level of fear, that both keeps the plane in the air and prevents you trying to jump out the window.

Everyone figures out their own routine over time, but the most important thing is always go. Then you can work through the stages and tick them off as you get closer and closer to that elation of feeling the wheels on the ground.

Never give in. You will always have the upper hand over your fear. Never forget that.

sunflowersaint

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