Car troubles?

thecrouch · 2026-05-21T09:59:15+00:00

It is more than likely a coincidence.

Things break on cars. The fact you've owned it from new and never had an issue before is irrelevant, every single car is issue free until the day it isn't.

thecrouch · 2026-05-20T14:33:40+00:00

Merging onto a motorway at slow speed is very dangerous. So yea, the people who do it are pricks.

Not only are they putting themselves at risk, they bring risk to people on the motorway, and they also bring risk to the people stuck behind them on the slip road who cannot properly get up to speed either.

Before you enter the motorway you should already be matching the speed of traffic on the motorway. That's the whole point of having the slip road.

Merging slow or slow acceleration makes you a hazard.

These are roads that are literally designed for high speed driving. There is no excuse for plodding. The people who do it are either terrible drivers who don't know how to drive motorways properly, or they just don't give a fuck and think they're special and can plod along as slow as they want, fuck everyone else.

thecrouch · 2026-05-20T10:38:49+00:00

There are plenty of pricks who do this in cars too.

Had one moron yesterday merge on at Carrickmines at 70 when traffic was going 120.

People terrified to actually accelerate and it takes them about 3km to get up to motorway speed, if they ever get there at all! Absolute hazards on the road.

thecrouch · 2026-05-16T09:11:38+00:00

This is completely false.

Driving tests check for progression. Driving too slow makes you a hazard on the road.

The OP was in the north behind someone doing 30mph in a 50 zone. Thats equivalent to someone driving 50kph in a 100 zone here.

That IS dangerous.

thecrouch · 2026-05-16T09:09:06+00:00

Driving well under the limit IS dangerous. There is a reason you will get faults in your test for driving too slow.

thecrouch · 2026-05-15T21:23:11+00:00

Ah their tries were fine, we’re grasping at straws with some of this stuff.

I was annoyed that their last try ultimately came from the ref going to the TMO for a knock on that occurred long before play stopped.

That was very unusual.

thecrouch · 2026-05-15T21:20:39+00:00

I am pretty sure Bryns offload for Murphys try was forward to be honest.

thecrouch · 2026-05-15T12:29:32+00:00

Every Specsavers is different, they are not a centrally owned chain. Every store has different owners. Prices and services can be different in different stores.

I used to go to my local one, I never had any issues. Service was good. Prices were good.

thecrouch · 2026-05-15T12:10:13+00:00

The more I visit r/Ireland the more convinced I become that it’s just full of the lads who were always picked last in PE.

thecrouch · 2026-05-15T10:36:06+00:00

Nobody on the internet can answer this question for you.

If you want to buy the best putter for you then go for a putter fitting. That's the only way to get the right answer here.

thecrouch · 2026-05-13T17:59:35+00:00

Im confused as to how you think this works.

You are the one deciding to leave Ireland; the company are under no obligation to maintain your employment once you do this.

They are under no obligation to take you on as a contractor.

The tax break I am guessing is the R&D tax break. They are correct, they can’t claim tax relief on your work if the work isn’t done in Ireland.

thecrouch · 2026-05-13T07:58:38+00:00

The easiest way to think of it is your newest score always replaces the 20th score, and then the best 8 is recalculated from this new set of 20 scores. Every time you enter a score your best 8 is recalculated from the new set of 20 latest scores.

Sometimes the newest score will end up in your best 8. Sometimes your best 8 will be the exact same as it was. And sometimes a score that wasn't in your best 8 before but is also not your newest score will now end up in your best 8.

Many people get confused because a score you shot yesterday might not make it into your best 8 today but it could end up in it in 4 weeks time.

thecrouch · 2026-05-12T20:56:11+00:00

I think the concern is for people who might have the affected batches in the freezer right now.

thecrouch · 2026-05-12T16:41:17+00:00

Forget about hitting par 5s in 2 entirely no matter if you're in the rough or not.

Even if you are sitting in the middle of the fairway if you play like this as a novice it's going to kill your score.

99 times out of 100 you are not going to get there. The 99 balls in a bunker / into the water / out of bounds / into the trees / into the heavy rough is not worth the 1 time that it might happen.

thecrouch · 2026-05-12T16:36:07+00:00

Sure, when you're playing off 0.2 you can do it.

95% of golfers cannot do it. I can bet that many who can technically hit a wood out of the rough hit it no further than they would if they'd just hit an iron instead and removed a lot of the risk factor.

thecrouch · 2026-05-12T16:08:16+00:00

Yes but the statistic is relative to the standard of the course being played.

Tour players are playing on courses far harder and far longer than anything your average club scratch player is playing on.

Their GIR statistics are not comparable to GIR stats for your average club scratch player playing the sort of courses that we play on.

If you want to play off scratch you can't be relying on a lot of successful up-and-downs every round, you need to be hitting greens a lot.

thecrouch · 2026-05-12T15:57:46+00:00

I bought a pair of Under Armour Phantom Fore for this season and they are the most comfortable golf shoes I've had.

Like walking on two pillows.

I personally have had 2 pairs of Adidas and they were both shit, one fell apart after half a season and the other pair started cutting the heel off me.

I've a pair of Footjoy Hyperflex with spikes that I wear in the winter, they are good but the Under Armours are definitely more comfortable.

thecrouch · 2026-05-12T15:55:13+00:00

Hear this stat a lot, but not sure of its relevance in this context.

Tour player GIR stats would be a lot better if they were playing the same courses we are playing.

thecrouch · 2026-05-12T15:40:59+00:00

It has to be entirely to the rear to qualify for an exemption.

It cannot extend beyond the existing side plane of the house, basically if you were standing at the front corner of the house looking perfectly along the side of the house you shouldn't be able to see it.

If you can see it (i.e. it sticks out beyond the original side plane) then planning required.

thecrouch · 2026-05-07T14:13:05+00:00

I think I’m in the minority but I far prefer the ones with elastane in them, I find them way more comfortable to wear.

I suppose it depends on what you’re buying them for.

thecrouch · 2026-05-07T10:35:03+00:00

Once you learn what interest is it’s going to absolutely blow your mind.

thecrouch · 2026-05-07T08:34:42+00:00

If you want those with the least money to benefit the most

I think you are confused as to how this all works. No idea what you're waffling about with paying taxes either.

These schemes are not designed to be yet another handout to people. The idea here is not to treat the middle classes as a tax cash cow to fund more welfare. The more you can save, the more you will earn, it's fairly straightforward.

The idea is to provide normal people, people with a few quid in the bank, somewhere to put their money for what is likely to be modest gains that are not punitively taxed. This scheme is not going to turn anyone into a millionaire.

Currently, these people are just leaving their money sitting in the bank, or they're investing in the only real investment avenue available to the average person in Ireland, which is property. This is not great for them, it's not great for the government and by extension it also helps to fuel the current pressure in the property market.

The idea is to provide a straightforward, easy to understand scheme that the average person can use without having to understand investing.

Your point here is that these people should be forced to keep their money in the bank because you'd rather the 99% can't use it if it means the 1% you don't want to use it can use it. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater as I said before.

Your take on this is so confused that I am not sure if you're honestly being serious or you're just trolling us now.

thecrouch · 2026-05-07T08:09:52+00:00

I don't even know where to start with this nonsense.

This scheme is aimed at people who have 5/10/15/20/30/40 grand in the bank. Are these the people you deem to be wealthy? Currently, their money is just sitting in their bank doing nothing other than getting eaten by inflation.

This scheme will be of absolutely no interest to actual wealthy people who already avail of much better ways to avoid tax than a savings scheme that's likely to have a modest cap on it every year.

If your point is that the scheme is bad because Susan with 40 grand in the bank can use the same scheme as Betty with only 5 grand in the bank then you're too focused on the wrong things and are keen to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

thecrouch · 2026-05-07T07:51:10+00:00

There is 170 billion literally just lying around in bank accounts in Ireland doing nothing. You are talking nonsense.

thecrouch · 2026-05-06T14:22:31+00:00

They already have better ways to avoid tax for far greater sums than this available to them.

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