Moan of the Month

[Rocker]

Rocker for Taoiseach
Great analysis of the 'young' vote.

you are a scream. HID says try living with me!!

I'm going to have a look at all our EU elected reps just to get the complete picture. Is Europe ready for Mick and his pink outfits? and the green jersies?

[Strum]

I haven't moaned in a while but I HAVE to moan about the printing process in the lexicon library.
So, I have 22 word documents on my drive, some in colour some B/W. As far back as almost 20 year ago I could select all the files, right click and print, that was it.
In the Lexicon you have to open all of the files and print separately, but you have to locate the right printer first for each one depending on colour or b/w, then click print and then get a six digit code for every one of them. THEN go to the printer and put your money in and type each code out one by one. I was tearing my hair out at the frustration of the whole process, an hour and a half to print them all out.
I asked the librarian if they was any way to batch print a lot of documents, no, frayed not and apparently it's the biggest complaint they get there.
I'm not surprised.

[Micheál]

Rocker,

Q1: Why on earth would you chose a "library" for a print service (over, say, a filling station, or a laundry)?
Q2 Why print at all? Who needs paper?

M.

[Rocker]

Rocker,

Q1: Why on earth would you chose a "library" for a print service (over, say, a filling station, or a laundry)?
Q2 Why print at all? Who needs paper?

M.

Micheál, when I was doing my course I used to have to produce three copies of my essays, printed and bound and it used to give me grief trying to find a good binding service and printer with good presentation. We got a bit of a decent printer here last Christmas and that has been a godsend when we need anything printed.

[gingertom]

Rocker,

Q1: Why on earth would you chose a "library" for a print service (over, say, a filling station, or a laundry)?
Q2 Why print at all? Who needs paper?

M.

Micheál, paper is a vital component for us to record important information as a backup, especially when computer hard drives go belly up!
Certainly, in my experience, the written word, when produced on a hard copy, in order to inform and illustrate
a message, is still empirically relevant.
Alas, paper is very cumbersome and costly to generate, print upon, purchase to distribute and store.
Everything has its disadvantages but the tangible written word has none.

[Rocker]

Now this is really an anti moan one. I've had a few days of the most unusual coincidences!! yesterday was a fraught enough day so I decided to start in the time honoured way by having the gorgeous breakfast in Wetherspoons Blackrock. There I encountered a chap whom I have met in there a few times and we had the most enlightening conversation. Cheered me up no end. Then to St Michael's for scans (dreading). On the way the heavens opened and of course I didn't have a coat so a quick sprint (hobble) to penny for an umbrella (my second in as many days). Great value if you are looking for a colourful one for a fiver. Got the most gorgeous T and fleece leggings for under a tenner then to the hospital. I had heard that the radiologist had retired. Imagine my delight when I was met by the most gracious new lady who put me at my ease and carried out the tests with a smile and a good old fashioned laugh. today was also fraught had an appointment which went quite well then to the bus stop to wait for the famous bus! 15 minutes later and I am in conversation with the most knowledgeable man who knew just about everyone from my childhood and the waiting time flew. He had been a car dealer and knew my favourite man who's garage is now Aldi so I decided on the way home to drop into aldi. there I met Sinead in the car park and we sorted the world. The world is full of chance encounters sent to cheer us in our off days.

[Denis Cromie]

Good stuff Rocker, good people, a chat and a smile cheers us all up.

[Micheál]

And I can just imagine all the great stories those people passed-on about their very pleasant encounters with you Rocker.
It's contagious.

M.

[Rocker]

I've been away for the last few weeks and no-one has put up a good moan! Oh, poor grammar he could be relied on to stir the pot!! My big moan is that nowadays everyone is so wrapped up in their own lives that the Don't notice that the neighbours garden needs mowing!! God be with the good old days when we did our neighbours garden whenever we were doing our own! When we shared the cake, Apple tart or dinner!! not to mention the bowl of sugar or drop of milk. When did we lose the common touch?

[bugrock]

Rocker, we don't even know our neighbours these days. And even if we offered help they might tell us to F**k Off anyway!

[Sinead]

Rocker, the common touch was lost when kids stopped going out to play and neighbours ceased to call for a chat and a cuppa. Everything has to be arranged/organised in advance, nothing is spontaneous.

Sinéad

[Micheál]

Is it just me or has anyone else ever heard of or seen BleeperBike?

"“The Bleeperbike pilot scheme was very popular with the public in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. It is very disappointing the company have decided to withdraw their services.”

M.

[Rocker]

Is it just me or has anyone else ever heard of or seen BleeperBike?

"“The Bleeperbike pilot scheme was very popular with the public in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. It is very disappointing the company have decided to withdraw their services.”

M.

I'd say it was lack of advertising did it! I never heard of it!

[skins]

I'm in a bad humour, so I'll take it out on RTE, (and on you, Genital Reader).

Why, when I tune in for the 6pm news every evening, do RTE1 insist on telling me what's happening in Neighbours over on RTE2. Surely I would have already tuned in to RTE2 if I wanted to see that programme?

Why do Jacqui and Evanne persist in referring to "fuhball" and "rubby".

Presenters with weak speaking voices, like Joe Stack, who dies away on the end of a sentence.

Mary Wilson and Joe Duffy constantly cutting across interviewees' answers.

Miriam O'Callaghan's irritating drawl.

The number of people (not just confined to RTE) who talk about "vunerable" children. Thers's no such word.

The insistence on having to have a female member on every sporting panel.

The otherwise excellent Ronan Collins referring to "roundy birthdays". I've no problem with people keeping their age secret but spare me the oh-so-coy "roundy" stuff.

If you'll excuse me now, I have to go and kick the cat.

[Rocker]

Oh skins,
that is a great list....couldn't agree more!!
another one which really irritates me is the lady newsreader who always wears a dark outfit and must brush her hair before she comes on but, she has blond hairs and dandruff on the shoulders and down the front of the dress. I wrote to RTE about it but....surprise, surprise...they didn't answer. I suppose I should get over myself and my high hygiene standards.

[Micheál]

Genital Reader

[Denis Cromie]

I'm in a bad humour, so I'll take it out on RTE, (and on you, Genital Reader).

Why, when I tune in for the 6pm news every evening, do RTE1 insist on telling me what's happening in Neighbours over on RTE2. Surely I would have already tuned in to RTE2 if I wanted to see that programme?

Why do Jacqui and Evanne persist in referring to "fuhball" and "rubby".

Presenters with weak speaking voices, like Joe Stack, who dies away on the end of a sentence.

Mary Wilson and Joe Duffy constantly cutting across interviewees' answers.

Miriam O'Callaghan's irritating drawl.

The number of people (not just confined to RTE) who talk about "vunerable" children. Thers's no such word.

The insistence on having to have a female member on every sporting panel.

The otherwise excellent Ronan Collins referring to "roundy birthdays". I've no problem with people keeping their age secret but spare me the oh-so-coy "roundy" stuff.

If you'll excuse me now, I have to go and kick the cat.

Leave the cat alone, what you need to do is go out for a pint. I wish I lived near you then we could both go out and moan to our hearts content. Mary Wilson and Joe Duffy are very much on my moan list too.

[Sinead]

On more than one occasion I have written to RTE about the total ignorance of some of their interviewers. Now I have no particular love for politicians but they had the guts to put themselves forward and in my book deserve a modicum of respect for having done so. RTE interviewers constantly ask politicians a question and then refuse to let them answer, they just want to hear their own voice.
Skins, I agree with all your comments, you forgot 'reids' for wreaths, buck for book, cuk for cook - it goes on and on.

[Strum]

cuk for cook

My Granny used to say "Don't say cook, say cuke" "Don't say book say buke" but I've never said cuke or buke in my life.

[Rocker]

buk, cuk, smuder your mudder, proud of my Rock accent. I was on a tour with some hoity toity South Dublin ladies and one approached me and in a condescending manner asked" I'm intrigued by your accent! what part of Ireland do you come from?". I knew what she was getting at and replied "all the poor people in Blackrock talk like me!"...she didn't know what to say. But, anyway getting back to broadcasters ...there doesn't seem to be any standard any more. Radio stations have broadcasters who say "I seen" and "I done". When there is an incident in a foreign country each broadcaster pronounces the name of the country or individual concerned phonetically!

[jabra]

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