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    Bored In Work 1201

    You clearly like swimming a little *too* much so
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    US Election 2024

    i'm not convinced by this analysis. the people who will be impressed by him here will be people who would not vote for anyone else; if they're playing for the undecideds in the middle, he just comes across like an angry asshole.
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    US Election 2024

    it's 4d chess from trump, he's successfully distracted people away from the poor choice of vance as a running mate.
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    US Election 2024

    That's some top weird shit there. Speaking of which, it's interesting to see the republicans being so triggered by being called weird.
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    US Election 2024

    I think they call that pyromania.
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    Running?

    I recently just spent more on a pair of runners than I've ever spent on footwear (not accounting for inflation, I think). Then realised they're too warm to wear in the summer, so I may take up running to justify my investment.
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    Running?

    How does that work? I usually bin shoes when the soles wear out, how does rotating them slow that down?
  8. M

    Celebrity Creeps Thread

    photoshopping images into existence that did not exist before, possibly?
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    Anyone near Birr willing to do a bat survey?

    bats are way more common than people think. we went on a bat walk along the dodder about 15 years ago; a lad came walking past with his dog, and met a bunch of people holding weird little machines making chirping noises so asked what we were up to. 'nah, no bats here, i've been walking my dogs...
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    Bored In Work 1201

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    Anyone near Birr willing to do a bat survey?

    I guess so. I'm nowhere near birr but do have a bat detector...
  12. M

    You know you're getting old....

    I was at a funeral for a 27 year old last week. It was as good a funeral as you could expect in the circumstances. The son of a friend.
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    thumped self portrait festival of strangeness - aka The Selfies Thread

    plenty of cyclists who think they can buy their way into greater speed. though there are some gains to be made. my boss was humming and hawing over spending a shit ton on a new bike a couple of years ago; his aim was to finish the ironman in under a certain time. i pointed out to him that if he...
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    thumped self portrait festival of strangeness - aka The Selfies Thread

    fair play! how are you getting on witht he bike these days?
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    People Who Died

    https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2024/07/28/irish-author-edna-obrien-has-died-aged-93/
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    Jaysus cycling!

    pop the plastic cap off the stem - is there an allen bolt under it? the large black nut is there to tighten the fork steerer tube into the frame, rather than to tighten the stem into the fork steerer tube; so if you remove the plastic cap you should see the top of the bolt hydromancer pictured.
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    facebook ate my brain

    thumped is social media too, no?
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    facebook ate my brain

    I deleted my Facebook account a couple of years back because I realised I simply was not interacting on it any more. I do have an Instagram account. Likewise, I haven't used twitter in months but do browse bluesky.
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