The say anything, what's on your mind thread

**Magicme** · 20/08/2012, 2:49 AM

He did it. My boy did it. I brought him into the world. Brought him up with virtually no input from his dad. Now he is leaving me and going to University. Ummmm. Delighted and heartbroken in one swift move.

**BonnieShels** · 20/08/2012, 7:16 PM

Originally Posted by Magicme

He did it. My boy did it. I brought him into the world. Brought him up with virtually no input from his dad. Now he is leaving me and going to University. Ummmm. Delighted and heartbroken in one swift move.

huzzah. Now you can concentrate on the finer things in life. Wine and embarrasing him when he bring mates back from college.

**Paddyfield** · 20/08/2012, 9:46 PM

Originally Posted by Magicme

He did it. My boy did it. I brought him into the world. Brought him up with virtually no input from his dad. Now he is leaving me and going to University. Ummmm. Delighted and heartbroken in one swift move.

Well done magicme. Where is he going to college? It's hardly University of Monaghan?

**Mr A** · 20/08/2012, 10:19 PM

Woah- It's hard enough to believe a Monaghan person would get into college, let's not go mental.

**osarusan** · 22/08/2012, 8:25 AM

34 degrees in Tokyo. F**k that.

**Eminence Grise** · 22/08/2012, 10:17 AM

Can you bottle some of that and send it to Dublin?

**pineapple stu** · 22/08/2012, 10:51 AM

You don't want it. Tokyo summer heat is overrated.

**nigel-harps1954** · 22/08/2012, 12:58 PM

You can take away some of the Donegal heat if you want. Annoyance that is rain in warm weather.

**Paddyfield** · 22/08/2012, 8:57 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

You can take away some of the Donegal heat if you want. Annoyance that is rain in warm weather.

You just couldn't make this stuff up

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...r-3207511.html

TOURISTS have been put off visiting Ireland's most northerly county by inaccurate weather forecasts, a town mayor has complained.

Mayor of Letterkenny Dessie Larkin said there is a perception that all it does in Co Donegal is rain when, in fact, this summer has been much better than had been portrayed on RTE by forecasts.

**BonnieShels** · 22/08/2012, 9:30 PM

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

You just couldn't make this stuff up

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...r-3207511.html

TOURISTS have been put off visiting Ireland's most northerly county by inaccurate weather forecasts, a town mayor has complained.

Mayor of Letterkenny Dessie Larkin said there is a perception that all it does in Co Donegal is rain when, in fact, this summer has been much better than had been portrayed on RTE by forecasts.

I've met Dessie. Did a course with him. Nice chap despite his Blaney leanings.

I would say though that he has a point (kinda) as the perception of Donegal is that the weather is rotten ALL the time.
However people don't go to Donegal cos they assume it's a pain in the ass to get to. It's not. Though it could be better.

**SkStu** · 23/08/2012, 12:26 AM

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

You just couldn't make this stuff up

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...r-3207511.html

TOURISTS have been put off visiting Ireland's most northerly county by inaccurate weather forecasts, a town mayor has complained.

Mayor of Letterkenny Dessie Larkin said there is a perception that all it does in Co Donegal is rain when, in fact, this summer has been much better than had been portrayed on RTE by forecasts.

Funnily enough, I remember hearing on local radio here that businesses in Belgium (iirc) were taking legal action against their national weather forecasters due to inaccurate weather forecasts that had affected tourism and therefore, their businesses... Crazy stuff! (I'll see if I can find it online)

Here: http://www.npr.org/2012/08/17/158109...ther-forecasts

**peadar1987** · 23/08/2012, 7:40 AM

My family used to go on holiday to Donegal every year for a few weeks, loved it! The first time I can really clearly remember was a two week spell in the summer of 1995, absolute scorcher, I don't think there was a cloud for 14 days. That's permanently affected my impression of the north-west, and now I always feel vaguely let-down and disappointed if it's cloudy or rainy at all!

**peadar1987** · 23/08/2012, 7:42 AM

Cork, on the other hand...

**Mr A** · 23/08/2012, 9:28 AM

I think the guy has a point- I've been home a lot more than usual this summer and can honestly say that it has been a vastly better summer in Donegal than it has in Galway. There have been a lot of weekends where it was woeful in Galway but very nice indeed in Buncrana.

On the other hand the reason weather forecasts are wrong is because is spectacularly difficult to do accurately over anything but short timescales and there isn't any real way of getting away from that.

**pineapple stu** · 23/08/2012, 10:09 AM

Seems to be a way of getting cheap advertising to be honest.

On the other hand, maybe local authorities should be allowed to pay Met Éireann for a better forecast. That'd be fun.

**peadar1987** · 23/08/2012, 10:14 AM

This reminds me of the drought the south of England had earlier this year. People were ringing up giving out the weather forecasters complaining that it was raining but the reservoirs were still empty. As if it was their fault!

**BonnieShels** · 23/08/2012, 1:02 PM

Originally Posted by Mr A

I think the guy has a point- I've been home a lot more than usual this summer and can honestly say that it has been a vastly better summer in Donegal than it has in Galway. There have been a lot of weekends where it was woeful in Galway but very nice indeed in Buncrana.

On the other hand the reason weather forecasts are wrong is because is spectacularly difficult to do accurately over anything but short timescales and there isn't any real way of getting away from that.

It's always woeful in Galway.
I've never been to Galway where it hasn't rained.

Not to exaggerate and get the mayor of Galway onto me.

**nigel-harps1954** · 23/08/2012, 6:08 PM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

It's always woeful in Galway.
I've never been to Galway where it hasn't rained.

Not to exaggerate and get the mayor of Galway onto me.

Funny, when my girlfriend lived in Galway it always ****ed the rain when I visited. Yet she claimed the weather was always better in Galway than it was in Letterkenny.

Been unexpectedly burnt raw on a couple of occasions this summer. Climbed mount Errigal a couple of weeks back and it must have been one of the hottest days of my life.

On the contrary, I've noticed a massive increase in tourists up here this summer. So I don't get Dessie Larkins point. I've always figured he was a bit of a stirrer, but a smart one in a way that attracts plenty of attention on Letterkenny.

**Schumi** · 23/08/2012, 6:54 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Funny, when my girlfriend lived in Galway it always ****ed the rain when I visited. Yet she claimed the weather was always better in Galway than it was in Letterkenny.

Does she announce Salthill's attendances too?

**pineapple stu** · 23/08/2012, 8:38 PM

Just on the radio there that today's the anniversary one of rock's more iconic moments - Keith Moon driving into the swimming pool. Nice piece on it here - I like the bit that he couldn't actually drive, and was just trying to escape from the police, who wanted to shut his party down. He was eventually caught after slipping on a piece of his own cake.

Don't make them like that any more.