Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Rat Catcher on August 23, 2018, 01:25:59 pm
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Went for a pint up above in Dublin last night with a couple of colleagues/competitors so decided to have a swim this morning in the Northside SC pool. I was there a couple of times as a boy many many years ago (although I mostly swam in St. Paul's, Raheny) so, being the summer holidays anall I was expecting it to be packed with kids. Well, I was in for a pleasant surprise. I had the entire pool to myself for the princely sum of €4.50. An absolutely fantastic facility, clinically clean, friendly, courteous staff... I'll be back!
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get a passport for leisure fromthe council gives you cheap entry to pools or gyms you need to be over 55 but they dint check ,
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Might bring the kids down
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Might bring the kids down
The pool WAS clinically clean!!
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Might bring the kids down
The pool WAS clinically clean!!
Just trying to make it as accurate to his childhood experience
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get a passport for leisure fromthe council gives you cheap entry to pools or gyms you need to be over 55 but they dint check ,
They looked....
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I have heard that before about free entry to the gyms tell us more ffs
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Its not free its subsidized .www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-recreation-culture-sports-facilities/passport-leisure (http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-recreation-culture-sports-facilities/passport-leisure) Reduced entry Gym 13 euro a month they also do reduced prices on entry tickets to shows and sporting events .
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Is that for ALL gyms,or just those under DCC control ?
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Is that for ALL gyms,or just those under DCC control ?
Councils .There is a list somewhere on line did they open some sort of pool in Clontarf ?
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no that is the new baths. your not allowed to use the swimming pool unless you have your own insurance. the restraunt in it does great business though
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Might bring the kids down
The pool WAS clinically clean!!
Now there's a ring around it. 8)
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Might bring the kids down
The pool WAS clinically clean!!
Now there's a ring around it. 8)
He did say....like his childhood...or something like that!!
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Might bring the kids down
The pool WAS clinically clean!!
Now there's a ring around it. 8)
He did say....like his childhood...or something like that!!
He was given a few lengths by the Christian brothers!!
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Went for a pint up above in Dublin last night with a couple of colleagues/competitors so decided to have a swim this morning in the Northside SC pool. I was there a couple of times as a boy many many years ago (although I mostly swam in St. Paul's, Raheny) so, being the summer holidays anall I was expecting it to be packed with kids. Well, I was in for a pleasant surprise. I had the entire pool to myself for the princely sum of €4.50. An absolutely fantastic facility, clinically clean, friendly, courteous staff... I'll be back!
Jaysus, flashbacks to my childhood of swimming in that piss filled pool gulping down gallons of the water in my attempts to swim then onto Mannings bakery in the SC for chester cakes lol
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Slices.. Chester slices they were called.. or if you were smart you ordered the bits around the edges..a big fuck off bag of them ye got for tempince.
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You're older than you think.
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You're older than you think.
Keeps tellin me he's 30 or something stupid like that.
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Might bring the kids down
You'd be mad not to, practically a private pool on your doorstep. If we had one in the beautiful seaside resort town of Balbriggan or elsewhere in Fingal I'd be there three or four times a week. The sea is getting too cold for my aging bones... even at the height of this year's Indian summer.
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Might bring the kids down
You'd be mad not to, practically a private pool on your doorstep. If we had one in the beautiful seaside resort town of Balbriggan or elsewhere in Fingal I'd be there three or four times a week. The sea is getting too cold for my aging bones... even at the height of this year's Indian summer.
Sept/October best for sea temp. Heats up slowly over the summer.
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Jaysus, flashbacks to my childhood of swimming in that piss filled pool gulping down gallons of the water in my attempts to swim then onto Mannings bakery in the SC for chester cakes lol
I guess that's closer to what I was expecting. The few times I was there as a boy it was hive of activity, packed with snotty nosed kids many of whom obviously there for a well overdue wash. Hard to rely on one visit as conclusive evidence but I guess the working classes are too busy working these days to bring (or bother sending) their kids to the "baths" or, perhaps more likely, are all members of private clubs with Gyms and Pools. I'm planning to go again next week, probably Tues or Wed evening and starting work from there - it happens to be on my cruising route so convenient enough in that respect.
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Sept/October best for sea temp. Heats up slowly over the summer.
Worth bearing in mind. Over the years I've only ever gone in "beach weather" and only then if the water is rated excellent.
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MSC home to the Veruccas. 8)
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Tara St baths was were i learned how to struggle with confidence...in the deep end courtesy of my brother!!
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Struggle - that kinda sums up how my actual swim went. I thought I'd have no bother clocking up ten or twelve lengths but I was outta breath after one or two. Yet another wake up call. I didn't have (or notice) the same struggle during the occasional swims I've had in the sea or in pools on holidays over the past few years, maybe it was the pressure of being the sole focus of the obligatory lifeguard! When the kids were younger (and we had a local pool in Gormanstown) I was obviously a lot fitter,. As I said to Mrs Catcher, I wouldn't have to "let" the kids win a race now!
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Tara St baths was were i learned how to struggle with confidence...in the deep end courtesy of my brother!!
In Cork fer me it was the Eglantine street baths which is now Angelsea street Garda station, we would be sent off with Ten pence, Four pence fer the bus in and Four pence out fer over Ten year olds and Two pence entry in to the baths.
But fer Under Ten years olds the bus fare was just Two pence, so the trick was to convince the conductor that you were under 10 or else 'Jack' the fare completely and then ya could get a bag of Tayto's in the corner shop on your way home.
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Went back for a swim on my way to work last evening. Got there around 19:08 and once again had the entire pool to myself. But there's a catch! This is the last week of the summer schedule and with clubs/schools returning next week public hours will be significantly curtailed. Can't find the Autumn schedule online, probably not published yet... but it looks like I might have to find another pool if I'm going to continue with my plan to have a swim once a week, all part of my quest to get fit/lose weight.
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CRC is not bad
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Thanks, reasonably priced anyway. Closes a bit early (7pm most nights) but I guess I could have an early dinner one day a week. Being part of the Remedial clinic seems apt!
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You wouldn't believe me if you saw me now but a looooong time ago, I got a full-time job as a lifeguard in a swimming pool in a regional town close to Dublin. It was a public service/civil service job 'n all.
Anyways, when the travellers visited the town on their summer travels, they used to pay to come into the swimming pool. Not for swimming. They used to bring in their clothes and wash themselves and their clothes in the showers!
I never really liked public swimming pools because, well, the public use them...
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I well believe it. As noted I was pleasantly surprised with NSC pool. Don't think I woulda gone in if I spotted any clapped out Hiace vans in the carpark. I was a competent swimmer myself many years ago, got the life saving badge among others, just around the corner from CRC in St. Pauls. Similarly, ifn you saw me swim now you wouldn't believe that!
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Reminds me of an episode of steptoe and son I seen.Albert is in the shower,and he has the dishes in there with him,cause he doesn't want to waste the hot water
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Well your back now rat,you won't be long getting back your Fitness
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I'm pretty determined to keep at it, doing my bit of exercise every day and watching the calories, still under 17 stone even after the holiday excesses so I reckon I'll hit my target of 15 stone by Christmas.
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Should get yourself one of those fatbits. New one on the market, waterproof etc. Handy for keeping track of your exercise, records all exercise types automatically and tracks your heart rate, sleep quality .. even clocks up steps when youre driving or pedaling as I recently found out. Might even let ya know how bollixed your heart is if you study it enough.
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Mrs. Catcher has one of those... it's not getting much by way of results but she was able to tell me we walked 6.67 miles on Sunday. I did have an app on my phone that counted steps and such like but it bored me... I did notice it clocking up steps while driving, too. I guess there's some data I can do without. My faulty glow plug on number 4 cylinder still annoys me, wouldn't have any idea that it's faulty without the OBDEleven (VAG specific) scanner I use, it doesn't show up with generic scanners.
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I used to use the Myfitness Pal app synced to the Fatbit. Worked well to lose the weight but at the end of the day you have to get stuck in and take responsibility for your own gluttony. Some people want to lose a stone a week, 1 or 2 pound is a healthy rate pw tbh. The key is to try make all your own grub so you know what youre ating when youre using those apps.
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I'm pretty determined to keep at it, doing my bit of exercise every day and watching the calories, still under 17 stone even after the holiday excesses so I reckon I'll hit my target of 15 stone by Christmas.
If you want to get into good shape and feel good it's fairly easy, just cut out most carbs, eat more meat and animal fats and cut out 90% of all sugar. Within a couple of months you'll drop a load of weight, all sugar converts into fat in the body, all carbs convert into glucose/sugar which also converts into fat.
The whole fat causes heart disease thing has been proven to be a myth, eat mostly animal fats and meat with leafy veggies with a small amount of carbs and train a bit and you'll be ripped in no time.
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Should get yourself one of those fatbits. New one on the market, waterproof etc. Handy for keeping track of your exercise, records all exercise types automatically and tracks your heart rate, sleep quality .. even clocks up steps when youre driving or pedaling as I recently found out. Might even let ya know how bollixed your heart is if you study it enough.
An activity more married than single men do every day.
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Rat I walk every day along the clontarf road,your welcome to join me if you wish
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Rat I walk every day along the clontarf road,your welcome to join me if you wish
I thought ermy was just being a dope calling you Dollymount!!
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Well I've extended my offer to walk to John also,but he didn't reply
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Well I've extended my offer to walk to John also,but he didn't reply
John would only be interested in inviting you to his gaff for a cooked breakfast....if you're name is RC!!
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Ah I see ,oh well
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Well I've extended my offer to walk to John also,but he didn't reply
John would only be interested in inviting you to his gaff for a cooked breakfast....if you're name is RC!!
Just lost my appetite.
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Well I've extended my offer to walk to John also,but he didn't reply
John would only be interested in inviting you to his gaff for a cooked breakfast....if you're name is RC!!
Just lost my appetite.
Fried bread anall i believe....cooked in dripping!!
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I might take you up on that when I'm hanging round Dublin sometime, thanks DM.
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There's a fancy new bar and restaurant down there now called the Bathhouse.Looks nice.I think it was an old bathhouse oddly enough.In case the walk gets too much.
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The old baths... supposed to be reopening but it's not for the faint hearted, as far as I know the pool won't be heated.
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There's a fancy new bar and restaurant down there now called the Bathhouse.Looks nice.I think it was an old bathhouse oddly enough.In case the walk gets too much.
A bit posh MFH!!
I've had a few walk down that way over the last few months,for some of the specialist work on my Citroen,i'd leave it in with Noel(Dolphin) on Moat Ln,then go for a stroll,the last one i had brought me from Vernon Ave to Sutton Cross and back to Drumcondra(Abra...don't judge me) and back to Moat Ln....i'll admit it left a few blisters on my right foot!!
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I haven't been in it yet but mean to get there before the kip crashes again then it will be an actual Bathhouse again.
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Nice place actually...saffron rice with sticky something I remember eating. The ambience was fairly stifled the evening myself and Benilda ate there though. Quite the spectacle we were what with the footie and O'Connell's lads staring.
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I haven't been in it yet but mean to get there before the kip crashes again then it will be an actual Bathhouse again.
No doubt it will crash....these places tend to be packed to the rafters with have to be seen there types...but they tend to move on to the next best thing after a while.
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The Yacht me bollox.....out to Howth with ye...tipperary fuckers.
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Love seen places like that go under. I see that Residence kip has changed these days to The Grayson. Supposedly not as welcoming to the clitterati as the other kip was. Had one of the barman in on Sunday. Some toffee nosed geebag asked him to take her coat.. no, it won't fit me was his reply.
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I might wait until they're gone Hal.^^^
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Love seen places like that go under. I see that Residence kip has changed these days to The Grayson. Supposedly not as welcoming to the clitterati as the other kip was. Had one of the barman in on Sunday. Some toffee nosed geebag asked him to take her coat.. no, it won't fit me was his reply.
Nice retort. Heard a fella in Tallaght Lidl being asked by a Pole whether or not he "vants a bag for life". "Fuck that son, she's too fat for the ride never mind the shops".
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Nice place actually...saffron rice with sticky something I remember eating. The ambience was fairly stifled the evening myself and Benilda ate there though. Quite the spectacle we were what with the footie and O'Connell's lads staring.
She's a bleedin saint...is all i can say!!
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Alright Hal.....yep....well now, there's a turnip for the books. A bit more subtlety, Hal...ffs.
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Speaking of fancy have yis seen the new place on Dawson at the corner of Molesworth Street.Before that was the Royal Sun building.Looks like the type of place you'd need two ties to get in.Some cash being pumped into these places.
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The Ivy? Went in there after a match one night and got fucked out for wearing a jersey. Just asked to use their "jacks".
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^^^Yeah that's it Ll.Don't feel put out.... when the taxi rank was on Dawson we used to use the coffee shops toilet in that very building until the manager barred us.His words were 'yis don't spend anything'...he was told his coffee was too expensive.2 years later the bulding was demolished and site rebuilt.
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Taxi drivers using toilets .. notions..
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The Ivy.....another place full of wankers!!
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^^^Yeah that's it Ll.Don't feel put out.... when the taxi rank was on Dawson we used to use the coffee shops toilet in that very building until the manager barred us.His words were 'yis don't spend anything'...he was told his coffee was too expensive.2 years later the bulding was demolished and site rebuilt.
What the fuck are you on about? What's wrong with Fassaugh Ave?
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On the day we were all barred I had a particularly bad dump in there.The little coffee shop had one toilet but I got caught out.Felt sorry for the next user tbh..
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^^^Yeah that's it Ll.Don't feel put out.... when the taxi rank was on Dawson we used to use the coffee shops toilet in that very building until the manager barred us.His words were 'yis don't spend anything'...he was told his coffee was too expensive.2 years later the bulding was demolished and site rebuilt.
What the fuck are you on about? What's wrong with Fassaugh Ave?
Since MFH moved back....it's lost it's character!!
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Norfolk as the Jap said to his geisha.
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Norfolk as the Jap said to his geisha.
Norfolk and good, that's the name.of my quiz team.
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There's a fancy new bar and restaurant down there now called the Bathhouse.Looks nice.I think it was an old bathhouse oddly enough.In case the walk gets too much.
Just called the baths,
Have a look at their menu, some lovely Coddle Pizza, sounds delicious
https://thebaths.ie/eat.html
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Looks nice I wonder if they do fish fingers.
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Looks nice I wonder if they do fish fingers.
Macari's do a lovely burger....be just as nice and just as healthy!!
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Looks nice I wonder if they do fish fingers.
Macari's do a lovely burger....be just as nice and just as healthy!!
Great player in his day.
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Fucking cheaper too than that polished shite they serve in The Baths