Thanks for the recommendation. Giving it a listen currently.

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Yes! My mistake!

Can’t believe I pulled a Gorman. Edited previous post.

I honestly have been blown away by how cinematic the 4K Blu-ray experience is. The new Dune ones are on the list to get. I’d say they’re great. Lord of the rings too.

I’m up to 7 in my collection now and definitely will be continuing to add to it.

No OLED here yet but next TV I will definitely pony up the extra for it.

Hahaha. That’s a great little nugget.

She has the most iconic line from my youth.

I got gifted a 4K Blu-ray player for Christmas. Immediately bought Aliens (my favourite movie of all time) then sat down with my older kids to watch it with popcorn etc.

There was such a buzz in the room when she delivered that line.

Have to recommend the 4K Blu-ray experience if you’re a fan. The detail honestly shocked me.

Edit:

I mean next to Ripley, the android and the little girl, she’s the most memorable character in that movie.

The casting is great.

I think Paul Riser did a great job as the slimy company man Burke. He was very believable.

Michael Bien was great as Hudson Hicks too. The exchange between himself, Ripley and Burke about nuking the site was great.

Ireland ticks most of your boxes. If any of your grandparents are Irish you can get dual citizenship. English speaking and lots of cultural crossover etc.

Closer for trips back too. Think it’s only a 5 hour flight to New York for example.

Irish. Trying to muster one fuck to give but just can’t manage it unfortunately.

Side note: She’s a great actress.

Enjoy it and really, congratulations!!

I’ve been the young dad at school and now I’m the old dad. There are 21 years between our youngest and oldest. I wasn’t quite your age when we had our happy little accident but I’m so happy to have him and it sounds like you are too.

I’ll offer one piece of advice and that is to start looking after your health if you’re not already. You’re going to want the extra, high quality years with your kid that good diet and exercise bring and being fit really does help with the parenting adventure (in my experience anyway).

Enjoy the ride! It’s so much fun. I’m really happy for you.

I’ve been reading bedtime stories nightly for 23 years now and I’ve a good six or so left before I’m out.

If you want to try again in the future I would gently suggest listening to a few audio books from really good narrators. It upped my game quite a bit.

Also, even for an adult, Charlotte’s Web. Incredible story. Easily my favourite of all time to read to others and gripping from page one. Think I’ve done it seven times now. God damn I love that book so much.

Yeah definitely. There was an urban legend in the same company about Saudi visitors before my time and they went WILD. Strip clubs, 5am finish, the works.

And yeah yer man just was not used to drink in any way. Poor bastard. I’d say the fear and hangover combo must have been something else to wake up to.

Yeah to be honest I feel like there was a decent bit of social pressure that he felt. The CEO was a fairly hard character in general but the lad in question was well liked. The “fuck off” did shock us all though.

Like none of us would have been surprised if he’d been let go but it would have affected morale generally, laws here are generally worker oriented and he was a good worker, plus the added effect of visa removal has to be part of the decision process.

The guy who wrestled him into the taxi definitely put in a good word too. He’s a good soul.

Edit: the belligerence was only half the story on the negative side. We were all very embarrassed that the staff had to clean up the puke but they were absolute champions about it. I’ve worked as a waiter for a good few years in college and you do tend to just pass these things off as best you can, especially for large groups that are going to leave a solid tip.

JAYSUS 😂

Just for clarity… The lad shaved his pubes, lobbed them in a bag then brought them into work and sought your counsel on whether or not he had crabs? Is that right? because I’m rolling around here picturing the absurdity of it.

European and I love the Aussie and Canada communities. The Europe ones are good too but I feel like there’s more banter in those other ones. The Ireland one is picking up steam which is great.

[email protected] too for the Star Trek memes. I watched TNG through with my now 18 year old when she was about 10-11 and I’m in the middle of it with my 11 year old now so I send them on and we have a good laugh.

They’re both amazed that new Star Trek the next generation memes are still being made on the daily.

I also get silly laughs out of [email protected] and [email protected] .

Shout out to /u/PugJesus for the Roman memes. I try to throw OC in there if I ever dream any up but that’s not often.

Christmas party, of course. We had an Indian dude join the company. Really nice lad that I got on great with.

There’s a company meal kicking off at 7pm not far from where we work so the entire office (about 40 odd people) decide we’ll get a few scoops in beforehand.

Well this lad was quite small and very obviously not used to drink. He was fairly toasted before we even got to the restaurant. He kept drinking then became belligerent.

Proceeded to puke all over the place half way through the meal. He went out to get some fresh air and the CEO went out to have a chat with him and suggested he head home.

Promptly told the CEO to fuck off and leave him alone.

My bestie was his boss and at that point basically wrestled him into a taxi. The CEO took it well in fairness. It was totally out of character so he kept his job (and his visa which was dependent on the job).

That Ireland flag though. Looking very Iran-ish.

The McLaren F1 supercar has three seats with the driver in the middle. I couldn’t see the reason on the wiki page but do recall seeing a short documentary on it many years ago that did mention why. I just can’t recall it unfortunately.

Won’t be on the near-term rewatch list but it was quite enjoyable.

Perfect summary. I liked it too.

Goddamm is Toni Colette good at every role she takes. Down to how she moves her hands as she slices up that new ingredient for a sauce.

I’ve seen her pop up again and again since Muriel’s Wedding (which is great though I’m not sure how well it will have aged) and always thought she’s nailed her part. She’s some range.

Not being preachy…If you’re taking the first exit (turning right essentially if you drive on the right or turning left of you drive on the left) you should be indicating as you enter. It allows traffic from other lanes to enter the roundabout without stopping to figure out where you’re going.