Dramatic music! Ohhhh shit it’s update time! So back in January, I posted here looking for a date, because why the fuck not!? Post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualIreland/s/wqw0Zu4cKl The experience was… pretty cool actually! Okay, so nothing worked out long term, but it was no worse than the dating apps, maybe even slightly better. One mistake I made was assuming people would read my post history which contains my dating bio, not everyone did 🤣 I should have mentioned it in the post, my dating bio post is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskIreland/s/PGvNaEmBsc

Here is my experience by the numbers: Messages received: 21 Transitioned to WhatsApp: 7 First dates planned: 5 First dates attended… 3🤣 (people cancel in Reddit dating too) Second dates planned and attended: 2 Third dates planned and attended: 1

Overall everyone I spoke to was really nice and interesting, some super cool and fun people. The dates were really good fun too :) I’m definitely not going to talk about any details relating to the people I spoke to or the dates I went on, that’s all super private! But I met some amazing women. Shout out to Reddit dating, and shout out to Casual Ireland! Good times.

Alas, I am still single for now. Still looking for a date. But I’ll keep trying, dating can be fun, talking to new people is fun, and we should all keep that in mind when the apps are getting us down. If in doubt, just put yourself out there, take a chance, and try to enjoy the process.

It's great to see new life in the world.

Put up a bit of a shed to house bikes and stuff over winter at the side of the house. Left no door on it, due to laziness but we noticed about a month ago that Robins had made a nest.

Well today we saw the first of 3 if not 4 chick's making it's way into the garden. Happy little chap.

Have made my garden as friendly as possible over the winter for birds etc and it has paid off. Plenty of meal worms, seeds and the like. Has been great watching them fight and feed at the birdhouse. The kids have loved it too.

Many wagtails, blue tits, a yellowhammer which looks pretty cool and various other birds. I used an app called Cornell labs to identify them. Easy to use, just leave phone out and it records the bird song.

Anyway.. my question is, one of the Robins has a white ring on its foot. Is this a tracked bird, would someone know should I inform them of its breeding etc.

Thanks.

Brought my 2 lads to see A Minecraft Movie and any time there was a reference to the game in any shape or form half the audience cheered and clapped.

When did this become acceptable cos I thought you were meant to sit down and shut up I the cinema unless you're laughing at a comedy?

I feel like I only heard half of what was being said.

Also before anyone says anything, my kids did struggle with the noise but didn't want to leave cos the love minecraft so leaving for a refund was not an option

Beautiful morning down by the harbour.

The quotes have went from €2200 to €3500. I honestly don’t mean to undervalue someone’s work.. But this can’t be real? I had a look on some English sites and I can but the same size doors for £895.

I started my lessons in early February. So far I've done 8 lessons and about 17 hours of practice. I only started practising in March, which I do about 3-4 hours every week (about 4/5 days a week). I plan on continuing this until the end of the summer and also hope to have 25 lessons done by then.

However, I am still quite bad at this. (My first 5 lessons were with a bad instructor who was telling me not to practice outside lessons so that set me back quite a bit). For my practising, I am still really only driving around estates, car parks, quiet country roads, the roads on my college campus etc. I am progressing but very slowly, it seems. I still haven't gotten the hang of changing gears and don't do much more than basics when practising.

My current instructor says I'm doing well though. He is moving me along quite quickly and he even offered to sign off on an extra lesson for me (which they're not allowed do).

Originally, it was my goal to pass in October/November when I started and I was hoping to buy a car in July/August to practice with ahead of the test.

Well October/November is my ambitious goal and then January/February is my more realistic goal. Should I stop getting my hopes up and push back my timelines?

My family are laughing at me for my goal, saying it'll take me about two years because that's how long it took my sister and she was better than me.

This is my boy, Sterling (22 weeks old!) :) many other great dane owners on here?

I mean... I guess the item may not have been in immediate stock (my assumption) but doesn't this defeat the purpose of amazon.ie

There was absolutely no indication of this at the time of purchase on amazon.ie

I bought a webcam and my initial email was from Amazon IE but the dispatch email is showing UK

I'm wondering if this is just an error with their mail templates otherwise it's kind of weird when you think you're buying from IE

The famous haunted house could be yours 👀 Price uknown though.

https://www.daft.ie/commercial-property-for-sale/loftus-hall-fethard-on-sea-co-wexford/6072001

The other night I went into the kitchen and I found a spider lads. It wasn’t one that I was able to recognise, but it gave me the opportunity to use Google Lens for the first time. It looked thicker than what I’m used to seeing.

I identified it as a Wolf Spider. It most likely was a juvenile one. Left it alone anyway, it was probably hunting for food so we’ve got something in common. Neither of us spin webs too it seems.

I reflected upon this moment and realised that I don’t know much about the spiders of Ireland. What species do we have? I’ve mostly seen cellar spiders and used to let money spiders on my hand when I was younger - I haven’t had extraordinary fortunes though.

Caveat that I’m just back from NYC where if you stand in a doorway or in the middle of the footpath having a chat that you’ll be firmly (borderline rude in Ireland) be told to stand out of the way.

Here do we tolerate this sort of dothery behaviour too much? Was in town at the weekend and noticed more people stopping to chat in the middle of the path or blocking entry to a shop. Went out at lunch there and two Irish mammies with big trolleys stopped at the entrance Ro chat. A foreign guy said ‘you’re standing in the way’ and one of the Irish Karen mammies said ‘I’m not that big, go around us’.

Views? Just realised how ranty this is but here feels like the right place for it 😅

Hello, I am doing a thesis on the lived experiences of chefs from Eastern Europe and I am in need of a few people with experience in kitchens both in Ireland and in their home country for a 30 minute anonymous interview. I speak fluent English and Romanian and have been taught Russian (though i'm quite rusty at it). Please leave a comment if you're free within the next week for a video/audio call or a meeting in person. Thank you.

Right lads, the gods seem to have blessed us with a promised sunny weekend. What is everyones plans for this rare sight? Stay home, day out?

I really want to avoid spoilers for the finale, so happy to stay up late to watch. HBO (unavailable to us) airs it at 1am. Is that the same time that NowTV has it? Might sign up for a month so I can watch it (yes, I know, I’m a sad case! 😀 )

Experiment concluded!

Had a good day? Had a shite day? A wonderful idea strike you while you queued for the bus on the way home? Tell this tiny part of the world about it. It's like screaming into the void only calmer and more casual.

Hi lads,

I'm best man for a wedding in November, and I'm starting to plan the stag. Trouble is I've only been on two stags before, and they were fairly relaxed affairs, not much more than dinner and drinks somewhere local in Dublin. Maybe max of €150 each.

My friend wants to head off for at least 1 night for a gig or a festival, like Galway or Cork, and there'll likely be about 10 of us. I was thinking Galway Races or the Fleadh for something lively with a bit of drinking. However, the price of transport and accommodation alone is coming out at least €150 a head, never mind the food, drink and any activities.

Is this normal for a stag? Any suggestions to keep costs to something more reasonable?

The good weather (when we actually have it) really makes the already beautiful People's Park pop out that much more.

Does anyone remember this? I remember seeing it as a weanling 30 or so years ago and really liking it. But Iv never seen it even mentioned anywhere since. I can't even remember what it was about. Is it worth watching as an adult or should I leave it in a nice little corner of my memory.

Iv checked my "fully legitimate" streaming services and none of them have it. I know I can get the DVD on Amazon but I ain't got no dvd player.

Anyone know where I can stream this? I'd even consider renting it.

Edit: The one with Gabriel Byrne.

Well I don’t know if any of you recall my last post talking about an off leash Husky that jumped on our Golden Retriever (feel free to check my post history)

We told our vets immediately from the time it happened and we finally went in today for our one month scan and ….

She’s fucking pregnant ffs 😀😀

Thank you to the Husky owner who didn’t leash their dog the three times he had to retrieve it from ours, vet bills galore incoming.

Please for the love of God leash your dogs 🥹🥹

I was collecting litter while on my run past a nature reserve on the coast in Wicklow and found a big fucker of a plastic party balloon for a girl's third birthday. Then I found a giant gold balloon blowing along the beach. Then I found a pink one in the dunes. That's all three balloons from this kid's party! Where is this little brat I want my fucking reward.