Great away win for Ulster tonight at Edinburgh, looking forward to taming a few tigers next fri!!!!

Nah the Ulster seconds!!

Frankers we are just getting warmed up and with our Irish squad players to come back the tigers will not be roaring on the 13th!! Should be a great game, hoping to get up to it, although with a week old baby it might be difficult

Oh dear DD what happened the Munster tonight at Ravers that was quite a kicking we dished out, the Bull would not have been impressed with the scrummaging!!

Roberts I Dream here. Only had it a few days but seems good so far

great blog makes me want to get out there!

Fondue!

Rocketman I did the A level/uni route mainly because my mates were doing it. I didn’t like the course (Mech Engineering), spent a lot of money on drink and left after a year. I eventually got myself sorted out and decided I wanted to work in construction. While working full time I took a correspondance degree in Qunatity Surveying. It meant that I could earn a decent wage while studying and no debt was incurred. Best thing I have ever done.

So you thought that the repairs would cost £50 per person and you ended up paying £54, dry your eyes and get over it, its not worth worrying about. Get cash up front next time, lesson learnt. Merry Christmas!

Congratulations – have a beer!

If anyone is drinking from a tin can, punch a small hole in it 2 cm below the mouth piece and watch it dribble all over them

Bought a new Golf 2 years ago on the scrappage scheme cause it had £4500 off the list price. Still have it and will drive it until it dies!

First name William, known by my second name Andrew. Was a right PITA not been known by my first name on school register etc and explaining that its Andrew/Andy.

Hate William don’t mind Andrew

Still seated tix avail for the 21st

Well done Munster and Quins. DD I hope the Irish run continues on the 14th Jan !!!

Slow, you are quite right many older properties have had lime mortar joints replaced with cement and if not done correctly this can cause problems. As a rule of thumb if the property is over 100 years old then you need to check if lime mortar has been used, even though portland cement has been around for 200 years.

Many brickies and plasterers will still use fairy liquid but there are much better additives around these days. If the property has been repointed with cement then a breathable cement render could generally go over it. However I would assume this is unlikely due to the failure as the OP describes

Kenny the Edin forwards really got stuck in last night, I was really impressed at how they got stuck in

Don’t worry DD, you know what happens to cheats in Belfast!!!

Hi Cardiff, I work for an external render manufacturer and I’m happy to give you any advice you need. Have a look at our website:

http://www.k-rend.co.uk/products.aspx

We make both cement and lime based render products in a range of colours and finishes. The most important factor in choosing a finish is the substrate that it will be applied onto. If your property has lime mortar joints then you should use a hydraulic lime render over them. If you use a cement render over a lime mortar jointed house it will crack and eventually fail.

If your house has cement mortar joints then you can put a cement render over them. There are a few textures from scraped texture (sandpaper type texture, flat render), roughcast or wet dash (looks lumpy on the wall), dry dash or tyrolean effect (stippled). These products are through coloured and don’t require painting.

If you can remove the existing render then it will save you money, however this can take longer than you would expect. A plasterer will want you to arrange access and you should budget for around £35 per sqm supplied and fitted.

We have a list of recommended installers if you want me to send you that. Any questions let me know.

Leicester still have to come to Belfast, we will be ready and waiting.
A little something to whet the whistle:

Top of the table, that’ll do for me!

SUFTUM!!!!

There’s a village near Londonderry called Muff. And just past the main road is the back road to Muff. A much tougher ride apparently..

The builders merchant in Muff is called Divers as well, no joke….

http://www.yourlocal.ie/d/builders-merchants-co-donegal/charles_diver_builders_providers_limited_074_9384041

Poteen and brandy balls – thats a winter warmer!

Hankook winter I cept here £63 for 195/65/15 very happy with them. Again local garage better priced than anything online

Home Guard for early in the year, Arran Victory or Kerrs Pinks are also good

Would love one of these!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fare-dodger-train-tussle-internet-hit-043334186.html

I spend lots of time with work in both cities and I like both of them for different reasons. Edinburgh is nice to look at and has some good touristy stuff to do, but beyond that there doesn’t seem to be as much going on as in Glasgow.

Glasgow has more of a buzz and I find the people to be more down to earth and friendly. I tend to stay in North and West of Glasgow and you can ride up the WHW into the hills for good biking. Of course from Edinburgh you can go by car to GT and Inners etc.

Overall though I prefer Glasgow.

EDIT – commuting between the two is a pain

Can I suggest you don’t call her by her middle name. I’m known by my middle name and its a right pain in the arse and was a nightmare at secondary school in particular.

Rachel FTW

Osprey Raptor here. Great pack for all day rides. think its the 18 I have

2.58 on the calc here – much more work required. Some good ideas at reducing the impact on this thread

HP would also be one of my faves along with Balvenie, Glenfiddich and Glengoyne

Thanks, unfortunately I’m not going, its for a friend in work

Home Alone for me – was the first film I ever seen at the cinema

Around 2cm in County Antrim, well impressed by the winter tyres though

Well played tigers definitely deserved that on the second half performance. Humph lost it a bit as well, a bonus at Ravers in the new year and we will be sweet!

Holy crap Rog does it again. Now for Ulster to do the same.

bump

It was awesome, try to catch the highlights. Something like 35 phases in the last 6 mins

Cancel that humble pie DD what a fantastic game, unlucky saints you should have had it in the bag. Well played Munster, epic last 6 mins

Thank goodness for that for a minute I thought you might be a Dublin 4 nice boy!