[09:34] aloha [09:34] how are we all doing [09:34] quietly [09:34] good morning [09:36] hoping the sun comes out from behind the big fluffy grey clouds [09:37] fluffy + grey? [09:37] yeah the entire sky is full of them [09:37] just need to get to friday [09:37] and on home sailing [09:39] how goes the chickens and dog? [09:40] not bad [09:40] we have one broody hen again [09:40] home sailing, literal or methaphorical home sailing? [09:40] so dealing with her at present [09:40] heading on holidays on Saturday :) [09:40] just need to get to Friday [09:40] very good [09:40] yeah but heading towards ireland? ie. do we batten down hatches? :-) [09:40] yup then I won't see Jon till June 1st [09:41] between my trips and his an entire month away [09:41] we didn't get snow this year... yet... :-) [09:41] zmoylan-kr: nope not got an ireland trip planned till Maybe July [09:41] phew :-) [09:43] if you're away all of may, at least you're able to do a post vote where you are ☺ [09:43] postal* [09:46] I'm back tuesday May 20th [09:46] so in time for the vote [09:46] gone again on the 25th [09:46] gonna be a long month [09:47] May 23rd the election here [09:48] i must admit the postal vote is damn useful… I never once voted in person in a general, european or local election when living in britain [09:48] yet i always voted ☺ [09:49] http://www.myvote2014.eu/en/home This is handy for European Parliament elections [09:49] it's a quiz that tells you how well matched your preferences are with how MEPs voted [09:49] didn't you get Fine Gael? [09:52] slashbel: nah, got labour top. But Socialist Party MEP (Paul Murphy) was last, *below* FG candidate [09:52] oh right [09:52] and I was gonna vote for Mr Murphy purely for anti-homophobia reasons. [09:53] i want to check to see if he's anti-eu… some of the left can be [09:54] I think they are. It's the "european united left / nordic green left" who are sorta anti-eu [09:55] yeah [09:56] you're just a good european federalist ;) [09:56] and y'know, formed by actual communist parties. I think the german EUL/NGL is the former political party of east germany [09:57] yes, that's a bit too left wing for me [10:03] :P [10:03] yeah. I'm in favour of water charges and the like [10:03] slashbel: apparently the green party have been going a bit woo-woo science. anti-vacinations and pro-homeopathy and the like [10:04] i'm not against water charges, i'm against badly organised and unfair water charges [10:04] and i'm not worried about radiation from water meters either :-) [10:04] and i am also opposed to slave labour, which is a problem for current labour government [10:04] water metering is a good thing [10:05] zmoylan-kr: there's the right way to do something, the wrong way, and the irish way (which is the wrong way but 10 times worse) [10:05] do you know how we ended up with the irish railway gauge?! [10:05] i have been totally shocked by the frequency of water shortages in my 4 years of living in Dublin… the capital city of an underpopulated country with a lot of rain cannot guarentee a reliable water supply [10:06] slashbel: something like 40->70% of water is lost in the pipes [10:06] slashbel: co-worker living in co. roscommon hasn't been able to drink their tap water for months [10:07] yep, it's quite inadequate [10:08] hey czajkowski [10:09] well if they can't drink it's not likely they'll be running the taps then :-/ [10:12] tdr112: how was makerfair [10:23] czajkowski: great fun, it good to meet up with the uk hackerspace people , we only see they at makerfaire or emf camp [10:31] nods [10:31] tdr112: back in .ie now ? [10:33] czajkowski: yep, moved back about 3 weeks ago now , much happer to be home [10:33] I was going crazy living in a hotel [10:36] and having to carry a gun for your own protection [11:12] tdr112: yeah being on the road and livin out of a hotel is hard!