[09:34] <czajkowski> aloha
[09:34] <czajkowski> how are we all doing
[09:34] <zmoylan-kr> quietly
[09:34] <slashbel> good morning
[09:36] <czajkowski> hoping the sun comes out from behind the big fluffy grey clouds
[09:37] <zmoylan-kr> fluffy + grey?
[09:37] <czajkowski> yeah the entire sky is full of them
[09:37] <czajkowski> just need to get to friday
[09:37] <czajkowski> and on home sailing
[09:39] <zmoylan-kr> how goes the chickens and dog?
[09:40] <czajkowski> not bad
[09:40] <czajkowski> we have one broody hen again
[09:40] <slashbel> home sailing, literal or methaphorical home sailing?
[09:40] <czajkowski> so dealing with her at present
[09:40] <czajkowski> heading on holidays on Saturday :)
[09:40] <czajkowski> just need to get to Friday
[09:40] <slashbel> very good
[09:40] <zmoylan-kr> yeah but heading towards ireland?  ie. do we batten down hatches? :-)
[09:40] <czajkowski> yup then I won't see Jon till June 1st
[09:41] <czajkowski> between my trips and his an entire month away
[09:41] <zmoylan-kr> we didn't get snow this year... yet... :-)
[09:41] <czajkowski> zmoylan-kr: nope not got an ireland trip planned till Maybe July
[09:41] <zmoylan-kr> phew :-)
[09:43] <slashbel> if you're away all of may, at least you're able to do a post vote where you are ☺
[09:43] <slashbel> postal*
[09:46] <czajkowski> I'm back tuesday May 20th
[09:46] <czajkowski> so in time for the vote
[09:46] <czajkowski> gone again on the 25th
[09:46] <czajkowski> gonna be a long month
[09:47] <slashbel> May 23rd the election here
[09:48] <slashbel> 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] <slashbel> yet i always voted ☺
[09:49] <ebel> http://www.myvote2014.eu/en/home This is handy for European Parliament elections
[09:49] <ebel> it's a quiz that tells you how well matched your preferences are with how MEPs voted
[09:49] <slashbel> didn't you get Fine Gael?
[09:52] <ebel> slashbel: nah, got labour top. But Socialist Party MEP (Paul Murphy) was last, *below* FG candidate
[09:52] <slashbel> oh right
[09:52] <ebel> and I was gonna vote for Mr Murphy purely for anti-homophobia reasons.
[09:53] <slashbel> i want to check to see if he's anti-eu… some of the left can be
[09:54] <ebel> I think they are. It's the "european united left / nordic green left" who are sorta anti-eu
[09:55] <slashbel> yeah
[09:56] <slashbel> you're just a good european federalist ;)
[09:56] <ebel> and y'know, formed by actual communist parties. I think the german EUL/NGL is the former political party of east germany
[09:57] <slashbel> yes, that's a bit too left wing for me
[10:03] <ebel> :P
[10:03] <ebel> yeah. I'm in favour of water charges and the like
[10:03] <ebel> slashbel: apparently the green party have been going a bit woo-woo science. anti-vacinations and pro-homeopathy and the like
[10:04] <zmoylan-kr> i'm not against water charges, i'm against badly organised and unfair water charges
[10:04] <zmoylan-kr> and i'm not worried about radiation from water meters either :-)
[10:04] <slashbel> and i am also opposed to slave labour, which is a problem for current labour government
[10:04] <slashbel> water metering is a good thing
[10:05] <ebel> 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] <zmoylan-kr> do you know how we ended up with the irish railway gauge?!
[10:05] <slashbel> 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] <ebel> slashbel: something like 40->70% of water is lost in the pipes
[10:06] <ebel> slashbel: co-worker living in co. roscommon hasn't been able to drink their tap water for months
[10:07] <slashbel> yep, it's quite inadequate
[10:08] <tdr112> hey czajkowski
[10:09] <zmoylan-kr> well if they can't drink it's not likely they'll be running the taps then :-/
[10:12] <czajkowski> tdr112: how was makerfair
[10:23] <tdr112> czajkowski: great fun, it good to meet up with the uk hackerspace people , we only see they at makerfaire or emf camp
[10:31] <czajkowski> nods
[10:31] <czajkowski> tdr112: back in .ie now ?
[10:33] <tdr112> czajkowski: yep, moved back about 3 weeks ago now , much happer to be home
[10:33] <tdr112> I was going crazy living in a hotel
[10:36] <slashbel> and having to carry a gun for your own protection
[11:12] <czajkowski> tdr112: yeah being on the road and livin out of a hotel is hard!