Folski Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 had a similar situation with vodafone myself speeds went to pants they said its nothing on their end after updating the routers software so I sent emails every day for a month with a screen grab of speedtest.net ..They sent out an eircom engineer he tested the line and just said eircom is flat broke the uncongested was a load of balls unless its fiber I've a feeling they'll tell me something similar, we actually weren't even supposed to get broadband but my dad had to pay eircom to run a line down our road, a road about 2km from Tralee's town centre. I've a feeling we could be waiting centuries for fibre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Just did one there it's 0.9mb normally as in for the last 3 years it's been 2.25mb, surely must be something it's only happened the last 2 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 we could be waiting centuries for fibre. Eat some All Bran. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Question for the resident chefs, professional or otherwise: Do you cook lobster? How? And, if you boil it alive, are you comfortable with it? I'm just asking out of curiosity after reading this great article by David Foster Wallace. Yup ...I worked in a place we threw lobsters in to a massive pot alive to half cook them cut them in half then heaps of garlic butter and finish off under a salamander "grill" Another place we placed them in the freezer to put them to "sleep" then done the same, I dont like the other method of a blade through its head then in the pan, I did notice when the first lobster would go in the water the rest knew what was happening they would start jumping around the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 we could be waiting centuries for fibre. Eat some All Bran. Stupid auto correct 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Haha no I was being silly I think you can spell it like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 300kb per second, do you live in the late 90s? What speed do you pay for? I live in the late 90s but I have modern broadband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 7, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 7, 2013 lovin lyf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 lovin lyf I hate you right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Question for the resident chefs, professional or otherwise: Do you cook lobster? How? And, if you boil it alive, are you comfortable with it? I'm just asking out of curiosity after reading this great article by David Foster Wallace. I jam a knife through their head and then boil them. Boiling a creature alive seems cruel to me. Better to do the deed quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) lovin lyf You internet peasant. Edited October 8, 2013 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Folski Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 lovin lyf Damn you Stefan, anyway found out this morning off my Dad that he rang Vodafone because we were having trouble and they cut the speed to under 1MB to see if it'd make a difference, so that explains why it was down to 0.9 MB/sec hopefully I'll be back to normal this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 8, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) Any chef will tell you that lobsters have crosshairs conveniently marked on their head to show you where to stab them. Edited October 8, 2013 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 8, 2013 Moderator Share Posted October 8, 2013 I eat lobster, not A lobster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Question for the resident chefs, professional or otherwise: Do you cook lobster? How? And, if you boil it alive, are you comfortable with it? I'm just asking out of curiosity after reading this great article by David Foster Wallace.I jam a knife through their head and then boil them. Boiling a creature alive seems cruel to me. Better to do the deed quickly. From the article:But the problem with the knife method is basic biology: Lobsters’ nervous systems operate off not one but several ganglia, a.k.a. nerve bundles, which are sort of wired in series and distributed all along the lobster’s underside, from stem to stern. And disabling only the frontal ganglion does not normally result in quick death or unconsciousness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I get someone else to cook it , then I don't have to care if it suffers during cooking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 8, 2013 Moderator Share Posted October 8, 2013 I also read that killing the lobster first makes it bitter. Something to do with the stuff released as it goes into a panic. Which for some reason doesn't happen when it is boiled alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I've 'erd the best way is to sling it into the freezer for a short while beforehand, puts the creature into some kind of a coma, making the ensuing hot tub a little less traumatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I've never had lobster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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