[cdad]

its a fantastic game califdadof,fast pace,quick scoring, lots of play,the ref is lets play continue.

the rules are simple.

the GAA run the hurling,none of the hurlers get paid,but are committed to training and the game.

the revenue the games pull in is huge,but the players dont get a penny.

its an honor to play for your county.

kilkenny have the best team in years in ireland,difficult to beat,and every county is hungry to get the CUP.

That's an even better reason to like it. Here (usa) there are too many primadonnas that get way too much money for what they do and have taken the fun out of the sport for the average American family. They have lost dedication to the game to worship the other green god called money. To take an average family to a professional game is almost the same as going to Disneyland for the money.

[albear]

thats an even better reason to like it. Here (usa) there are too many primadonnas that get way too much money for what they do and have taken the fun out of the sport for the average American family. They have lost dedication to the game to worship the other green god called money. To take an average family to a professional game is almost the same as going to Disneyland for the money.

And hence wear all that body armour to protect their designer faces and hair do's :D

[redhed35]

The average price of a ticket to a match is 45 euro about 60 dollars,that includes food.

There is a huge canteen that serves hot and cold food and several bars in an state of the art sports stadium.

Whatever faults ireland has,it favours its sports events and gives everyone one a chance for a great day out.

The down side is tickets are sold out within minutes of going on sale and there is only a certain amount per county.

[albear]

the average price of a ticket to a match is 45 euro about 60 dollars,that includes food.

there is a huge canteen that serves hot and cold food and several bars in an state of the art sports stadium.

whatever faults ireland has,it favours its sports events and gives everyone one a chance for a great day out.

the down side is tickets are sold out within minutes of going on sale and there is only a certain amount per county.

Sounds like a grand day out :)

[redhed35]

sounds like a grand day out :)

Tis bear tis..

It's a grand day in too..

Kids and brendan got the bus to dublin this morning,I'm at home and have pizza and a few beers in the fridge waiting on the match to start.

There won't be a sinner on the streets while the match is on.

There into their hurling big time here,I must post some picture of some of the houses in town,flags,bunting and ballons adorn every house.

[albear]

tis bear tis..

its a grand day in too..

kids and brendan got the bus to dublin this morning,im at home and have pizza and a few beers in the fridge waiting on the match to start.

there wont be a sinner on the streets while the match is on.

there into their hurling big time here,i must post some picture of some of the houses in town,flags,bunting and ballons adorn every house.

Everyone's a winner :D

[redhed35]

everyones a winner :D

Only if your from kilkenny,the rest of the county's well... tough luck suckers! :D

Go on the cats!

[albear]

only if your from kilkenny,the rest of the county's well........tough luck suckers!!:D

go on the cats!

Oh well, somebodys got to loose :D

[DoulaLC]

I gave up Unky. I can't handle it. It literally makes my head hurt. It's too busy, it's not user friendly and the way it's set up sets off my vertigo. Not good.

I go on for a bit each day, but I can't do more than that.

Once it's here to stay, I'm gone. A lot of other people feel the same way. Sadly I think it's going to be the death of the site. I'd bet money on that.

I'm not part of the group testing it out, but have gone on on my own several times since it showed up. Have used a number of forums over the years and I find it too busy as well. I think part of it is simply that it is a change and not what I am used to... time will tell.

Perhaps part of the problem is that there is so much change... maybe there should be just "tweaks" here and there to accomplish the goals instead of throwing out the old completely.

Going to run my own unqualified analysis with outside new users (my kids!) and see what they think. I'll have them go on with my name and see how they navigate the site and what their feed back is. Since they would not be used to the current skin, they won't have anything to compare it to and, therefore, already have that comfort zone.

[albear]

I just went on, went into settings and changed it to ff style and couldn't get out, there were no options to change it back until one of my threads id subscribed to were updated so I could get out otherwise I was stuck on the inbox menu for ever!

[tickle]

Going to run my own unqualified analysis with outside new users (my kids!) and see what they think. I'll have them go on with my name and see how they navigate the site and what their feed back is. Since they would not be used to the current skin, they won't have anything to compare it to and, therefore, already have that comfort zone.

That is a top rate idea, D, letting your kids navigate. Feedback should be interesting. I am reserving judgment so no one hears my thoughts on new skin. I am sitting bck and tentatively examining everyone's input. I am sure everything will work out fine; admin seems to be working with everyone's ideas. Some of us may be old codgers who can't accept change.

Tick

[albear]

Red I see what you mean about being separated, having trouble navigating around from what I'm used to on the v2 skin

[cdad]

That is a top rate idea, D, letting your kids navigate. Feedback should be interesting. I am reserving judgment so no one hears my thoughts on new skin. I am sitting bck and tentatively examining everyone's input. I am sure everything will work out fine; admin seems to be working with everyone's ideas. Some of us may be old codgers who can't accept change.

tick

The other thing that might not be considered is that not all users come here via a computer connection. Some are accessing the site through their phones. Im not even sure that is being considered at this time.

[DoulaLC]

The other thing that might not be considered is that not all users come here via a computer connection. Some are accessing the site through thier phones. Im not even sure that is being considered at this time.

Good point! I'll have some of the kids try that out as well and see what the difference may be and get some feed back.

[Unknown008]

It's really annoying when you need to manually get to the last unread post, which of course is not even marked here... :(

Hello everyone! :)

Nice costume hheath!

[redhed35]

I don't know if anyone else found they got headachy on the ff skin?

I did.

Thought it was too bright,busy,my eyes had a hard time with all the options on the screen.

Although I like the dashboard/alerts and topics.

[Unknown008]

The major things I don't quite like is the difficulty in finding a particular post, and the time it takes to load a page, as compared to the v2 skin.

[albear]

The major things I don't quite like is the difficulty in finding a particular post, and the time it takes to load a page, as compared to the v2 skin.

Yea, id second this from the times I've tried out the ff skin

[hheath541]

oh nice, you say you made those, even better :)

they deffinetly suit you :D

Thank you. I'm in love with my collar. The ears could be better, but it's the materials I had available.

[albear]

thank you. i'm in love with my collar. the ears could be better, but it's the materials i had available.

fair play to you they look really good, I can see why you'd be pleased with the collar :)

only thing I can h=think of with the ears is a bit of pink fabric a bit smaller that the white so its like the inside of the ear is you know what I mean :)

only thing I've tried to make recently is an origami wombat, but it didn't turn out so well :(