The Cost of Living Thread

It was my dad's 65th birthday recently and we decided to bring him and my mam away for a night in a hotel of his choice. He chose the Dunboyne Castle Hotel as it's relatively close and should be reasonable.

Gaz wrote: It was my dad's 65th birthday recently and we decided to bring him and my mam away for a night in a hotel of his choice. He chose the Dunboyne Castle Hotel as it's relatively close and should be reasonable. €762 for 2 standard double rooms for 1 night which is mad money, but we paid it as it was a present. Now they've emailed saying it's an additional €10 pp to use the feckin pool and sauna etc. Don't think I've ever stayed in a hotel where they've charged you extra to use the pool etc. They should just up the price of a room and not separately charge you to use it - a really bad customer experience. Shower of kants

 thats shocking bad form. Quick call and advise them of your previous social media exploits in outing ****s should rectify it

sausy wrote: Sham157 wrote: sausy wrote: I completed the 1994 Premier League album . Was one of the proudest local sporting achievements until Sham157 scored 2 goals on his debut for the local GAA club after coming off the bench in the 2nd half.    I wont lie, a fine moment  in my own sporting career Even you running into the post for one of the goals takes nothing away from it.

  all part of the strategy

BabbsBalls wrote: sausy wrote: I completed the 1994 Premier League album . Was one of the proudest local sporting achievements until Sham157 scored 2 goals on his debut for the local GAA club after coming off the bench in the 2nd half.   The gold coin 1990 collection from Esso was the pinnacle 👌👌

colemanY2K wrote: Dolmio were giving away footballs with hexagonal patches during the 1990 and or possibly 94 world cups (can't quite remember it was so long ago). Collect the tokens and receive a football. By the time the ball arrived we had about 10 years worth of pasta in the cupboard

Hotlips_Hoolahan wrote: colemanY2K wrote: Dolmio were giving away footballs with hexagonal patches during the 1990 and or possibly 94 world cups (can't quite remember it was so long ago). Collect the tokens and receive a football. By the time the ball arrived we had about 10 years worth of pasta in the cupboard  Irish people ate pasta in 1990?

exclusively spag bol !

Goldman says Europe has “successfully solved” the puzzle on how to face the winter without Russian natural gas. Prices likely to drop by more than half, they say.

i have to say LED bulbs are unreal. i fitted them throughout the gaf in august. looking at the app on my phone we're on track this month to use less power than in any month over the summer period and that's despite the shorter days in october and a newborn keeping us up for several hours every night. 

House has piped gas central heating. Its only the heating, hob etc are electric. Took a reading then hit boost on the controller which turns it on for an hour and switches it off automatically. Took a reading afterwards. Using the conversion on the latest bill (electric ireland) which includes the recent increases, the heating costs €3.57 per hour to run. Thats €107 for one hours heating per day for 30 days.