The Black stuff!

Was discussing the merits of the N64 / goldeneye in the office even today. Unfuckingbeatable.

First game to come out that I remember was waveracer. In my mind's eyc from day one of playing it, it was unreal....had never seen anything like it.

Play it now and it looks * horrendous!

Still class though. Good times.

 

One of the greatest gaming experiences ever.

Loved it when I was OddJob :icon_mrgreen:

 

As an Irn-Bru lover, I will be absolutely gutted when Barrs start brewing the drink in England as a result of the water difference.

 

Britvic I believe it is who is merging with them.

I think they are Essex.

 

guinness is like the stone roses first album,not instantly likable but once you're tuned in you know its the best

 

Depends, they tend to pour it properly in Dublin.

 

strongly disagree-go north of the river youll get a good pint that sticks to the glass for under 4 euro

 

bollox:smiley-laughing002:

 

As much as I love Guinness, as I type I'm drinking one! I wouldn't want them to sponsor us. Our history, and the history of Guinness is incompatible. The Guinness family were wealthy, bigoted Unionists that refused to employ Roman Catholics. Think it was up until the 1970's that a Roman Catholic was employed onto the board by the Guinness brewery. During the Home Rule and Irish independence push in the early 1900's, the owner of the Guinness brewery, actually stood for election and he was fiercely against Irish independence. Some might say that the fact it's my favorite drink is rather contradictive, considering I'd hate it to sponsor my beloved team. But the fact is, it's * delicious!

 

Also, I've had Guinness in Dublin and it's the exact same as anywhere in Britain. The best place I've tasted Guinness is in County Mayo. There's a world of difference. Much thicker, creamier and smoother.

 

Ye sure that was Guinness you were drinking?

:smiley-laughing002:

 

guinness extra cold is for *, room temperature is how it should be

 

Aye....because drinking it at "room Temperature" makes you hard as *

 

Not drank Guinness in a while, love the stuff though.

Have only ever once went out and drank Guinness all night, it's such a strange drunk you get off it.

 

not if you have too many

 

It's not all bad: Think they were overall against Irish independence because of their business relations with the UK and how that would effect it. Arthur Guinness was also for the catholic emancipation back in 1793 and I'm pretty sure they employed catholics, not sure whether they were at the board level or not, but it's not like they had a no catholic working policy entirely.

Plus I found these facts as well:

* A Guinness worker during the 1920s enjoyed full medical and dental care, massage services, reading rooms, subsidized meals, a company funded pension, subsidies fro funeral expenses, educational benefits, free concerts and lectures and a guaranteed two pints of Guinness beer a day.

* During World War I, Guinness guaranteed all of its employees who served in uniform that their jobs would be waiting for them when they returned home. Guinness also paid half salaries to the family of each man who served.

* A Guinness chief medical officer, Dr John Lumsden, personally visited thousands of Dublin homes in 1900 and used what he learned to help the company fight disease, squalor and ignorance. These efforts also led to the establishment of the Irish version of the Red Cross, for which Dr. Lumsden was knighted by King George V.

 

Not sure if he was for Catholic Emancipation, so can't discuss that mate.

They did employ Catholics at a lower level, it would be foolish not to, especially to discriminate against 80% of a population, that would seriously deplete a workforce.

Think they improved their workers living standards after the Dublin strikes by Jim Larkin, before then I'm sure it was pretty bad? Hence the strikes.

Anyway mate, it was good reading your post.

 

I read a book called Searching For * in Guinness out of curiosity when I saw the title, some interesting things in their about the man and his faith and the rest of his family. I believe the working conditions were actually quite good from what I read in that book. Definitely a different working environment then most during those time periods.