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  • B Brian Delahunty

    So.. Guess what happened last night??? [Please forgive me if my english and my spelling is a bit crappy.. I got very little sleep last night and I drank way too much coffee today :wtf:] My flat got robbed. Myself and my flatemate [Ciarán] were there. I luckily enough wasn't involved in any serious way. However the same cannot be said of Ciarán. He was really messed around.


    So... 2:10 in the morning... I wake up to see a figure standing in my bedroom door.. wearing a grey hoody but I couldn't make out the face... I was kinda half asleep [:zzz:] so I thought it was my brother after comming home from the night club and not so polietly asked "What do you want?"... a quick response of "Nothing" was given... fair enought... Brian lay's his head down to sleep.... 5 minutes later my flat mate comes running into my room shouting and screaming for me to lock the door, while he's grabbing my phone to ring the Gardaí [Police]... In those 5 minutes... ...Two men, fairly big, about 6 foot and stocky builds, walked into his room and dragged him out of bed. Robbed his watch [about €200], phone, wallet [With Credit Cards, Bank Cards and Cash] and some other stuff. They shoved a t-shirt [not my magerquark.de ones Uwe :-)] in his mouth and treathened to kill him... He was then brough outside [I was still in bed asleep at this stage :wtf:] where there were two more people waiting.. One said he had a gun but I doubt it.. [Guns are very hard to get over here].. and treathened to kill him, again, unless he pointed out his car, which he sensibly did. They were going to bring him up to the nearest ATM to make him withdraw money from his Bank and CC cards but Ciarán just kept saying that he'd give him the pin numbers, which he did, and when they were getting into the car he managed to get loose and run up to the flat... where he came into me... [Oh. .they also robbed some other stuff from teh flat.. PS 2 among the things] Anyway... we contact the Gardaí straight away and managed to get the Bank and CC cards cancelled almost instantly... Loads of other stuff happened after that that I can't really remember.. a bit of a blur.... Oh. Ciarán's car was a write off... completely gone... I have no idea how those bastards [forgive my language] walked away from the car alive. There was very little of it left after it was crashed.


    :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: So.. was you can see, Brian, who is now referring to himself in the third person for some strange reason, had a

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    To play the devils advocate, and as it is almost 4 am and I myself can barely stave off sleep: this is finally proof that drinking can save your life. :| Good thoughts for you and Ciarán. :rose:


    David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

    An orgy in Tiverton... ({) `/\^^/\:p (Z) :$/\^^/\` (})

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      This is why America doesn't ban firearms. Firearms were banned in Australia and crime rose...nearly 80%. What does this all tell you?

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      Mathew Lowery wrote: What does this all tell you? That if Ireland alowed them both Brian and Ciarán would, god forbid it, be dead right now. Remember, neither of them had the benefit of being prepared.


      David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

      An orgy in Tiverton... ({) `/\^^/\:p (Z) :$/\^^/\` (})

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      • B Brian Delahunty

        So.. Guess what happened last night??? [Please forgive me if my english and my spelling is a bit crappy.. I got very little sleep last night and I drank way too much coffee today :wtf:] My flat got robbed. Myself and my flatemate [Ciarán] were there. I luckily enough wasn't involved in any serious way. However the same cannot be said of Ciarán. He was really messed around.


        So... 2:10 in the morning... I wake up to see a figure standing in my bedroom door.. wearing a grey hoody but I couldn't make out the face... I was kinda half asleep [:zzz:] so I thought it was my brother after comming home from the night club and not so polietly asked "What do you want?"... a quick response of "Nothing" was given... fair enought... Brian lay's his head down to sleep.... 5 minutes later my flat mate comes running into my room shouting and screaming for me to lock the door, while he's grabbing my phone to ring the Gardaí [Police]... In those 5 minutes... ...Two men, fairly big, about 6 foot and stocky builds, walked into his room and dragged him out of bed. Robbed his watch [about €200], phone, wallet [With Credit Cards, Bank Cards and Cash] and some other stuff. They shoved a t-shirt [not my magerquark.de ones Uwe :-)] in his mouth and treathened to kill him... He was then brough outside [I was still in bed asleep at this stage :wtf:] where there were two more people waiting.. One said he had a gun but I doubt it.. [Guns are very hard to get over here].. and treathened to kill him, again, unless he pointed out his car, which he sensibly did. They were going to bring him up to the nearest ATM to make him withdraw money from his Bank and CC cards but Ciarán just kept saying that he'd give him the pin numbers, which he did, and when they were getting into the car he managed to get loose and run up to the flat... where he came into me... [Oh. .they also robbed some other stuff from teh flat.. PS 2 among the things] Anyway... we contact the Gardaí straight away and managed to get the Bank and CC cards cancelled almost instantly... Loads of other stuff happened after that that I can't really remember.. a bit of a blur.... Oh. Ciarán's car was a write off... completely gone... I have no idea how those bastards [forgive my language] walked away from the car alive. There was very little of it left after it was crashed.


        :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: So.. was you can see, Brian, who is now referring to himself in the third person for some strange reason, had a

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        :eek: Geez, I'm glad that your friend and you are ok ! What a nightmare X| Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9

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        • M Megan Forbes

          There is life without mocha frappuccino's? :wtf: Whenever you get to London I'll have to introduce you to them! :-D


          We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson

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          Brian Delahunty
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          Megan Forbes wrote: Whenever you get to London I'll have to introduce you to them! Cool. Thanks. I'll see if I can find one here in college today. Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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          • M Megan Forbes

            Brian Delahunty wrote: The correct thing to do was done.. just agree with them and nobody gets physically hurt I agree entirely - why do people die instead of giving up the keys to their BMW's? Especially when they are insured! :wtf:


            We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson

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            Megan Forbes wrote: why do people die instead of giving up the keys to their BMW's? Especially when they are insured! That's exactly what I don't get... a car is replaceable.. you aren't. Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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              Brian Delahunty wrote: because this is a very big report for him Okay, I see. What's the report about? Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI

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              David Stone wrote: What's the report about? No idea.!!! :laugh: But he's gotten an extension of a week. Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                Brian Delahunty wrote: Maybe it's the "cowards" view of things Not at all - if you get out unhurt, then you can replace some 'stuff'. If they kill you, you're dead. It's just not worth it. One on one, I'd have a go, but four on one, you'd be stupid. And as you said, if you lived in a country where you could have had a gun, they would certainly have had them, and you WOULD both be dead. I'm really sorry to hear this happened to you - I'm glad you're OK physically, but I know if it was me it would play on my mind for some time. I hope you're both OK. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002

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                Christian Graus wrote: One on one, I'd have a go, but four on one, you'd be stupid Exactly!!! :-D Christian Graus wrote: I'm really sorry to hear this happened to you - I'm glad you're OK physically, but I know if it was me it would play on my mind for some time. I hope you're both OK. Thanks Christian.. we're both ok now.Just trying to get back into the routine of things... well.. bar having to go to court today to identify them, but that's just routine. Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                • M Megan Forbes

                  Wow! I'm very pleased to hear you were too sleepy to confont them. Well done on surviving it. :rose: So the guys are locked up and suffering for what they did now?


                  We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson

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                  Megan Forbes wrote: So the guys are locked up and suffering for what they did now? Probably will be after today :-D Megan Forbes wrote: I'm very pleased to hear you were too sleepy to confont them. Well done on surviving it. lol... I was too tired to get involved.. cool!!! :zzz: Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                  • B brianwelsch

                    Damn, Brian! I'm glad that on the whole things turned out OK. Meaning that you and your roommate aren't physically hurt. It's pretty messed up how that stuff happens. I always try to figure out why someone does it, but I guess that's really sort of irrelevant, isnt' it? I can't believe there were four of them! Seems a bit extreme for some random takings. Maybe Ciaran will get his wheels back , yet. Sleep well.:zzz: BW The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to talk, mad to live, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding. - Jack Kerouac

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                    Brian Delahunty
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                    brianwelsch wrote: Maybe Ciaran will get his wheels back , yet. Oh god know... the car is a write-off [What we say here when the insurance write the car off of it's books].. i.e. It was found wrapped around a tree somewhere... Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                    • D David Wulff

                      To play the devils advocate, and as it is almost 4 am and I myself can barely stave off sleep: this is finally proof that drinking can save your life. :| Good thoughts for you and Ciarán. :rose:


                      David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

                      An orgy in Tiverton... ({) `/\^^/\:p (Z) :$/\^^/\` (})

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                      David Wulff wrote: Good thoughts for you and Ciarán. Thanks Dave Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                        :eek: Geez, I'm glad that your friend and you are ok ! What a nightmare X| Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9

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                        Joao Vaz wrote: I'm glad that your friend and you are ok ! Thanks Joao :-) Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                        • B Brian Delahunty

                          So.. Guess what happened last night??? [Please forgive me if my english and my spelling is a bit crappy.. I got very little sleep last night and I drank way too much coffee today :wtf:] My flat got robbed. Myself and my flatemate [Ciarán] were there. I luckily enough wasn't involved in any serious way. However the same cannot be said of Ciarán. He was really messed around.


                          So... 2:10 in the morning... I wake up to see a figure standing in my bedroom door.. wearing a grey hoody but I couldn't make out the face... I was kinda half asleep [:zzz:] so I thought it was my brother after comming home from the night club and not so polietly asked "What do you want?"... a quick response of "Nothing" was given... fair enought... Brian lay's his head down to sleep.... 5 minutes later my flat mate comes running into my room shouting and screaming for me to lock the door, while he's grabbing my phone to ring the Gardaí [Police]... In those 5 minutes... ...Two men, fairly big, about 6 foot and stocky builds, walked into his room and dragged him out of bed. Robbed his watch [about €200], phone, wallet [With Credit Cards, Bank Cards and Cash] and some other stuff. They shoved a t-shirt [not my magerquark.de ones Uwe :-)] in his mouth and treathened to kill him... He was then brough outside [I was still in bed asleep at this stage :wtf:] where there were two more people waiting.. One said he had a gun but I doubt it.. [Guns are very hard to get over here].. and treathened to kill him, again, unless he pointed out his car, which he sensibly did. They were going to bring him up to the nearest ATM to make him withdraw money from his Bank and CC cards but Ciarán just kept saying that he'd give him the pin numbers, which he did, and when they were getting into the car he managed to get loose and run up to the flat... where he came into me... [Oh. .they also robbed some other stuff from teh flat.. PS 2 among the things] Anyway... we contact the Gardaí straight away and managed to get the Bank and CC cards cancelled almost instantly... Loads of other stuff happened after that that I can't really remember.. a bit of a blur.... Oh. Ciarán's car was a write off... completely gone... I have no idea how those bastards [forgive my language] walked away from the car alive. There was very little of it left after it was crashed.


                          :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: So.. was you can see, Brian, who is now referring to himself in the third person for some strange reason, had a

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                          Holy flurking schnitt! :wtf: :eek: Glad you're both OK.

                          int pints = 0;
                          while (pints++ < 20 && Brian.StillStanding)
                          Brian.Insert(new :beer: ());

                          "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                            Holy flurking schnitt! :wtf: :eek: Glad you're both OK.

                            int pints = 0;
                            while (pints++ < 20 && Brian.StillStanding)
                            Brian.Insert(new :beer: ());

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                            Richard_D wrote: Glad you're both OK. Thanks. Richard_D wrote: int pints = 0;while (pints++ < 20 && Brian.StillStanding) Brian.Insert(new ()); Love your sig.. Brilliant!!! :-D [edit] Should it not be

                            int pints = 0;
                            while (pints++ < 20 && Brian.StillStanding())
                            Brian.Insert(new :beer: ());

                            [/edit] Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                            • M Mathew Lowery

                              This is why America doesn't ban firearms. Firearms were banned in Australia and crime rose...nearly 80%. What does this all tell you?

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                              Mathew Lowery wrote: This is why America doesn't ban firearms. Firearms were banned in Australia and crime rose...nearly 80%. What does this all tell you? Crime is unpleasant, true. But better than people getting killed. But I don't think you should be using someone else's misfortune to prove your point. I just think its good that Brain and his friend are alright. Kevin

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                                Brian Delahunty wrote: teh You always do that...it's "the". Type it out slowly...t...h...e. :-D Now, go to some serene little nature park with a path that leads you on a blissful scenic nature walk and finally ends up at a pool that a waterfall drains into and with lush greenery all around. Then go to sleep there...you should be able to get some rest... Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI

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                                The way his luck is running, more likely he'll get mugged. Stay somewhere safe, Brian, like the pub! Can you think of any reason why they might have been more after your roomie than you? That might be a clue as to their identities... Glad you're both okay, in any case.:) "Another day done; all targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly." - Jennie Agard, McGuckin Hardware Systems Manager

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                                  The way his luck is running, more likely he'll get mugged. Stay somewhere safe, Brian, like the pub! Can you think of any reason why they might have been more after your roomie than you? That might be a clue as to their identities... Glad you're both okay, in any case.:) "Another day done; all targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly." - Jennie Agard, McGuckin Hardware Systems Manager

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                                  Brian Delahunty
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                                  Roger Wright wrote: Stay somewhere safe, Brian, like the pub! Ahh. .the good old pub :beer: Roger Wright wrote: Can you think of any reason why they might have been more after your roomie than you? to be honest there is no reason at all. Ciarán knows very few people down here and it wasn't any of them. I'd say it was more thae fact that they were drunk and/or stoned and his room is the first in teh flat that you come across... Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                                    Mathew Lowery wrote: This is why America doesn't ban firearms. Firearms were banned in Australia and crime rose...nearly 80%. What does this all tell you? Crime is unpleasant, true. But better than people getting killed. But I don't think you should be using someone else's misfortune to prove your point. I just think its good that Brain and his friend are alright. Kevin

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                                    Kevin Glover wrote: I just think its good that Brain and his friend are alright. Thanks :rose: Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                                    • B Brian Delahunty

                                      So.. Guess what happened last night??? [Please forgive me if my english and my spelling is a bit crappy.. I got very little sleep last night and I drank way too much coffee today :wtf:] My flat got robbed. Myself and my flatemate [Ciarán] were there. I luckily enough wasn't involved in any serious way. However the same cannot be said of Ciarán. He was really messed around.


                                      So... 2:10 in the morning... I wake up to see a figure standing in my bedroom door.. wearing a grey hoody but I couldn't make out the face... I was kinda half asleep [:zzz:] so I thought it was my brother after comming home from the night club and not so polietly asked "What do you want?"... a quick response of "Nothing" was given... fair enought... Brian lay's his head down to sleep.... 5 minutes later my flat mate comes running into my room shouting and screaming for me to lock the door, while he's grabbing my phone to ring the Gardaí [Police]... In those 5 minutes... ...Two men, fairly big, about 6 foot and stocky builds, walked into his room and dragged him out of bed. Robbed his watch [about €200], phone, wallet [With Credit Cards, Bank Cards and Cash] and some other stuff. They shoved a t-shirt [not my magerquark.de ones Uwe :-)] in his mouth and treathened to kill him... He was then brough outside [I was still in bed asleep at this stage :wtf:] where there were two more people waiting.. One said he had a gun but I doubt it.. [Guns are very hard to get over here].. and treathened to kill him, again, unless he pointed out his car, which he sensibly did. They were going to bring him up to the nearest ATM to make him withdraw money from his Bank and CC cards but Ciarán just kept saying that he'd give him the pin numbers, which he did, and when they were getting into the car he managed to get loose and run up to the flat... where he came into me... [Oh. .they also robbed some other stuff from teh flat.. PS 2 among the things] Anyway... we contact the Gardaí straight away and managed to get the Bank and CC cards cancelled almost instantly... Loads of other stuff happened after that that I can't really remember.. a bit of a blur.... Oh. Ciarán's car was a write off... completely gone... I have no idea how those bastards [forgive my language] walked away from the car alive. There was very little of it left after it was crashed.


                                      :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: So.. was you can see, Brian, who is now referring to himself in the third person for some strange reason, had a

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                                      shit! hope you ok. maybe a good idea not to use the flat for a while?


                                      "When the only tool you have is a hammer, a sore thumb you will have."

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                                        shit! hope you ok. maybe a good idea not to use the flat for a while?


                                        "When the only tool you have is a hammer, a sore thumb you will have."

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                                        Philip Fitzsimons wrote: hope you ok. I am, Ciarán is still a bit off, as you would expect. Philip Fitzsimons wrote: maybe a good idea not to use the flat for a while? Ah.. still a little nervous in there but we'll have to muddle on through it. Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                                        • B Brian Delahunty

                                          Mathew Lowery wrote: This is why America doesn't ban firearms. I'm sorry but if I had had a Gun I'd have probably used it and ended up in prison. I'm glad we have very, very strict gun laws... The correct thing to do was done.. just agree with them and nobody gets physically hurt.. although there are some mental scars for Ciarán. Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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                                          Agreed. What would you do with a gun? *Pray* you're quicker on the trigger than your assailant?

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