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Replying To Freethinker:  "I'd imagine the admins are entitled to a bit of time off."
Such a pressurised job indeed.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1627 - 23/12/2025 10:50:32    2649292

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Replying To Freethinker:  "I'd imagine the admins are entitled to a bit of time off."
yet any pretty much every other forum stays open. they dont premoderate posts either.

KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3901 - 23/12/2025 11:32:51    2649302

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Replying To KillingFields:  "Can the forum stay open over Christmas and new year. Its one of the only I've seen that does close."
Seriously? If HS closed for good it wouldn't affect my life. And you are worried that it's closing over Xmas. Might be time to assess your priorities .

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8685 - 23/12/2025 11:46:07    2649303

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Replying To Freethinker:  "I'd imagine the admins are entitled to a bit of time off."
Indeed it not end of world if we can't post for a week or 2

jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1854 - 23/12/2025 12:16:17    2649305

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Replying To Freethinker:  "I'd imagine the admins are entitled to a bit of time off."
no other forums close over christmas. i mod elsewhere. and these other sites dont pre moderate either. dont see what the problem with allowing posts over the christmas period is

KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3901 - 23/12/2025 12:55:19    2649313

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Replying To KillingFields:  "yet any pretty much every other forum stays open. they dont premoderate posts either."
Oh they absolutely do pre-moderate posts.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1627 - 23/12/2025 14:50:41    2649322

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Replying To KillingFields:  "no other forums close over christmas. i mod elsewhere. and these other sites dont pre moderate either. dont see what the problem with allowing posts over the christmas period is"
Do you see a problem with not posting over Xmas.

jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1854 - 23/12/2025 15:07:08    2649327

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "Seriously? If HS closed for good it wouldn't affect my life. And you are worried that it's closing over Xmas. Might be time to assess your priorities ."
It wouldn't bother me one bit either but on the other hand are we all going to pretend that it's taxing work? It wouldn't be kept open if it wasn't making a few pound in advertising... it definitely shouldn't be close for the entirety of Christmas that's for sure.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1627 - 23/12/2025 15:16:04    2649329

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "Seriously? If HS closed for good it wouldn't affect my life. And you are worried that it's closing over Xmas. Might be time to assess your priorities ."
You've made it very clear nothing effects your life except US tech and pharma money.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4108 - 23/12/2025 15:21:54    2649331

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Replying To zinny:  "For some reason my last reply didn't get through. I just wanted to set the record straight on the idea that the natural progression of the virus. Its a bit of a over simplification of how it works and I will give you the example why, the virus is at its peak transmission period in the 2-3days however a negative outcome for the host was around after two weeks, therefore the virus did not wait to see what the outcome would be before it was transmitted. To survive the virus became more transmissible and that was why omnicrom became the dominant strain as it out transmitted delta. There is nothing to say that it will not mutate again into something different, that is happening all the time and the more people that get infected by the virus the greater the chance of that happening. Also its not a 100 year thing and I think if you look back over the past 100 years you will find other examples of where the world had to deal with - one example that most wouldn't think of is HIV (the estimated deaths are 44million), Hong Kong Flu was a strain of Influenza A where the estimated deaths were between 1-4m. These virus arrive either passing from animals to humans and mutating or existing ones mutating but its an evolving process. What has changed in the last 100 years is how quickly they can spread around the world with air travel. Covid should have been a lesson in how the world we live can become a hostage to these pathogens and how better we can prepare for them in the future but after reading some of the views here of rational people it would seem the opposite in true."
How is hiv in any way comparable. Do you mean that was also a bioweapon? We're talking about the flu.

So you're not aware COVID 19 was a bioweapon then? The only question is whether or not the leak was intentional.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 4108 - 23/12/2025 15:27:15    2649333

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I know someone who was admin on a forum a good few years back, and he said the amount of nonsense posted on the few days around Christmas (when there was clearly alcohol involved), entertaining and all as it was, made it unfeasible to allow posts over the festive period. I'm sure many of us will see similar on WhatsApp groups etc over the coming days, so I understand why a forum would close.

streaker (Galway) - Posts: 570 - 23/12/2025 15:35:44    2649334

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "Seriously? If HS closed for good it wouldn't affect my life. And you are worried that it's closing over Xmas. Might be time to assess your priorities ."
It may not affect your life, but in the meantime it clearly affects your way of thinking.

supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3332 - 03/01/2026 11:25:06    2649490

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Fair play to Donald. Not meddling with other countries as promised.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8685 - 03/01/2026 18:46:29    2649580

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "Fair play to Donald. Not meddling with other countries as promised."
Man of peace sure. Thinks he's going to get a Nobel Peace Prize........

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17890 - 03/01/2026 21:05:29    2649601

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Replying To Viking66:  "Man of peace sure. Thinks he's going to get a Nobel Peace Prize........"
Admitted it's all about oil and America will decide who the next leader is. Some craic. But he's different not like previous leaders. Aye sure he is. People online praising it are the same people who condemned what happened in Iraq.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8685 - 03/01/2026 21:14:53    2649605

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Replying To Square_B:  "It wouldn't bother me one bit either but on the other hand are we all going to pretend that it's taxing work? It wouldn't be kept open if it wasn't making a few pound in advertising... it definitely shouldn't be close for the entirety of Christmas that's for sure."
Have you no mates you could go out for a pint with over the festive period?

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2642 - 03/01/2026 21:22:35    2649608

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Replying To KillingFields:  "no other forums close over christmas. i mod elsewhere. and these other sites dont pre moderate either. dont see what the problem with allowing posts over the christmas period is"
Is it one of your little Rugby forums by any chance..

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2642 - 03/01/2026 21:24:33    2649609

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