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    Anyone getting winter tyres?

    Got winter tyres in cork in a garage across from supervalue in togher . paid 80 euros a tyre .... I had to get a new tyre anyway and i was thinking about the scares i had last year . never want to do Xmas eve trip down to kerry from cork... hope i never have to test them and that met eireann and...
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    Home Rental contents cover for burst pipes

    Thanks all . Thing is as usual all we were advised about is get Contents insurance from the council. Its only when I look up now to organise Quotes I see that floors e.t.c that i have put in myself fall under buildings insurance which i don't need. It sounds like u can't win with insurance...
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    Home Rental contents cover for burst pipes

    Hi all I have a long term lease from the County Council for a ground floor apartment .5 yrs i am required to have Contents Insurance. I notice that it is difficult judging by the preliminary quotes to get cover for floors when say there is a leak from a pipe for example . When i moved...
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    best way travel cork to plymouth

    I have work in Plymouth in August . Which is the best most straight forward way to get there. i don't have a car at the moment so trains,planes and automobiles would be the form of transport. does the airport not fly to cork/dublin any more ?
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    Must you carry ID on you at all times in Amsterdam?

    Thanks all. its interesting to get all your viewpoints. I will get our passports photocopied. and will bring driving license. It is interesting that if it is a rule in some countries , its just ireland that is prehaps lax in this and we are just used of the laid back approach .
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    Must you carry ID on you at all times in Amsterdam?

    Was told this by a Dutch colleague at work. Going to Amsterdam next week. He advised that in recent years the Dutch or Amsterdam police can stop you in the street and ask for a form of ID . Thats grand you say . I don't particularly want to be carrying my Passport e.t.c on me at all times...
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    has anyone used viator.com

    planning to use them for one of the day tours outside amsterdam . one for antwerp and brussels in one day . would be too much a headache to organise ourselves
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    has anyone used viator.com

    Going to amsterdam in a few weeks . found an interesting site which organises day trips www.viator.com. Has any one used this company to book package tours.? Any feedback would be very much appreciated.
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    Country Clean waste collection in Cork City and Country

    Has anyone signed up with the Country Clean Pay as you go waste collection service in Cork recently Thinking of changing to them as they offer a pay as you go collection. Checking though if they are reliable , any users of the service please advise thanks
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    Is anywhere in Europe cheap anymore?

    went to bratislava direct from cork last year ,this city is based in Slovakia i did'nt find alot of tourist guides on the place before it , but the price of flights was v. good at the time very good value for money. and if u wanted to use it as a base to travel to budapest or vienna its v...
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    Restaurant in Cork

    if u are driving there is a nice restaurant called Mrs Dees Mount oval village it is open on sundays and has an early bird menu from 4-8 went there last sunday and to be honest it has been the nicest restaurant we have been to in a while the food was lovely , but it was the extra service and...
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    punto stuttering

    what does this sound like fiat punto starts fine and drives fine however if say u are driving slowly or if the revs are low the car begins to stutter or jump , it does'nt stall but its v erratic , if u accellorate a bit more it gets out of its fit again i would have thought it sounded...
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    Prague hotel recommendations?

    i stayed at hotel william the last time i stayed in Prague http://www.prague-spot.com/hotel/hotel-william this is the main site for it and it says €150 a double room (this was in april ) but i got it a way cheaper when i used i think it was hotels.com at the time this was so central - u...
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    New York helicopter ride recommend or not

    My sister did the helicopter ride as well with liberty she also had a copy of a dvd-showing the ride although it was'nt of the actual trip on that day it still showed the place/area that the ride covered nice memento if nothing else it does look nice -and stunning views cant remember how much...
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    screeching noise changing gear or pressing accelerator

    Is it ok to drive it to the garage this evening though- would it take long to tighten it , or could it hold out till 2morrow Thing is though the fan belt was only replaced in november last year -
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    screeching noise changing gear or pressing accelerator

    I have a fiat punto 1997 to be honest this has been happening a few times but everytime i bring to the garage they test it cannot find the problem i think it sounds like gearbox or gearbox fluid or something what happens on cold start this morning car starts fine no issues, but then when u...
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    New Rent to Own Scheme

    This sounds like a hire purchase scheme
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    Advice Please

    the other poster was right , interest only possibly and have u got a spare room to rent out - U are in danger of not meeting your repayments and what is going to happen is that u 'll be constantly in Over draft
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    Guide to Berlin

    ok Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz has an Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U2 To get to it from the Hotel-Pension Bregenz closest Subway for this pension, its not a hostel , but B And b -Subway: "Adenauer Platz The link for that site is [broken link removed] Actually looking at the Metro map ...
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