Full disclosure: I am not a brand ambassador for Lir (or any whistle maker, for that matter) but we've had something of a relationship during past year and I've done a few videos on their whistles and all that.
I've heard on here and in the comments on YouTube that folks have had a tough time getting a whistle delivered from Lir. They reached out to me today to let me know that they experienced and fell victim to the same global supply chain and shipping problems that have affected many other companies lately. No surprise there, of course. They also had to deal with the postal service in Ireland which caused problems with instruments leaving the EU - unexplained returns, changes in customs forms, poor tracking information - what sounded like some pretty hearty bureaucracy that lead to some confused folks at Lir and some disappointed customers abroad.
Well, the word that I got from them was that they're caught up and everything should deliver by Christmas.
Don't shoot the messenger if not, but hopefully those that have hopped on board with Lir will be getting their instruments soon. Cheers.
In this 4 day old (as of this post) video interview with YouTuber Cutie Pie/Stephanie Burton, a representative from Lir Whistles explains the various overlapping issues they had with the pandemic and shipping in getting their whistles out last year.
https://youtu.be/Jdb484Z2LP0
Just joined the sub, didn't go through all the post to see if this was already out there yet, but in case somebody missed if it was... . Also, sorry if this ends up as a double post I tred posting it yesterday, but did not see that post so I'm reposting it here now.
EDIT: all solved - thanks v much!
We are flying to LHR via IAH from LIR. Our flight from LIR to IAH is delayed, leaving us 1hr15 to make the connection in IAH. At checkin we asked to transfer onto an earlier flight in order to make the connection safely, but were told that this would not be possible as the min connection time is 50 min and we will have enough time.
We were then told that we would have to pass immigration & security in IAH but NOT have to collect our bags. The check in assistant put βin transitβ stickers on our bags & when questioned said in no uncertain terms that we would definitely not have to collect them.
From everything I have read online this is unlikely, and every first entry in the US requires bags to be picked up and wheeled through customs.
Any help? If we wait for our bags we probably miss our connection, if we donβt wait then Iβm worried weβre doing the wrong thing & our bags wonβt make it
Any suggestions?
Among a refereeing performance with perhaps a few unusual interpretations I wanted to highlight two unusual and positive decisions Carley made this match.
1 - "You're holding him in" Early-mid first half. The Bristol tackler has been pinned by the London Irish players in a bad position. I liked this call: it didn't reward what I would consider negative play and helped with the fluency of the attack.
2 - "You've moved before you threw it" a couple minutes later. The Bristol hooker takes a large sidestep right just before throwing a line out. Carley awards a free kick to London Irish. It's a really annoying habit in a lot of teams to do this, and it kills competition at the line out, as the ball can be thrown straight, but far away from the opposition.
Both of these calls helped create a more fluent and competitive game, and minimised the negative play which so often creeps into games.
In a time where there's a lot of anti-ref sentiment, and especially coming into an international window, I just wanted to highlight some good refereeing which improved the game.
The Children of Lir is supposed to have inspired Swan Lake .
I ordered a whistle many weeks ago that has not been delivered even though they promised it would ship by 9/19. They can not tell me when itβs going ship and they very rarely answer my emails. Caveat emptor.
A dini nej masazh tlir posht 100 ? Se na rropen kta qe bejn 150
Mine is probably 7am or right now
like bruh nothing will happen why are yβall crying
Iβm flying out of LIR on Wednesday at 3pm. How early should we get there for an international flight? I have to drop the rental car off at vamos beforehand. Thanks!
