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Charliebull wrote: »

u would want to be careful,

he could get up in the middle night and mistake you for a sheep

I heard stories about what them big conemara men do to sheep;)

Sure they're not in in May

Charliebull

gadetra wrote: »

Sure they're not in in May :
have you ever tried to catch a sheep in the field

there is always a few inside for emergencies

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Charliebull wrote: »

gadetra wrote: »

Sure they're not in in May :
have you ever tried to catch a sheep in the field

there is always a few inside for emergencies

Best not bring the sheepskin so

Taltos

gadetra wrote: »

Yep I am hoping there are. I need to improve my googling skills! I was just wondering if someone knew of somewhere cheap that wasn't a total hole!

Stayed in the hostel in the middle of town there around 15 yrs ago - very clean. Maybe check tripadvisor or google it, sorry but can't remember the name.

Charliebull

Taltos wrote: »

Stayed in the hostel in the middle of town there around 15 yrs ago - very clean. Maybe check tripadvisor or google it, sorry but can't remember the name.

you are showing your age now:D, celtic tiger probably done for that place

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Taltos wrote: »

Stayed in the hostel in the middle of town there around 15 yrs ago - very clean. Maybe check tripadvisor or google it, sorry but can't remember the name.

Thanks I'll check it out.

jt65

Base price wrote: »

We let 66 calves out yesterday into a paddock beside the house. Two exits which have double row of electric fence. I put an extra line of white tape so they could see it.
Anyway long story short after a while the calves started disappearing through the fences in all directions.
Fecking ESB was off again :mad:
I think I will take up cross country running since I had lots of practice yesterday

think you better pay that esb bill :D:D


we train the calves to the electric fence in the yard for a couple of hours before we let them to the field saves a lot of hassle,

Taltos

Why not try one of the B&&Bs there. My memory is shot so don't rely on my "tiger" memory of a hostel.

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Taltos wrote: »

Why not try one of the B&&Bs there. My memory is shot so don't rely on my "tiger" memory of a hostel.

Had a look at B&B's but they were all quite pricey. I am scoping out hostels now

Conmaicne Mara

Sister gone away today, can't contact her. At €40 I'd say you'd be looking at hostels for sure as single B&B rates would be higher.

Nekarsulm

gadetra wrote: »

Had a look at B&B's but they were all quite pricey. I am scoping out hostels now

Perhaps stick a request up on the Boards "cycling" thread, see if any friendly fellow cyclist can help?

Or do only Dublin based hipsters post there?:D

Kovu

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Sister gone away today, can't contact her. At €40 I'd say you'd be looking at hostels for sure as single B&B rates would be higher.

Just looking on hostelworld there now for the craic. A B&B in the countryside for €32. Not too bad, I'd almost travel down for a weekend at that!

Charliebull

.Kovu. wrote: »

Just looking on hostelworld there now for the craic. A B&B in the countryside for €32. Not too bad, I'd almost got down for a weekend at that!

some speel and you a newly appointed mod:D

A cow called Daisy

Base price wrote: »

We let 66 calves out yesterday into a paddock beside the house.

If i let out 66 calves i would either
(a) have someone else's calves or
(b) need a bigger paddock:D

Kovu

Charliebull wrote: »

some speel and you a newly appointed mod:D

Hahaha, trust you to notice that!

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Nekarsulm wrote: »

Perhaps stick a request up on the Boards "cycling" thread, see if any friendly fellow cyclist can help?

Or do only Dublin based hipsters post there?:D

I have the cycling forum angle covered :cool:

Ha ha I think they're spelling it hypster now :P

Nekarsulm

gadetra wrote: »

I have the cycling forum angle covered :cool:

Ha ha I think they're spelling it hypster now :P

what would I know? Can't fit in the skinny jeans, don't like cardigans, and have a specialized hybrid instead of a fixie!

Genghis Cant

gadetra wrote: »

Had a look at B&B's but they were all quite pricey. I am scoping out hostels now

The first time I ever stayed in a hostel was last Saturday night. In Claremorris in Mayo. Top of the range job. No one there only our own group, €15 a head inc breakfast (juice/cereal/toast). Couldn't be bet.

Birdnuts

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Sister gone away today, can't contact her. At €40 I'd say you'd be looking at hostels for sure as single B&B rates would be higher.

Does the Tour de Connemara go by your place Con??. Its getting heavy promo on the radio ATM, seems to be of growing importance on the pro-cycling circut too.

case 956

Girlfriend arrived home from college today with a battery operated clippers she bought me to make life handier for cutting tails

Genghis Cant

case 956 wrote: »

Girlfriend arrived home from college today with a battery operated clippers she bought me to make life handier for cutting tails

Maybe it's her way of telling ya to get a haircut or shave:D

Reggie.

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Maybe it's her way of telling ya to get a haircut or shave:D

If she arrives back with a grinder he's in bother

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Nekarsulm wrote: »

what would I know? Can't fit in the skinny jeans, don't like cardigans, and have a specialized hybrid instead of a fixie!

A hybrid? They'll never let ya in with that :P ya'll have to get U some deep v's and ironic cords. I think for men the beard is step one. Let it go and don't go near it till ya can curl the 'tache an ya'll be an entry level hipster.

Oh an there's no size limit on skinny jeans sadly *shudders*.
I seen a hipster walkin down the street of the town back home, and I couldn't believe it. It's like a virus now, it can no longer be contained!

tanko

Just wondering is anyone else having trouble logging on to agfood.ie today?

Conmaicne Mara

Birdnuts wrote: »

Does the Tour de Connemara go by your place Con??. Its getting heavy promo on the radio ATM, seems to be of growing importance on the pro-cycling circut too.

Yeah both the 80km & 140km routes go by here, must remember not to run any of the cyclists down now I know a F&Fer is in their number

Kovu

tanko wrote: »

Just wondering is anyone else having trouble logging on to agfood.ie today?

Was working early this morning, then stopped for a while. Seems to be back online now.

whelan2

tanko wrote: »

Just wondering is anyone else having trouble logging on to agfood.ie today?

eircom webmail was down from last night, pain in the butt

jt65

whelan2 wrote: »

eircom webmail was down from last night, pain in the butt

have changed to gmx here , eircom is an utter pita especially if using microsoft office

case 956

Reggie. wrote: »

If she arrives back with a grinder he's in bother

if she ever buys a burdizzo I will run for my life :P

moy83

Genghis Cant wrote: »

The first time I ever stayed in a hostel was last Saturday night. In Claremorris in Mayo. Top of the range job. No one there only our own group, €15 a head inc breakfast (juice/cereal/toast). Couldn't be bet.

Had ye to bunk in with others ? Herself booked us in to a hostel a few years ago and we were supposed to share with a few others . Not a chance when I saw the gowns that were moping around

Nekarsulm

We stayed in a hostel in Harlem in Holland, a few years back. Had the room to ourselves first night, but the second, there was a couple of Canadian Muslims. It was some procedure to see them get ready for the leaba!
Anyway, I have never heard snoring like it. He had a Bass rumble, and then she joined in with a more falsetto type effort. After about 3 hours, they synchronised, and continued in that manner till dawn. By God, it was a long night.

Genghis Cant

moy83 wrote: »

Had ye to bunk in with others ? Herself booked us in to a hostel a few years ago and we were supposed to share with a few others . Not a chance when I saw the gowns that were moping around

Myself and my two young lads in a room with a double bed, a single bed and two sets of bunk beds.
We were in bed about ten mins, I was reading, I thought the lads were asleep, outside an Ass took to roar not too far away. The younger lad lept up in the bed "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT" says he. I think I could have told him anything, but I told him what it was and he headed off to sleep:cool:

moy83

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Myself and my two young lads in a room with a double bed, a single bed and two sets of bunk beds.
We were in bed about ten mins, I was reading, I thought the lads were asleep, outside an Ass took to roar not too far away. The younger lad lept up in the bed "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT" says he. I think I could have told him anything, but I told him what it was and he headed off to sleep:cool:

Young lads and bunk beds :eek: If they were my two there would be bungee jumping till all hours

Kovu

I've stayed in many hostels but the oddest experience n once was the summer was camping/climbing in France. We were evacuated out of a campsite very early one morning because of an avalanche so we were all carted off to a hostel and females and males couldn't share. I was travelling with two lads so was put in with two random women. One of them snored like the devil reincarnated and the other talked in her sleep. Only I didn't realise this, so there I was having a full blown conversation right back in my pidgeon French because I couldn't understand her. :pac:

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Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Yeah both the 80km & 140km routes go by here, must remember not to run any of the cyclists down now I know a F&Fer is in their number

Ha ha no way I will wave at you when I go by! Where are you on the route? I will keep my eyes peeled for *insert Fraaanch accent* grand project drain-age

I will be very easy to spot. I will be the only person and lady on a steel frame bike with chrome mudguards, it's bright metallic blue, 36 years old, and very rattley. You'll hear me before you see me. You can run the quiet ones down


On hostels, I stayed in a mental hostel in Llubiana (sp?). Booked a different one but got a lift from the owner of one down the road. He put us all into his golf, and drove at 60 mph (at Least!) with one hand, and when he got a message, he took that one hand off the wheel and texted back :eek: Hostel was packed when we got there so we slept in the shower on a duvet. There were 16 people in the room, 2 to a bed :eek:

Base price

jt65 wrote: »

think you better pay that esb bill :D:D


we train the calves to the electric fence in the yard for a couple of hours before we let them to the field saves a lot of hassle,

We use the paddock beside the house for the same reason. Unfortunately it did not work this time :eek:

_Brian

Damn it anyway.
Spread a tonne of fert after work.
I knew it Would rain an bit but it's been heavy enough since and I looked at the rainfall radar and it seems it's going to be rain for another hour or two.

How much is too much??

moy83

_Brian wrote: »

Damn it anyway.
Spread a tonne of fert after work.
I knew it Would rain an bit but it's been heavy enough since and I looked at the rainfall radar and it seems it's going to be rain for another hour or two.

How much is too much??

I'd say it will be grand , the ground is probably dry enough after the last couple of weeks anyhow

Genghis Cant

moy83 wrote: »

I'd say it will be grand , the ground is probably dry enough after the last couple of weeks anyhow

That's what I'd be thinking, the ground is dry with us and has the capacity to take on a good sup before it becomes an issue.

Charliebull

_Brian wrote: »

Damn it anyway.
Spread a tonne of fert after work.
I knew it Would rain an bit but it's been heavy enough since and I looked at the rainfall radar and it seems it's going to be rain for another hour or two.

How much is too much??

Twill be fine'

Henwin

When is the deadline for transferring of entitlements does anybody know?

Taltos

.Kovu. wrote: »

I've stayed in many hostels but the oddest experience n once was the summer was camping/climbing in France. We were evacuated out of a campsite very early one morning because of an avalanche so we were all carted off to a hostel and females and males couldn't share. I was travelling with two lads so was put in with two random women. One of them snored like the devil reincarnated and the other talked in her sleep. Only I didn't realise this, so there I was having a full blown conversation right back in my pidgeon French because I couldn't understand her. :pac:

My best experience in a hostel was years ago in Wicklow - don't want to be specific. There with a group of girls on a school trip. Middle of the night the guy in charge comes into the communal room - "Girl's are yiz alrights? Anyone need a cuddle???" - queue lots of fake snoring... Knew he was coming, heard him falling up the road with his mate after being thrown out of the pub.

Brown Podzol

_Brian wrote: »

Damn it anyway.
Spread a tonne of fert after work.
I knew it Would rain an bit but it's been heavy enough since and I looked at the rainfall radar and it seems it's going to be rain for another hour or two.

How much is too much??

Surface water run off is the only way fert is lost with rain. Takes an awfull lot of rain to create these conditions, constant heavy rain over a long period or heavy thunder rain on hard dry ground. You should be fine.

Charliebull

Taltos wrote: »

My best experience in a hostel was years ago in Wicklow - don't want to be specific. There with a group of girls on a school trip. Middle of the night the guy in charge comes into the communal room - "Girl's are yiz alrights? Anyone need a cuddle???" - queue lots of fake snoring... Knew he was coming, heard him falling up the road with his mate after being thrown out of the pub.

oh yea, likely story, so did you get that cuddle then

Charliebull

Henwin wrote: »

When is the deadline for transferring of entitlements does anybody know?

i think its may 16, i had to do some also

on the river

Charliebull wrote: »

oh yea, likely story, so did you get that cuddle then

no i got something even better;)

Charliebull

on the river wrote: »

no i got something even better;)

do we change your name to "on the taltos";)

on the river

Charliebull wrote: »

do we change your name to "on the taltos";)

or maybe 'on you';)

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Taltos wrote: »

My best experience in a hostel was years ago in Wicklow - don't want to be specific. There with a group of girls on a school trip. Middle of the night the guy in charge comes into the communal room - "Girl's are yiz alrights? Anyone need a cuddle???" - queue lots of fake snoring... Knew he was coming, heard him falling up the road with his mate after being thrown out of the pub.

Bleugh that makes my skin crawl. Hideous old fcuker. I be boiling wit rage if I was one of those young ladies (although it's been a while since I was in school :pac: ). He'd be getting a right earful from me the next morning. Ugh!

farmersfriend

Henwin wrote: »

When is the deadline for transferring of entitlements does anybody know?

15 th of May. Trying to get thru to the transfer unit this am. Impossible!