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Parishlad

Muckit wrote: »

Bring a lunch everyday. Always a dinner, rarely sandwiches. Lucky in that have access to small canteen with microwave. Twice a month might get lunch out.

Pretty much always bring food to work with me too. We have a very good canteen/restaurant here at work that does three different hot meal options each day. There's also a sandwich bar where you can get something made up. I found though that I was having the chips with whatever main I was ordering or a bag of Taytos with a roll so I bring a load of fruit every day and go to the gym (here at work) or out for a run at lunch...to keep me away from temptation.
Doesn't always work though!

_Brian

Muckit wrote: »

Bring a lunch everyday. Always a dinner, rarely sandwiches. Lucky in that have access to small canteen with microwave. Twice a month might get lunch out.

Yea I eat in the jeep every day. Summer months out in open in picnic areas and such.

MickeyShtyles

_Brian wrote: »

Many others eat nosebag style every day??

I’ve a restaurant to eat out of everyday! :P

Bullocks

whelan2 wrote: »

Nothing is safe in my house. Oh ate 2 easter eggs I had put away.... He's worse than the kids

I polished one last night that was meant for the young lad to make an Easter hat out of. I'll have to scoot up and replace it now!

whelan2

What do people do with pallets they have no use for, does anyone pay for them?

Muckit

_Brian wrote: »

Yea I eat in the jeep every day. Summer months out in open in picnic areas and such.

We've a George foreman aswell. So once I've spuds and veg steamed the night before and with me, it's easy pull a piece of meat or fish out of freezer. The smoked salmon darnes in Lidl are another handy microwave heat up. Frozen peas can be cooked in microwave.
As my granny of 92 says "Tis easy cook it if it's in it!!"

charolais0153

whelan2 wrote: »

What do people do with pallets they have no use for, does anyone pay for them?

Think they're worth in the region of 20-25 euro to make

Muckit

A cokked chicken at the weekend = 3 lunches. Roast chicken, Chicken curry and homemade soup.

Muckit

whelan2 wrote: »

What do people do with pallets they have no use for, does anyone pay for them?

A few strokes of chainsaw = kindling.

MeTheMan

charolais0153 wrote: »

Think they're worth in the region of 20-25 euro to make

That couldn't be right. Worth about 2 euro at most I'd say.

Albert Johnson

whelan2 wrote: »

Nothing is safe in my house. Oh ate 2 easter eggs I had put away.... He's worse than the kids

I'd quite possibly do the same tbh, surely once I'd notice them the temptation would be there. The local garage had three small eggs for €5 the last few weeks, I succumbed to temptation on more than one occasion. Although I argued that at least it's better value than a few bars of chocolate.

roosterman71

Parishlad wrote: »

Pretty much always bring food to work with me too. We have a very good canteen/restaurant here at work that does three different hot meal options each day. There's also a sandwich bar where you can get something made up. I found though that I was having the chips with whatever main I was ordering or a bag of Taytos with a roll so I bring a load of fruit every day and go to the gym (here at work) or out for a run at lunch...to keep me away from temptation.
Doesn't always work though!

Sounds like you work in a similar spot to me, with the exception that the canteen where I am is dodgy

MickeyShtyles

MeTheMan wrote: »

That couldn't be right. Worth about 2 euro at most I'd say.

Chep(the blue ones) and LPR are worth about €25. White pallets (plain unpainted ones) are nearly worthless.
The big fert ones can’t really be reused for much.
And then the BordNaMona ones are like shyte from a rocking horse.

Lady Haywire

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Chep(the blue ones) and LPR are worth about €25. White pallets (plain unpainted ones) are nearly worthless.
The big fert ones can’t really be reused for much.
And then the BordNaMona ones are like shyte from a rocking horse.

What's LPR? We have a fair few knocking around. Was thinking of making a wee shelter for out the field with the calves using a few of them.

MickeyShtyles

Lady Haywire wrote: »

What's LPR? We have a fair few knocking around. Was thinking of making a wee shelter for out the field with the calves using a few of them.

Can’t remember off the top of my head what it stands for. It’s just the company that makes them. They’re a deep red colour.
Great firewood off them! Good heavy pallet.

_Brian

Muckit wrote: »

We've a George foreman aswell. So once I've spuds and veg steamed the night before and with me, it's easy pull a piece of meat or fish out of freezer. The smoked salmon darnes in Lidl are another handy microwave heat up. Frozen peas can be cooked in microwave.
As my granny of 92 says "Tis easy cook it if it's in it!!"

Bring home made bread every day just different types. Cheese, cooked ham roast sometimes, home made soup in winter. Salad during summer.

Always large flask and love plenty of tea.

3-4 pieces of fruit in the bag.

Hard Knocks

Lady Haywire wrote: »

What's LPR? We have a fair few knocking around. Was thinking of making a wee shelter for out the field with the calves using a few of them.

They’re a company around Liverpool that make the red pallets, while chep are a company in France that makes the blue pallets

_Brian

Eldest off to bed at 5, she’s up at 1 to head off to Madrid for 4 day school outing.

whelan2

_Brian wrote: »

Eldest off to bed at 5, she’s up at 1 to head off to Madrid for 4 day school outing.

Eldest lad finished first year in college today. Has exams in a few weeks. You don't find the time going by

_Brian

It’s funny, my dad used to say “earned money is harder spent”
We paid for the trip but she had to take out her own spending money, was nearly looking for a lad with a himac to help her it was causing her such pain at the atm

longgonesilver

The blue pallets are only rented by the user, the recipient is supposed to return them to the nearest depot for reuse.

At the local mill one day a CHEP rep in a suit in front of both staff and customers was accusing the owner of stealing their pallets because he had a few blue pallets in his heap. The owner told him that had come in under something, and to take them away, but to bring their own forklift to load them, and walked away.

There are adds on done deal looking for certain pallets.

Genghis Cant

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/child-killed-in-farm-accident/?utm_content=buffer2a14a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Horrific news coming out of Wexford this evening. Puts a lot of problems into perspective.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Genghis Cant wrote: »

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/child-killed-in-farm-accident/?utm_content=buffer2a14a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Horrific news coming out of Wexford this evening. Puts a lot of problems into perspective.

Yeah, terrible news. Poor child:(

Base price

The handle of a three pronged fork/grape/pike whatever you like to call it broke the other day. It's the type with a bit of a spud on the fork that sticks into the end of the handle. I bought a new handle yesterday and it has the same metal bit at the end and is pre drilled to take the spud iykwim.

Can anyone enlighten me as to how to knock them together cause between hammering, beating and lots of fooks there is still another 3cm's to go and it ain't budging.

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

The handle of a three pronged fork/grape/pike whatever you like to call it broke the other day. It's the type with a bit of a spud on the fork that sticks into the end of the handle. I bought a new handle yesterday and it has the same metal bit at the end and is pre drilled to take the spud iykwim.

Can anyone enlighten me as to how to knock them together cause between hammering, beating and lots of fooks there is still another 3cm's to go and it ain't budging.

Last year when I broke the handle of the fork it was handier to buy a new fork complete with the handle. Was 24 euro or something. Saved me time and energy putting a handle on it

Odelay

whelan2 wrote: »

Eldest lad finished first year in college today. Has exams in a few weeks. You don't find the time going by

????? It’s April! How the heck is he finished first year?

mycro2013

This college semester is only 13 weeks, as the Easter break is late this year. College year is a bit of stretch though as it only equates to 6 months.

patsy_mccabe

Any of ye Clare lads in Ennis Mart recently? They put in a lever mechanism in ring 1 to open / close the gates of the weighing scale so that the drovers don't have to enter the ring. I had go myself when I was there early for the bull sale. Clever idea, whoever came up with it.

whelan2

Odelay wrote: »

????? It’s April! How the heck is he finished first year?

They could have gone back for a week after Easter but they crammed it into the last 2 weeks. Exams for 3 days in May

Parishlad

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Any of ye Clare lads in Ennis Mart recently? They put in a lever mechanism in ring 1 to open / close the gates of the weighing scale so that the drovers don't have to enter the ring. I had go myself when I was there early for the bull sale. Clever idea, whoever came up with it.

Yep, spotted that a couple of weeks ago. Great yoke altogether from both a safety perspective and also because you don't have the gates slamming shut so less noise to spook the cattle.

farmersfriend

_Brian wrote: »

Eldest off to bed at 5, she’s up at 1 to head off to Madrid for 4 day school outing.

My Eldest is in ty, just back a few days from a week exchange in new York, he had an absolutely great time, was at a show on Broadway, seen all the sights, stayed with a really nice family. The boy he stayed with will be coming to us in December. How will we match that!!!!!!

Say my name

farmersfriend wrote: »

My Eldest is in ty, just back a few days from a week exchange in new York, he had an absolutely great time, was at a show on Broadway, seen all the sights, stayed with a really nice family. The boy he stayed with will be coming to us in December. How will we match that!!!!!!

Club hurling match, milking parlour, Hook lighthouse.

I says

farmersfriend wrote: »

My Eldest is in ty, just back a few days from a week exchange in new York, he had an absolutely great time, was at a show on Broadway, seen all the sights, stayed with a really nice family. The boy he stayed with will be coming to us in December. How will we match that!!!!!!

Pick stones and stand in a gap jobs a good un.

Hard Knocks

I says wrote: »

Pick stones and stand in a gap jobs a good un.

Nothing will beat driving a tractor

Hard Knocks

longgonesilver wrote: »

The blue pallets are only rented by the user, the recipient is supposed to return them to the nearest depot for reuse.

I think there is a €10 deposit on the chep pallets which should be transferred to the new owner

whelan2

I says wrote: »

Pick stones and stand in a gap jobs a good un.

Pulling ragwort would be another, but might not be many around in December

I says

whelan2 wrote: »

Pulling ragwort would be another, but might not be many around in December

Footing turf now that would turn him off the Emerald Isle forever.

grassroot1

Maggoting a ewe he could talk for hours back in America about that

Lady Haywire

There's swallows flying around outside in Leitrim! Summer :D

wrangler

Lady Haywire wrote: »

There's swallows flying around outside in Leitrim! Summer :D

Lovely day here anyway

_Brian

Lady Haywire wrote: »

There's swallows flying around outside in Leitrim! Summer :D

Saw some about Virginia yesterday at a church grounds. Thought they will be hungry, not much in the lines of insects about at the moment.

Lady Haywire

_Brian wrote: »

Saw some about Virginia yesterday at a church grounds. Thought they will be hungry, not much in the lines of insects about at the moment.

Lot of midges around yesterday evening and before that. Might be because of the lake though as that's usually where we spot the swallows first.

Say my name

Lady Haywire wrote: »

There's swallows flying around outside in Leitrim! Summer :D

None down here yet.

As usual.

whelan2

None here yet either. They normally arrive in the milking parlour they must be afraid of the bitch of a heifer I have milking.....

greysides

whelan2 wrote: »

None here yet either. They normally arrive in the milking parlour they must be afraid of the bitch of a heifer I have milking.....

They heard the swearing...sensitive little birds. :P

Genghis Cant

whelan2 wrote: »

None here yet either. They normally arrive in the milking parlour they must be afraid of the bitch of a heifer I have milking.....

Saw a pair outside Trim earlier in the week. First of the year I saw.

Birdnuts

Saw one near my parents house in Kildare on the 1st - earliest ever!! Doubt he survived that wintery week though:(

Say my name

Could some of the mods help out poor David with the title of his new thread.

I don't mean to complain. Only it's like that now for the last two days and my adhd is starting to kick in.

Lady Haywire

Say my name wrote: »

Could some of the mods help out poor David with the title of his new thread.

I don't mean to complain. Only it's like that now for the last two days and my adhd is starting to kick in.

ಠ_ಠ

whelan2

Say my name wrote: »

Could some of the mods help out poor David with the title of his new thread.

I don't mean to complain. Only it's like that now for the last two days and my adhd is starting to kick in.

I heard of a teacher and a parent said to her that she didn't want her kid sitting beside the acdc child in the class