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whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

Bitch

It is lovely

Jb1989

Base price wrote: »

The two atm's that were stolen from Kells on Friday morning have been "recovered" near the Meath/Monaghan border - I wonder if the money was still in them :rolleyes:
https://www.thejournal.ie/two-atms-recovered-by-gardai-investigating-kells-theft-4601491-Apr2019/?utm_source=facebook_short&fbclid=IwAR04uiBAgbwEZOuKdES9elbeHEY9ubjYlZZitUEMv8nM5ViCzsiCaFm3oNQ

Contained no money it says on rte

Rows Grower

Jb1989 wrote: »

Contained no money it says on rte

What?

You mean the dirty b****rds stole the money and then left the empty machines somewhere?

What is the world coming to?

Birdnuts

whelan2 wrote: »

That's a desperate performance there by Manchester united

Hope theres a backlash when they meet City!!

Hard Knocks

How do people clean their show combs

wrangler

We went to see 'Warhorse' on Friday night, The horses are a fantastic piece of engineering.
On saying that, only I had seen the film I would've found it hard to figure the story.
We also went to the Guinness Storehouse on Saturday morning.
They're really selling a story there and getting plenty of willing payers for it

whelan2

wrangler wrote: »

We went to see 'Warhorse' on Friday night, The horses are a fantastic piece of engineering.
On saying that, only I had seen the film I would've found it hard to figure the story.
We also went to the Guinness Storehouse on Saturday morning.
They're really selling a story there and getting plenty of willing payers for it

Kids here went to see it a few years ago as their primary school tour. Thought it was tough going for kids so young. It was very long too afair

wrangler

whelan2 wrote: »

Kids here went to see it a few years ago as their primary school tour. Thought it was tough going for kids so young. It was very long too afair

Guinness storehouse or Warhorse

whelan2

wrangler wrote: »

Guinness storehouse or Warhorse

Sorry warhorse. Don't think they would have been allowed into the Guinness storehouse...

Say my name

These are good countries to get a flat tyre in..


The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) Tweeted:
Top ten countries where people are most likely to help a stranger, 2018.

1. Libya: 83%
2. Iraq: 81%
3. Kuwait: 80%
4. Liberia: 80%
5. Sierra Leone: 80%
6. Bahrain: 74%
7. Gambia: 74%
8. Saudi Arabia: 74%
9. Kenya: 72%
10. US: 72%

(World Giving Index) https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1120031949886767104?s=17

wrangler

whelan2 wrote: »

Sorry warhorse. Don't think they would have been allowed into the Guinness storehouse...

It was about three hours alright, probably long for kids alright,

Say my name

You know how I'm always ahead of the curve on things!!

Well here's a thread on thefarmingforum about a book I posted on here when I bought it.

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/this-is-a-book.281020/

I'm still only halfway through the book. But it's all truth and sense and doesn't hold back. I've just gotten to the bit on Gabe Brown.

Jb1989

Rows Grower wrote: »

What?

You mean the dirty b****rds stole the money and then left the empty machines somewhere?

What is the world coming to?

Seems to be, unlike the two that were stole from cootehill few years ago that were found days later still full, untouched ......
Hope that answers base prices question....

Bass Reeves

Say my name wrote: »

These are good countries to get a flat tyre in..


The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) Tweeted:
Top ten countries where people are most likely to help a stranger, 2018.

1. Libya: 83%
2. Iraq: 81%
3. Kuwait: 80%
4. Liberia: 80%
5. Sierra Leone: 80%
6. Bahrain: 74%
7. Gambia: 74%
8. Saudi Arabia: 74%
9. Kenya: 72%
10. US: 72%

(World Giving Index) https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1120031949886767104?s=17

Unfortunately it an inverse proportion formula if you are not helped you chance of something dreadful happening to you you about the same. I would take my f@@king chance with a flat tyre in unhelpful Ireland before I would want one in any of them f@@king places

kollegeknight

At bunratty for their Easter Funday. Great weather for it and plenty happening.

Bullocks

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Unfortunately it an inverse proportion formula if you are not helped you chance of something dreadful happening to you you about the same. I would take my f@@king chance with a flat tyre in unhelpful Ireland before I would want one in any of them f@@king places

Yeah I bet if you were stuck on the side side of the road in Kuwait the last thought going through your head would be how friendly the lads circling you are!

Nekarsulm

Jeez, some of the best scenery in the country must be the drive between Spiddal and Westport, via Maam Cross.
Stunning in weather like this, you could be in Iceland as handy as Ireland!

Hard Knocks

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Jeez, some of the best scenery in the country must be the drive between Spiddal and Westport, via Maam Cross.
Stunning in weather like this, you could be in Iceland as handy as Ireland!

Maam Cross to Cliften is nice too
On a day like today Ireland ideal is breathtaking

_Brian

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Jeez, some of the best scenery in the country must be the drive between Spiddal and Westport, via Maam Cross.
Stunning in weather like this, you could be in Iceland as handy as Ireland!

We’re in Rossnowlagh ourselves, west coast of Ireland is hard to beat for scenery

Nekarsulm

_Brian wrote: »

We’re in Rossnowlagh ourselves, west coast of Ireland is hard to beat for scenery

Stayed in Spiddal last night, great crowd in the pub. Most of the women off Ros na Run were there.
Mass in Irish yesterday morning (that'll surprise anyone who knows me!)
From native speakers it sounds very different to what we were taught in school...

emaherx

I'm out in Carlingford with the kids, fantastic weather for it. Is anyone farming today?

Nekarsulm

emaherx wrote: »

I'm out in Carlingford with the kids, fantastic weather for it. Is anyone farming today?

It'll all be there tomorrow .......

Muckit

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Stayed in Spiddal last night, great crowd in the pub. Most of the women off Ros na Run were there.
Mass in Irish yesterday morning (that'll surprise anyone who knows me!)
From native speakers it sounds very different to what we were taught in school...

Mass? You probably needed confessions aswell for all your impure thoughts !
God those girls could recite the modh coinníollach to me anytime!!

Bullocks

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Stayed in Spiddal last night, great crowd in the pub. Most of the women off Ros na Run were there.
Mass in Irish yesterday morning (that'll surprise anyone who knows me!)
From native speakers it sounds very different to what we were taught in school...

I would've bought you a pint if I knew you were that close! I'd say connemara Irish has a different twang than other parts of Ireland but even the English is that way too. You can walk around the Ros na Rún set, It's only a few minutes walk from spiddal village

emaherx

Nekarsulm wrote: »

It'll all be there tomorrow .......

All there +1

Last cow calved, just minutes before I arrived home by the look of it.

Hard Knocks

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Stayed in Spiddal last night, great crowd in the pub. Most of the women off Ros na Run were there.
Mass in Irish yesterday morning (that'll surprise anyone who knows me!)
From native speakers it sounds very different to what we were taught in school...

When on tour ....

dmakc

Can you spread lime over a thick sward of grass and have the same effect as if it were bare? We've 30 tonne coming tomorrow but there's a 3 acre field which is looking very healthy atm..

Grueller

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Unfortunately it an inverse proportion formula if you are not helped you chance of something dreadful happening to you you about the same. I would take my f@@king chance with a flat tyre in unhelpful Ireland before I would want one in any of them f@@king places

I have been through west africa and Gambia would be seriously friendly. A friend of mine is a priest on the missions there. Safer than Ireland he says.

MeTheMan

Four hours of licking done. I'd say another four tomorrow. Great weather to be sat on the quad. Bit worried about how well it will go. 50 litre tank with two jugs of gallop 360 and only half gone on 10 acres. Hard to see it killing the rushes. I feel like I spent four hours watering them now. A few weeks will tell.

_Brian

MeTheMan wrote: »

Four hours of licking done. I'd say another four tomorrow. Great weather to be sat on the quad. Bit worried about how well it will go. 50 litre tank with two jugs of gallop 360 and only half gone on 10 acres. Hard to see it killing the rushes. I feel like I spent four hours watering them now. A few weeks will tell.

Would have weed licked at 1:100 and it worked.
Once they are a bit wet as you pass it will be fine.

Limestone Cowboy

_Brian wrote: »

Would have weed licked at 1:100 and it worked.
Once they are a bit wet as you pass it will be fine.

Might actually work better. I found the rushes came back a lot quicker licking with roundup or Gallup compared to spraying with mcpa but they died off way quicker. Think it was mixed too strong and just killed off the top growth before it got a chance to get to the root system. Find with spraying it's more important to use at least 150 litres of mix to the acre than having the mix very strong. Sprayed the world of rushes last year at the recommended 2.7l/ha and got brilliant results. Had them topped about a month before hand and fertilised a week before I sprayed so the were growing well and it made a huge difference.

Suckler

Say my name wrote: »

These are good countries to get a flat tyre in..

1. Libya: 83%
2. Iraq: 81%
3. Kuwait: 80%
4. Liberia: 80%
5. Sierra Leone: 80%
6. Bahrain: 74%
7. Gambia: 74%
8. Saudi Arabia: 74%
9. Kenya: 72%
10. US: 72%

Bass Reeves wrote: »

... I would take my f@@king chance with a flat tyre in unhelpful Ireland before I would want one in any of them f@@king places

Bullocks wrote: »

Yeah I bet if you were stuck on the side side of the road in Kuwait the last thought going through your head would be how friendly the lads circling you are!

"The lads circling you in Kuwait" would be more helpful than the vast majority of Irish.

I've been to 6 off that list (and worse) without issue.

For a small country with a history of a long internal war we're fairly quick to label other places as dodgy. Try getting a flat tyre with the wrong reg plate in the north and/or some of the border towns and see how helpful the locals are. Try being a foreigner in need of help O'Connell street or the boardwalk along the Liffey Board Walk and see how helpful locals are....

_Brian

Suckler wrote: »

"The lads circling you in Kuwait" would be more helpful than the vast majority of Irish.

I've been to 6 off that list (and worse) without issue.

For a small country with a history of a long internal war we're fairly quick to label other places as dodgy. Try getting a flat tyre with the wrong reg plate in the north and/or some of the border towns and see how helpful the locals are. Try being a foreigner in need of help O'Connell street or the boardwalk along the Liffey Board Walk and see how helpful locals are....

Within the last year in the north we’ve been warned not to stop round one town because our reg wouldn’t be welcome, this was advice from a guy walking down the street as I was stopped at traffic lights, more recently we had our car vandalised, only southern ref car parked along a row of NI ref cars overnight in a street.

Anyone who thinks Ireland is a friendly welcoming place is a fool. Land of a thousands welcomes me hole. It’s a nation full of bigotry and racists.

White Clover

_Brian wrote: »

Anyone who thinks Ireland is a friendly welcoming place is a fool. Land of a thousands welcomes me hole. It’s a nation full of bigotry and racists.

That's a bit ott. It's Northern Ireland where the problem is.

MeTheMan

Thinking of investing in a quad sprayer. Licker is no use on thistles and docks and we have a few docks and a lot of thistles creeping in. Anyone any experience with them?

wrangler

MeTheMan wrote: »

Thinking of investing in a quad sprayer. Licker is no use on thistles and docks and we have a few docks and a lot of thistles creeping in. Anyone any experience with them?

I have one, have it on at the moment to spray off a paddock with roundup, it has a 3mtr boom and a lance, It's handy for spot spraying in that you can use the boom in large areas and switch back to the lance for small bunches
It puts out 20gals/acre at 5km/hr so its much slower than a tractor
Largely trouble free

_Brian

White Clover wrote: »

That's a bit ott. It's Northern Ireland where the problem is.

The republic isn’t a bed of roses either, we like to say we’re nice and welcoming but huge swathes of Irish society are not nice people at all.

Not everyone, but an awful lot of people.

I says

_Brian wrote: »

The republic isn’t a bed of roses either, we like to say we’re nice and welcoming but huge swathes of Irish society are not nice people at all.

Not everyone, but an awful lot of people.

Agreed some right sh1theads out there

Suckler

White Clover wrote: »

That's a bit ott. It's Northern Ireland where the problem is.

Granted that's where the sectarian problem is move evident these days but every city/big town has an area that you would want to leave your car (for example) for any great length of time.

_Brian wrote: »

The republic isn’t a bed of roses either, we like to say we’re nice and welcoming but huge swathes of Irish society are not nice people at all.

Not everyone, but an awful lot of people.

I says wrote: »

Agreed some right sh1theads out there

'Not everyone' & 'some' being the operative words but the usual case of the minority affecting the majority.

Lady Haywire

Does anyone else feed their contractors any more? I actually wouldn't be able to sit & watch them working without offering dinner. Sometimes they accept & sometimes they don't, today they did!
Shin beef stew on for everyone now, I usually make enough to freeze a few portions of it so plenty for all today

Suckler

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Does anyone else feed their contractors any more? I actually wouldn't be able to sit & watch them working without offering dinner. Sometimes they accept & sometimes they don't, today they did!
Shin beef stew on for everyone now, I usually make enough to freeze a few portions of it so plenty for all today

Tea and sandwiches usually now, suits them if they want to sit and chat or grab and go with them. Suits me as not much to prepare and not much waste.

Reggie.

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Does anyone else feed their contractors any more? I actually wouldn't be able to sit & watch them working without offering dinner. Sometimes they accept & sometimes they don't, today they did!
Shin beef stew on for everyone now, I usually make enough to freeze a few portions of it so plenty for all today

Unfortunately it's a dying tradition

whelan2

I think louth was one of the first counties with the new lpis digitised land measurements for the bps in 2019. My dad gained 1.5 acres on a small amount of land. I gained 0.85 of an acre. On my dad's they hadnt got the land right upto the motorway fence being claimed. Nice difference

_Brian

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Does anyone else feed their contractors any more? I actually wouldn't be able to sit & watch them working without offering dinner. Sometimes they accept & sometimes they don't, today they did!
Shin beef stew on for everyone now, I usually make enough to freeze a few portions of it so plenty for all today

Only contractor we have in is lad to cut, bale and mow and it’s not much. They never want grub, but love to see the chequebook.

Last time we fed them was when they mowed, baked and wrapped all in one pass. When it’s brokek up over a few days they’re not here long enough to be fed.

MeTheMan

Only ones fed here are the shearers. I'd feed them every day for a week if they wanted. A job I think in the next ten years I'll be doing myself as not to many coming through. Pig of a job.

Buford T. Justice XIX

I decided to do a good bit of fencing this spring but could never get a good run at it, doing an hour here and there and trying to keep up with other jobs.

Made a burst this morning to get a good bit sorted and managed to eliminate all the 4 day paddocks into 2 x 2 day paddocks. Flew through them as I had all the donkey work done while thinking I was getting nowhere.

ganmo

I was spraying some nettles over the weekend. This one managed to survive

_Brian

More bollix selling meat as tue end of the world

https://twitter.com/KariHamerschlag/status/1120446839688433664?s=20

Not sure if twitter link works for non twitter folks.

gozunda

_Brian wrote: »

More bollix selling meat as the end of the world
https://twitter.com/KariHamerschlag/status/1120446839688433664?s=20
Not sure if twitter link works for non twitter folks.

Looks like once again we are again being drip fed plant food propaganda by the usual suspects.

It's funny that when academic research points out that the life cycle of many plant based food diets can be more harmful to the environment than diets including meat etc, some Vegie interests seem to loose their fillies

Advocates ... regularly point out how how harmful human consumption of meat is to the environment, but is opting for a fully vegetable-based, meat-free diet a viable way to cut down on energy use and greenhouse gas emissions?

Nope – according to a new study by scientists in the US – or, at least, it's not that simple.

https://www.sciencealert.com/vegetarian-and-healthy-diets-may-actually-be-worse-for-the-environment-study-finds

Interestingly this particular study was vehemently attacked by many of the same groups frequently throwing inaccurate facts and disinformation around about meat and dairy production. Funny that.

whelan2

Our normal postman was off for 2 weeks, during that time I got no post delivered to my address. The replacement postman only worked every second day and only emptied the local post box every second day. My post went to my parents house. Stuff I know I should have been delivered never came. Postman was back today, he was doing 2 weeks work in 1 day. I ordered a few replacement tags last Monday, dispatched on Tuesday , no sign of them. Calves I registered on line on Sunday of last week I got the cards today. Couldnt bring a calf to the mart today as I didnt have the tag for him. I am now wondering where my bvd samples are....