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Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I was talking to a guy today whose company manages the overhead wiring around here and he was saying they have received notice to be aware of a possible Darwin type storm tracking in here around the 18th September. Early days yet, I know, but just something to keep in mind if you're planning any work around that time.


I'm sure there will be more updates closer to the day if it's looking likely, though.

I've seen that mentioned on F4F.

Seemingly mentioned on local radio stations yesterday.

It's a hell of a long way out though.

Be a strange one this time of year though.
Hurricane Charley if this comes to pass might be a better comparison given the track and time of year.
That one brought a lot of rain and wind in 1986.

Lady Haywire

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I was talking to a guy today whose company manages the overhead wiring around here and he was saying they have received notice to be aware of a possible Darwin type storm tracking in here around the 18th September. Early days yet, I know, but just something to keep in mind if you're planning any work around that time.


I'm sure there will be more updates closer to the day if it's looking likely, though.

What's a Darwin type storm? I'm flying to go annoy my brother on that Saturday.

Say my name

Lady Haywire wrote: »

What's a Darwin type storm? I'm flying to go annoy my brother on that Saturday.

Windy.

Say my name

Say my name wrote: »

Windy.

Meteorite has a more technical exploration about this potential storm.
Including the still unknown track of it.
It's Florence for the moment.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=107962874&postcount=34

Lady Haywire

Will have to keep an eye on it so!
Dad lost the crowbar a couple of months ago, been keeping an eye out for it since but I've a feeling it slid off the back of the quad somewhere in the fields as I came across a couple of posts in the middle of a field today. Have images of the topper or mower hitting it next year :pac:

ganmo

I lost a fencing pliers over a year ago, no notion where it could be.

tanko

A neighbour of mine couldnt find the stand for his haybob, his baling contractor found it for him recently!!!

Parishlad

whelan2 wrote: »

Did you get rain on your silage? Eldest lad off to do a 5k race now.

It got a nice bit of a kind of heavy mist yesterday evening and I was cursing it to the high heavens. Today was a smasher though with good strong sunshine and about 19/20 degrees I’d say. Didn’t bale it till about 3pm so it got a good chance to dry out and wasn’t too bad for a finish.
The run was tough going this morning. I was struggling from about 9 miles but finished the 17 in the end. Just one of those days hopefully. I asked my wife to remind me of tough runs like today if I ever again mention doing another one!
How did your lad get on?

whelan2

Parishlad wrote: »

It got a nice bit of a kind of heavy mist yesterday evening and I was cursing it to the high heavens. Today was a smasher though with good strong sunshine and about 19/20 degrees I’d say. Didn’t bale it till about 3pm so it got a good chance to dry out and wasn’t too bad for a finish.
The run was tough going this morning. I was struggling from about 9 miles but finished the 17 in the end. Just one of those days hopefully. I asked my wife to remind me of tough runs like today if I ever again mention doing another one!
How did your lad get on?

18.20 for the 5k he was 15th. They got first team and he was 3rd in the juniors. The lad that won it did it in 15.07!

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

18.20 for the 5k he was 15th. They got first team and he was 3rd in the juniors. The lad that won it did it in 15.07!

Ffs

_Brian

whelan2 wrote: »

18.20 for the 5k he was 15th. They got first team and he was 3rd in the juniors. The lad that won it did it in 15.07!

Must be a handy lad abkut when stock break out !

emaherx

Say my name wrote: »

Meteorite has a more technical exploration about this potential storm.
Including the still unknown track of it.
It's Florence for the moment.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=107962874&postcount=34

The Mirror.ie already reporting near Armageddon.
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/weather-dublin-forecast-meteireann-storm-13162334

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

Ffs

He did the same race last year in 21.15. He had only started running then. Off this morning now to do 17k

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

He did the same race last year in 21.15. He had only started running then. Off this morning now to do 17k

The winner did 5min miles. That's mad

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

The winner did 5min miles. That's mad

He wasn't even sweating.

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

He wasn't even sweating.

That's mad

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

That's mad

Great to watch

KatyMac

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Will have to keep an eye on it so!
Dad lost the crowbar a couple of months ago, been keeping an eye out for it since but I've a feeling it slid off the back of the quad somewhere in the fields as I came across a couple of posts in the middle of a field today. Have images of the topper or mower hitting it next year :pac:

I broke the topper (don't know what it is called but the bit that goes round and actually does the cutting - probably called 'cutter':)), but it flew off into the middle distance and I couldn't find any trace of it. Found it with the rotary mower few months later! Amazingly it didn't do much damage - just had to replace the blades on one of the disks. Was glad it was me mowing with a 20+ year old mower and not the contractor with his fancy expensive one.

Lady Haywire

KatyMac wrote: »

I broke the topper (don't know what it is called but the bit that goes round and actually does the cutting - probably called 'cutter':)), but it flew off into the middle distance and I couldn't find any trace of it. Found it with the rotary mower few months later! Amazingly it didn't do much damage - just had to replace the blades on one of the disks. Was glad it was me mowing with a 20+ year old mower and not the contractor with his fancy expensive one.

Flail? Our old one got bent from a couple of rocks so our topping used to be a bit hit & miss.
Actually broke the contractors mower this year, we'd had a bonfire with scrappy logs that were no use for firewood & thought it had all burned down. One log must have gone out & not burned fully cause i was watching him and there was a sudden 'crash, bang, wallop, fúck!!' :pac:

Reggie.

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Flail? Our old one got bent from a couple of rocks so our topping used to be a bit hit & miss.
Actually broke the contractors mower this year, we'd had a bonfire with scrappy logs that were no use for firewood & thought it had all burned down. One log must have gone out & not burned fully cause i was watching him and there was a sudden 'crash, bang, wallop, fúck!!' :pac:

Bit of a bill coming your way

KatyMac

Reggie. wrote: »

Bit of a bill coming your way

Ouch! Don't mind damaging my own stuff, but hate to see someone else's go 'bang' BTW thanks for the word! My brain shuts down for the weekend!

A cow called Daisy

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Will have to keep an eye on it so!
Dad lost the crowbar a couple of months ago, been keeping an eye out for it since but I've a feeling it slid off the back of the quad somewhere in the fields as I came across a couple of posts in the middle of a field today. Have images of the topper or mower hitting it next year :pac:

Lost bit of a topper years ago in a 3 acre field. Spent ages looking for it and couldnt find it even though I had rough idea where it was.
Had completely forgotten about it until the following spring I was checking on a few cattle in the field. All were feeding except for one pet of a heifer. Went over to her and put her up. She had being lying on the bit of the topper

Unfortunately Lady H she is no longer about if you'd wanted to borrow her.:D

Lady Haywire

Reggie. wrote: »

Bit of a bill coming your way

Nope, was only one bolt that sheared or something, was a conditioner mower if that's any help, maybe a blade?. Just had to pop up home & he had replaced it in a couple of hours. The number of times I've taken his cattle off the road this year, he knows to not be mean about charging!

wrangler

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Flail? Our old one got bent from a couple of rocks so our topping used to be a bit hit & miss.
Actually broke the contractors mower this year, we'd had a bonfire with scrappy logs that were no use for firewood & thought it had all burned down. One log must have gone out & not burned fully cause i was watching him and there was a sudden 'crash, bang, wallop, fúck!!' :pac:

i'd be getting my farm multi peril insurance to pay for that

Reggie.

wrangler wrote: »

i'd be getting my farm multi peril insurance to pay for that

That's what it's there for

Reggie.

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Nope, was only one bolt that sheared or something, was a conditioner mower if that's any help, maybe a blade?. Just had to pop up home & he had replaced it in a couple of hours. The number of times I've taken his cattle off the road this year, he knows to not be mean about charging!

Was it a krone?
They have a safecut cutterbar

Muckit

tanko wrote: »

A neighbour of mine couldnt find the stand for his haybob, his baling contractor found it for him recently!!!

Twas prob the swarth divider. A lot of lads use it as the stand!

Base price

Up the Dubs

charolais0153

Base price wrote: »

Up the Dubs

Am torn. Dont want either to win. Would like the dubs to be beat though

patsy_mccabe

Base price wrote: »

Up the Dubs

Jeez, 4-1 down already.

whelan2

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Jeez, 4-1 down already.

5-1

ganmo

whelan2 wrote: »

5-1

Wasn’t long turning around

Limestone Cowboy

Reggie. wrote: »

Was it a krone?
They have a safecut cutterbar

Great job, hit a big stone a few months ago while mowing for the contractor and sheared the roll pins under 4 hats. Bed would be toast only for it.

greenfield21

Lads i Have a mountain of fym to get out. Is there much value in taking this to silage ground out block about 7mile away. Very hard to get rid of it at home.

cute geoge

greenfield21 wrote: »

Lads i Have a mountain of fym to get out. Is there much value in taking this to silage ground out block about 7mile away. Very hard to get rid of it at home.

Is there an extension for spreading fym ,i would be inclined to wait until end of grazing season and plaster the nearest place to spread it then

gozunda

greenfield21 wrote: »

Lads i Have a mountain of fym to get out. Is there much value in taking this to silage ground out block about 7mile away. Very hard to get rid of it at home.

Look to where grass is responding poorly and spread there. Helps give any areas with poor growth rates a boost by adding organic matter / humus to soil.

Buford T. Justice XIX

greenfield21 wrote: »

Lads i Have a mountain of fym to get out. Is there much value in taking this to silage ground out block about 7mile away. Very hard to get rid of it at home.

If it's where the silage came from, then probably yes. Your silage ground is being mined to provide nutrients for your grazing ground otherwise.

Base price

Woohoo :):):)

patsy_mccabe

Congrats!

Lady Haywire

Reggie. wrote: »

Was it a krone?
They have a safecut cutterbar

Reggie....you know me & machinery!! Driver went off to the yard to change something or other that broke, that's all I know. I was trying to avoid heatstroke. Only reason he was in cutting was because I was attempting to fix the slave cylinder of the zetor.

Reggie.

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Great job, hit a big stone a few months ago while mowing for the contractor and sheared the roll pins under 4 hats. Bed would be toast only for it.

Changed the 4 pins and off again?

Reggie.

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Reggie....you know me & machinery!! Driver went off to the yard to change something or other that broke, that's all I know. I was trying to avoid heatstroke. Only reason he was in cutting was because I was attempting to fix the slave cylinder of the zetor.

Was the mower green. Surely to jaysus you noticed that

Odelay

Reggie. wrote: »

Was the mower green. Surely to jaysus you noticed that

Tis a bit like asking what car do you drive? "A red one".

ganmo

Reggie. wrote: »

Was the mower green. Surely to jaysus you noticed that

Major
Mchale
John Deere
To name a few

Limestone Cowboy

Reggie. wrote: »

Changed the 4 pins and off again?

Ya no bother. Had it going again in an hour.

tanko

Great day out, pity about the result.

Reggie.

ganmo wrote: »

Major
Mchale
John Deere
To name a few

Stop it you

Odelay

tanko wrote: »

Great day out, pity about the result.

Pitch looked fantastic considering all it goes through. Seen them cutting the grass on time, an army of lads with push lawnmowers, no ride on machines there.

charolais0153

2.25 into this video https://youtu.be/doT8YtUr0H8

Base price

I'm just home after celebrating our win and pleasantly inebriated. When feeding the dogs (hours after their normal time) I noticed that there was only 2 swallows roosting in the garage as opposed to the normal 6 which have been residing there for the last few weeks. The season has turned and they are off heading on their holidays.
A bit of kudos on my part for been able to look up at the rafters without falling over