Chit chat number nein

_Brian

I’d say the marksmen are itching to have a pot shot at it.

whelan2

Is it still going on?

Say my name

whelan2 wrote: »

Is it still going on?

Still ongoing.
Closed till 9pm.
Army on the job now.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2018/dec/20/gatwick-airport-drone-travel-chaos-disruption-live-updates

John McClane is in reserve.

BENDYBINN

Say my name wrote: »

It'll be more than one culprit.

You'd have to have a few just to keep the drones charged up between flights and different landing/taking off points for the drones. Or else it wouldn't be going on for so long.

Batteries are charged and fitted to drones......can be changed in seconds.

Say my name

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Batteries are charged and fitted to drones......can be changed in seconds.

You'd think with the helicopters in the air and spotters on the ground they'd be able to follow the drone .....if batteries are being changed?

BENDYBINN

Say my name wrote: »

You'd think with the helicopters in the air and spotters on the ground they'd be able to follow the drone .....if batteries are being changed?

Seems they are turning off lights...difficult to follow

Say my name

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Seems they are turning off lights...difficult to follow

Ah I'm not buying it. Even if lights are off.

They must be suicide drones.

*Suicide as in not returning home or have someone picking them up.

Mooooo

They could gather up the bastard crows around here, they'd do a job on anything

charolais0153

What would cause young calvea coughimg a month or two old. No pneumonia type symptoms

Nekarsulm

Say my name wrote: »

You'd think with the helicopters in the air and spotters on the ground they'd be able to follow the drone .....if batteries are being changed?

It really shows the level to which a modern airport can be targeted, and by relatively common and affordble technology.
Also gives a lie to the abilities of the security services to track and contain a determined vigilante/terrorist.
All those TV shows like Spooks etc are really only illusionary bull****.

Will lead to a severe clampdown on the ownership and use of drones too.

ganmo

Nekarsulm wrote: »

It really shows the level to which a modern airport can be targeted, and by relatively common and affordble technology.
Also gives a lie to the abilities of the security services to track and contain a determined vigilante/terrorist.
All those TV shows like Spooks etc are really only illusionary bull****.

Will lead to a severe clampdown on the ownership and use of drones too.

SimonTemplar wrote: »

Seems possible

Say my name

Nekarsulm wrote: »

It really shows the level to which a modern airport can be targeted, and by relatively common and affordble technology.
Also gives a lie to the abilities of the security services to track and contain a determined vigilante/terrorist.
All those TV shows like Spooks etc are really only illusionary bull****.

Will lead to a severe clampdown on the ownership and use of drones too.

I was reading on another thread the way it's possible for someone to lay out these drones say a day beforehand within 1km or so of the airport and have each one programmed to take off every so often and fly over the airport and then take a route out when the battery starts to get low and literally just fall out of the sky.

The airport could be closed for a while yet and all from a programmer.
The perpetrator could be in a different country since last night.

wrangler

charolais0153 wrote: »

What would cause young calvea coughimg a month or two old. No pneumonia type symptoms

Are they in a shed
There's something wrong with your ventilation, could be too close or too draughty.
When I was bucket feeding calves I always considered coughing as a warning,
Have you taken their temperature

greysides

charolais0153 wrote: »

What would cause young calvea coughimg a month or two old. No pneumonia type symptoms

Anything that irritates the airways. Could be parasites, dust, chemicals or microbes. In your case its most likely microbes, the same ones that initiate pneumonia.

Haemophilus.
Mycoplasma.
RSV.
PI3.
IBR.

Amongst others.

Base price

charolais0153 wrote: »

What would cause young calvea coughimg a month or two old. No pneumonia type symptoms

Any other symptoms?
As wrangler asked - have you taken their temperature. Are they vaccinated. Have they access to hay, if so is it dusty. What bedding are they on, what is the ventilation like in the shed - the weather is unusually mild and settle in the last few days here so their could be a build up of stale air containing lots of nasties.

charolais0153

Its only the one calf and its only the odd time. On woodchip.
No hay. Its a very airy shed . calf doesnt have a temperature

whelan2

Nekarsulm wrote: »

It really shows the level to which a modern airport can be targeted, and by relatively common and affordble technology.
Also gives a lie to the abilities of the security services to track and contain a determined vigilante/terrorist.
All those TV shows like Spooks etc are really only illusionary bull****.

Will lead to a severe clampdown on the ownership and use of drones too.

See they are saying some people sitting on planes for 5 hours not knowing what was going on, we did 2 hours in Heathrow on a plane with kids when they were very young, wouldnt wish it on anyone .

wrangler

charolais0153 wrote: »

Its only the one calf and its only the odd time. On woodchip.
No hay. Its a very airy shed . calf doesnt have a temperature

Your post said calves as in more than one.
Airy sheds can be bad too, we used to always have a sheltered 'nest ' for them, They'd lie out around the pen in the mild days and then tuck in under the nests on the cold days/nights.....first thing you get in an airy shed on a cold night is a down draught

greysides

charolais0153 wrote: »

Its only the one calf and its only the odd time. On woodchip.
No hay. Its a very airy shed . calf doesnt have a temperature

Ask your vet for a shot of long-acting injection for him and keep an eye on the others.

_Brian

Drone still being spotted at Gatwick amd runway to remain closed tonight.

Whoever is runnning this is surely pushing their luck at this stage. Surely if they stopped now they would walk away. If the drone is captured I fully expect the owner will be traced and jail would be inevitable.

mf240

Plenty of drone activities in England. Droning on about brexit and droning on about backstops and soft borders

Say my name

_Brian wrote: »

Drone still being spotted at Gatwick amd runway to remain closed tonight.

Whoever is runnning this is surely pushing their luck at this stage. Surely if they stopped now they would walk away. If the drone is captured I fully expect the owner will be traced and jail would be inevitable.

I have a feeling these things have been programmed for the full 24 hours disruption.
Whoever did this is on a Sun lounger laughing their heads off.

It's a world's first anyway.

foxy farmer

Ffs the British fought 2 world wars and dealt with thousands of enemy aircraft. Now someone flies a glorified model helicopter over the airport and they spent the day looking up at it. Shoot the damn things down. They even brought in the army today at some stage. What were they going to do?

Say my name

There's an interesting program on tg4 about Nordic people and their reindeer farming atm.

Nekarsulm

foxy farmer wrote: »

Ffs the British fought 2 world wars and dealt with thousands of enemy aircraft. Now someone flies a glorified model helicopter over the airport and they spent the day looking up at it. Shoot the damn things down. They even brought in the army today at some stage. What were they going to do?

I see it reported that police on the airfield now carrying semi-auto shotguns....
Like looking for a fly in the dark, in the Albert Hall.

Waffletraktor

Say my name wrote: »

I was reading on another thread the way it's possible for someone to lay out these drones say a day beforehand within 1km or so of the airport and have each one programmed to take off every so often and fly over the airport and then take a route out when the battery starts to get low and literally just fall out of the sky.

The airport could be closed for a while yet and all from a programmer.
The perpetrator could be in a different country since last night.

Im fairly sure there's a projectile net to knock the drone down as it was all the rage worrying about drones being used to carry bombs into public places recently.

Hard Knocks

Got a myostatin test done on a few that was DNA’d
1 heifer has nt821 & F94L
Will this mean big calves? And little milk?

charolais0153

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Got a myostatin test done on a few that was DNA’d
1 heifer has nt821 & F94L
Will this mean big calves? And little milk?

animals are heterozygous with F94L (ie F94L/nt821) they will still exhibit quality carcase characteristics but are less
likely to be affected by more difficult calvings.

whelan2

Gatwick back open and flights have resumed

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

Gatwick back open and flights have resumed

Drone must have ran out of battery

Say my name

Dublin airport is next on Stephen's Day.

greysides

Say my name wrote: »

Dublin airport is next on Stephen's Day.

Sent in the Reggie!

ganmo

Waffletraktor wrote: »

Im fairly sure there's a projectile net to knock the drone down as it was all the rage worrying about drones being used to carry bombs into public places recently.

there's been nets, eagles and a rake of other things tried
the nets don't have the range needed

Reggie.

greysides wrote: »

Sent in the Reggie!

I'm greasing up the anti-air as we speak

blue5000

Jackie Healy-Rae will have to change venue for the stephens' day clay pigeon shoot:D

bogman_bass

Reggie. wrote: »

I'm greasing up the anti-air as we speak

40mm should do the job rightly!

_Brian

Reggie. wrote: »

Drone must have ran out of battery

I’d say very wisely they realised much more and they stood a strong chance of being caught.

Presume footage from the drone will appear online at some stage.

dzer2

Really don't think whoever done this is stupid enough to stick footage up when they were smart enough to outwit the authorities in Gatwick.

whelan2

You'd be fairly fed up stranded on the plane or in the airport when you're supposed to be going away

ganmo

dzer2 wrote: »

Really don't think whoever done this is stupid enough to stick footage up when they were smart enough to outwit the authorities in Gatwick.

I kinda hope he does...with the benny hill music

_Brian

See Gatwick closed with drone again.

Reggie.

_Brian wrote: »

See Gatwick closed with drone again.

I may pack so

patsy_mccabe

Heard a funny story today. These kids found Santa's presents. Now, yer man was a bit of a gob****e, in fairness. Well he got a brain wave and blamed The Elf On The Shelf. Told the kids he had a drink problem and brought the presents too early. They even laid him out on the table for the kids to find, complete with empty brink bottles and all.

I says

Herd test and bord bia passed today I can relax now

whelan2

What age would Chris de burgh be now?

Limestone Cowboy

Sitting in the jeep here at Shannon airport waiting to collect the sister...would it be a bad idea to send up the drone I wonder

I says

whelan2 wrote: »

What age would Chris de burgh be now?

104 at least

Reggie.

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Sitting in the jeep here at Shannon airport waiting to collect the sister...would it be a bad idea to send up the drone I wonder

Yeah cos it would be diverted to Dublin. Long drive then

Buford T. Justice XIX

whelan2 wrote: »

What age would Chris de burgh be now?

He's 70, according to Wikipedia.

mf240

whelan2 wrote: »

What age would Chris de burgh be now?

Is he dead