Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

whelan2

Odelay wrote: »

In a pub having a bite of grub. Five aul fellas at the next table discussing death. Apparently you are alive five minutes after you’re dead, so that you’ll know you’re dead. Welcome back old men in a pub.

Did you laugh out loud at them
Reminds me of one of the kids telling me about someone who went to bed and woke up dead

148multi

Odelay wrote: »

In a pub having a bite of grub. Five aul fellas at the next table discussing death. Apparently you are alive five minutes after you’re dead, so that you’ll know you’re dead. Welcome back old men in a pub.

Was rained off a site years ago out in rural longford, we went across the road to a pub, tea samboos and pool. There was 5 or 6 old lads in a healthy discussion due to fact they had mostly heifer calves. The bull, the AI man/woman and the cow were all scrutinised, they finally agreed it was the fault of the bull or AI person. An old boy at the end of the bar pipes up, ye'r wrong. My Mrs changed the sire 5 times and it made no difference.

_Brian

longgonesilver wrote: »

Seeing stories that caravans can walk like dogs in the current situation.

Indeed.
Massive trade in all recreational goods at the moment, both legitimately and illegal.

ruwithme

Looks lengthy for a single axle.
I'm imaging a scene from father ted

Say my name

Odelay wrote: »

In a pub having a bite of grub. Five aul fellas at the next table discussing death. Apparently you are alive five minutes after you’re dead, so that you’ll know you’re dead. Welcome back old men in a pub.

7 to 10 minutes.

The brain is still alive and functioning for 7 to 10 minutes after the body stops breathing and the heart stops pumping.
If you can't get the heart back pumping and the body breathing in that window then your dead dead.

Although there was supposed to be a woman had hypothermia that survived after not breathing and the heart not pumping for six hours due to her cold body temperature but she must have had a faint pulse as she didn't suffer brain damage after that ordeal.

_Brian

ruwithme wrote: »

Looks lengthy for a single axle.
I'm imaging a scene from father ted

It’s not that long.
Think it’s 8m from towbar to rear.
1400kg gross weight.

patsy_mccabe

Odelay wrote: »

In a pub having a bite of grub. Five aul fellas at the next table discussing death. Apparently you are alive five minutes after you’re dead, so that you’ll know you’re dead. Welcome back old men in a pub.

You can freeze hamsters and thaw them out again and they'll be fine. :rolleyes:

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19900108&slug=1049743

zetecescort

two of my nieces called this evening telling of their day at the GAA cul camp. First time they had met most of their friends since the schools closed. nearly ate the dinner in one bite and are thrown down on the couch exhausted now

wrangler

zetecescort wrote: »

two of my nieces called this evening telling of their day at the GAA cul camp. First time they had met most of their friends since the schools closed. nearly ate the dinner in one bite and are thrown down on the couch exhausted now

We were visiting a house on sunday, I have to say my atitude to Covid now is careless so wasn't too worried, but three front line workers came in to visit too, one was telling me their children head off after lunch most days on the bikes to meet up, as do lots of others and there's no physical distancing

Buford T. Justice XIX

zetecescort wrote: »

two of my nieces called this evening telling of their day at the GAA cul camp. First time they had met most of their friends since the schools closed. nearly ate the dinner in one bite and are thrown down on the couch exhausted now

Our lot had Cul camp last week and were wrecked by the end of the week. Some of their friends never turned up on the Friday because they were too tired.

Back to training and matches every night now. I should have been a taximan:pac:

wrangler

Say my name wrote: »

7 to 10 minutes.

The brain is still alive and functioning for 7 to 10 minutes after the body stops breathing and the heart stops pumping.
If you can't get the heart back pumping and the body breathing in that window then your dead dead.

Although there was supposed to be a woman had hypothermia that survived after not breathing and the heart not pumping for six hours due to her cold body temperature but she must have had a faint pulse as she didn't suffer brain damage after that ordeal.

A first aid guy was telling us that even though it seems hopeless, keep pumping the chest because when the the heart stops pumping to the brain you lose 10% of your brain every minute....... just so you know
There's a few farmers round here that are first responders.

whelan2

wrangler wrote: »

We were visiting a house on sunday, I have to say my atitude to Covid now is careless so wasn't too worried, but three front line workers came in to visit too, one was telling me their children head off after lunch most days on the bikes to meet up, as do lots of others and there's no physical distancing

Yet it's not safe to return to school

whelan2

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

Our lot had Cul camp last week and were wrecked by the end of the week. Some of their friends never turned up on the Friday because they were too tired.

Back to training and matches every night now. I should have been a taximan:pac:

Youngest lad has 3 games this Saturday. Cul camp next week.

wrangler

whelan2 wrote: »

Yet it's not safe to return to school

Yea, I was surprised at how much of that is around, but this family were looking forward to getting back.
They're very disappointed the way the Leaving Cert is, they and all their friends would've preferred to have done the Leaving.
Long time ago I used to love Maths and Science in school but we had a useless teacher for both, I even used to get poor results in the term exams, yet I got over 80% in both in the Inter. (the old junior cert)
You can imagine how that teacher would grade my performance, had that been the way then.

patsy_mccabe

wrangler wrote: »

A first aid guy was telling us that even though it seems hopeless, keep pumping the chest because when the the heart stops pumping to the brain you lose 10% of your brain every minute....... just so you know
There's a few farmers round here that are first responders.

Ya, keep the chest going. I helped do it one night. Poor man didn't make it. I'll never forget it. A big crowd of family there too.

_Brian

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Ya, keep the chest going. I helped do it one night. Poor man didn't make it. I'll never forget it. A big crowd of family there too.

Was with someone over the weekend who took a turn.
Lost pulse and I couldn’t find her breath.

Was just getting them ready for cpr when low and behold they suddenly made a breath and near immediately pulse was there.

Into recovery position and they were sitting up in a few minutes.

Squeaky bum time I’ll tell you.

I’ve done cpr training maybe 6-8 times over last 20 years but that’s the first time I came close to using it.

Promised myself that next chance I get I’m doing the defib training as first thing 999 operator asked was how close was the nearest defib and had I done any training, and I so wished I had.

We had an ambulance in 20 minutes which is good for living in sticks, but a long wait all the same.

Lady Haywire

Is the Defib not standard training in the first response cert now. It was part of mine anyway. Once you turn on the defib anyway it tells you what to do.

_Brian

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Is the Defib not standard training in the first response cert now. It was part of mine anyway. Once you turn on the defib anyway it tells you what to do.

Haven’t done the cpr training in few years so don’t know. Eldest has done the training, she says it’s easy to use as long as you don’t panic.

Was a 10mike round trip to get defib so didn’t bother.

Was suggested since I should have rang local barracks as they have one and would have come out, it’s a good tip.

Thankfully didn’t need it.

Lady Haywire

_Brian wrote: »

Haven’t done the cpr training in few years so don’t know. Eldest has done the training, she says it’s easy to use as long as you don’t panic.

Was a 10mike round trip to get defib so didn’t bother.

Was suggested since I should have rang local barracks as they have one and would have come out, it’s a good tip.

Thankfully didn’t need it.

Did mine in 2017 so was prob standard inclusion by then.
Very lucky to have one right beside me at the lake & another only a minute away at the GAA park. If you stick in defibrillator on Google maps you can bring up each one around you, useful if you're somewhere strange.

Odelay

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Did mine in 2017 so was prob standard inclusion by then.
Very lucky to have one right beside me at the lake & another only a minute away at the GAA park. If you stick in defibrillator on Google maps you can bring up each one around you, useful if you're somewhere strange.

That’s very good information about google maps, never thought of that.

I suppose it won’t be long before you can buy a defibrillator in Aldi on your grocery trip.

Lady Haywire

Odelay wrote: »

That’s very good information about google maps, never thought of that.

I suppose it won’t be long before you can buy a defibrillator in Aldi on your grocery trip.

The usual shopping list, milk, coffee, defibrillator, chainsaw, box of jelly babies etc.

_Brian

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Did mine in 2017 so was prob standard inclusion by then.
Very lucky to have one right beside me at the lake & another only a minute away at the GAA park. If you stick in defibrillator on Google maps you can bring up each one around you, useful if you're somewhere strange.

Caution on google maps.
I checked that and closest one shown is 47km away in Longford so it’s obviously area dependent on accuracy.

Lady Haywire

_Brian wrote: »

Caution on google maps.
I checked that and closest one shown is 47km away in Longford so it’s obviously area dependent on accuracy.

Oh! That's weird. Mine shows up the few I know around here & a few more I didnt. Strange.

patsy_mccabe

Defibrillator in the house across the road here as son died from sudden adult death syndrome, and they have 2 other sons. Local GAA pitch has one too.

Wildsurfer

Just googled it there see a basic defib costs about €1200, so if any history in family it would be worth looking into if in a remote area

emaherx

A few years ago I was doing some work in a shopping centre, I went out to the car to grab some tools and a man came staggering towards me and collapesed in front of me. I did chest compressions until the Ambulance arrived. I got someone to look for the defibrillator inside but it couldn't be got as it was locked inside an office and no one was available with the key. Was told they were affraid of it being vandilized if left in a public area but that man didn't make it because of it.

patsy_mccabe

In the parish next to here, there is a defibrillator hanging on a wall at a cross roads. Anyone could just take it. Really surprised to see it there.

kollegeknight

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

In the parish next to here, there is a defibrillator hanging on a wall at a cross roads. Anyone could just take it. Really surprised to see it there.

Brother who is a Garda was saying they were targets from a certain group to shock the dogs to wind them up for fighting.

We have 3/4 define in our community. Probably should Be more stragegically places as our parish is big and spread out.

Say my name

I was on the road these last few days with the tractor so had a great view into fields.

I noticed one field of barley by the road that in patches was getting predated by crows. On the edges the farmer had a black substance sprayed on the barley to stop the crows from going any further.
It seemed like it did the trick.
Now today the whole crop has been combined harvested. Barley thrashed straw baled. Black sprayed areas included. Field cleared.

So just wondering? Glyphosate is not allowed and probably being tested for in this crop. But I wonder is barley being tested for waste burnt oil?
I understand the farmers predicament in wanting to maximize their crop and maximize their returns. But really seriously. Do farmers not realise they're first rung health providers.
I'd say no phucks given.

ganmo

If it was burnt oil itll show up on any dioxin test.
Theres 2 possibilities where the farmer might be above board,
A - it wasnt burnt oil, but some dye or other.
B - that section wasnt harvested with the rest of the crop