Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

NcdJd

whelan2 wrote: »

I think man city were being bet at the same time as that programme was on. Much better viewing

The only time i watch sport is when I'm sitting in my local having a pint at the bar. Golf and football on the telly. But haven't done that since the coronavirus took off. I really really miss that.

Dinzee Conlee

_Brian wrote: »

Watching that program and expecting anything other than a vegan agenda being pushed is silly.

It’s set up to appease a section of society that have no relationship to food, farming or health. They buy foods just to talk about what they are buying and where they are getting it from.

Doesn’t matter if it’s hyper processed, produced from ingredients with no sustainability and not supporting a local industry. They think it’s cool, their weird friends think it’s cool and they all probably think farms should all be shut down amd populated with bears, beavers and wolves.

Have never paid the licence fee in my life and when I’m pension age I’ll post the free one back to them. About 10% of the programming is public interest broadcasting and the rest is just rubbish.

I don’t know why, but this I don’t pay my licence but I think it’s ok to watch and criticise RTÉ’ annoys me...

If you want to pay the licence, that’s fine. But to me, not paying the licence means you lose the right to criticise. Its like voting - you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain afterwards...

Jb1989

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

I don’t know why, but this I don’t pay my licence but I think it’s ok to watch and criticise RTÉ’ annoys me...

If you want to pay the licence, that’s fine. But to me, not paying the licence means you lose the right to criticise. Its like voting - you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain afterwards...

+1

Nekarsulm

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

I don’t know why, but this I don’t pay my licence but I think it’s ok to watch and criticise RTɒ annoys me...

If you want to pay the licence, that’s fine. But to me, not paying the licence means you lose the right to criticise. Its like voting - you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain afterwards...

Nope, its nothing like voting.
In fact, if voting was like the RTE licence fee, you'd be charged €160 euro a year for owning a pencil.
Whether you used it to vote or not.

funkey_monkey

Mr Magnolia wrote: »

Hi up, this is one of the threads on boards I'd always keep an eye on from afar. Theres a great community feel to the place so fair play to ye.

Anyway, thought you'd like to see this if it hasn't been linked here already.

https://twitter.com/BBCSPORTNI/status/1310180760469598208?s=19

That's Billy and his stabiliser cattle.

gozunda

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Same "vegan agenda" as last week, so.
RTE really are the pits with lazy, tabloid, schlock-horror shows like this.
One of the reasons I haven't bought a licence for nearly 20 years..

But rem Rte 'truth matters' - well it does to the extent to the exorbitant salaries paid to its top paid actors / media peoples ...

Tbh - I've stopped watching rte due to its prevailing pc right on bs ...

Its little better than tabloid reportage at this stage and yet it remains state supported. Time that was sorted eitherway ...

Buford T. Justice XIX

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

I don’t know why, but this I don’t pay my licence but I think it’s ok to watch and criticise RTÉ’ annoys me...

If you want to pay the licence, that’s fine. But to me, not paying the licence means you lose the right to criticise. Its like voting - you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain afterwards...

I'd agree with you up to a point.

RTE are funded by the whole country and there's an onus on them to broadcast accurate programming. Their recent output is anything but accurate and balanced.

In fact, it seems more like campaigning which is well beyond its remit. I'm finding it difficult to justify paying for it myself. If RTE were a subscription service, I wouldn't even consider paying for it.

NcdJd

Is TG4 funded by the license ?

Anyway finding myself I'm watching less and less of rte. Alot of repeats and the stuff they show I've no interest in it. Listen to the radio alot more than i would watch television.

patsy_mccabe

I'm watching almost zero TV now. Wish I could say the same about YouTube.. ..😄.

_Brian

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

I don’t know why, but this I don’t pay my licence but I think it’s ok to watch and criticise RTɒ annoys me...

If you want to pay the licence, that’s fine. But to me, not paying the licence means you lose the right to criticise. Its like voting - you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain afterwards...

No I can definitely criticise things I don’t pay for, that’s just free speech.


I also object to the notion that I need a licence to have my tv/laptop to watch YouTube or Netflix, just because it’s “capable” of receiving a signal or whatever Tom foolery they use as a description.

_Brian

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

I'd agree with you up to a point.

RTE are funded by the whole country and there's an onus on them to broadcast accurate programming. Their recent output is anything but accurate and balanced.

In fact, it seems more like campaigning which is well beyond its remit. I'm finding it difficult to justify paying for it myself. If RTE were a subscription service, I wouldn't even consider paying for it.

If it were a subscription service it would be long broke and closed.

Siamsa Sessions

The irony is that RTE thinks it being cool and trendy but the meat-bad-vegan-good debate has long since moved on. Even the vegan and climate advocates on Twitter have a more rounded view after the debates, discussions, etc. over the past 12-18 months.

But RTE is part of the public service mindset: overpaid and out-of-touch.

I wouldn't be too concerned though: fewer people than ever are watching RTE and even fewer are going to be influenced by programming that's long past its sell-by date.

whelan2

I used to look forward to fair city, since it has come back on it's terrible, cringeworthy stuff

straight

Farm4life

https://www.facebook.com/497611513912416/posts/1301835750156651/

Nekarsulm

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Nope, its nothing like voting.
In fact, if voting was like the RTE licence fee, you'd be charged €160 euro a year for owning a pencil.
Whether you used it to vote or not.

Correct, if you own a TV you're liable to pay the license whether you watch RTE or not. In effect owning a TV legally in Ireland is subsidising RTE propaganda.

Also, they want the license changed to incorporate anything capable of playing RTE player, so that will include laptops, tablets, smartphones etc.

If it was such a great service they would make it a subscription service and let it stand on it's own two feet.

Nekarsulm

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

I wouldn't be too concerned though: fewer people than ever are watching RTE and even fewer are going to be influenced by programming that's long past its sell-by date.

The requirement fo a licence for a radio was only abolished in 1972, when more and more people were buying TV's.
You needed a separate licence if you were lucky enough to have a radio in your car. .
I changed my own car last week, and was surprised to find that RTE 2FM was one of the stations present on the radio.
Genuinely thought it had closed down years ago..
I

Limestone Cowboy

Kiss the ground on Netflix is a good documentry for anybody interested in global warming/carbon footprint etc. I thought it was very interesting.

roosterman71

Anyone able to recommend a land surveyor who could tell me what is under the top soil of a field? Is that possible without digging holes? And someone to value a plot for me too. North tipp region

gozunda

roosterman71 wrote: »

Anyone able to recommend a land surveyor who could tell me what is under the top soil of a field? Is that possible without digging holes? And someone to value a plot for me too. North tipp region

Do you mean a geological evaluation or soil profile information / natural drainage?

roosterman71

gozunda wrote: »

Do you mean a geological valuation or soil profile information / natural drainage?

Not so much drainage. Interested to see if there's rock or sand underneath. Not gonna build there or anything, but if there was sand I'd dig out some to fix up a laneway into the field.

gozunda

roosterman71 wrote: »

Not so much drainage. Interested to see if there's rock or sand underneath. Not gonna build there or anything, but if there was sand I'd dig out some to fix up a laneway into the field.

Recommend you get yourself a copy of 'Soils of North Tipperary' undertaken by An Foras Taluntais.

This series of soil surveys provide detailed drainage / geological and soil information for each area surveyed.

I think some of that info is available here as pdf's. Search for North Tipperary

https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/soil--soil-fertility/county-soil-maps/

roosterman71

gozunda wrote: »

Recommend you get yourself a copy of 'Soils of North Tipperary' undertaken by An Foras Taluntais.

This series of soil surveys provide detailed drainage / geological and soil information for each area surveyed.

I think some if that info is available here as pdf's.
Search for North Tipperary

https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/soil--soil-fertility/county-soil-maps/

Some amount of info there. The plot I'm looking at is down as "peaty". I might dig a hole some day and see if that's right or not!

patsy_mccabe

roosterman71 wrote: »

Anyone able to recommend a land surveyor who could tell me what is under the top soil of a field? Is that possible without digging holes? And someone to value a plot for me too. North tipp region

Just dug some test holes. Keep it simple.

wrangler

You won't get rid of me just yet. but it's looking like I'll be getting a pacemaker.
I was in the beacon at eight and home now, how is that for service

straight

roosterman71 wrote: »

Not so much drainage. Interested to see if there's rock or sand underneath. Not gonna build there or anything, but if there was sand I'd dig out some to fix up a laneway into the field.

Ask the neighbouring land owners

Buford T. Justice XIX

wrangler wrote: »

You won't get rid of me just yet. but it's looking like I'll be getting a pacemaker.
I was in the beacon at eight and home now, how is that for service

Good to hear, wrangler.

Just keep away from the Sex and Sexuality forum, it's really for the best:D

Nekarsulm

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

Good to hear, wrangler.

Just keep away from the Sex and Sexuality forum, it's really for the best:D

I'll add the Christianity forum and the Airlines forum.
Probably trow in Veganism forum and the Pets one as well!

Tileman

straight wrote: »

Ask the neighbouring land owners

If he is interested in buying land then the locals won’t give him unbiased info.

whelan2

Nekarsulm wrote: »

I'll add the Christianity forum and the Airlines forum.
Probably trow in Veganism forum and the Pets one as well!

In other words just stay on farming and forestry

Reggie.

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

Good to hear, wrangler.

Just keep away from the Sex and Sexuality forum, it's really for the best:D

Where is that?????

Asking for a friend