I don't know where we're going, but it can only be 5K away

Gremlinertia

Deleted User wrote: »

Only a pup Grem

Bork bork :P

Gremlinertia

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Someone asked up thread what my new book is, it's Champagne Football.
I don't think libraries are currently fully functioning so I had to buy this one but I don't mind because I can't be without a book.

Oooooooooh delaney, wonder will it be an unbiased account, heard nothing much about it

Purple Mountain

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Someone asked up thread what my new book is, it's Champagne Football.
I don't think libraries are currently fully functioning so I had to buy this one but I don't mind because I can't be without a book.

You're after reminding me of Footballers Wives! My guilty viewing pleasure back in the day. And Dream Team! I don't even like football.

3d4life

3d4life wrote: »

Anyone here have an insight into the economics of running a boarding kennel

Don't know anything about the running of one, but did see a boarding kennels up for sale, business & 2 bed house for 160,000 on the mayo/Sligo border. If I was nearer my retirement I would seriously think about buying it!

Saw The National in the Iveagh Gardens a few years ago, amazing, like watching them in someone's garden, fantastic!

Sardonicat

Think I should change my name to Granny Cat!

Yeah, I'd love that job too, Red. I'd definitely like to take over from whatever musical illiterate committed several crimes against Kate Bush on 'Hsndmaid's Tale' Having said that, I doubt Kate's complaining!

Hmmm, who thinks 'Running Up That Hill' would make an excellent sound track for the scene where Sardi irons a shirt for Grumpy? I shall test it out and feed back anon....

Ted_YNWA

I've gone bedside.

Been a long week.

Sardonicat

Sardonicat wrote: »

Think I should change my name to Granny Cat!

Yeah, I'd love that job too, Red. I'd definitely like to take over from whatever musical illiterate committed several crimes against Kate Bush on 'Hsndmaid's Tale' Having said that, I doubt Kate's complaining!

Hmmm, who thinks 'Running Up That Hill' would make an excellent sound track for the scene where Sardi irons a shirt for Grumpy? I shall test it out and feed back anon....

Your dad is a great age at 89 Sardicat. Mine will be 78 next week. They become like very bold children at that age!

The Crazy Cat Lady

am watching the late late show

am glad to be having a few headache-free days (was this day last week when I had the last one)

3d4life

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...... Mine will be 78 next week. They become like very bold children at that age!

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3d4life

3d4life wrote: »

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Are you 78 3d or offended on behalf of all 70 + year olds?

Grandeeod

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Someone asked up thread what my new book is, it's Champagne Football.
I don't think libraries are currently fully functioning so I had to buy this one but I don't mind because I can't be without a book.

A Documentary based on that book is on Virgin Media One next Tuesday. A must watch for me! Delaney was a bollix and I can vouch for that, like his father before him.

NewRed2

bubblypop wrote: »

Don't know anything about the running of one, but did see a boarding kennels up for sale, business & 2 bed house for 160,000 on the mayo/Sligo border. If I was nearer my retirement I would seriously think about buying it!

Saw The National in the Iveagh Gardens a few years ago, amazing, like watching them in someone's garden, fantastic!

Yeah I'd echo that, I'd love to pack in work and look after animals, It's always been my dream to have a little animal sanctuary and the minding of pets to help fund it. Kinda nice to hear others saying something remotely similar.
One day hopefully. I'd want a few donkeys to mind. Beautiful creatures and so often mistreated by humans.

But as a stand alone business kennels for dogs etc would be tough going I'd imagine in terns of profits and a wage. So for the person asking, do a LOT of research first.

Sardonicat

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Your dad is a great age at 89 Sardicat. Mine will be 78 next week. They become like very bold children at that age!

Grumpy is more like Harry Enfield's Kevin: grunts in response to questions, tantrums when asked to do something he doesn't want to do, constantly whinging and an absolute delight brimming over with articulate conversation sprinkled with anecdotes with everyone else. I didn'tissue put on motherhood at all. Oh no.

I'd better get this shirt done or there'll be more melodrama than an Eastender's omnibus.

3d4life

Deleted User wrote: »

Are you 78 3d or offended on behalf of all 70 + year olds?

and now you compound the whole thing such a question :mad:

I'm off to put on my grumpy pants

NewRed2

3d4life wrote: »

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yer joking right?

Sardonicat

Sardonicat wrote: »

Grumpy is more like Harry Enfield's Kevin: grunts in response to questions, tantrums when asked to do something he doesn't want to do, constantly whinging and an absolute delight brimming over with articulate conversation sprinkled with anecdotes with everyone else. I didn'tissue put on motherhood at all. Oh no.

I'd better get this shirt done or there'll be more melodrama than an Eastender's omnibus.

Sometimes those closest get the brunt of the frustration and whatever else is going on.
My mother used to lash out at dad in the early stages of her dementia. Hard to see and take.
We'd give anything to have her giving out now though.

NewRed2

NewRed2 wrote: »

yer joking right?

Yes

3d4life

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Someone asked up thread what my new book is, it's Champagne Football.
I don't think libraries are currently fully functioning so I had to buy this one but I don't mind because I can't be without a book.

A shed load of copies will be at a library near you at some stage

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What gives with the 'copy under consideration' thing ? Do the locals vote on it ?

Purple Mountain

There's a waiting list currently for this book plus I think the libraries have restrictions on going inside the buildings now.

NewRed2

NewRed2 wrote: »

Yeah I'd echo that, I'd love to pack in work and look after animals, It's always been my dream to have a little animal sanctuary and the minding of pets to help fund it. Kinda nice to hear others saying something remotely similar.
One day hopefully. I'd want a few donkeys to mind. Beautiful creatures and so often mistreated by humans.

But as a stand alone business kennels for dogs etc would be tough going I'd imagine in terns of profits and a wage. So for the person asking, do a LOT of research first.

Like the guy in buncrana, opened a reserve with bears, wolves etc in it, fabulous place but I reckon it's very hard going at the moment!
RTE did a series on him, probably on the player

Sephiroth_dude

bubblypop wrote: »

Like the guy in buncrana, opened a reserve with bears, wolves etc in it, fabulous place but I reckon it's very hard going at the moment!
RTE did a series on him, probably on the player

It is I'd say, I was watching it every Thursday night, good show.


Roomside folding clothes

Deleted User wrote: »

Pretend you didn't see it .��

Saw what ?























I have champagne football waiting to be read as well purple, you're man who shall renamed unnamed is some little snake!

Sardonicat

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Sometimes those closest get the brunt of the frustration and whatever else is going on.
My mother used to lash out at dad in the early stages of her dementia. Hard to see and take.
We'd give anything to have her giving out now though.

It's not early stages, as such. His is an acquired cognitive impairment due to stroke and TBH it's only a slight aggravation of his personality pre-stroke. Some days he can get confused alright but he's actually lot better than he was four years ago immediately after the stroke but COVI'D isolation and being stuck with each other constantly hasn't helped, obviously

Don't get me wrong, I was only joking in my post above. He's lovely really but a typical grumpy old fella who knows when to switch on the charm.

I'm sorry about your Mam

bubblypop

bubblypop wrote: »

Like the guy in buncrana, opened a reserve with bears, wolves etc in it, fabulous place but I reckon it's very hard going at the moment!
RTE did a series on him, probably on the player

I just saw one episode, well worth watching, definitely hard going now and he put huge effort into it, lovely family so I hope they'll get through it ok.

Drinking this weird honey drink. It's nice and refreshing but strange. Watching the haunting of hill house. I watched the first 5 eps ages ago but gave up because frankly it scares the bejaysus out of me but himself has convinced me to watch a few more since it's October and all. Just finished ep 6 and about to start 7 and I'm gonna have nightmares tonight. I can't take anymore of bent neck!!!!

NewRed2

bubblypop wrote: »

Like the guy in buncrana, opened a reserve with bears, wolves etc in it, fabulous place but I reckon it's very hard going at the moment!
RTE did a series on him, probably on the player

Exactly. Oh wouldn't it be wonderful? To wake up each morning and know your day is about helping animals and doing something wonderful?
Nevermind the rat race and money and taxes and crap.
I want that one day, I'm convinced I can do it too.
Even if its just local wildlife. Plus my donkeys.... Bliss!

Gremlinertia

If i won the lotto i would start planning the farm at home to be a sanctuary with some deciduous forestry for rewilding, i've always wanted to make it wild and back to nature in parts, especially bogland areas

Sardonicat

Sardonicat wrote: »

It's not early stages, as such. His is an acquired cognitive impairment due to stroke and TBH it's only a slight aggravation of his personality pre-stroke. Some days he can get confused alright but he's actually lot better than he was four years ago immediately after the stroke but COVI'D isolation and being stuck with each other constantly hasn't helped, obviously

Don't get me wrong, I was only joking in my post above. He's lovely really but a typical grumpy old fella who knows when to switch on the charm.

I'm sorry about your Mam

Living with each other can be tough alright. It's a challenge at the best of times for adults to live with their parents nevermind during illness. Glad your dad has improved though. Mine is grumpy too and sure you might as well be talking to the wall when it comes to his welfare.

Thanks. She is alive but deep in the clutches of dementia so really I lost her years ago. One good thing is she's spared the anxiety of Covid and instead is in a happy land in her mind. Just wish I could get in there with her!

3d4life

NewRed2 wrote: »

Exactly. Oh wouldn't it be wonderful? To wake up each morning and know your day is about helping animals and doing something wonderful?
Nevermind the rat race and money and taxes and crap.
I want that one day, I'm convinced I can do it too.
Even if its just local wildlife. Plus my donkeys.... Bliss!

+1 for the donkey

When I was young we had a donkey like in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rfevDI-XxM . The cart was like in the video too except it was more upmarket - there was a plank that went from side to side to make a seat

Purple Mountain

I could never understand the value of a donkey to a farmer? Is it just purely for a domestic like pet reason?

Gremlinertia

Love donkeys, went to a sanctuary in england once, such a massive place, amazing

On the Beach

NewRed2 wrote:

yeah its a great song. I'm not very clued in with music, I'm 40 so I'm an auld lad but I love songs where there's a haunting overtone and something different about the song and The National are good at that type of music. I heard it in the closing stages of an episode of The Wire I think. I'm not sure how it works when you are making a movie or a TV Show and you need to choose the right song/part of the song at just the the right moment to convey the mood of what your watching. But I always have a massive respect for the ones who do that well, the scenes where they marry the scene to the music and it just fits. You get it in movies coz they spend millions doing it but in TV Shows its more hit and miss but The Wire had it. And to be fair Sons of anarchy had it but the best I saw was the way the office did it, the scene with dawn and tim and yazoo only you, brilliant. That scene with yazoo playing had me wanting to fall in love. If you take the music away from these moments they're next to nothing. God the beer is kicking in.....

Are you my twin McGarnigle?

3d4life

Purple Mountain wrote: »

I could never understand the value of a donkey to a farmer? Is it just purely for a domestic like pet reason?

Not pets, No!

Self driving, intelligent Transport

If the ground couldnt take the cart ( bog ) then on with the panniers

( A John Hinde postcard )

Sardonicat

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Thanks. She is alive but deep in the clutches of dementia so really I lost her years ago. One good thing is she's spared the anxiety of Covid and instead is in a happy land in her mind. Just wish I could get in there with her!

Mr Sardi's mum was like that. Very happy in herself though. Her world became very small but it wss a happy one . She could be very funny, too. She used to watch the Aussie Soaps and would say 'this morning, when I was in Australia. ..' and relate some event from the show. The best thing to do was go to her place instead of trying to get her into ours. I told her once that my own mother had had red hair and she replied 'Never mind dear, I'm sure she was a nice person. It wasn't her fault '!

It's hard to watch the person you knew dissappear, all the same.

Sardonicat

3d4life wrote: »

Not pets, No!

Self driving, intelligent Transport

If the ground couldnt take the cart ( bog ) then on with the panniers

( A John Hinde postcard )

Those kids were actually blondies and Hinde colourised their hair to fit the rural island stereotype. Fact.

3d4life

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Love donkeys, went to a sanctuary in england once, such a massive place, amazing

Have any of ye been to the Mallow Sanctuary ?

https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.ie/

Sardonicat

I'd love to work with sloths. Definitely my spirit animal. If anyone is in a slump, go to YouTube and search for Baby Sloths

NewRed2

Off to the leaba soon. But listening to Van Halen Jump now. Sad that he died the other day. Its not my type of music at all but when ya listen to it, it's hard to deny what a brilliant talent he was.
I suppose just like J-Lennon he was another flawed genius.
But when the time comes when the modern guys times arrive it will be far more complicated. We'll need to figure out what Snoop Dog actually ever did aside from employing a full time spliff roller. And ya know Shakiras hip never lied but neither will her legacy and between the lot of them they wouldn't know a guitar if it hit them up the arse

Sephiroth_dude

Deleted User wrote: »

The best parties have dogs!

Cats would disagree with that 😾, in particular a certain tiger cub 😛😛😸

Purple Mountain

3d4life wrote: »

Not pets, No!

Self driving, intelligent Transport

If the ground couldnt take the cart ( bog ) then on with the panniers

( A John Hinde postcard )

OK but in today's world I don't get why farmers have them? Sorry..donkey lovers..

Sardonicat

Purple Mountain wrote: »

OK but in today's world I don't get why farmers have them? Sorry..donkey lovers..

Grass cutting and manure? My grandad used to keep one on his half acre to keep the grass down. Beautiful, gentle creatures

On the Beach

How does it feel to let forever be.

Purple Mountain

Sardonicat wrote: »

Grass cutting and manure? My grandad used to keep one on his half acre to keep the grass down. Beautiful, gentle creatures

Would they be kept for the rough, scrubland fields that farming animals couldn't graze on?
Our neighbours used to have one when I was a child and the fecker used to bite.

Sardonicat

On the Beach wrote: »

How does it feel to let forever be.

Put the chemicals away, brother

On the Beach

Sardonicat wrote:

Put the chemicals away, brother

I wish.....but yesh.

NewRed2

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Would they be kept for the rough, scrubland fields that farming animals couldn't graze on?
Our neighbours used to have one when I was a child and the fecker used to bite.

they're the most placid gentle animals of them all. Lovely creatures.
Any animal will act out if not looked after properly but they're as gentle as they come.

Sardonicat

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Would they be kept for the rough, scrubland fields that farming animals couldn't graze on?
Our neighbours used to have one when I was a child and the fecker used to bite.

Some of them can be cross, of course, and any animal will bite if it's approached wrong. Never approach any equine animal head on, always at an angle, until they know you anyway. I don't know how delicate ther tummies are, I don't think they're like goats anyway. The one grandad had was grass fed. Granddad didn't own him but kept him in the summer for whoever did. But then, he would have had donkeys his whole life so maybe he just wanted one around from time to time. He had us warned not to bother him 'Go soft with the animal, now, go soft' Many rural families kept a donkey if they had a small bit of land until the 50s - early 60s, not just farmers, for pulling carts , the bog, etc

Purple Mountain

NewRed2 wrote: »

they're the most placid gentle animals of them all. Lovely creatures.
Any animal will act out if not looked after properly but they're as gentle as they come.

Our neighbours used to give the local children rides on its back like a pony, maybe that's why it decided to bite

NewRed2

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Our neighbours used to give the local children rides on its back like a pony, maybe that's why it decided to bite

ha well I suppose that wud do it alright!

Sardonicat

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Our neighbours used to give the local children rides on its back like a pony, maybe that's why it decided to bite

At the sea side in England, where donkey rides were part and parcel of a day at the beach, there was always a biter amongst them! But ususally just in retaliation to rough housing by a kid. I suppose that even for a donkey it gets to a point where enough is enough!

Gremlinertia

Today is 10-10-20, a farmer's best friend :P

Also world mental health day, for all the difference that makes.