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    #3092
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    Had a cave in on a section of my septic tank run. Swear ta fcuk, next person who gives off to me about cattle slurry smelling bad is going to get an earful :pac:


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    #3093
    The Rabbi
    Registered Users Posts: 330 ✭✭The Rabbi


    Lady Haywire wrote: »
    Had a cave in on a section of my septic tank run. Swear ta fcuk, next person who gives off to me about cattle slurry smelling bad is going to get an earful :pac:

    Output is a result of input,you only have yourself to blame:D


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    #3094
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    The Rabbi wrote: »
    Output is a result of input,you only have yourself to blame:D

    True:o twas my grandfather put it in. Tractors too heavy these days!!


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    #3095
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,569 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Lady Haywire wrote: »
    Had a cave in on a section of my septic tank run. Swear ta fcuk, next person who gives off to me about cattle slurry smelling bad is going to get an earful :pac:

    Always nasty work.
    The tank itself??


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    #3096
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,784 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Lady Haywire wrote: »
    Had a cave in on a section of my septic tank run. Swear ta fcuk, next person who gives off to me about cattle slurry smelling bad is going to get an earful :pac:

    If its your own house, spend the money and upgrade to a new modern one. Speaking from experience on this one. Tractor cracked the old clay pipes here on our one years ago. A handy DIY job done then. Never right after. Constantly gets blocked.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #3097
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    Yea, own house, contractor drove over it a year ago & wasn't right since. Caved in a while back I reckon but not noticed til now.
    Will upgrade, sure it's done it's 50 years!


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    #3098
    Base price
    Registered Users Posts: 11,274 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    I notice the Dept are putting the Eircode under the address on blue cards now. I'm not really happy about it and wonder why they are doing it.


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    #3099
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Great news locally, a Canadian mining co. has had it's application to renew a mining license rejected. Some of my property would have been at the boundary of the company's "property", in mining terms. I'm happy to say I had a tiny part in getting them gone.


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    #3100
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,260 ✭✭✭tanko


    zetecescort wrote: »
    after a few weeks off This Farming Life returns tonight at 8 on BBC 2

    That was some carry on with yer man trying to halter train the four year old shorthorn bull and trying to get him into the trailer. He was lucky to escape injury.
    I suppose the programme shows the kind of rootin that happens on farms:o


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    #3101
    farawaygrass
    Registered Users Posts: 1,932 ✭✭✭farawaygrass


    tanko wrote: »
    That was some carry on with yer man trying to halter train the four year old shorthorn bull and trying to get him into the trailer. He was lucky to escape injury.
    I suppose the programme shows the kind of rootin that happens on farms:o

    Do ye think the typical Irish farmer has surpassed the typical English farmer? I do tbh. Irish farms seem to have invested a lot more and modernised more. Maybe something to do with all the tenant games out there and lack of ownership


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    #3102
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,219 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    tanko wrote: »
    That was some carry on with yer man trying to halter train the four year old shorthorn bull and trying to get him into the trailer. He was lucky to escape injury.
    I suppose the programme shows the kind of rootin that happens on farms:o

    That bull looked to have never been trained to the halter..
    Four year old is a bit late, and Shorthorns are known to be "crusty" at the best of times.
    Surprised he didn't even get a bid at £800..... would there not have been a few pounds in him to factory him?


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    #3103
    Panjandrums
    Registered Users Posts: 400 ✭✭Panjandrums


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Great news locally, a Canadian mining co. has had it's application to renew a mining license rejected. Some of my property would have been at the boundary of the company's "property", in mining terms. I'm happy to say I had a tiny part in getting them gone.

    Teck Mining?


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    #3104
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Panjandrums wrote: »
    Teck Mining?

    MOAG


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    #3105
    DukeCaboom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭DukeCaboom


    Base price wrote: »
    I notice the Dept are putting the Eircode under the address on blue cards now. I'm not really happy about it and wonder why they are doing it.

    Ya, don't think there's any need of it. Its on the blue cards at least a year do.


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    #3106
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,260 ✭✭✭tanko


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    That bull looked to have never been trained to the halter..
    Four year old is a bit late, and Shorthorns are known to be "crusty" at the best of times.
    Surprised he didn't even get a bid at £800..... would there not have been a few pounds in him to factory him?

    Yeah, four years old was far too late for that crack. He looked like he needed a nice bit of feeding before he'd be ready for the factory.
    Maybe £800 was the minimum bid at that sale and no buyer was prepared to pay that.


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    #3107
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,260 ✭✭✭tanko


    farawaygrass wrote: »
    Do ye think the typical Irish farmer has surpassed the typical English farmer? I do tbh. Irish farms seem to have invested a lot more and modernised more. Maybe something to do with all the tenant games out there and lack of ownership

    Yeah, i suppose handling facilities on farms here have improved a lot in recent times but they needed to.
    I still wouldn't like to be a vet going to some farms to calve cows or test them etc.


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    #3108
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,526 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    MOAG

    Just read a little bit in a newspaper article on Twitter about "Irish Molly" there.

    Business is really just who you know and how much you can get from them


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    #3109
    Hard Knocks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭Hard Knocks


    Lady Haywire wrote: »
    Had a cave in on a section of my septic tank run. Swear ta fcuk, next person who gives off to me about cattle slurry smelling bad is going to get an earful :pac:

    You could be best to get that sorted sooner or you could be forced to upgrade to the new percolation system


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    #3110
    [Deleted User]
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    Say my name wrote: »
    Just read a little bit in a newspaper article on Twitter about "Irish Molly" there.

    Business is really just who you know and how much you can get from them

    When something like it comes down the tracks at you it forces every plan to be put on hold. I'm delighted to see the back of them.


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    #3111
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,526 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Never had or used the Uddermint cream before..now.
    Reason being I bought it was after all the recommendations from the non farming community on social media.
    And I bought it for that purpose.

    Anyway to me it smells like competition for Vicks vapor rub.
    So chalk that use down as well.


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    #3112
    Hard Knocks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭Hard Knocks


    Say my name wrote: »
    Never had or used the Uddermint cream before..now.
    Reason being I bought it was after all the recommendations from the non farming community on social media.
    And I bought it for that purpose.

    Anyway to me it smells like competition for Vicks vapor rub.
    So chalk that use down as well.
    It great for the ailments


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    #3113
    White Clover
    Registered Users Posts: 4,626 ✭✭✭White Clover


    Say my name wrote: »
    Never had or used the Uddermint cream before..now.
    Reason being I bought it was after all the recommendations from the non farming community on social media.
    And I bought it for that purpose.

    Anyway to me it smells like competition for Vicks vapor rub.
    So chalk that use down as well.

    Twas used for all kinds of ailments and strains in dressing rooms that I was part of for years! Hamstrings, quads, the lot!


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    #3114
    Tileman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭Tileman


    tanko wrote: »
    Yeah, four years old was far too late for that crack. He looked like he needed a nice bit of feeding before he'd be ready for the factory.
    Maybe £800 was the minimum bid at that sale and no buyer was prepared to pay that.

    He is very inexperienced farmer also. He was lucky he didn’t get hurt with that bull.
    I agree most farms in Ireland seem to have better facilities than GB. With brexit and less with money for schemes like TAMS they will further behind. The biggest issue I’d say is not owning the land. Hard to invest as a tenant.


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    #3115
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,526 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Hard Knocks wrote: »
    It great for the ailments

    I tried it on my shoulder today.

    It went cold and that was it. Put it on my legs this evening and I think I've become immune to it.
    Didn't wash my hands of it yet and my nose thinks I but a dolp of Vicks under each nostril.

    Am expecting koala bears to start arriving any time.


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    #3116
    carrollsno1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭carrollsno1


    Tileman wrote: »
    He is very inexperienced farmer also. He was lucky he didn’t get hurt with that bull.
    I agree most farms in Ireland seem to have better facilities than GB. With brexit and less with money for schemes like TAMS they will further behind. The biggest issue I’d say is not owning the land. Hard to invest as a tenant.

    Ah even owner operators are behind over there too. Worked in a spot with 300+ cows and no automatic scrapers because its a very english thing to have a tractor do the work apparently. Self feeding silage is popular in parts there too it was the bees knees where i was too but i couldnt warm to it. They are definitly a different breed thats for sure.
    Very little slatted tanks over there too usually theres a channel running to a lagoon or something or other.
    But yet anything backwards to them is "a bit irish isnt it?"

    Better living everyone



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    #3117
    Jb1989
    Registered Users Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭Jb1989


    carrollsno1 wrote: »
    Ah even owner operators are behind over there too. Worked in a spot with 300+ cows and no automatic scrapers because its a very english thing to have a tractor do the work apparently. Self feeding silage is popular in parts there too it was the bees knees where i was too but i couldnt warm to it. They are definitly a different breed thats for sure.
    Very little slatted tanks over there too usually theres a channel running to a lagoon or something or other.
    But yet anything backwards to them is "a bit irish isnt it?"

    From occasional glimpses of Tom Pemberton on you tube, you've hit the nail on the head there with all aspects.


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    #3118
    carrollsno1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭carrollsno1


    Jb1989 wrote: »
    From occasional glimpses of Tom Pemberton on you tube, you've hit the nail on the head there with all aspects.

    Different gravy, but i suppose they know no different.

    Better living everyone



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    #3119
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,526 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    carrollsno1 wrote: »
    Different gravy, but i suppose they know no different.

    It could be they just haven't had the same regulations with bord bia, nitrates, etc as us.

    There's a bit of an uproar over there atm where Scottish and Welsh farmers are getting some very strict nitrates rules implemented now where it seemed from here anyway, like here twenty years ago up to now.


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    #3120
    Water John
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    A lot of the UK facilities are older than ours. Built in the 1950/60s and haven't modernised.


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    #3121
    Hard Knocks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭Hard Knocks


    Say my name wrote: »
    I tried it on my shoulder today.

    It went cold and that was it. Put it on my legs this evening and I think I've become immune to it.
    Didn't wash my hands of it yet and my nose thinks I but a dolp of Vicks under each nostril.

    Am expecting koala bears to start arriving any time.

    Dislocated my shoulder years ago at football, it bothers me in cold snaps
    Rubbed some on, tingling for a moment but shoulder loosen


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