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No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

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    #3332
    Base price
    Registered Users Posts: 11,274 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    Say my name wrote: »
    I was called to a sheep kill in progress by the farmer.
    Two rott x labs and a Rottweiler.
    I and others with guns wanted to shoot but the farmer wanted to wait for the dog warden and gardai.
    The gardai and dog warden turned up. Caught one and followed the others back to a neighbour.
    Had nightmares after for a few nights of the rott x's going for me between them and the sheep.
    I think it was sixteen hoggets after were killed from smothering and direct kills from the dogs.

    The neighbour reported that they broke out of their pen.
    All the dogs were euthanized that evening by the warden.
    Really? That would be a first.


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    #3333
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,542 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    My sister gave blood today, she was saying imagine looking forward to getting out of the house to give blood....


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    #3334
    NcdJd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭NcdJd


    whelan2 wrote: »
    My sister gave blood today, she was saying imagine looking forward to getting out of the house to give blood....

    I got my bloods done again this morning. Was great to talk to someone new even if it was for 10 minutes ha.


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    #3335
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,979 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    whelan2 wrote: »
    My sister gave blood today, she was saying imagine looking forward to getting out of the house to give blood....

    Along with the free Tayto and 7up afterwards, makes it the best day out available at the moment


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    #3336
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,542 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    tabby aspreme wrote: »
    Along with the free Tayto and 7up afterwards, makes it the best day out available at the moment

    She got a kitkat


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    #3337
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,979 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    whelan2 wrote: »
    She got a kitkat

    Never seen anything that fancy, it's the only place I see Arrowroot biscuits nowadays.


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    #3338
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    laoch na mona wrote: »
    Thats a bit mad in fairness



    people (assuming they're responsible) are entitled to a pet dog, by your criteria some farmers wouldn't be entitled to a dog

    Entitlement is the cause of a lot of problems in Ireland, or rather perceived entitlement.

    Why should a farmer be differentiated from any other citizen in this respect. Most farmers could demonstrate good need.

    Some farmers I've seen shouldn't have a dog.


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    #3339
    Jb1989
    Registered Users Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭Jb1989


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Entitlement is the cause of a lot of problems in Ireland, or rather perceived entitlement.

    Why should a farmer be differentiated from any other citizen in this respect. Most farmers could demonstrate good need.

    Some farmers I've seen shouldn't have a dog.

    Or sheep.


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    #3340
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    Jb1989 wrote: »
    Or sheep.

    Yup


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    #3341
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,447 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    tabby aspreme wrote: »
    Never seen anything that fancy, it's the only place I see Arrowroot biscuits nowadays.

    Go give platelets. Ya get the works there. Breakfast, sandwiches, scones, muffins, the lot


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    #3342
    longgonesilver
    Registered Users Posts: 734 ✭✭✭longgonesilver


    Problems with posters.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40222868.html


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    #3343
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,527 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Base price wrote: »
    Really? That would be a first.

    Ya know what I mean..:rolleyes:

    The banned dog breed list in this country is not half long enough.


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    #3344
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,542 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    The last time I rang the dog warden, they dont work weekends. Is this still the case?


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    #3345
    _Brian
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    The last time I rang the dog warden, they dont work weekends. Is this still the case?

    We rang abkut a local dog, a huge husky that was escaping and roaming around farms locally.

    He said he was too busy and we were too far away.

    Contacted local politicians and warden was out within few days. Fairness dog hasn’t been out since.


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    #3346
    carrollsno1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭carrollsno1


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Go give platelets. Ya get the works there. Breakfast, sandwiches, scones, muffins, the lot

    Went about it years ago when i was in school but they said id hardly be able to commit with school etc. Is there much to it?

    Better living everyone



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    #3347
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    longgonesilver wrote: »
    Problems with posters.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40222868.html

    According to the article there's been a "spate" of vandalism around the country in recent months with other billboards being destroyed. 

    Haven't noticed any myself. In fact I haven't noticed much of those type of billboards at all. But then I suppose I haven't been out and about as much.


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    #3348
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,219 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Only saw one recently, somewhere along the Sligo-Longford road, near Boyle.
    On the side of a hayshed, ironically...


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    #3349
    Base price
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    Say my name wrote: »
    Ya know what I mean..:rolleyes:

    The banned dog breed list in this country is not half long enough.
    It's actually the restricted dog breed list. What breeds would you add to it. I have a Rottweiler at the moment and I've had them over the years. I've never had problems with them roaming.


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    #3350
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,542 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Kids spent this morning playing in the snow


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    #3351
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,447 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    carrollsno1 wrote: »
    Went about it years ago when i was in school but they said id hardly be able to commit with school etc. Is there much to it?

    Not really just go and get tested for platelet count. Hardest part is connected to the machine for about 1.5 hrs


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    #3352
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,527 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Base price wrote: »
    It's actually the restricted dog breed list. What breeds would you add to it. I have a Rottweiler at the moment and I've had them over the years. I've never had problems with them roaming.

    You don't but other people do.
    Those dogs were not bred as companion dogs. I'd put Rottweilers away as with all mastiff and bull breeds and include those husky dogs as well. There's no point for them bar status symbols anymore.
    If anyone wants status buy themselves a fancy watch. It does less damage when it breaks free.


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    #3353
    Lime Tree Farm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,776 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    I was second in line stopped at road works traffic light today, the lights turned green and the car in front of me proceeded to move off. He was forced to a stop when a car from the opposite direction, clearly having driven through the red light, tried to barrel his way through. The car in front of me did his best to reverse back to give him room to squeeze past. The driver as he came in line with the reversed car, stopped and lowered down his window and roared out, “Where the Fu…k do you thing your going, you thick fu..kr”. The front driver drove on without responding. I wish I had dashcam footage, I would have reported him if I had the reg number and he was one was one rough looking individual that I don't think many would challenge.


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    #3354
    BENDYBINN
    Registered Users Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭BENDYBINN


    Lime Tree Farm wrote: »
    I was second in line stopped at road works traffic light today, the lights turned green and the car in front of me proceeded to move off. He was forced to a stop when a car from the opposite direction, clearly having driven through the red light, tried to barrel his way through. The car in front of me did his best to reverse back to give him room to squeeze past. The driver as he came in line with the reversed car, stopped and lowered down his window and roared out, “Where the Fu…k do you thing your going, you thick fu..kr”. The front driver drove on without responding. I wish I had dashcam footage, I would have reported him if I had the reg number and he was one was one rough looking individual that I don't think many would challenge.

    Did it ever occur to you that maybe the lights weren’t synced properly?


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    #3355
    jimini0
    Registered Users Posts: 1,102 ✭✭✭jimini0


    Lime Tree Farm wrote: »
    I was second in line stopped at road works traffic light today, the lights turned green and the car in front of me proceeded to move off. He was forced to a stop when a car from the opposite direction, clearly having driven through the red light, tried to barrel his way through. The car in front of me did his best to reverse back to give him room to squeeze past. The driver as he came in line with the reversed car, stopped and lowered down his window and roared out, “Where the Fu…k do you thing your going, you thick fu..kr”. The front driver drove on without responding. I wish I had dashcam footage, I would have reported him if I had the reg number and he was one was one rough looking individual that I don't think many would challenge.

    I have worked on a lot of roadwork jobs. Most of them were outside of towns. But one time we were working on road close to a busy town centre. My god but we met some very ignorant pricks for those 2 days. The amount of times people drove tru the red light. Im not talking a couple of seconds after it went red these people just ignored them completely. We had to move barriers and cones everything. We had to call the police to come at school time so people would behave. He used to park the car half way tru the lights and walk up and down. Fair play to him he stopped most of the ****e. One woman went ballistic telling us she was late picking up the kids from school. Up pops the typical thick ass builder beside me. And starts telling her to spend less time on the book face and painting your nails and maybe next time you could get out of your jammies its bloody 2 o'clock in the day. And off he walked.


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    #3356
    Lime Tree Farm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,776 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    BENDYBINN wrote: »
    Did it ever occur to you that maybe the lights weren’t synced properly?

    Was that you ?

    Nah, that chap wasn't waiting around for anyone.


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    #3357
    carrollsno1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭carrollsno1


    jimini0 wrote: »
    I have worked on a lot of roadwork jobs. Most of them were outside of towns. But one time we were working on road close to a busy town centre. My god but we met some very ignorant pricks for those 2 days. The amount of times people drove tru the red light. Im not talking a couple of seconds after it went red these people just ignored them completely. We had to move barriers and cones everything. We had to call the police to come at school time so people would behave. He used to park the car half way tru the lights and walk up and down. Fair play to him he stopped most of the ****e. One woman went ballistic telling us she was late picking up the kids from school. Up pops the typical thick ass builder beside me. And starts telling her to spend less time on the book face and painting your nails and maybe next time you could get out of your jammies its bloody 2 o'clock in the day. And off he walked.

    Worked laying services along the roads in the suburbs of Adelaide for a while. We saw all sorts throughout the week there but the ICE heads were the loudest of them all. Never had any trouble generslly just droge up and down the road with SFA else to do during the day and shout out the window at us. Apparently as the wages are low in that city instead of smoking the ICE rhey injected it for a better and longer high so thats what had them really off their chops compared to the other cities.
    We must have been a sight all the same to the locals 43'C one day in the cruel South Australian sun all of us Irish bar one and the union site beside us being sunned off for the day (38 out the gate), they were all locals and when they asked us why we werent stopping we just said the bossman is giving us water and salt tablets and to be fair to him he let us sit in out of the sun earlier too.

    Better living everyone



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    #3358
    NcdJd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭NcdJd


    I'll have to start slackening down on the snacking. The last couple of months I've been getting loads of snacks and chocolate on the weekly shop and I end up scoffing everything in two days... can't feckin pace myself at all. The oul fella has wispas in his room and I'm half tempted to nick one on him as I've eaten all my stash I got yesterday.... I need help...


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    #3359
    Genghis Cant
    Registered Users Posts: 4,980 ✭✭✭Genghis Cant


    NcdJd wrote: »
    I'll have to start slackening down on the snacking. The last couple of months I've been getting loads of snacks and chocolate on the weekly shop and I end up scoffing everything in two days... can't feckin pace myself at all. The oul fella has wispas in his room and I'm half tempted to nick one on him as I've eaten all my stash I got yesterday.... I need help...

    If it's Wispa Gold ....... get me one:D


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    #3360
    NcdJd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭NcdJd


    Genghis Cant wrote: »
    If it's Wispa Gold ....... get me one:D

    He takes about a third of one every night. The man has the discipline of Mr Miyagi . I'd go through the 4 bars in the package no bothers without even thinking about it.


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    #3361
    Base price
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    NcdJd wrote: »
    He takes about a third of one every night. The man has the discipline of Mr Miyagi . I'd go through the 4 bars in the package no bothers without even thinking about it.
    My Mam used to take a nip off a Crunchie bar when heading to bed in her latter years - before that she used to smoke a Sweet Afton cigarette.


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