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No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

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    #782
    CloughCasey1
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    Will Galway bate Mayo! Usually be at hay not feeding hay at Connacht final time!


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    #783
    Jb1989
    Registered Users Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Jb1989


    CloughCasey1 wrote: »
    Will Galway bate Mayo! Usually be at hay not feeding hay at Connacht final time!

    Not if they have willie Joe, they haven't a hope of bateing mayo.


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    #784
    kollegeknight
    Registered Users Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭kollegeknight


    The younger brother borrowed my angle grinder and returned it broken. Think it’s a wiring issue. Wonder would it be worth fixing. It’s a 2008 hitatchi 9”. They are only about €130 to replace- although I’ve to check the W.

    It was a great grinder, I was hoping to go working with it today. Neither a borrower or a lender be.


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    #785
    foxy farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    kollegeknight wrote: »
    The younger brother borrowed my angle grinder and returned it broken. Think it’s a wiring issue. Wonder would it be worth fixing. It’s a 2008 hitatchi 9”. They are only about €130 to replace- although I’ve to check the W.

    It was a great grinder, I was hoping to go working with it today. Neither a borrower or a lender be.
    Often the lead gets a hard tug and can crack at the clamp inside the handle or could be pulled out of the switch terminals. Also check the fuse. Some people are dog rough with gear.


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    #786
    kollegeknight
    Registered Users Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭kollegeknight


    foxy farmer wrote: »
    Often the lead gets a hard tug and can crack at the clamp inside the handle or could be pulled out of the switch terminals. Also check the fuse. Some people are dog rough with gear.

    I did both to no effect.


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    #787
    SuperTortoise
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    Check the brushes?


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    #788
    _Brian
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    kollegeknight wrote: »
    I did both to no effect.

    Pop out the brushes and see if they are ok.
    Sometimes they just need replacing but sometimes they just get stuck.

    You can get brushes online for a few bob


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    #789
    kollegeknight
    Registered Users Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭kollegeknight


    Could be that too. I’ll have a look. Thanks very much.

    Might buy one also- handy to have to spare to loan out. Can’t not loan things while my mother is alive or I’d be listening to the moaning.


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    #790
    Murang
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    What is the vat rate if buying a tractor from the north and does it cost much to get the cleared here


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    #791
    White Clover
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    Murang wrote: »
    What is the vat rate if buying a tractor from the north and does it cost much to get the cleared here

    Vat rate in the North is 20%. If you're vat registered here, you don't pay any vat in the North then, though the vendor will require your irish vat number.
    The vrt is €200 here in the south.


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    #792
    keepalive213
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    kollegeknight wrote: »
    The younger brother borrowed my angle grinder and returned it broken. Think it’s a wiring issue. Wonder would it be worth fixing. It’s a 2008 hitatchi 9”. They are only about €130 to replace- although I’ve to check the W.

    It was a great grinder, I was hoping to go working with it today. Neither a borrower or a lender be.

    I recently got 2 grinders, big 9" and small 4", hikoki (hitachi) for €138 delivered. From NI if i remember right, advertised on DD


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    #793
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,777 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Had one of those days today. Had to work this morning in the rain. Cold and miserable went in for the dinner. Noticed a cow had passed some slime. Checked her and noticed pins down some bit. She not due for another 10 days. Came back out and she had calved in the sh1te. Hardy little Lodge hamlet heifer. Calving area not ready so had to go inthe pouring rain and get gates a mile away. Had planned to do all this tomorrow. You'd get really sick of it some times.

    '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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    #794
    Siamsa Sessions
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,792 Mod ✭✭✭✭Siamsa Sessions


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Had one of those days today. Had to work this morning in the rain. Cold and miserable went in for the dinner. Noticed a cow had passed some slime. Checked her and noticed pins down some bit. She not due for another 10 days. Came back out and she had calved in the sh1te. Hardy little Lodge hamlet heifer. Calving area not ready so had to go inthe pouring rain and get gates a mile away. Had planned to do all this tomorrow. You'd get really sick of it some times.

    This time of year is the worst - wet, miserable, cold, short grey days, and no end in sight. Xmas should be brought forward to 25-Nov

    Trading as Sullivan’s Farm on YouTube



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    #795
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,524 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Siamsa Sessions wrote: »
    This time of year is the worst - wet, miserable, cold, short grey days, and no end in sight. Xmas should be brought forward to 25-Nov
    Was thinking this evening we've another 5 weeks of this ****e until the days start getting longer


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    #796
    Siamsa Sessions
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    Was thinking this evening we've another 5 weeks of this ****e until the days start getting longer

    I’m always happy when November is passed. Countdown can start then to Xmas, New Year, brighter evenings, lambing/calving. But nothing happens on most farms in November only feeding, slogging and rain. And sh*te days like Patsy had today

    Trading as Sullivan’s Farm on YouTube



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    #797
    dzer2
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    Shortest evening the 12 Dec after that it's the mornings that get darker until.21st.


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    #798
    Odelay
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    dzer2 wrote: »
    Shortest evening the 12 Dec after that it's the mornings that get darker until.21st.

    Yep, almost there. keep the head up.


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    #799
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,224 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Had one of those days today. Had to work this morning in the rain. Cold and miserable went in for the dinner. Noticed a cow had passed some slime. Checked her and noticed pins down some bit. She not due for another 10 days. Came back out and she had calved in the sh1te. Hardy little Lodge hamlet heifer. Calving area not ready so had to go inthe pouring rain and get gates a mile away. Had planned to do all this tomorrow. You'd get really sick of it some times.

    Hows the calf now?


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    #800
    wrangler
    Registered Users Posts: 11,142 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    Siamsa Sessions wrote: »
    I’m always happy when November is passed. Countdown can start then to Xmas, New Year, brighter evenings, lambing/calving. But nothing happens on most farms in November only feeding, slogging and rain. And sh*te days like Patsy had today

    You must have forgotten feeding the ewes and lambs through the first two months of this year........remember the rain and lack of grass :D
    A neighbour tells me that if you're getting out of sheep you should sell them in may while you can still remember the lambing


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    #801
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,224 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    kollegeknight wrote: »
    The younger brother borrowed my angle grinder and returned it broken. Think it’s a wiring issue. Wonder would it be worth fixing. It’s a 2008 hitatchi 9”. They are only about €130 to replace- although I’ve to check the W.

    It was a great grinder, I was hoping to go working with it today. Neither a borrower or a lender be.

    Is it doing anything?

    I'd at least open it up, check fuse, connections, brushes and clean the commutator. Sometimes a blast with an air pistol or contact cleaner can get them going or going to the point where you can see where the issue is.

    If its 2008 you might find that brushes are gone - especially if you've not replaced them yet. I think some devices have something that prevents usage when brushes wear down beyond a certain point.

    If it appears to be 'dead' I'd check in this order:

    1. Fuse
    2. Power cord
    3. Brushes/Commutator
    4. On/Off switch


    Edit: Just realised you said 9" grinder. Does this grinder have a soft start? Might be that the capacitors have gone for this feature - I'm not 100% sure if that will inhibit start or just the soft start feature. But something else to check.


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    #802
    Birdnuts
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    Siamsa Sessions wrote: »
    I’m always happy when November is passed. Countdown can start then to Xmas, New Year, brighter evenings, lambing/calving. But nothing happens on most farms in November only feeding, slogging and rain. And sh*te days like Patsy had today

    Noticed some folk near my parents place in Naas have the Tree up already - too early IMO, as a child the tradition was not to install the Tree until Dec 8.


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    #803
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 9,729 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Was thinking this evening we've another 5 weeks of this ****e until the days start getting longer

    Did u see that programme 2nite on the Leinster Final in 2010 that Meath robbed from Louth?? - not suprised that Ref was never seen again in Croker as it was probably the worst deceision ever seen on a Gaa pitch!!:mad:


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    #804
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,524 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Did u see that programme 2nite on the Leinster Final in 2010 that Meath robbed from Louth?? - not suprised that Ref was never seen again in Croker as it was probably the worst deceision ever seen on a Gaa pitch!!:mad:

    I had erased that day from my memory......


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    #805
    Water John
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    I had erased that day from my memory......

    You can blame Birdnuts if you can't sleep tonight.


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    #806
    Base price
    Registered Users Posts: 11,271 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Had one of those days today. Had to work this morning in the rain. Cold and miserable went in for the dinner. Noticed a cow had passed some slime. Checked her and noticed pins down some bit. She not due for another 10 days. Came back out and she had calved in the sh1te. Hardy little Lodge hamlet heifer. Calving area not ready so had to go inthe pouring rain and get gates a mile away. Had planned to do all this tomorrow. You'd get really sick of it some times.
    The main sproket thingie in the diet feeder wrung earlier today as we just started feeding. OH and I spent most of the morning in the bowels of the feeder forking out the feed over the side.

    I'm feckin getting too old and worn out for dealing with this **** but I love rearing, feeding and breeding cattle :)


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    #807
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,664 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Did u see that programme 2nite on the Leinster Final in 2010 that Meath robbed from Louth?? - not suprised that Ref was never seen again in Croker as it was probably the worst deceision ever seen on a Gaa pitch!!:mad:
    whelan2 wrote: »
    I had erased that day from my memory......
    Water John wrote: »
    You can blame Birdnuts if you can't sleep tonight.

    What's this? You mean Louth actually played in Croke Park?:P

    Looks promising for Limerick this year.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    #808
    Lime Tree Farm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,773 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    Water John wrote: »
    You can blame Birdnuts if you can't sleep tonight.

    reminded me of the poet Brendan Kennelly

    “I still wake up in the middle of the night shouting ‘**** you Jackson’” . He then added with that wonderful lilt of his, “You can overcome a bad marriage, you can grapple with and overcome alcoholism, but you’ll never get over losing an All-Ireland Final.”


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    #809
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,777 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    funkey_monkey wrote: »
    Hows the calf now?

    She's hardy out. Problem is cow just wanted to lay down and calf is so small she can actually stand in under cows belly and drink. I was afraid she'd lay down on top of her. I tried that thing where you rub the calf's nose to get it to suck (someone put it up on a video a while back). It seems to work as calf started to dig the cow's udder.

    '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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    #810
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,218 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Base price wrote: »
    The main sproket thingie in the diet feeder wrung earlier today as we just started feeding. OH and I spent most of the morning in the bowels of the feeder forking out the feed over the side.

    I'm feckin getting too old and worn out for dealing with this **** but I love rearing, feeding and breeding cattle :)

    Should of rolled it over with the 50b.
    That's fair hardship all right.


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    #811
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,524 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Base price wrote: »
    The main sproket thingie in the diet feeder wrung earlier today as we just started feeding. OH and I spent most of the morning in the bowels of the feeder forking out the feed over the side.

    I'm feckin getting too old and worn out for dealing with this **** but I love rearing, feeding and breeding cattle :)

    Only on a sunday


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