No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

whelan2

My parents have a Toyota chr car. A hybrid. My dad went to start it the other day and the battery was flat. They hadn't started it in over a week. Might be an idea to say it to people who are not going anywhere to start their car every so often

orm0nd

whelan2 wrote: »

My parents have a Toyota chr car. A hybrid. My dad went to start it the other day and the battery was flat. They hadn't started it in over a week. Might be an idea to say it to people who are not going anywhere to start their car every so often

junior here has a 06 avensis diesel , glow plugs gone in yonkers, still on original battery, .....since lockdown often not started for 2 weeks, starts every time


not making them like they used to.

emaherx

whelan2 wrote: »

My parents have a Toyota chr car. A hybrid. My dad went to start it the other day and the battery was flat. They hadn't started it in over a week. Might be an idea to say it to people who are not going anywhere to start their car every so often

New Hyundai's can jump start themselves from the main hybrid Battery if the starter battery goes flat. But on the down side they can't be jump started from another car at all.

Lime Tree Farm

whelan2 wrote: »

My parents have a Toyota chr car. A hybrid. My dad went to start it the other day and the battery was flat. They hadn't started it in over a week. Might be an idea to say it to people who are not going anywhere to start their car every so often

The battery should be put on a trickle charge to top it up. Starting will only run down the battery, it needx to be driven for a while to recharge the battery.

I have the original battery that wouldn't start either. When I went to buy a new one, they checked the old one and told me there was nothing wrong with it, I needed drive around more to recharge it. I was delighted with them and will be going back there again.

Grueller

orm0nd wrote: »

junior here has a 06 avensis diesel , glow plugs gone in yonkers, still on original battery, .....since lockdown often not started for 2 weeks, starts every time


not making them like they used to.

Both my sister and father in law had 06 ones of those. Blocks went porous in both at sub 10 years old. Maybe sometimes it's better that they don't make them like they used to.

orm0nd

Grueller wrote: »

Both my sister and father in law had 06 ones of those. Blocks went porous in both at sub 10 years old. Maybe sometimes it's better that they don't make them like they used to.

Most likely wrong coolant used or not changed regularly.

Grueller

orm0nd wrote: »

Most likely wrong coolant used or not changed regularly.

Possible nay probable in the father in laws. Sisters husband is a mechanic in a Ford main dealer so I would imagine he had it right, but then it wasn't the brand he was used to working with.

Hard Knocks

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I watched that too. He said he was born and raised on a farm. Maybe that's something to do with it.

It was quite interesting
Maybe worth a trip in a few years time

_Brian

Eldest girl got a birdhouse for her 18th made by one of her friends.

We stuck it up in the garden in December and great excitement this morning as there are a pair of great tits exploring it.

Yes it’s lockdown and this is what passes for excitement here these days.

Say my name

Police in India take offence with a Ford tractor.


https://twitter.com/PreetKGillMP/status/1354082517142405128?s=20

Sacrolyte

Say my name wrote: »

Police in India take offence with a Ford tractor.


https://twitter.com/PreetKGillMP/status/1354082517142405128?s=20

I gave one a serious hiding one day

Say my name

Sacrolyte wrote: »

I gave one a serious hiding one day

Tis probably the same tractor!

Different world over there.

Sacrolyte

What’s the story with the new TB testing arrangements? If you are low risk do you have to have a pre movement test if your six months after your last test.
Or is that just for high risk. I was lazy and didn’t read the full detail. It was a bit wishy washy.

straight

Indian farmers are on strike. They have Delhi surrounded for a good while now and the government are losing patience with them. They're protesting government legislation which they believe will drive them out of business to be replaced by larger more industrial farming. Sounds familiar.

NcdJd

straight wrote: »

Indian farmers are on strike. They have Delhi surrounded for a good while now and the government are losing patience with them. They're protesting government legislation which they believe will drive them out of business to be replaced by larger more industrial farming. Sounds familiar.

Fair fcks to them so.

Reggie.

NcdJd wrote: »

Fair fcks to them so.

Right lads.......off to dublin again

straight

Reggie. wrote: »

Right lads.......off to dublin again

Contact your buddy with the valtra

Jb1989

straight wrote: »

Contact your buddy with the valtra

And the one with the fastrac.

Reggie.

straight wrote: »

Contact your buddy with the valtra

I'm not that stuck

Say my name

A ghost before bedtime.

Off to buy the farmers journal.. (to qualify for forum).

https://twitter.com/kfurlong45/status/1353116949337804800?s=20

whelan2

One of the kids bought me a breville hot cup kettle for Christmas. Brilliant job. Boils enough for a cup of tea in 90 seconds. Handy for first thing in the morning. Oh would boil a whole kettle to make one cup of tea. Costs around 30 euro.

Say my name

I could never just make one cup of tea.

I have to boil the kettle. Put in the tea pot with three teabags. Bring to the boil on the hob and then I'll get my cup of tea.

carrollsno1

Say my name wrote: »

I could never just make one cup of tea.

I have to boil the kettle. Put in the tea pot with three teabags. Bring to the boil on the hob and then I'll get my cup of tea.

I envy youre time management skills to be able to make tea in a pot. Last time i had tea from a pot was in September visiting an elderly neighbour.

Say my name

carrollsno1 wrote: »

I envy youre time management skills to be able to make tea in a pot. Last time i had tea from a pot was in September visiting an elderly neighbour.

Dunking a tea bag in a mug tastes different.
Even the fecking tea bags lately are bursting in the tea pot. It's like the teabag makers are conspiring against tea being made in the pot.

Grueller

Say my name wrote: »

Dunking a tea bag in a mug tastes different.
Even the fecking tea bags lately are bursting in the tea pot. It's like the teabag makers are conspiring against tea being made in the pot.

Tea bags? Yuck. Proper leaf tea only here

Say my name

Grueller wrote: »

Tea bags? Yuck. Proper leaf tea only here

What antiquated shop in Gorey do you get that in?

_Brian

Say my name wrote: »

I could never just make one cup of tea.

I have to boil the kettle. Put in the tea pot with three teabags. Bring to the boil on the hob and then I'll get my cup of tea.

Always pot of tea here, delph pot at that.
Only use the loose tea when we’re feeling fancy.

Coffee made in a pot too, from freshly ground beams.

carrollsno1

Say my name wrote: »

Dunking a tea bag in a mug tastes different.
Even the fecking tea bags lately are bursting in the tea pot. It's like the teabag makers are conspiring against tea being made in the pot.

Would only use Barrys here when using Teabags, sometimes three most times two in a travel mug and give it ten minutes up the road before facing into it to get a good draw on it, not much milk a bit of honey. Might put the honey in the mug tonight to speed up the process in the morning.
Only really went back drinking tea last november, gave up drinking coffee as i was drinking too much prior to that and swapped it out for tea instead.

Grueller

Say my name wrote: »

What antiquated shop in Gorey do you get that in?

Pettits suprvalu. Also available in Tesco and Stephen Doyle's on the main street.
Leaves into the pot, water in and stew her on the range for a good 10 minutes. Fill the potholes with the leftovers

Water John

Plastic was used on the sealing sides of teabags. They're moving away from this so might explain the bags not holding.