No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Some of them craft beers should be fed to lads in prison to deter them from ever committing any more crimes when they get out for fear they’d have to drink them again!

I remember at the time it was released (ive never seen the film btw) , An Garda Siochana had a post up about The Three Billboards outside Borris in Ossory to combat drink driving over Christmas i think, we were in NZ with a fella from Borriss doing plenty of socialising and keeping her between the clipex posts at the time as there were no ditches there.

Those IPAs are tough going alright, but some of the lagers,pilsners and stouts are superb, imho. First taste is just yum yum, which is not the general reaction when drinking the mainstream súlach served in pubs.

Given its blandness, digestibility and business/family history, its some triumph of marketing that has led to Guinness' adoption as an Irish national emblem

If there’s a glut of grain in Europe why are the aul nuts in the local Co op store so expensive. Does the Irish milling cartel only buy the dearest grain they can find.

Our road is used as a short cut for people going to work in a large pharmaceutical factory near me. At this stage I have to time when I cross cows on the road or if I decide to go up and down the road with machinery. One evening back in January we were pumping slurry across the road but we had to use ramps so the cars can go over the pipe. I counted 90 cars in the space of 3.5 hours.

Wednesday evening I was crossing the cows back for milking. Usually takes 5 minutes and if more than 5/6 cars are waiting we stop the cows and leave them through. On Wednesday evening I left off the cows, car arrived on after one minute, he just went on his phone, two minutes later three more cars pulled up and the third car started blowing the horn. Lucky for the driver I was in the field hunting out the cows, my mam stopped the cows and waved on the traffic. The impatient driver sped passed and the car behind him stopped and apologised for the impatient driver. He then helped cross the last few cows.

Any of us can be in a hurry from time to time, though it's the same muppets always in the hurry. The cows were there before them & will still be there when them lads are long gone (irony is they were hurrying home to eat the cow, likely)

To me it's a poorly flavoured stout compared to others, but that's no exception to most big brands. That said, they've the gas and cream effect down pat, and have addressed the issues that used to make it look and taste like sewer water in many pubs when I was younger.

I still find it pretty indigestible though, I'd have a very sound stomach, and it's the one thing that will upset it.

One thing is though, that such is the emotional brand attachment to Guinness, most craft breweries only release a stout if its top quite stuff, so it's actually one of the best bets if trying a craft meet in draught. White Hag, and Nine White Deer breweries produce superb stouts.

The political history of Guinness should have made it stouta non grata in thus country, but maybe like many things, we're well able to turn a blind eye when it suits.

The rules of the road state a farmer moving livestock is one of the people a driver must stop for. I'm sure these lads in their Mercedes or audi look down on farmers and feel they can do what they like

In a Jamie Bryson sort of way, they were financially backing an Orange Army with Carson when Home Rule was on the cards pre 1916.

It sure does state that.

It does turn into a very grey area however

Coupled with cow **** all over the road surface, its not exactly a strong position for a farmer to be in when arguing with the impatient drivers on the road.

BTW I'm not an impatient driver & I will turn off the car & help out if needed with a strangers cattle 🙂, but I understand millions of drivers won't

Was sitting in the jeep at 2 am on Thursday morning waiting for the vet. We were calving an Angus at outfarm and it was beyond me, massive calf. I was using the lights of the jeep as light. When I got back into the jeep there was a high pitch buzzing noise. Thought it had over heated or something. Turns out it was the little keyring fence tester I have on the keys of the jeep. ...

How many wives have you?