Labour Saving and General Guntering

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

wont be many of us left at this stage

Strange week. 3 of the best gone.

Its survival of the fittest around here :-)

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stock> wrote: »

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Am there already its a bit slower moving than here.

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

Right so
*heads off for his helmet and flack jacket*

your screwed Sharp, you spent a couple of days this week complaining about the cold, I hope we never have to send your crowd to defend us during a cold spell :D

munkus wrote: »

Lads, ye'd wanta get a grip. The paranoia here is unreal. The department / guards / Martians cannot access the boards server logs to find out the email you registered with or your IP address unless they get a court order.

They're not going to go to that trouble because you mention on here that you squeezed a bullock at 10 months without a nurse present, or that you dehorned a Late calf.

Be smart about what you post if you want to stay anonymous and under the radar, but don't be worried about the suits turning up at the gate.

Comments on an internet forum would be laughed out of court as evidence. Anyone could have written that comment, not you. Sure twas a Chinese student that hacked my password.

Now I'm off to shoot the neighbour and kidnap his wife......

You'd be amazed at how easy it is to join the dots online, and how automated it can be. it can and does happen, and unless you want to perjur yourself in court then it stands up just fine.


The department/gardai/whoever, dont need to go round reading boards looking for admissions of guilt. the world is full of busybodies who'll hand them stuff on a plate, or worse, people with grudges who'll bide their time.


There are some that do actively pursue this info though. Insurance companies regularly spider car forums with software that's capable of identifying threads on modified cars. (it's not rocket science at all) flag some pages with pics for review by a human, do a quick query on any number plates and boom, johnny (boy) gets a letter in the post from FBD saying they have reason to believe your car is modifed and it will need to be reviewed by an assesor before renewal time.


(johnny would like to point out that said car never saw road in it's modified state but there was only 2 months on the policy when the project started so there was no point in cancelling. sadly it still hasnt seen road, many many years later)


I also know a guy who took a garage to the small claims court when his engine ate itself within two hours of being collected from having the timing belt done. The garage's solicitor produced a video from youtube of yer man driving the same car in mondello in the past and basically painted him as a complete scumbag boy racer and lost him the case.



It's very very easy to join the dots, dont say anything online you wouldnt put your name to in writing a letter to be published in the irish times.

rushvalley wrote: »

we use old silage wraps aswell but break up the block of poison and mix it with some butter to attract the rats. Breaking up the block makes them eat it instead of bringing it away

Chocolate works a treat as well

I have the same and used some 2" and 4" plastic tubing I got at work
I drilled the bait with 4mm bit and used old welding rods with flux removed to hold bait in position .
The rods are folded outside the tube to stop it rolling about.

DanielGibbons wrote: »

That's a good idea! We were clearing out a relatives shed before, only to find about 20 poison blocks stashed when we lifted up a sheet of galvanized in the haybarn!

We use granules of poison now, it looks like a bag of oats dyed blue! Works a treat

No idea where the aul fella gets it tbh!

thats what i use aswell. got them off a mate a while back

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Did a little bit of guntering this evening. Have a standard wheel barrow that was kinda shagged. Not sure what drove it over the edge, but it was on a slippery slope. As can be seen from first set of pics, the two handles had come free from the main body of the barrow. This was due to rust setting in and the head of the bolts + washers being able to slip through the holes.


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Was going to try get the largest washers I could and just tighten the nuts and bolts again. But instead came across some old tin lying around. Cut up 4 squares, big enough to catch two holes each. (thought the sheet of tin would be stronger than just large washers as there is no real chance of the bolts slipping through the holes again, in near future. So lined up the square pieces with the barrow holes, dot punched, drilled.

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Put them back in place and tightened in with new lock nuts. SHould last for a little while longer, all though its not in great shape, itll do for a few handy jobs and prob cost about a EUR10 in total for drill bit, nuts/bolts/washers

A true gunterer! Spotted today.

He was explaining (proudly) how there was a stick-on gaiter inside, plus a big loose gaiter plus a complete tube around the actual pumped up tube. Its still going to rip apart, isn't it!