Lock, Stock and Chitchat a Seacht

tractorporn

Buford T. Justice V wrote:

25 or 30 acres of heavy ground would fill up his time nicely, I think

Ha ha ha 30 acres of heavy ground would be wasted on the likes of him. He'd probably only plant it!!!!!

_Brian

OK folks the wildlife trust are saying Clag / Cleg flies are a subgroup of horsefly.

http://mobile.wildlifetrusts.org/site/wildlifetrusts?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wildlifetrusts.org%2Fspecies%2Fnotch-horned-cleg-fly&utm_referrer=#2770


I'm still saying they are the same thing so.

Either way they bite like a damn vampire.

Kovu

_Brian wrote: »

OK folks the wildlife trust are saying Clag / Cleg flies are a subgroup of horsefly.

http://mobile.wildlifetrusts.org/site/wildlifetrusts?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wildlifetrusts.org%2Fspecies%2Fnotch-horned-cleg-fly&utm_referrer=#2770


I'm still saying they are the same thing so.

Either way they bite like a damn vampire.

I'll accept that! I only see clegs in July weather though, horseflies (or what I'd call a horsefly) are there all summer. Plus they are more triangular in shape when you compare them to a cleg.

_Brian

First one bit me on shoulder and I thought I'd been shot !!

Base price

Kovu wrote: »

I'll accept that! I only see clegs in July weather though, horseflies (or what I'd call a horsefly) are there all summer. Plus they are more triangular in shape when you compare them to a clag.

I think what we call horseflies are reddish/brown flies which are called Dung Flies https://www.google.ie/search?q=dung+flies+in+ireland&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs4cLIwYDOAhXDA8AKHe8RDvkQ_AUICCgB&biw=939&bih=424
Whereas Clags/Clegs are larger and brown/grey in colour - and they eat you
https://www.google.ie/search?q=cleg+flies+in+ireland&client=firefox-b-ab&biw=939&bih=424&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNq6zswYDOAhVrCsAKHbQIATAQ_AUIBigB#

Kovu

Base price wrote: »

I think what we call horseflies are reddish/brown flies which are called Dung Flies https://www.google.ie/search?q=dung+flies+in+ireland&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs4cLIwYDOAhXDA8AKHe8RDvkQ_AUICCgB&biw=939&bih=424
Whereas Clags/Clegs are larger and brown/grey in colour - and they eat you
https://www.google.ie/search?q=cleg+flies+in+ireland&client=firefox-b-ab&biw=939&bih=424&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNq6zswYDOAhVrCsAKHbQIATAQ_AUIBigB#

Why are so many of those dung flies...eh...procreating on the search bar for them :eek:

This is the chap I'd term a horsefly.



And this (or very similar) is a cleg.

ganmo

Kovu wrote: »

Why are so many of those dung flies...eh...procreating on the search bar for them :eek:

This is the chap I'd term a horsefly.



And this (or very similar) is a cleg.

top one looks like some kind of pond fly
bottom one is what i call a horsefly think one of em got me through my tshirst tonight right on my spine.normally i can feel them land on my arms due to my copious amount of hair

Mrs cockett

They are all bastards. A swarm of flying pismiers landed here this evening too.

Mrs cockett

Username John wrote: »

What ye call cleggs we call doctor flies or doctors...

I wonder why?

_Brian

Kovu wrote: »

Why are so many of those dung flies...eh...procreating on the search bar for them :eek:

This is the chap I'd term a horsefly.



And this (or very similar) is a cleg.

Ahh, I see the confusion.
I'm calling the second photo there both horsefly and Cleg, the other fly I've not noticed before.

kollegeknight

We call the second one a dr bee. They draw plenty of blood anyway

Reggie.

_Brian wrote: »

Ahh, I see the confusion.
I'm calling the second photo there both horsefly and Cleg, the other fly I've not noticed before.

I'd be the same

Kovu

_Brian wrote: »

Ahh, I see the confusion.
I'm calling the second photo there both horsefly and Cleg, the other fly I've not noticed before.

The first one is only similar to what I call a horsefly, the wings are triangular like that, but the legs are different. Next time I'll sacrifice myself and take a photo when he's biting me

kollegeknight

Lilly released today and ran for the door. She's in good form tg.

Kovu

kollegeknight wrote: »

Lilly released today and ran for the door. She's in good form tg.

Good stuff kollegeknight!

kollegeknight

Anybody know the cost of hay or straw per round bake these days? I got a quite of 30€ per hay and 20€ per straw delivered

Grueller

kollegeknight wrote: »

Anybody know the cost of hay or straw per round bake these days? I got a quite of 30€ per hay and 20€ per straw delivered

Where? I buy straw collected from the field for between 8 and 10 depending on the year. Thats in Wexford.

Username John

kollegeknight wrote: »

Anybody know the cost of hay or straw per round bake these days? I got a quite of 30€ per hay and 20€ per straw delivered

Very much location based...

Straw delivered here was 12.50 last 2 years. But we'd be a semi tillage area...

kollegeknight

Very west Clare is location

Username John

kollegeknight wrote: »

Very west Clare is location

Then your prices could well be right, and me telling you the price of straw in west cork is useless enough to you

Glad to see your little girl is home and better.

kollegeknight

Username John wrote: »

Then your prices could well be right, and me telling you the price of straw in west cork is useless enough to you

Glad to see your little girl is home and better.

Thanks John, delighted ourselves. Thought we'd have to aim for Limerick again she had such a fit when she saw her nana and first cousins.

Odelay

I think the next headline in WaterfordWhispers will be "Pokemon to relpace golf in Rio Oympics".

carrollsno1

Grueller wrote: »

Where? I buy straw collected from the field for between 8 and 10 depending on the year. Thats in Wexford.

Talking to lad from north wexford last week got €19 a bale delivered to the wexford wicklow border

Parishlad

kollegeknight wrote: »

Anybody know the cost of hay or straw per round bake these days? I got a quite of 30€ per hay and 20€ per straw delivered

€20 for straw sounds right. I paid that for it last year (mid Clare). Wouldn't have a clue about hay.

Kovu

Spotted a tall, lanky visitor to our field today

Nekarsulm

And I thought it might be The Stork circling overhead

Kovu

Nekarsulm wrote: »

And I thought it might be The Stork circling overhead

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahhahahaha.

HAHAHAH.

No. No no no no no. No.

_Brian

Nekarsulm wrote: »

And I thought it might be The Stork circling overhead

Wondered would it be some tall suitor in checking the "road frontage" out.

Grueller

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Talking to lad from north wexford last week got €19 a bale delivered to the wexford wicklow border

He found a victim not a customer. I ran out last winter and paid €10 a bale collected from my man. I don't get any further North in Wexford without entering Wicklow.
Lads at €19 a bale I would be finding an alternative. A lad I know takes all the chaff from a large grain intake for just supplying the trailer for them. Its a great job.

whelan2

paid 8 euro a bale round barley straw last year. Also got 60 round bales from a lad who owed oh money :rolleyes: to settle the debt