Lock, Stock and Chitchat a Seacht

davidk1394

Bullocks wrote: »

Anything to do with a crusher isn't nice alright ! Do ye just crush yer own stuff or go out on hire with it ?

Well the fella who has the quarry rented off us owns it and I'm hauling stone out of it for him. But I'd be helping out the odd bit aswell and learning as I go. A belt twisted on the jaw crusher last week and the 2 of us had to turn the fly wheel by hand. You'd see what your made of then

A cow called Daisy

Was told about two lads sweeping the road for Cavan County Council. One of them sees a snail and stands on it and kills it. 'What did you do that for?' asks the other lad, 'sure what harm was he doing?'
'Feck him', says first lad, 'that's the second one of those ba$tards that has passed us out today '

Lady Haywire

Fooooook , have ye seen the rainfall radar in the Journal? Armbands for the cattle still out on Friday it looks like
Between the rain and Daddy-Long-Legs-Gate I think i'll just emigrate.

blue5000

Monsoon/hurricane season.:(

Genghis Cant

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Fooooook , have ye seen the rainfall radar in the Journal? Armbands for the cattle still out on Friday it looks like
Between the rain and Daddy-Long-Legs-Gate I think i'll just emigrate.

To put the tin hat on it, I see M T Cranium giving 20-40 mm rain possibly for Sunday :-o

ganmo

Genghis Cant wrote: »

To put the tin hat on it, I see M T Cranium giving 20-40 mm rain possibly for Sunday :-o

Flip flops at the ready for Crocker!

Genghis Cant

ganmo wrote: »

Flip flops at the ready for Crocker!

Them wimmen wouldn't mind a bit of rain. Hardy bits of stuff.
When I used to go to Croke Park regularly I'd a black bin liner in my coat pocket for a wet day, great job to put across your lap if your seated but not covered by the roof!

pedigree 6

Right this is a touchy subject. But fook it anyway.

There's been too many suicide's lately.
It's hard to know what's going on in people's heads but talk to someone tell them how you feel. If you are offended by someone, tell them to fook off.
If you feel pressurised in the job that you are doing leave it.
If that is a farm and you feel some responsibility to keep it going for the next generation and you don't like it. Fo#k it sell the thing. If it's your father pressuring you into farming and you know that's not the life for you. Tell him to fo#k off too.

Look what people have to realise is that we are all the same. There is no person better than another. If you are being bullied. Remind yourself that, that person is doing so because of insecurity. They do it to make themselves feel better. They have the problem in life not you.

One person is not better than another. Tattoo that on your arm.:P

If a neighbour has 300 cows don't feel pressurised into going to 200. If a neighbour buys a new tractor don't feel that you have to as well. Look what i'm saying is do your own thing. Make your own road in life.

Look all i'm saying is communicate, communicate, communicate.
If the person you're talking to won't listen talk to another.
It is a wonderful world out there. It's hard to see it sometimes but it is there.:)

Reggie.

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Right this is a touchy subject. But fook it anyway.

There's been too many suicide's lately.
It's hard to know what's going on in people's heads but talk to someone tell them how you feel. If you are offended by someone, tell them to fook off.
If you feel pressurised in the job that you are doing leave it.
If that is a farm and you feel some responsibility to keep it going for the next generation and you don't like it. Fo#k it sell the thing. If it's your father pressuring you into farming and you know that's not the life for you. Tell him to fo#k off too.

Look what people have to realise is that we are all the same. There is no person better than another. If you are being bullied. Remind yourself that, that person is doing so because of insecurity. They do it to make themselves feel better. They have the problem in life not you.

One person is not better than another. Tattoo that on your arm.:P

If a neighbour has 300 cows don't feel pressurised into going to 200. If a neighbour buys a new tractor don't feel that you have to as well. Look what i'm saying is do your own thing. Make your own road in life.

Look all i'm saying is communicate, communicate, communicate.
If the person you're talking to won't listen talk to another.
It is a wonderful world out there. It's hard to see it sometimes but it is there.:)

Well said

whelan2

Young lad in eldests lads year commited suicide on Monday, a young life gone.Dont know what to say . So many questions left behind, very sad. Its good to talk.

_Brian

whelan2 wrote: »

Young lad in eldests lads year commited suicide on Monday, a young life gone.Dont know what to say . So many questions left behind, very sad. Its good to talk.

It's a strange time for them as kids.
Remember when I was just finishing school there was a spate of suicides round home over a short time, I knew some of them very well and it included a range of ages including a friend of my dads, was a "black spot" area according to hse at the time but no real reason seen as to why.
It passed but 20 years later I do often think about two lads my age and the families they left behind with no answers just questions.

Lady Haywire

Suicide 'back spot' in this area a few years ago too. Four or five in a short space of time, almost like a chain reaction. It must be devastating for the families in question, all the what ifs and if onlys that would go through your head.
There's a friend of mine that was in college with me that has just released a book on the subject of youth and mental health. Lovely chap, even if he is from Cavan and a GAA head :P:rolleyes: This is a bit about it if anyone is interested- http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/cavan-footballer-alan-o-mara-tackles-stigma-of-depression-with-his-story-1.2767132

whelan2

Just had salesman of the year here, he drove in asked for the boss, I said he wasnt here, which was a lie. He had a load of tools for sale, when I said he wasnt here he said he had socks and window brushes that I might be interested in

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

Just had salesman of the year here, he drove in asked for the boss, I said he wasnt here, which was a lie. He had a load of tools for sale, when I said he wasnt here he said he had socks and window brushes that I might be interested in

Oh to have only witnessed that

Bullocks

whelan2 wrote: »

Just had salesman of the year here, he drove in asked for the boss, I said he wasnt here, which was a lie. He had a load of tools for sale, when I said he wasnt here he said he had socks and window brushes that I might be interested in

Did you buy the window brushes ? !!!!

whelan2

Bullocks wrote: »

Did you buy the window brushes ? !!!!

What do you think?

Nekarsulm

Poor sap probably still picking bristles from his Ar$e !

blue5000

Reggie. wrote: »

Oh to have only witnessed that

Only I'm so broke at the moment I'd have said;

'I'd pay good money to see that'

Lady Haywire

Cows in, just opened the first bale (albeit the 'baby bale' so air in it) and about 1.5/2 litres of water gushed out. Oh dear.

TITANIUM.

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Cows in, just opened the first bale (albeit the 'baby bale' so air in it) and about 1.5/2 litres of water gushed out. Oh dear.

Jesus is the weather that bad up there that you had to house them?

Lady Haywire

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Jesus is the weather that bad up there that you had to house them?

Yes, fields are in shíte, grass growth is on a par with other years but no point ploughing it into the ground.

Grueller

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Yes, fields are in shíte, grass growth is on a par with other years but no point ploughing it into the ground.

Christ almighty! We don't realise how lucky we are down here in the south east. Ground conditions are near perfect at the moment.

davidk1394

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Right this is a touchy subject. But fook it anyway.

There's been too many suicide's lately.
It's hard to know what's going on in people's heads but talk to someone tell them how you feel. If you are offended by someone, tell them to fook off.
If you feel pressurised in the job that you are doing leave it.
If that is a farm and you feel some responsibility to keep it going for the next generation and you don't like it. Fo#k it sell the thing. If it's your father pressuring you into farming and you know that's not the life for you. Tell him to fo#k off too.

Look what people have to realise is that we are all the same. There is no person better than another. If you are being bullied. Remind yourself that, that person is doing so because of insecurity. They do it to make themselves feel better. They have the problem in life not you.

One person is not better than another. Tattoo that on your arm.:P

If a neighbour has 300 cows don't feel pressurised into going to 200. If a neighbour buys a new tractor don't feel that you have to as well. Look what i'm saying is do your own thing. Make your own road in life.

Look all i'm saying is communicate, communicate, communicate.
If the person you're talking to won't listen talk to another.
It is a wonderful world out there. It's hard to see it sometimes but it is there.:)

Very well said I must say. Suicide or depression is rarely talked about in the farming community. I myself came close to it a few years ago as things went downhill here quickly when the mother got cancer, the bank called in a loan and we had to sell land. It was all too much for the father and he had a mental break down and gave weeks in bed which left me doing my best to keep the place going and go to college at the same time. Life was pretty sh#t this time 3 years ago. Anyway made it through and I thank god I'm still here and didn't take that final and irreversible step. A phone call to a friend can make all the difference and did make all the difference for me. A problem shared is a problem halved just remember that if you ever are in a dark place during your life.

Lady Haywire

Grueller wrote: »

Christ almighty! We don't realise how lucky we are down here in the south east. Ground conditions are near perfect at the moment.

Ach they're happier in I reckon, didn't take a stick to beat them in.....followed in with a few calls.

_Brian

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Yes, fields are in shíte, grass growth is on a par with other years but no point ploughing it into the ground.

Our heaviest animal is only about 550kgs and you can see them poaching even best of fields at the moment.. Can only imagine what a herd of heavy cows or a large bull would be like here.. We'd be in the same boat and probably have to house them..

Bad enough all the damn wet days.. but in between the rest of the days arent drying land at all - just waiting for more rain.

pedigree 6

davidk1394 wrote: »

Very well said I must say. Suicide or depression is rarely talked about in the farming community. I myself came close to it a few years ago as things went downhill here quickly when the mother got cancer, the bank called in a loan and we had to sell land. It was all too much for the father and he had a mental break down and gave weeks in bed which left me doing my best to keep the place going and go to college at the same time. Life was pretty sh#t this time 3 years ago. Anyway made it through and I thank god I'm still here and didn't take that final and irreversible step. A phone call to a friend can make all the difference and did make all the difference for me. A problem shared is a problem halved just remember that if you ever are in a dark place during your life.

Bit of a lovefest going on tonight.
If I could thank this post a thousand times I would. That's a very brave post.
Depression is just another human emotion. But some people get it at different degrees than others.
It's hard when you are in the black hole of Calcutta but communicate to someone either friends or complete strangers on the helplines or online.
But it is a wonderful world (I know the farmers in west and north might not think it at the moment with the weather- God love em) but it is.
Top man David. You're a tough f*cker.:D

A cow called Daisy

davidk1394 wrote: »

Very well said I must say. Suicide or depression is rarely talked about in the farming community. I myself came close to it a few years ago as things went downhill here quickly when the mother got cancer, the bank called in a loan and we had to sell land. It was all too much for the father and he had a mental break down and gave weeks in bed which left me doing my best to keep the place going and go to college at the same time. Life was pretty sh#t this time 3 years ago. Anyway made it through and I thank god I'm still here and didn't take that final and irreversible step. A phone call to a friend can make all the difference and did make all the difference for me. A problem shared is a problem halved just remember that if you ever are in a dark place during your life.

Well done on getting through that difficult period in your lIfe. It must of been particularly tough on you all.
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I have some idea of what you were going through as I had similar ideas a few years as well. Partly cos of money (lack of:(), partly my own health, partly this, partly that. No one reason - just life in general. Had method of suicide figured out and all and came very close to on a couple of occasions:eek:
Don't really know how I got through it all but it was mainly down to a few friends who noticed I was 'not my normal self' cos I was at the stage that I thought being depressed was normal. There was one @$$$/ *^$## scumbag who saw the way I was and was trying to be my friend but was trying to undermine me further. Didn't know at time but they had done this on people before me and I know they have done it on people since.
But that was then, this is now and while things aren't always rosey and bright they are infinitely better than they once were.
All I saying is if you find yourself in similar positions talk to GENUINE friends ( or even the dog as I often did:o) but talk to someone. Don't talk to yourself.

whelan2

Anyone else get a financial discipline refund this morning from DAFM, wasnt expecting that

orm0nd

whelan2 wrote:

Anyone else get a financial discipline refund this morning from DAFM, wasnt expecting that

Yep won't be going wild. But better than a bill

whelan2

orm0nd wrote: »

Yep won't be going wild. But better than a bill

Will keep the boat afloat until milk cheque comes in