Lock, Stock and Chitchat a Seacht

Kovu

Sunburn bingo anyone?

Grueller

As some of you know I am part time and was doing the herd test today and got a comment from the vet which I took as a compliment despite it probably not being one. I was filling the crush, soaked in sweat, covered in scutter and the vet says "your day job must be fairly sh1t if this is what you do for leisure". I got a great kick out of it.

Nekarsulm

hi Reggie, did you see this?

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/07/18/breaking-france-downselects-famas-rifle-replacement-bids-belgium-germany/

Any thoughts?, ever use the Famas?

Reggie.

Nekarsulm wrote: »

hi Reggie, did you see this?

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/07/18/breaking-france-downselects-famas-rifle-replacement-bids-belgium-germany/

Any thoughts?, ever use the Famas?

Never fired the famas just held it. Was handy as it had bipods attached to the rifle. Felt heavier than the steyr if my memory is correct. The bullpup design was better back in the day as it made the rifle shorter than the normal designed rifle (these were the days of the FN and M16) as the firing mechanism was in the butt of the rifle.

Nowadays not much to rifles but the German H&K is popular but find them kinda bulky. SCAR is supposed be popular with SF around the world in one guise or another.

whelan2

Off to Croke park with the young lad today, not very often louth people get to play there he is very excited, his club are going

blue5000

whelan2 wrote: »

Off to Croke park with the young lad today, not very often louth people get to play there he is very excited, his club are going

Is he in a band:D?

_Brian

blue5000 wrote: »

Is he in a band:D?

That there has to be the best slap down in the history of boards.ie

whelan2

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/shock-and-horror-rampaging-herd-of-cattle-destroy-wellknown-golf-course-34894960.html Any estimate at the damage done here

whelan2

_Brian wrote: »

That there has to be the best slap down in the history of boards.ie

Following in the footsteps of the Corrs :rolleyes:

I said

whelan2 wrote: »

Following in the footsteps of the Corrs :rolleyes:

Touché Whelan

charolais0153

My cousin is in croke park as well today

Brown Podzol

Came across this quote last night. Says nothing about farmers farming for the money. Must get this book.


“Why do farmers farm, given their economic adversities on top of the many frustrations and difficulties normal to farming? And the answer is always: ‘Love. They must do it for love.’ Farmers farm for the love of farming. They love to watch and nurture the growth of plants. They love to live in the presence of animals. They love to work outdoors. They love the weather, maybe even when it is making them miserable. They love to live where they work and to work where they live. If the scale of their farming is small enough, they like to work in the company of their children and with the help of their children. They love the measure of independence that farm life can still provide. I have an idea that a lot of farmers have gone to a lot of trouble merely to be self-employed, to live at least a part of their lives without a boss.”
― Wendell Berry, US author, from Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food

kollegeknight

whelan2 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/shock-and-horror-rampaging-herd-of-cattle-destroy-wellknown-golf-course-34894960.html Any estimate at the damage done here

Pity- that hotel and golf club have been in liquidation once or twice. The two are separate companies since the last closure.

A lot of work to get that fixed I'd say.

pedigree 6

A private jet flew over about 10 minutes ago.
I'd say it was about 6 seconds from when I heard it on one horizon till it was gone on the other horizon and flew overhead. Tipping on.
Looked up on flightradar 24 and it came from Manchester.

ganmo

pedigree 6 wrote: »

A private jet flew over about 10 minutes ago.
I'd say it was about 6 seconds from when I heard it on one horizon till it was gone on the other horizon and flew overhead. Tipping on.
Looked up on flightradar 24 and it came from Manchester.

flying low?

pedigree 6

ganmo wrote: »

flying low?

About 3000ft.
I only know that after looking it up on fr24.
Never even seen the thing.
Thought it was military that's why I had to look it up.
Landed in Waterford.

kowtow

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Looked up on flightradar 24 and it came from Manchester.

Someone probably forgot to chain it to the hangar.

rushvalley

whelan2 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/shock-and-horror-rampaging-herd-of-cattle-destroy-wellknown-golf-course-34894960.html Any estimate at the damage done here

Know the place well word spreads fast these days they're talking minimum 10's of thousands to fix the golf course before taking into account the hotel's lost business because of it.

patsy_mccabe

pedigree 6 wrote: »

About 3000ft.
I only know that after looking it up on fr24.
Never even seen the thing.
Thought it was military that's why I had to look it up.
Landed in Waterford.

Mourinho trying to sign up Stephen Hunt.

Kovu

We've hit a minor glitch with the baling... :pac:

Parishlad

rushvalley wrote: »

Know the place well word spreads fast these days they're talking minimum 10's of thousands to fix the golf course before taking into account the hotel's lost business because of it.

Couple of friends are members there and they said that there was a huge amount of damage done. Up to 10 greens were damaged and talks of the place being shut for remainder of the year.
I love the description of the cattle 'rampaging' around the place though!:eek:

whelan2

Parishlad wrote: »

Couple of friends are members there and they said that there was a huge amount of damage done. Up to 10 greens were damaged and talks of the place being shut for remainder of the year.
I love the description of the cattle 'rampaging' around the place though!:eek:

I assume the ground would have been soft enough

kollegeknight

Hoping to have Lilly home tomorrow, her temp is down and iv is taken out. She was in the playground for a while. Serious heat there.

Drs couldn't pin point the problem. She is looking for her boyfriend so she must be on the mend.

Parishlad

whelan2 wrote: »

I assume the ground would have been soft enough

There's been a bit of rain around for the last couple of weeks so the greens and fairways definitely would not have been too dry. It's a disaster for the club. I think the Captains Prize was coming up so everything would have been in tip top shape. The lads I know will more than likely be cancelling membership for the year, add in loss of green fees, lost business in the clubhouse bar/restaurant, and the hotel (if it's still open - hard to keep track of that hotel) not to mention how much it will cost to actually repair everything.

kowtow

Kovu wrote: »

We've hit a minor glitch with the baling... :pac:

I'm no expert but I'm fairly certain that tyre on the right is over-inflated compared to the one on the left. Let a good bit out of it and drive on.

Reggie.

Kovu wrote: »

We've hit a minor glitch with the baling... :pac:

I think I see your problem there

Kovu

kowtow wrote: »

I'm no expert but I'm fairly certain that tyre on the right is over-inflated compared to the one on the left. Let a good bit out of it and drive on.

Be grand. We'll use the digger.

(It wouldn't be so bad but his second baler broke down in our field just before this one!:o)

Reggie.

Kovu wrote: »

Be grand. We'll use the digger.

(It wouldn't be so bad but his second baler broke down in our field just before this one!:o)

Your a jinx ya know that

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

Your a jinx ya know that

I do have an unerring ability to break things. Sometimes I don't even need to touch them! A gravitational wave of ****itup-itis.

whelan2

Parishlad wrote: »

There's been a bit of rain around for the last couple of weeks so the greens and fairways definitely would not have been too dry. It's a disaster for the club. I think the Captains Prize was coming up so everything would have been in tip top shape. The lads I know will more than likely be cancelling membership for the year, add in loss of green fees, lost business in the clubhouse bar/restaurant, and the hotel (if it's still open - hard to keep track of that hotel) not to mention how much it will cost to actually repair everything.

How did the cattle get in?