Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

Reggie.

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Likewise here Brian.
Home Ec. Project for today was to make a sponge cake, and photograph the stages.
I got a text to bring cream, raspberries and strawberries home.
Completed cake photographed and emailed to the teacher..
Having a piece now, and it's not bad at all!

Sow

Say my name

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

I wonder is it, though?

We will still need in excess of 25k housing units every year and I'm wondering if the Government that's coming in will be looking at a huge investment in building social housing, some of it on lands bought under the proposed capped prices, to kick start the economy. Some apartments and a lot of estates all over Dublin, with a few dozen schemes thrown out to the rest of the country. Killing 3 birds with one stone, boosting the economy, providing housing and reducing the housing lists.

The only reason there's a housing crisis here is all the high paid ex pat and immigrants that came here to work for the tech sector.
"What's that sir you won't work here because of the cost of renting. Well sir here's an increase in your proposed salary to cover the accommodation."

What happens those jobs in a potential depression is anyone's guess.

If a socialist government does come in and starts a building program. The only way house prices will go is south. Then that starts a little recession among those who already pay mortgages and own their homes. Builders will win no bother. Well those employed by the state. But then if there is a recession the government might be able to negotiate down their labour fees.
So..??

Birdnuts

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

Wow!
https://twitter.com/markets/status/1252255694721605632?s=19

Similar things happening to Natural Gas - highlights how the consumer here is being robbed blind by utility companies and the failure of government policies regarding energy matters

Say my name

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

Wow!
https://twitter.com/markets/status/1252255694721605632?s=19

It got worse.

https://twitter.com/OrganicsPreta/status/1252306985128808448?s=20

roosterman71

Say my name wrote: »

The only reason there's a housing crisis here is all the high paid ex pat and immigrants that came here to work for the tech sector.
"What's that sir you won't work here because of the cost of renting. Well sir here's an increase in your proposed salary to cover the accommodation."

I'd like to call bull**** to that. I work in this sector by day, and there's no such talk among the vast majority of companies. Pay rises are in low single digits per year, if any. Lots of jobs, but only the massive pay is in the big tech companies operating in Dublin. And if ya think immigrants for the most part are paying extortionate rent your delusional. If they are, they are packed 2/3 to a room to cover it.

Say my name

It makes you wonder how much carbon was being burnt needlessly, flippantly and unnecessarily.

_Brian

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Likewise here Brian.
Home Ec. Project for today was to make a sponge cake, and photograph the stages.
I got a text to bring cream, raspberries and strawberries home.
Completed cake photographed and emailed to the teacher..
Having a piece now, and it's not bad at all!

Proper school work

_Brian

Say my name wrote: »

It makes you wonder how much carbon was being burnt needlessly, flippantly and unnecessarily.

Would love to see the stats on air travel, I wonder how many thousands of barrels have been saved because frivolous travel is stopped.

Anyone who mentions the words cow and climate change in am sentence together after this except as a apology needs a kick in the hole. It’s all lifestyle, lifestyle, lifestyle not farming at all.

Say my name

roosterman71 wrote: »

I'd like to call bull**** to that. I work in this sector by day, and there's no such talk among the vast majority of companies. Pay rises are in low single digits per year, if any. Lots of jobs, but only the massive pay is in the big tech companies operating in Dublin. And if ya think immigrants for the most part are paying extortionate rent your delusional. If they are, they are packed 2/3 to a room to cover it.

How many of the high tech in Google are Irish? Non ex pats.

Don't play the poor immigrant card with me. You know well I never mentioned refugees.

That's that internet Facebook slang people post to make themselves look better.
But since you have mentioned refugees. They do need to be housed too. And that does not make me rasict in case that's your next retort.
And increased demand increases rent prices.

Nekarsulm

Say my name wrote: »

The only reason there's a housing crisis here is all the high paid ex pat and immigrants that came here to work for the tech sector?

The decision to ban bed-sits, while admirable in its attempt to improve lower cost housing, actually took thousands of rental spaces out of the system, and actually made conditions worse in "approved" type multi tenancy properties.

Nekarsulm

Reggie. wrote: »

Sow

You could be right....

kollegeknight

_Brian wrote: »

Proper school work

I think it’s the right job. My head is addled with chasing work off students. Non exam classes on days like today should be offered creative ways to learn.

For their well being, I wanted to send care packages to students that wanted them to include simple seeds. Get them to plant a small garden and photo as they go. But my principal didn’t want to do it. My old ag science teacher used to do it about 20 years ago and it was great.

I have just persuaded her to let me order microbit kits for the fifth years to give them a chance to learn a bit about programming. They can be used in remote controls so it would help for next years projects also.

To shake things up for my 5yo, I bought a simple chemistry kit and an electronics kit online. We made a simple radio yesterday and she was delighted with it.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Nekarsulm wrote: »

The decision to ban bed-sits, while admirable in its attempt to improve lower cost housing, actually took thousands of rental spaces out of the system, and actually made conditions worse in "approved" type multi tenancy properties.

Talking to someone about the provision of housing, the regulations for providing housing exclude lots of houses unless there's a huge amount of work done to bring them up to a certain standard. I've no problem with that, tbh, but our house wouldn't qualify for inclusion on the list.

It's fine for us to live in, it's only 20 years old but it's not good enough to house the homeless in.

I find that insane, tbh.

_Brian

Spotted a few of the Spacex starlink satellites going over there.

https://www.heavens-above.com/starlink.aspx

straight

Nekarsulm wrote: »

The decision to ban bed-sits, while admirable in its attempt to improve lower cost housing, actually took thousands of rental spaces out of the system, and actually made conditions worse in "approved" type multi tenancy properties.

Air bnb took alot of units out of the rental market but they are all coming back now.

_Brian

kollegeknight wrote: »

I think it’s the right job. My head is addled with chasing work off students. Non exam classes on days like today should be offered creative ways to learn.

For their well being, I wanted to send care packages to students that wanted them to include simple seeds. Get them to plant a small garden and photo as they go. But my principal didn’t want to do it. My old ag science teacher used to do it about 20 years ago and it was great.

I have just persuaded her to let me order microbit kits for the fifth years to give them a chance to learn a bit about programming. They can be used in remote controls so it would help for next years projects also.

To shake things up for my 5yo, I bought a simple chemistry kit and an electronics kit online. We made a simple radio yesterday and she was delighted with it.

One of the lessons our 5th class girl got was the set up an obstacle course amd time yourself and other family members doing it. Ours are super competitive so it will be like Ireland’s fittest family just with a very stiff slightly fat bloke as the dad. 😂

kollegeknight

_Brian wrote: »

One of the lessons our 5th class girl got was the set up an obstacle course amd time yourself and other family members doing it. Ours are super competitive so it will be like Ireland’s fittest family just with a very stiff slightly fat bloke as the dad. 😂

Brilliant. I spend my days persuading teachers to reduce the work load on students. We are a country school with lads at home, normally have 3hours of contact time in a subject and one teacher gave 12hours of theory work. In a practical subject. I still think they should have been asked to research the design and contents of an insect hotel, design, make and photograph and a bit of theory also.

I only imagine the stress parents are under- we are lucky out our eldest is in junior infants and my Australian wife can help with most of the work and I’ve enough Irish to help out a bit.

We started a nature scrap book. Pressing a few flowers and taking photos of wildlife when we see it.

raypallas

kollegeknight wrote: »

Brilliant. I spend my days persuading teachers to reduce the work load on students. We are a country school with lads at home, normally have 3hours of contact time in a subject and one teacher gave 12hours of theory work. In a practical subject. I still think they should have been asked to research the design and contents of an insect hotel, design, make and photograph and a bit of theory also.

I only imagine the stress parents are under- we are lucky out to eldest is in junior infants and my Australian wife can help with most of the work and I’ve enough Irish to help out a bit.

We started a nature scrap book. Pressing a few flowers and taking photos of wildlife when we see it.

Practical teacher myself and I'm cutting them back more than loading them up. Good quality internet, device access and time available at home are all at a premium at the moment. There's a lot of stress out there in homes around the country over the whole situation

I says

The home schooling and worrying about it is total dog****e. I’m out the country rural broadband not worth a toss alright on the phone. So no computer no printer or any of that ya can forget homework or projects for school.
If these clowns forming a coalition have any sense( I doubt it) install spend the money on rural braodband it’s been neglected long enough. The chicken has come home to roost over it now with the covid crisis.

kollegeknight

I says wrote: »

The home schooling and worrying about it is total dog****e. I’m out the country rural broadband not worth a toss alright on the phone. So no computer no printer or any of that ya can forget homework or projects for school.
If these clowns forming a coalition have any sense( I doubt it) install spend the money on rural braodband it’s been neglected long enough. The chicken has come home to roost over it now with the covid crisis.

I’m the same with internet. Depending on the weather, I have online meetings, I’ve to go to the hay barn. I get some looks from the rest.

Should have connected the calving camera. 😂

_Brian

We have decent connection up to about 3pm and it gradually deteriorated from there.
Mornings usually see 15mb down and 6mb up.

By 7pm it’s 1.5mb down and 0.2mb up

Kids do majority of their work from 9 to 1pm, youngest doesn’t do any schoolwork after 1pm

I’m doing online course today from 12-2 so hopefully it will work then 🙄

Kevhog1988

I says wrote: »

The home schooling and worrying about it is total dog****e. I’m out the country rural broadband not worth a toss alright on the phone. So no computer no printer or any of that ya can forget homework or projects for school.
If these clowns forming a coalition have any sense( I doubt it) install spend the money on rural braodband it’s been neglected long enough. The chicken has come home to roost over it now with the covid crisis.

im working on it lol. Rollout is starting in the next few months

Kevhog1988

kollegeknight wrote: »

I think it’s the right job. My head is addled with chasing work off students. Non exam classes on days like today should be offered creative ways to learn.

For their well being, I wanted to send care packages to students that wanted them to include simple seeds. Get them to plant a small garden and photo as they go. But my principal didn’t want to do it. My old ag science teacher used to do it about 20 years ago and it was great.

I have just persuaded her to let me order microbit kits for the fifth years to give them a chance to learn a bit about programming. They can be used in remote controls so it would help for next years projects also.

To shake things up for my 5yo, I bought a simple chemistry kit and an electronics kit online. We made a simple radio yesterday and she was delighted with it.

Could you send me a link to where to but the electronics kit?

whelan2

raypallas wrote: »

Practical teacher myself and I'm cutting them back more than loading them up. Good quality internet, device access and time available at home are all at a premium at the moment. There's a lot of stress out there in homes around the country over the whole situation

I neay had a meltdown here yesterday morning printing out young lads work. At least 20 pages. Printer jammed. Also ran out of ink. Couldn't get old cartridge out. Cut my finger. ....then I emailed the teacher about something else and he said there was no need to print the sheets out :eek:

raypallas

whelan2 wrote: »

I neay had a meltdown here yesterday morning printing out young lads work. At least 20 pages. Printer jammed. Also ran out of ink. Couldn't get old cartridge out. Cut my finger. ....then I emailed the teacher about something else and he said there was no need to print the sheets out :eek:

A fine start to a day! I wouldn't have access to a printer at home myself so I wouldn't expect too. There is a lot of work on the parents this distance learning crack!

KatyMac

My youngest is in first year in college and is getting online tutorials every Monday and Tuesday. Is given assignments to have in by the end of the week and has an online/real time exam sorta thing on this coming Friday. She asks us to absent ourselves during those times so that no-one else is on the internet and we can't be seen walking around in her background. Fair play to her, she is taking it seriously and is determined to pass first year, she put down a deposit for her accommodation for next September onward. A thing like a worldwide pandemic is not going to get in her way. If students can survive this type of home schooling they will survive a lot once they join the world of work.

emaherx

raypallas wrote: »

A fine start to a day! I wouldn't have access to a printer at home myself so I wouldn't expect too. There is a lot of work on the parents this distance learning crack!

There is, but they are our kids. Printer wouldn't be strictly nessacery kids could work off screen in most cases and just write out their answers on a sheet of paper or in a copy if nessacery.

emaherx

theemigrant wrote: »

Could you send me a link to where to but the electronics kit?

What age kids? There is a massive selection of stuff out there from very basic to fairly advanced.

Google:
Microbit
Makey makey
Raspberry Pi
Arduino

I put up some pictures of a robot I built with the kids using a Raspberry Pi on the gunthering thread.

And on flickr

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmMnXywy

Kevhog1988

emaherx wrote: »

What age kids? There is a massive selection of stuff out there from very basic to fairly advanced.

Google:
Microbit
Makey makey
Raspberry Pi
Arduino

I put up some pictures of a robot I built with the kids using a Raspberry Pi on the gunthering thread.

My little fella is 8 and we made a robot kit over xmas but would like more as he seemed to like it

Lime Tree Farm

The HomeSchooling on RTE2, 11:00 to 12:00 Mon to Fri, is excellent, with follow up activities.

https://www.homeschooling-ideas.com/

For secondary school,

https://about.rte.ie/2020/04/02/rte-announces-screening-of-shakespeare-leaving-and-junior-cert-classics/

I think I am getting more out of it than the kids are. Excellent Hamlet - David Tennant, and Matt Lucas is one hell of a good actor in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"