Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

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Any of ye settling in with the little ones to watch the Toy show. I miss having the boys about especially at times like this.

Youngest is a "international observer" on a EU marine survey somewhere on the high seas but hopes to watch it tonight if the internet signal holds. Eldest has to work (tonight our time) this morning in Melbourne but he and his mates are meeting up after work to watch it in the pub.

They grow up so fast.

emaherx

Latest news from the toy show
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2019/11/29/tubridy-forced-to-make-every-toy-show-toy-himself-due-to-rte-budget-cuts/

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emaherx wrote: »

Latest news from the toy show
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2019/11/29/tubridy-forced-to-make-every-toy-show-toy-himself-due-to-rte-budget-cuts/

Ah mine was better.

Mortelaro

Do RTE keep Tubs in a cage and never let him out to eat?

emaherx

Mortelaro wrote: »

Do RTE keep Tubs in a cage and never let him out to eat?

Think there was no cutbacks in the pre show drinks department

wrangler

Mortelaro wrote: »

Do RTE keep Tubs in a cage and never let him out to eat?

Late Late toyshow is bah humbug from me

Ard_MC

Say my name wrote: »

Yep.
I think the IFA are being drawn into it now.

Wrangler on route?

Reggie.

wrangler wrote: »

Late Late toyshow is bah humbug from me

Hardly surprising

MickeyShtyles

Finished chasing the walls for the kitchen. Caught a wire in the process, no sockets throughout the house till 2mora.
Could be worse I suppose!

emaherx

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Finished chasing the walls for the kitchen. Caught a wire in the process, no sockets throughout the house till 2mora.
Could be worse I suppose!

There's easier ways of not watching the late late.

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wrangler wrote: »

Late Late toyshow is bah humbug from me

You're F&F's grumpy auld fella

Bullocks

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Finished chasing the walls for the kitchen. Caught a wire in the process, no sockets throughout the house till 2mora.
Could be worse I suppose!

Would be worse if you were fried after it . Did it give a good bang ?
I snipped one the last day and I thought someone fired a shot with the bang out of it .

wrangler

Base price wrote: »

You're F&F's grumpy auld fella

Maybe it's ryan, but it's a rubbish program

MickeyShtyles

Bullocks wrote: »

Would be worse if you were fried after it . Did it give a good bang ?
I snipped one the last day and I thought someone fired a shot with the bang out of it .

Twould alright.
Power was off at fusebox. So twas only after I realised.

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wrangler wrote: »

Maybe it's ryan, but it's a rubbish program

Naa, it's not Ryan.
Maybe I should put up a poll

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Sooo..

Negotiations between Wrangler and RTE are ongoing whether the tractor will be allowed onto the show.
It doesn't look good at this stage as the parade of wheeled vehicles has finished but my source informs me a blockade may be put on the RTE carpark if the John Deere doesn't get on.

Watch this space.

There's still time folks!!

wrangler

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Naa, it's not Ryan.
Maybe I should put up a poll

Unreal criticism elsewhere, perverse even,

Lady Haywire

Nanny Pat though! Good aul Leitrim folk, with our boxty, knitting and Sean nós dancing

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NEGOTIATIONS HAVE FAILED!

NEGOTIATIONS HAVE FAILED!

The production team of the Toy Show weren't too enamoured by Wrangler's negotiating skills and threw their toys out of the pram.
Unfortunately a pedal tractor wasn't one of those toys. Some say it was all Sharon Ni Bheolain's influence in RTE now to get away from our prehistoric farming past and to show the country in a more new age hip cultured present.





(Seriously though before I started this, I had absolutely no idea this would be the first year a pedal tractor wouldn't be on the show. I started the gag after I heard Ryan's replacement on his radio show this morning Oliver Callan, do a quip about Ryan worrying about toy tractors blocking up the show.)

_Brian

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Nanny Pat though! Good aul Leitrim folk, with our boxty, knitting and Sean nancing

Was nice to see how much he just adored his nana.


I’d say it’s only maybe the third tome I’ve watched the whole show. It was a nice show, plenty of inclusion and lots of focus on kids of different backgrounds and highlights that not all kids have an easy time.

Youngest girl fell asleep during the opening song, she was furious thismorning, I’m fairness she’d been up since 5am for swimming , didn’t get to eat one sweet.

Don’t ever watch the LateLate during the year, heck I had to spend a few minutes figuring why I couldn’t get RTE, cable had been pulled out of box, recon that happened 4 months ago and nobody watched any of the saorview stations since 🙄, we don’t watch the news or weather or anything. Usually see a bit of Ireland’s Fittest Family in my mother’s house.

whelan2

_Brian wrote: »

Was nice to see how much he just adored his nana.


I’d say it’s only maybe the third tome I’ve watched the whole show. It was a nice show, plenty of inclusion and lots of focus on kids of different backgrounds and highlights that not all kids have an easy time.

Youngest girl fell asleep during the opening song, she was furious thismorning, I’m fairness she’d been up since 5am for swimming , didn’t get to eat one sweet.

Don’t ever watch the LateLate during the year, heck I had to spend a few minutes figuring why I couldn’t get RTE, cable had been pulled out of box, recon that happened 4 months ago and nobody watched any of the saorview stations since 🙄, we don’t watch the news or weather or anything. Usually see a bit of Ireland’s Fittest Family in my mother’s house.

It's on way too late for kids. Should really start at 8

_Brian

whelan2 wrote: »

It's on way too late for kids. Should really start at 8

Yup.
It’s repeated during the week isn’t it ?

emaherx

whelan2 wrote: »

It's on way too late for kids. Should really start at 8

Had our 3 kids + their 2 cousins here last night only one made it till the end, steady stream is sleepy heads going to bed from 11:00.


It is on again at 2 and available now on the player, but I think the one night of staying up late is part of the appeal for them.

whelan2

_Brian wrote: »

Yup.
It’s repeated during the week isn’t it ?

My youngest lad is 11 and can't stay awake past 10 pm. It will be on rte player

kollegeknight

whelan2 wrote: »

It's on way too late for kids. Should really start at 8

My 5yo was Adament she would stay up. I fell asleep reading stories to my 1yo and when I went to the sitting room at 9:15, she was sound asleep. I recorded it and my OH and her will watch it this evening- I couldn’t watch it.

MickeyShtyles

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Finished chasing the walls for the kitchen. Caught a wire in the process, no sockets throughout the house till 2mora.
Could be worse I suppose!

Electrician came, restored power to sockets and gave me an sds drill to finish the walls.

roosterman71

https://twitter.com/gingerbreadmiss/status/1200765428475281409?s=20

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I got this new digital soil pH meter today.
Trouble is the darn thing only reads on 0.5 of a step on the scale. So it's either 6.5 or 6.0.
Anyways out testing today it's obvious all this rain has put a hammering on soil pH.
Last year with another tester and from soil tests I was up near the 7 with a lot of it. Now a good chunk of it is coming at 6.0 . I suppose that could still mean it's 6.4 but it's not above 6.5.

Now I know it's a bad time of year to be testing and the pH could rise with higher temperatures and an increase in soil life numbers. But anyways thats the situation at the moment.

Soil temperature was 8 Celsius, 9 near the dwelling house and worm casts are in abundance.

Dinzee Conlee

Say my name wrote: »

I got this new digital soil pH meter today.
Trouble is the darn thing only reads on 0.5 of a step on the scale. So it's either 6.5 or 6.0.
Anyways out testing today it's obvious all this rain has put a hammering on soil pH.
Last year with another tester and from soil tests I was up near the 7 with a lot of it. Now a good chunk of it is coming at 6.0 . I suppose that could still mean it's 6.4 but it's not above 6.5.

Now I know it's a bad time of year to be testing and the pH could rise with higher temperatures and an increase in soil life numbers. But anyways thats the situation at the moment.

Soil temperature was 8 Celsius, 9 near the dwelling house and worm casts are in abundance.

You get the meter on amazon or where Say?

Say my name

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

You get the meter on amazon or where Say?

Yea Amazon.
I'm not sure what to think of it though to be honest. It's a Chinese made one 4 in 1 with a yellow strip around it.

There's better one's out there with a needle or single digital readings.
Only thing it was about €15. But still.