No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Sacrolyte

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Change the name from grass fed beef to vegan beef.

May contain beef.

Lime Tree Farm

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Change the name from grass fed beef to vegan beef.

"Contains 100% ground vegan"

Dinzee Conlee

kollegeknight wrote: »

It’s fairly evident that Leo has no children with the comments about splitting non essential items from essential items in big shops- a DVD or jigsaw are fairly essential on a rainy day.

We did our Santa shop a few weeks ago for fear of a lockdown. I also had a few bits in the loft for the small ladies birthday at the end of October. We also bought some clothes from her dance studio to be able leave a few euro there.

There could be some run on the shops in December.

Not saying toys aren’t essential in a rainy day...

But I don’t see whether Leo having kids or not has anything to do with it really... You can still buys toys on click and collect in some places.
But shops stocking something essential to allow them to stay open to sell non essential items is unfair... Or shops that sell both, not stopping selling the non essential items is unfair...

kollegeknight

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Not saying toys aren’t essential in a rainy day...

But I don’t see whether Leo having kids or not has anything to do with it really... You can still buys toys on click and collect in some places.
But shops stocking something essential to allow them to stay open to sell non essential items is unfair... Or shops that sell both, not stopping selling the non essential items is unfair...

Well if he had to entertain them on a wet day, he may be more empathetic. He is young and has access to high speed broadband. Imagine being a 70yo not meeting anyone again.

When he was meeting friends for a beer in the Phoenix park while telling people in rural Ireland that they couldn’t.

I’d have to travel much further for click and collect rather than being able to pick something in local shop that had a few bits or local supermarket that used be able sell. I think that those shops are open already and you should be able pick up a book, toy or dvd. We might have fairly Holey jocks and socks by the end of this lockdown.

During the last lockdown, my OH asked our garage to change the tyres on the car- he said technically he could only change them for me and not her as I was a farmer and deemed essential.

whelan2

Plant based rashers , I wonder what do any of these things taste like?

Siamsa Sessions

whelan2 wrote: »

Plant based rashers , I wonder what do any of these things taste like?

Self-righteousness?

Lime Tree Farm

kollegeknight wrote: »

Well if he had to entertain them on a wet day, he may be more empathetic. He is young and has access to high speed broadband. Imagine being a 70yo not meeting anyone again.

When he was meeting friends for a beer in the Phoenix park while telling people in rural Ireland that they couldn’t.

I’d have to travel much further for click and collect rather than being able to pick something in local shop that had a few bits or local supermarket that used be able sell. I think that those shops are open already and you should be able pick up a book, toy or dvd. We might have fairly Holey jocks and socks by the end of this lockdown.

During the last lockdown, my OH asked our garage to change the tyres on the car- he said technically he could only change them for me and not her as I was a farmer and deemed essential.

I once heard a fellow say his wife could do anything with a needle, except sew.

NcdJd

whelan2 wrote: »

Plant based rashers , I wonder what do any of these things taste like?

Tree bark ?

gozunda

whelan2 wrote: »

Plant based rashers , I wonder what do any of these things taste like?

Best one I saw today was

"plant-based dairy products.” for the non cow based varieties

:rolleyes:

tanko

Interesting machinery programme on BBC4 now.

Birdnuts

whelan2 wrote: »

Cleaning out a room that we dont use, found this under a pool table on top of an old mahogany table. Brothers spent ages playing with it

Wow - very like the one I had as a child!!. I feel sad for children today in this high tech world who have lost touch with such simple pleasures

whelan2

Birdnuts wrote: »

Wow - very like the one I had as a child!!. I feel sad for children today in this high tech world who have lost touch with such simple pleasures

I remember the smell of the trains on the tracks, if that makes sense and the odd spark that would fly out

Birdnuts

whelan2 wrote: »

I remember the smell of the trains on the tracks, if that makes sense and the odd spark that would fly out

Yeah - for me it was the making of so many golden Christmases as child in my Grand mothers big farmhouse. Remember distinctly too the year I got my first model farm, handmade by a local artisan now long passed away

dzer2

Have a hornby set from 72 had some off the most simplest and best Christmases with little.or nothing. Can remember everyone of them with mam and dad. Left home in 84 came home to wham and just my sister and parents, as older brother thought Christmas was for drink and his mates. Not long after he was at home on Christmas day really upset seeing what we never lost. Till this day my sister and me celebrate the day with something even though we are miles apart. I am blessed that the family here are so close

_Brian

Sat down with the kids and watched Attenborough’s latest “a life on our planet”.
Thought it was really interesting to watch and certainly brings into focus how things have changed in such a short time.
There was as expected reference to animal farming but it was brief and about consuming less meat and not no meat, I had thought from what I’d seen online that anti farming was a much bigger portion of the program.

Genghis Cant

Birdnuts wrote: »

Wow - very like the one I had as a child!!. I feel sad for children today in this high tech world who have lost touch with such simple pleasures

We boil the small spuds from the garden this time of the year for the turkeys.
I mash the up in the pot outside with a thin post.
I never do it but the smell reminds me of doing it as a child nearly 50 years ago!

Base price

Genghis Cant wrote: »

We boil the small spuds from the garden this time of the year for the turkeys.
I mash the up in the pot outside with a thin post.
I never do it but the smell reminds me of doing it as a child nearly 50 years ago!

I remember as a young child (50 years ago) helping Grandad digging spuds. Granny would cook the small ones in a large pot on the range for the hens and piglets. We'd pick out some before they were mashed, smother them in butter and salt and fill our belly's

Say my name

It has to be acknowledged and it can't go without comment.
Frankly mods do what you want to me.

But Yosemitesam if you're reading this you will be deeply missed on this forum.

You were always led by logic.
You had a great science based approach to farming and all. And your opinion was held with great weighting.
And you never from what I could see got personal with anyone on replies to debate.

I hope you'll be back in some shape or form.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Say my name wrote: »

It has to be acknowledged and it can't go without comment.
Frankly mods do what you want to me.

But Yosemitesam if you're reading this you will be deeply missed on this forum.

You were always led by logic.
You had a great science based approach to farming and all. And your opinion was held with great weighting.
And you never from what I could see got personal with anyone on replies to debate.

I hope you'll be back in some shape or form.

That's on me, not the rest of the mods.
I accidentally forum banned Yosemitesam1 last night in error while dealing with a troll. He sent me a PM and I explained my mistake and asked him to contact me if the reversal hadn't gone through.

Has it not been reversed?

Say my name

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

That's on me, not the rest of the mods.
I accidentally forum banned Yosemitesam1 last night in error while dealing with a troll. He sent me a PM and I explained my mistake and asked him to contact me if the reversal hadn't gone through.

Has it not been reversed?

Ah Janey!

Mods can read other private messages too.

Delete the above then before he gets a big head!

Edit: I've cancelled the hitman Buford. You're ok.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

That's on me, not the rest of the mods.
I accidentally forum banned Yosemitesam1 last night in error while dealing with a troll. He sent me a PM and I explained my mistake and asked him to contact me if the reversal hadn't gone through.

Has it not been reversed?

For the record, it was in place for 5 minutes, about the same time it took me to find and screen shot the record.

148multi

Any chance of bringing back fungie while you're at it

patsy_mccabe

148multi wrote: »

Any chance of bringing back fungie while you're at it

Ah, Fungie is just self-isolating.

Dinzee Conlee

So is Yosemite gone or not?

CHOPS01

Definitely a year I'll be glad to see the back of.
2 months after burying my father we buried my wife's mother yesterday. So in 2020 we've buried a first cousin 45, an uncle in law, my father, my first cousin's husband 49 and my mother in law. And still 2 months left in the year.
Sitting down last night I said to my wife it's not that long ago we had a year with 5 weddings and here we are with 5 funerals.

Bullocks

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Definitely a year I'll be glad to see the back of.
2 months after burying my father we buried my wife's mother yesterday. So in 2020 we've buried a first cousin 45, an uncle in law, my father, my first cousin's husband 49 and my mother in law. And still 2 months left in the year.
Sitting down last night I said to my wife it's not that long ago we had a year with 5 weddings and here we are with 5 funerals.

Fair few deaths in this family this year aswell especially on the wife's side. We had booked and canceled 3 holidays over funerals and we were meant to be heading to Lanzo this week with the kids but covid canceled that one. Herself is nearly afraid to book another one with the way they have been going!

CHOPS01

Bullocks wrote: »

Fair few deaths in this family this year aswell especially on the wife's side. We had booked and canceled 3 holidays over funerals and we were meant to be heading to Lanzo this week with the kids but covid canceled that one. Herself is nearly afraid to book another one with the way they have been going!

Similar. With Covid and funerals we have missed a weekend in Nevin Maguires place, a trip to Zurich over to the wife's sister and a week in Donegal which was booked instead of a week abroad.

wrangler

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Definitely a year I'll be glad to see the back of.
2 months after burying my father we buried my wife's mother yesterday. So in 2020 we've buried a first cousin 45, an uncle in law, my father, my first cousin's husband 49 and my mother in law. And still 2 months left in the year.
Sitting down last night I said to my wife it's not that long ago we had a year with 5 weddings and here we are with 5 funerals.

https://imgflip.com/i/40cu3g

blue5000

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

So is Yosemite gone or not?

Accident by one of us when dealing with a persistent troll on Sat night, should be ok by now.

Is anyone else confused about dinner time today or is it just me?

NcdJd

Always amazes me when lads fill in part of a ditch around a field not thinking of the consequences of said action and then complain when it is waterlogged at this time of the year.

Standing in a field in muck waiting for individual to arrive with jcb to undo what he done earlier in year.

whelan2

blue5000 wrote: »

Accident by one of us when dealing with a persistent troll on Sat night, should be ok by now.

Is anyone else confused about dinner time today or is it just me?

I think after this morning here I should be eligible for the hardship grant

gozunda

NcdJd wrote: »

Always amazes me when lads fill in part of a ditch around a field not thinking of the consequences of said action and then complain when it is waterlogged at this time of the year.

Standing in a field in muck waiting for individual to arrive with jcb to undo what he done earlier in year.

Seen that a fair bit. Around here the ditch (as in drain) belonging to one farm is often on the wrong side of the bank iykwim. The logic in old days that you dug your drain and thew the spoil back on your own land to make a good bank.

I've seen sites been sold and the new house owners 'reclaim' these ditches by filling them in and wondering why the area around them are now flooding ...

NcdJd

NcdJd wrote: »

Always amazes me when lads fill in part of a ditch around a field not thinking of the consequences of said action and then complain when it is waterlogged at this time of the year.

Standing in a field in muck waiting for individual to arrive with jcb to undo what he done earlier in year.

Mid - end Feb is a good time to make decisions about land, it get's August notions out of lads heads

funkey_monkey

Fncking hell!

Maybe the chitchat is not the best thread, but 3 dead over a 150ac farm:

https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2020/1026/1173965-cork-shooting/


Very sad for all involved.

Mrs cockett

God help that poor mother.
I wouldn't have thought lads in their twenties would be that exercised over land.

funkey_monkey

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Fncking hell!

Maybe the chitchat is not the best thread, but 3 dead over a 150ac farm:

https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2020/1026/1173965-cork-shooting/


Very sad for all involved.

Read that earlier on, I know of a place where two died over land before. Hard to get perspective sometimes.

funkey_monkey

Mrs cockett wrote: »

God help that poor mother.
I wouldn't have thought lads in their twenties would be that exercised over land.

Yes, I thought they would have been older too. Awful story for anyone at any time.
It's sad what the land can do to some folk.

Say my name

Something for ye to look at.

Maybe you can spot your house!

All thanks to NASA.

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/earth/#/

zetecescort

I think somebody mentioned it a few days ago but Tricked out Tractors on BBC 1 Northern Ireland at 7:35

straight

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Fncking hell!

Maybe the chitchat is not the best thread, but 3 dead over a 150ac farm:

https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2020/1026/1173965-cork-shooting/


Very sad for all involved.

Who said it was over a farm? Serious question. Very sad anyway

Reggie.

straight wrote: »

Who said it was over a farm? Serious question. Very sad anyway

It was mentioned in an article

wrangler

straight wrote: »

Who said it was over a farm? Serious question. Very sad anyway

It says so here

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/three-relatives-dead-after-apparent-murder-suicide-in-kanturk-co-cork-1.4391568?mode=amp

funkey_monkey

zetecescort wrote: »

I think somebody mentioned it a few days ago but Tricked out Tractors on BBC 1 Northern Ireland at 7:35

Forgot all about it until I walked in. Looked like the usual pure scutter - probably made by the same crowd that done Theres no place like Tyrone.

_Brian

straight wrote: »

Who said it was over a farm? Serious question. Very sad anyway

News said a “dispute over land”

zetecescort

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Forgot all about it until I walked in. Looked like the usual pure scutter - probably made by the same crowd that done Theres no place like Tyrone.

half hour not enough. all talk of doubling the horsepower at the start yet no mention of if they did it. all they showed was cosmetic work really

Birdnuts

NcdJd wrote: »

Always amazes me when lads fill in part of a ditch around a field not thinking of the consequences of said action and then complain when it is waterlogged at this time of the year.

Standing in a field in muck waiting for individual to arrive with jcb to undo what he done earlier in year.

Alot of the flooding and water quality issues in the country are down to an entrenched ignorance of basic hydrology - again state/semi-state agencies like the OPW,ESB, BNM are some of the biggest culprits!!

Lime Tree Farm

So very sad.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40071098.html

gozunda

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

So very sad.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40071098.html

Heard the helicopters go over this morning in response to that. I was wondering what was up.

Peace be with the rest of the family ...

_Brian

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

So very sad.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40071098.html

God bless that poor mother/wife.
It’s an horrendous end to a family.

Bleating Lamb

Deleted User wrote: »

Mid - end Feb is a good time to make decisions about land, it get's August notions out of lads heads

One ‘smart alec’ fella bought a farm of land near here around 30 years ago,was good road frontage on it......purchaser was from a farming background so knew when land would look well etc....part of farm ran beside a river,he advertised a site beside the river in June....a ‘townie’ person bought it a month later....built house on it and has being plagued ever since as the river floods its banks a few times each Winter.
Eventually the house owner had to bring in tonnes of soil and basically build a wall to defend the house and at times water has being within inches of going into the house.
The ‘smart alec’ landowner sold around 6 more sites over the years after that in safe places to build.
Myself and majority of neighbours always thought it was an awful act to sell a ‘site’ like that to someone who would not be used to flooding or farms.