Farming Chit Chat sticks it to six.

pedigree 6 · 04-07-2016 06:35PM

mayota wrote: »

Farage and Johnson the dirty cowardly bastards, well played on Cameron's part leaving the rest to it.

It's a circus alright. Nobody wants the hot potato.

Someone dig up the iron lady quick and put in a new set of batteries.

Edit: A lot can happen in two years.(in politics)

Nekarsulm · 04-07-2016 06:39PM

_Brian wrote: »

Yea but little can be done it seems. Guards told this couple they are unlikely to ever see their money back.

Deposits are a tricky area of business law. It's not treated the same as if, for example, I put my hand in your pocket and stole your €10,000.
Even though that is effectively what I have done.

patsy_mccabe · 04-07-2016 10:43PM

Talking to an older relative this evening. She was saying that the band Thin Lizziy were walking through the area near our land one time and lost a wad of notes.
I really thought she was loosing it but no, true story she says.

pedigree 6 · 04-07-2016 11:19PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Talking to an older relative this evening. She was saying that the band Thin Lizziy were walking through the area near our land one time and lost a wad of notes.
I really thought she was loosing it but no, true story she says.

I have another crazy story.
There was a farming widow who lived in an area east of enniscothy. She lived a very modest life. Never had a bank account. Rumour was that she used to bury stashes of cash out on the land in case the house was robbed.
She died two years ago and at night you could see lights from some scallywags digging the fields looking for the supposed money.

Land was sold afterwards and who buys it only the owner of a meat factory as a wedding present for his daughter.
The diggers were in a few days after the wedding "reclaiming" the land.

kollegeknight · 05-07-2016 03:48AM

There were Elderly brothers in our village wouldn't put money in bank for fear of loosing means tested pension. The roof was falling in on them and no running water etc. A crowd of scumbags broke in and beat them up and made off with 75k.

I wouldn't have 75€ lying around.

_Brian · 05-07-2016 07:10AM

Early 70's and we had land rented of an elderly man, dad would call on him daily to see he was ok.
Called one day and there was no sign of him and no fire lit.

Got guards and they found him in bed, died through the night.
All round the bedroom were jamjars with cash pushed in. Guard reckoned it was each weeks pension, bought what he needed and the rest was stashed in a jamjar in the bedroom.

CloughCasey1 · 05-07-2016 07:24AM

_Brian wrote: »

Early 70's and we had land rented of an elderly man, dad would call on him daily to see he was ok.
Called one day and there was no sign of him and no fire lit.

Got guards and they found him in bed, died through the night.
All round the bedroom were jamjars with cash pushed in. Guard reckoned it was each weeks pension, bought what he needed and the rest was stashed in a jamjar in the bedroom.

Lad near us had an old cottage. Had electricity but never used it. Had well out the back for water. No car or tractor, old Honda 50 with a big carrier that he pushed around more than drove. He'd push it to the village every day and might buy a loaf of bread but every day the carrier would be laden with sticks and bits of pallets found on journey. He had 8 cows and 60ewes no manure, no silage would keep fields for wintering. Ewes were on land 4miles from house and when ewes lambing he'd pull two barrels together with hay and straw to sleep in. They found 53k when he died under floor boards. Rumour has it that neighbour that found him dead found as much more for himself!!

A cow called Daisy · 05-07-2016 08:29AM

Similar story of man round here and I'm sure in most parishes in country. Generally men/women living on their own. Saddens me that these people are so afraid of banks/revenue/whoever that they live in poor conditions and resort to hiding money to avoid whatever. Then either some scumbag raids he or a relation that never have a f**k about him gets all.

Farrell · 05-07-2016 08:53AM

From what I see, there's allot of older generation who inherited an attitude of don't thrust the banks & don't sell/lose an inch of land from previous generations. In some cases they'll not allow themselves any luxury (what we call necessities) in case they get soft & many die young through neglect, which is a tragedy in itself.
The stories on the robberies are disheartening

laoch na mona · 05-07-2016 09:18AM

Farrell wrote: »

From what I see, there's allot of older generation who inherited an attitude of don't thrust the banks & don't sell/lose an inch of land from previous generations. In some cases they'll not allow themselves any luxury (what we call necessities) in case they get soft & many die young through neglect, which is a tragedy in itself.
The stories on the robberies are disheartening

I always put that attitude down to being closer to the memory of aristocratic landlords, and of course dev's Ireland of peasant proprietorship which was part of the states educational mantra until the 60s

Farrell · 05-07-2016 09:23AM

laoch na mona wrote: »

I always but that attitude down to being closer to the memory of aristocratic landlords, and of course dev's Ireland of peasant proprietorship which was part of the states educational mantra until the 60s

You're probably right

ganmo · 05-07-2016 09:30AM

there are still plenty of ppl out there who will only sell land to pay off debts and thats never a nice place to be so they'll always associate selling land as that

Kovu · 05-07-2016 11:07AM

I'll bust that cat.....there was a mouse in the kitchen earlier (probably brought in by the miaowing asshole himself) and I trapped him under the cooker. I aimed the cat in the general direction of the mouse and he definitely seen it but the lazy hoor just stretched out and walked past me in the opposite direction. He then proceeded to sit down and watch me trying to fish out the mouse with a poker, which I got eventually and pegged out the back door.

Oh the plus side, finished tagging the last animals for the genomics scheme so that's that out of the way!

ganmo · 05-07-2016 11:13AM

Kovu wrote: »

I'll bust that cat.....there was a mouse in the kitchen earlier (probably brought in by the miaowing asshole himself) and I trapped him under the cooker. I aimed the cat in the general direction of the mouse and he definitely seen it but the lazy hoor just stretched out and walked past me in the opposite direction. He then proceeded to sit down and watch me trying to fish out the mouse with a poker, which I got eventually and pegged out the back door.

Oh the plus side, finished tagging the last animals for the genomics scheme so that's that out of the way!

they're going to get a shock when they see that mouse dna!

Kovu · 05-07-2016 11:14AM

ganmo wrote: »

they're going to get a shock when they see that mouse dna!

Hahahaa! Damn, I should have stuck a mouse hair in before I put them into the tubes. That'd have been fun!

davidk1394 · 05-07-2016 11:48AM

Hauling slurry out of a piggery here now. Anyway there's a MF 188 on a propeller agitator. When I went to start this morning it took 3 reels of extension cable a power pack and a screw driver to start it. Gave 20 mins figuring out which reels work. All for the sake of replacing a dyno on the tractor

_Brian · 05-07-2016 01:05PM

davidk1394 wrote: »

Hauling slurry out of a piggery here now. Anyway there's a MF 188 on a propeller agitator. When I went to start this morning it took 3 reels of extension cable a power pack and a screw driver to start it. Gave 20 mins figuring out which reels work. All for the sake of replacing a dyno on the tractor

Can't tolerate that carry on.
Machine needs to start, also hate yokes with no decent work lights, how lads go poking round in the dark at feeding time is beyond me.

davidk1394 · 05-07-2016 01:19PM

_Brian wrote: »

Can't tolerate that carry on.
Machine needs to start, also hate yokes with no decent work lights, how lads go poking round in the dark at feeding time is beyond me.

And they wonder why so many are killed on farms. At least he had a cover on the pto

Buford T. Justice XIX · 05-07-2016 04:00PM

davidk1394 wrote: »

And they wonder why so many are killed on farms. At least he had a cover on the pto

In fairness, is there any excuse for not having a cover on a pto shaft?

It's only 60 euro or so for a basic one the last time I checked. That really does my head in:(

Farrell · 05-07-2016 05:02PM

Kovu wrote: »

I'll bust that cat.....there was a mouse in the kitchen earlier (probably brought in by the miaowing asshole himself) and I trapped him under the cooker. I aimed the cat in the general direction of the mouse and he definitely seen it but the lazy hoor just stretched out and walked past me in the opposite direction. He then proceeded to sit down and watch me trying to fish out the mouse with a poker, which I got eventually and pegged out the back door.

Oh the plus side, finished tagging the last animals for the genomics scheme so that's that out of the way!

When has the tags to be sent by, have promised to help FIL, and since he hasn't shouted, it's ......... On the long finger

Kovu · 05-07-2016 05:10PM

Farrell wrote: »

When has the tags to be sent by, have promised to help FIL, and since he hasn't shouted, it's ......... On the long finger

Is it a month you're supposed to return them in? I told Dad it was two weeks though because they'd still be in the window looking at me otherwise :pac:

I said · 05-07-2016 05:37PM

Letter out for herd test today will be some crack with the cattle out

ganmo · 05-07-2016 06:51PM

anyone with an appeal in with the dept should read the farming indo today

Mac Taylor · 05-07-2016 07:46PM

Clear herd test TG. Got the replacement tags and the geo tags the day of the test. Managed to do all these while they were down so hopefully wouldn't have them home again until weaning them. Glad to have the herd test over as alot of lads have unfortunately gone down around us.

Grueller · 05-07-2016 08:46PM

ganmo wrote: »

anyone with an appeal in with the dept should read the farming indo today

Didn't get any paper today. Whats the story with it?

Base price · 05-07-2016 09:58PM

ganmo wrote: »

anyone with an appeal in with the dept should read the farming indo today

Grueller wrote: »

Didn't get any paper today. Whats the story with it?

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/departments-appeals-process-thrown-open-after-landmark-inspection-case/

CloughCasey1 · 05-07-2016 10:45PM

Any reason Miname pulled plug?

Kovu · 05-07-2016 10:57PM

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Any reason Miname pulled plug?

Unwritten rule of the forum is that we don't discuss why members closed accounts. Hopefully he'll be back

But what the hell went on in Monaghan today??? Shooting cattle?!
https://www.facebook.com/irishselfhelpzone/photos/pcb.627291230760995/627288090761309/?type=3

whelan2 · 06-07-2016 06:51AM

WTF happened there. I am sure the day was bad enough for the farmer involved without that happening

ganmo · 06-07-2016 07:32AM

Kovu wrote: »

Unwritten rule of the forum is that we don't discuss why members closed accounts. Hopefully he'll be back

But what the hell went on in Monaghan today??? Shooting cattle?!
https://www.facebook.com/irishselfhelpzone/photos/pcb.627291230760995/627288090761309/?type=3

Is that to do with the angel dust?

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