Say my name wrote: » I've been thinking about whether i should post this or not for awhile. But i think i will anyway. I was in church on Christmas Day and the sermon was about the birth of Christ and the Christmas story. The sermon went like this.. In Judea, Jesus was born in a manger in Bethlehem. There were shepherds tending their sheep on the hills. Now shepherds at the time were considered very low in society. (How are they now?). But God sent a message to the shepherds that a saviour Christ the king was born in a stable in Bethlehem. The shepherds didn't know what to do as who would look after the flocks if they went? Eventually they decided they'd go for a quick look and get back as quick as they could. In the first stable they looked ..No sign of anything. Second stable same thing no sign. Third stable the same. Now by now the shepherds were getting worried as they were wondering did they get the whole thing wrong. But with each empty stable there was one shepherd who was getting more and more excited. They asked him "What the hell is wrong with you? You loon. There's nothing here." He replied " That just means we're one step closer to finding the Lord". And sure enough in the twelfth stable there was the baby Jesus lying in the manger. Now in the far east. A group of "wise" men who had studied under the greatest theologians and thinkers at the time and who knew the stars like the back of their hand. Noticed a new star that was moving slightly west each night. They knew this was something special and could only take from it that a new king of men was going to be born sent from God. They decided to travel west following the light to where this messiah was born. Finally they arrived in Judea. Now Judea was a land ruled by king herod. Herod was a very paranoid king as most kings are and had anyone in his family who was a potential threat to his rule executed. Now a particular trait amongst learned or wise men is that they usually lack common sense. The wise men decided to go to the court of Herod and ask him where this new messiah king of kings was born as they had been following this star and he was somewhere in his kingdom. Herod replied he had no idea but that when they find him to report back so that he could too give him a gift and worship him. The wise men continued on their journey until they got to the spot where Jesus was born in the stable. After they gave him gifts they finally copped on what the hell they were after doing. So they went home a different way. As they were on their journey home Herod began a massacre of any boys aged 2 years and younger. There's a thought for the day. Merry a few days after Christmas.
visatorro wrote: » If you were drawing bales, would you charge by the bale? I think your undercharging, your first hour should be fifty euro anyway. If a job only takes an hour it's not your fault but I don't think 30 is enough to start the tractor for an hour iykwim
Bass Reeves wrote: » I would not worry overly about course choices at the moment. Get the application set up with at least one course on it and application fee paid. Choices can be changed until after the leaving cert. A good idea is at some stage over the next 2-3 months to take him to a good career guidance professional. Check it out there are bound to be some good ones near you. I think they charge 60-100 euro they will have a chat with him, do some IQ tests and recommend some courses that you or he may not consider. I agree with Carrolls, go and get his qualification he can do the short distance Green cert after, but he will have a qualification and can travel. Depending on what he qualify's at he may down the line be able to work and farm as well. Education broadens the mind. As well Carrolls as well that living away from home is a good idea all mine went to college away from home and it helps them to develop but they must be focused. I hope you have him on the books and paying him a wage;)
davidk1394 wrote: » Any idea what wheat straw is making per bale out of the shed ? A fella rang me looking for a few bales
sea12 wrote: » Depends what part of the country your in. Around here in Laois it's 25-30.
White Clover wrote: » Being honest I don't think it's making that kinda dollar.
Waffletraktor wrote: » It never does when your're the buyer for something.
whelan2 wrote: » Noticed a bit of a stretch in the evening this evening
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » Yeah, it's nice. Dry and bright for a change. There was a report that Valentia recorded 20 hours total of sunshine last month. We've beaten that already between yesterday and today. We have solar panels up for heating water and we've had no hot water from it since early October.
Say my name wrote: » Are you sure the panels are facing south?
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » Not quite south, about 3 degrees off:P
Hard Knocks wrote: » November December & January are normally bad for solar as limited sunshine, you may have daylight but clouds block solar
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » Yeah, but we can normally knock the cold out of the water. Nothing at all this winter. I'm sick of cold showers:rolleyes:
L1985 wrote: » Hey guys-question for ye. I'd to call the vet out today. Another bullock with a sore leg and I'm working tomorrow so I couldn't get him tomorrow. So my question is-it was a fairly easy thing to diagnose. I know he needed an antibiotic and an anti inflametry myself. I could also Inject him myself. So can I just ring the vets (obviously Sunday's are different!) and tell him what I want and collect it or do they have to see the animals before they will prescribe something? Or does it depend on the vet? I never thought of it before but this was an unusually simple issue!
greysides wrote: » Earliest sunset was on 13 December so the 'stretch in the evenings' has been happening since then and we've gained about 20 minutes. Latest sunrise is on 29 December or 30 December and we've gained about 2 minutes at that end. The rate of day-length change will increase from about 2 minutes/day at the moment to about 4 minutes and 10 seconds at the Spring equinox when the rate of increase is at its highest (nearly half an hour in a week). While day-length will continue to increase, the rate will slow down until it's at its slowest at the Summer Solstice (0.02 seconds).
Hard Knocks wrote: » Has ThatsFarming stopped on Snapchat?
carrollsno1 wrote: » Think they stopped putting up sh#te, had a good one up the other day of a young lady sheep farming and doing her PHD on clover i think it was
theemigrant wrote: » Yer one shares the posts tp every ****ing facebook group im on
davidk1394 wrote: » She'd give you a headache in your arsé so she would. Often thought of reporting her
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » I enjoyed this tonight.https://twitter.com/Jamie_Woodward_/status/950139278478192640
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