F&F Chitchat a hocht, an feirmeoir bocht

Base price · 08-01-2018 10:57PM

The man in red and black wrote: »

That is unreal! Does that count as an animal using tools? Because I think they took use of tools to prove something about the intelligence of great apes. That dog is brilliant!

Afaik border collies are considered the most intelligent of the dog breeds and that is why they are not suitable as pets particularly in a urban setting unless they have lots of work (stimuli) to prevent them from getting bored.

ganmo · 08-01-2018 11:28PM

The man in red and black wrote: »

That is unreal! Does that count as an animal using tools? Because I think they took use of tools to prove something about the intelligence of great apes. That dog is brilliant!

theres crows that can use tools too

Base price · 09-01-2018 12:03AM

ganmo wrote: »

theres crows that can use tools too

You are probably too young but I remember when the rooks/jackdaws used to pick the foil lid off the milk bottles, drink the cream and when the level went down they would drop pebbles into the bottle in order to displace the milk.
Ravens are super intelligent.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 09-01-2018 12:10AM

ganmo wrote: »

theres crows that can use tools too

And ants that farm too. Don't think they milk cows though.

Nekarsulm · 09-01-2018 12:20AM

Milk aphids, I think.

Gerald P Sheep · 09-01-2018 12:49PM

A charolais calf out of bbxhe would hardly be pure black? Had one this morning she's small and lively was nearly sure she was a limo but checked the ai docket and it's ch. We had a problems with ICBF before saying the sires that we out down for our cows weren't the right ones. ðŸ€”

Lady Haywire · 09-01-2018 06:20PM

Gerald P Sheep wrote: »

A charolais calf out of bbxhe would hardly be pure black? Had one this morning she's small and lively was nearly sure she was a limo but checked the ai docket and it's ch. We had a problems with ICBF before saying the sires that we out down for our cows weren't the right ones. &#55356;&#56340;

Always a chance of a throwback with crosses but you could try emailing them and being upfront with them saying the bull might be different and show proof of the AI docket. Have to do that this year ourselves as our AI docket says one bull and yet another bull on the repeat docket. The 'ai book' which has all our insemination dates & bulls written says the first bull so

tanko · 09-01-2018 06:29PM

Gerald P Sheep wrote: »

A charolais calf out of bbxhe would hardly be pure black? Had one this morning she's small and lively was nearly sure she was a limo but checked the ai docket and it's ch. We had a problems with ICBF before saying the sires that we out down for our cows weren't the right ones. ðŸ€”

Hardly a CH anyway, sounds like an Angus or maybe a Limo. Horns or lack of them will tell.
Ai technicians mix up plenty of straws especially when in a hurry or if straws are the same colour. The new codes can lead to confusion also.
An Ai man around here keeps mixing up the saler bull Highfield Odran Sa2153 and the Sim bull Curaheen Earp Si2152.
Genotyping would tell for sure.

Say my name · 09-01-2018 07:41PM

Just an observation.
Anyone see that Guinness ad with the African Americans riding the horses in an urban setting in Compton, L.A. California.

I was going to post about how the hell Guinness thought this was a good thing showing the horses in a concrete jungle and how they " saved them from slaughter " ( ads words). I was going to say that it didn't look like there was much farmland there and how were they feeding the horses but before I clicked post reply I put in Compton in Google mostly to see where it was and Compton cowboys came back in the search bar.

Here's an article about them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3786661/Theyre-cowboys-_-theyre-coming-straight-outta-Compton.html

Muckit · 09-01-2018 07:45PM

Didn't Dr. Dre come straight outta Compton? Twas dogs (bitches) he was into though l think.

And he did a bit of gardening. He was always talking about hoes

Say my name · 09-01-2018 07:46PM

Muckit wrote: »

Didn't Dr. Dre come straight outta Compton?

I couldn't tell ya.

Snowfire · 09-01-2018 10:22PM

Don’t kiss me with your runny nose, you might think it’s funny but it’s ........snot

Hard Knocks · 10-01-2018 12:33AM

Got headlamp today, took plastic off batteries, put in charger for 8 hours. Doesn’t work.
Plug back in charger & turn on lights & work.
What am I doing wrong

Waffletraktor · 10-01-2018 12:39AM

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Got headlamp today, took plastic off batteries, put in charger for 8 hours. Doesn’t work.
Plug back in charger & turn on lights & work.
What am I doing wrong

Battery might be fooked.

Kevhog1988 · 10-01-2018 12:42AM

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Got headlamp today, took plastic off batteries, put in charger for 8 hours. Doesn’t work.
Plug back in charger & turn on lights & work.
What am I doing wrong

Battery id imagine

Muckit · 10-01-2018 09:06AM

Do batteries charge in headlamp itself?

You might have put in batteries the wrong way and none of them charged. Try using ordinary batteries and see if lamp works.

A little red light comes on in mine to show they charging and goes green when fully charged.

Hard Knocks · 10-01-2018 10:09AM

Muckit wrote: »

Do batteries charge in headlamp itself?

You might have put in batteries the wrong way and none of them charged. Try using ordinary batteries and see if lamp works.

A little red light comes on in mine to show they charging and goes green when fully charged.

Put them in the standard way (flat against spring) both go same way
Change LED (battery) light was green during charging, when I hit Signal light power button during charging the signal light would go red & the battery light would go red also.
Have it sent back & another ordered

einn32 · 10-01-2018 10:34AM

Anyone looking for tillage experience/work in the spring? I know a fairly big operation in Cork looking for someone.

wrangler · 10-01-2018 02:35PM

Always knew Pat'd land on his feet,
and not a peep out of his replacement.
I can't even think of his name at the moment

https://www.farmersjournal.ie/pat-smith-heads-new-lobby-group-335790

whelan2 · 10-01-2018 07:21PM

wrangler wrote: »

Always knew Pat'd land on his feet,
and not a peep out of his replacement.
I can't even think of his name at the moment

https://www.farmersjournal.ie/pat-smith-heads-new-lobby-group-335790

Link wont open for me. I assume it's Pat Smith?

blue5000 · 10-01-2018 07:23PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Link wont open for me. I assume it's Pat Smith?

Or me either, don't think we're paid up members:D

whelan2 · 10-01-2018 07:25PM

Fog is really bad here. Even though I know the roads really well I felt lost driving

Base price · 10-01-2018 07:30PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Link wont open for me. I assume it's Pat Smith?

Yes, Pat Smith.
I left my laptop in OH's so can't read the article but from memory he is now involved with an energy consortium in Ireland.

Lady Haywire · 10-01-2018 08:44PM

I was down checking the cows an hour ago and no water in the shed. So went to follow the line back to see if there was a leak or a tap on.
Got to the second field where there's a bathtub about 1.5ft off the ground as a drinker. Fecking bull with two feet plonked in it, with the ballcock broken eating ivy off a tree behind it! :pac:

Say my name · 10-01-2018 09:02PM

This month (January 2018) has two full moons on the 2nd and the 31st.

A second full moon in a month is called a "blue moon".

So be careful on the 31st as afaik legally in Ireland anything goes - "once on a blue moon".

Random fact of the day.

TITANIUM. · 10-01-2018 09:04PM

Say my name wrote: »

This month (January 2018) has two full moons on the 2nd and the 31st.

A second full moon in a month is called a "blue moon".

So be careful on the 31st as afaik legally in Ireland anything goes - "once on a blue moon".

Random fact of the day.

Excellent news. I've a few scores to settle!

wrangler · 10-01-2018 09:09PM

Base price wrote: »

Yes, Pat Smith.
I left my laptop in OH's so can't read the article but from memory he is now involved with an energy consortium in Ireland.

He'll drive it on.....he doesn't suffer fools

TITANIUM. · 10-01-2018 09:13PM

wrangler wrote: »

He'll drive it on.....he doesn't suffer fools

Did you ever consider sitting him down, perhaps over a romantic candlelight meal, to tell him how you feel about him? It'd be nice to have it all out in the open!

Bullocks · 10-01-2018 09:18PM

wrangler wrote: »

He'll drive it on.....he doesn't suffer fools

Any idea is his money anywhere near what he was getting in IFA ?

We know what he does with fools alright haha

wrangler · 10-01-2018 09:22PM

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Did you ever consider sitting him down, perhaps over a romantic candlelight meal, to tell him how you feel about him? It'd be nice to have it all out in the open!

The joke is on the farmers I'm afraid, fair dues to him, they didn't think that Pat would use his expertise against them.......they aimed a real good gun at their own feet.
He was definitely more micheal O leary type than micheal berkery

F&F Chitchat a hocht, an feirmeoir bocht

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