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Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

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    #5042
    I says
    Registered Users Posts: 1,936 ✭✭✭I says


    Mac Taylor wrote: »
    Lads are hardware shops open, I’ve a few jobs to get done, I need some glass nails, sky hooks and a glass hammer if anyone knows where I can get them....maybe online. Thanks Mac

    Great news on the wolves......I’ll be making money thanks to that scheme:D

    The long stand is still open.


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    #5043
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,237 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Mac Taylor wrote: »
    Lads are hardware shops open, I’ve a few jobs to get done, I need some glass nails, sky hooks and a glass hammer if anyone knows where I can get them....maybe online. Thanks Mac

    Great news on the wolves......I’ll be making money thanks to that scheme:D

    I find the rubber nails much better than the glass nails


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    #5044
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,517 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    We used to send new recruits in work over to the nurse for their “anti static injections”, she always had a good laugh at it, made them wait outside while she “charged up the needle”


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    #5045
    straight
    Registered Users Posts: 4,616 ✭✭✭straight


    whelan2 wrote: »
    I find the rubber nails much better than the glass nails

    A tin of stripey paint is another one.


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    #5046
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,065 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    A bubble for a spirit level.

    There is such a thing as a skyhook - used in rock-climbing - I have a couple somewhere.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #5047
    CloughCasey1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,741 ✭✭✭CloughCasey1


    Esel wrote: »
    A bubble for a spirit level.

    There is such a thing as a skyhook - used in rock-climbing - I have a couple somewhere.

    Skirting ladder. 😊


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    #5048
    Grueller
    Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭Grueller


    My old wood work teacher was teaching us about bending timber in theory class one day. At the same time the class smart ass was acting the goat. He says to hell with it lads I'll show ye but we will need to make a steam box to steam the laminates.
    He takes out a big plastic container and says that will do for the box, but how do we manage the steam and a tube? He thinks for a second and sends our smart ass off to the science lab for a bucket of steam and the lend of a set of fallopian tubes.
    5 minutes later yer man is back as red as a beetroot. He would never tell us what the science teacher said but whatever it was she embarrassed the sh1te out of him.


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    #5049
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Grueller you brought tears to my eyes.

    https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/03/31/ppe-sent-from-china-found-to-be-thousands-of-sexy-nurse-uniforms/

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    #5050
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    Michael D making an address at around 12, should be on the radio at least.


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    #5051
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,192 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    RTE News Now on TV should surely carry it also, thanks.


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    #5052
    ganmo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    Anyone elsenotice a huge amount of rabbits around the last few weeks


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    #5053
    Base price
    Registered Users Posts: 11,185 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    ganmo wrote: »
    Anyone elsenotice a huge amount of rabbits around the last few weeks
    Very few around here in the last couple of year. RHD wiped them out but I seen a handful around the headlands recently.
    Edit to add - there are plenty of hares to be seen running about like headless chickens.


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    #5054
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,237 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    ganmo wrote: »
    Anyone elsenotice a huge amount of rabbits around the last few weeks

    It's the Easter bunny....


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    #5055
    farawaygrass
    Registered Users Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭farawaygrass


    When they are around they are in the neighbors across the road but rarely in ours. Noticed them around only this week. They seem to thrive for a few years then get wiped out again with myxomatosis for another while


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    #5056
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,517 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Valley here is full of buzzards now so rabbits wiped out.


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    #5057
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    This might be of interest to some, a seminar online about greenhouse gasses. Might suit now some have a bit more time off.
    https://twitter.com/TeagascEnviron/status/1245747844214075393?s=19


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    #5058
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 9,666 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    _Brian wrote: »
    Valley here is full of buzzards now so rabbits wiped out.

    A buzzard only needs one rabbit to keep going for a week(they scavenge most of the time, plus the likes of crows and rats make up most of the live diet) - much more likely a disease like Mixi or RHD has hit, the latter arrived in the country only a couple of years ago and has spread fast and hit many populations hard.


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    #5059
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users Posts: 9,666 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    ganmo wrote: »
    Anyone elsenotice a huge amount of rabbits around the last few weeks

    Same my end - some populations seem to have a bit of resistance now to mixi but are still vulnerable to RHD if it gets into a colony


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    #5060
    Good loser
    Registered Users Posts: 3,185 ✭✭✭Good loser


    My cat starts patrolling the ditches this time of the year. They're common for a while and then they're not. Mind you haven't often seen him with one.


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    #5061
    Rosahane
    Registered Users Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭Rosahane


    Good loser wrote: »
    My cat starts patrolling the ditches this time of the year. They're common for a while and then they're not. Mind you haven't often seen him with one.

    Probably hunting nesting birds, cats are indiscriminate killers.


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    #5062
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,237 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Anyones internet gone really bad this last few days especially in the evening time?


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    #5063
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Anyones internet gone really bad this last few days especially in the evening time?

    Mines never been great but was trying to use Zoom in the shed for a video yesterday & not a chance of it working. Was probably a bit optimistic of it working well anyway :P


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    #5064
    carrollsno1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,189 ✭✭✭carrollsno1


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Anyones internet gone really bad this last few days especially in the evening time?

    More than likely a higher demand for streaming services like netflix and the like during these times so that could be the cause.

    Better living everyone



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    #5065
    emaherx
    Registered Users Posts: 6,006 ✭✭✭emaherx


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Anyones internet gone really bad this last few days especially in the evening time?

    No mines fine :D

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    #5066
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Anyones internet gone really bad this last few days especially in the evening time?

    I reckon the further out you are from the telephone exchange the worse it gets as all the houses nearer the exchange get priority to bandwidth.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    #5067
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    carrollsno1 wrote: »
    More than likely a higher demand for streaming services like netflix and the like during these times so that could be the cause.

    Netflix has reduced their picture quality here to reduce demand on the internet, I think.

    And if any of you are still getting Cloudflare messages when you try to load a page, that's partly due to demand on the internet.


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    #5068
    emaherx
    Registered Users Posts: 6,006 ✭✭✭emaherx


    blue5000 wrote: »
    I reckon the further out you are from the telephone exchange the worse it gets as all the houses nearer the exchange get priority to bandwidth.

    They don't get priority, every one suffers some loss due to network load but the further you are out on a copper line (or the further you are away from a mast if wireless) then you already have much reduced speed compared to those nearer.


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    #5069
    emaherx
    Registered Users Posts: 6,006 ✭✭✭emaherx


    Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »
    Netflix has reduced their picture quality here to reduce demand on the internet, I think.

    And if any of you are still getting Cloudflare messages when you try to load a page, that's partly due to demand on the internet.

    Netflix, Amazon, YouTube and Apple have all done similar, but the reductions are quite small so SD, HD and even UHD are still options if you had enough bandwidth to deal with UHD in the first place :D


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    #5070
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    emaherx wrote: »
    Netflix, Amazon, YouTube and Apple have all done similar, but the reductions are quite small so SD, HD and even UHD are still options if you had enough bandwidth to deal with UHD in the first place :D

    Will you switch off Disney+ and go do a bit of work now?:P


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    #5071
    emaherx
    Registered Users Posts: 6,006 ✭✭✭emaherx


    Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »
    Will you switch off Disney+ and go do a bit of work now?:P

    Nah, so much bandwidth here I'll just leave it on running with all of the other services, one for each screen in the house :p


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