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  • #5102
    wrangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,586 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    _Brian wrote: »
    Persuaded herself to use the new razor and cut my hair.
    Didn’t go just as tight as the barbers but savage job to lighten the load. Like my hair short, not shaved bare but good and short.

    Yea, I bought a rechargeable hair clippers yesterday ....... couldn't stick the long hair .
    It did the job anyway


  • #5103
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,363 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Brian, she didn't give you the mirror to see the back.


  • #5104
    ruwithme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭ruwithme


    wrangler wrote: »
    Yea, I bought a rechargeable hair clippers yesterday ....... couldn't stick the long hair .
    It did the job anyway

    If i live to be a pensioner i hope i still have hair i can let grow long


  • #5105
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,182 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Water John wrote: »
    Brian, she didn't give you the mirror to see the back.

    We’ve moved on. Video on the phone 🙄


  • #5106
    Limestone Cowboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,687 ✭✭✭Limestone Cowboy


    _Brian wrote: »
    Persuaded herself to use the new razor and cut my hair.
    Didn’t go just as tight as the barbers but savage job to lighten the load. Like my hair short, not shaved bare but good and short.

    Tempted to go at mine with the cattle clippers, starting to look like a ginger yeti. Down to my eyes now.


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  • #5107
    wrangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,586 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    ruwithme wrote: »
    If i live to be a pensioner i hope i still have hair i can let grow long

    I wouldn't like to be bald, not a lot you can do about it though.


  • #5108
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,182 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    Tempted to go at mine with the cattle clippers, starting to look like a ginger yeti. Down to my eyes now.

    I’ve thick heavy hair it kinda just sits in a lump if I leave it grow. Family were known as the “wiggies” long time ago and I inherited the wig.

    Funny, my two younger brothers are already half bald.


  • #5109
    wrangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,586 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    Tempted to go at mine with the cattle clippers, starting to look like a ginger yeti. Down to my eyes now.

    Mine cost only €30,,there's about ten different settings on the topping skids ....hard to do the back of the head though


  • #5110
    The Rabbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 354 ✭✭The Rabbi


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Can drainage stone still be delivered?

    Agri lime can still be delivered by BBL https://bbl.ie/2020/03/31/coronavirus-covid-19-policy/


  • #5111
    Farney Farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭Farney Farmer


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Can drainage stone still be delivered?

    Quarries closed here in Monaghan. Could get stone delivered from the north but the guards stopped them crossing the border on Thursday.


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  • #5112
    MeTheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭MeTheMan


    With the lambing done and the lockdown I'm passing the time doing a family tree. Got the free 14 day trial on ancestry. It's amazing the amount of surnames you are related to and don't even know. Really stuck on the fathers side. They weren't (and still aren't) great ones for the paper work.
    Is there anywhere you can get graveyard plans/plots? Loads of unmarked graves where my father's family are buried.


  • #5113
    dzer2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,979 ✭✭✭dzer2


    MeTheMan wrote: »
    With the lambing done and the lockdown I'm passing the time doing a family tree. Got the free 14 day trial on ancestry. It's amazing the amount of surnames you are related to and don't even know. Really stuck on the fathers side. They weren't (and still aren't) great ones for the paper work.
    Is there anywhere you can get graveyard plans/plots? Loads of unmarked graves where my father's family are buried.

    Priest or clergyman will have map
    Local man was able to intervene in a dispute here over a family row. One family tried to claim an unmarked grave.


  • #5114
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    MeTheMan wrote: »
    With the lambing done and the lockdown I'm passing the time doing a family tree. Got the free 14 day trial on ancestry. It's amazing the amount of surnames you are related to and don't even know. Really stuck on the fathers side. They weren't (and still aren't) great ones for the paper work.
    Is there anywhere you can get graveyard plans/plots? Loads of unmarked graves where my father's family are buried.

    Maybe try Genealogy, they should be able to point you in the right direction?

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1288


  • #5115
    Suckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,524 ✭✭✭Suckler


    MeTheMan wrote: »
    With the lambing done and the lockdown I'm passing the time doing a family tree. Got the free 14 day trial on ancestry. It's amazing the amount of surnames you are related to and don't even know. Really stuck on the fathers side. They weren't (and still aren't) great ones for the paper work.
    Is there anywhere you can get graveyard plans/plots? Loads of unmarked graves where my father's family are buried.

    Check out the Griffiths valuation documents online, a fascinating record. May or may not add to your family tree search but even interesting for anyone looking to fill in a few slow hours. The Census records online for 1901 & 1911 (I think) are also a great resource. We were able to see the old house details, even things like rooms/windows/ outhouses etc. Was interesting to read who the head of the household was, languages spoken/occupation/education levels etc. On the Griffiths maps we could trace one side back to their original farm in the area before we acquired the current plot through marriage. The lad farming the original place still refers to one field by our surname even though "we" are gone out of there 100+ years.


  • #5116
    Lime Tree Farm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    my favourite family research website.

    Subscription. Reasonably priced. Baptismal Records, Petty sessions – Gaol records https://www.findmypast.ie/.

    Free. Catholic Parish Registers https://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx very difficult to read the handwriting. Useful to see the original, if you already have a date for the baptism.

    Free. Calendar of Wills Index, some transcripts - http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/search/cwa/home.jsp

    Free http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

    Free. Tithe Applotments http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

    Free. Griffiths Valuation https://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx If you can’t find the surname, try browsing the townland instead.

    Free. Irishgenealogy.ie BMD https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ excellent site.

    Free. https://historicgraves.com/graveyards-map

    Donation. RIC Ancestors https://irishconstabulary.com/

    Free, very helpful site. https://irelandxo.com/


  • #5117
    Rosahane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,535 ✭✭✭Rosahane


    MeTheMan wrote: »
    With the lambing done and the lockdown I'm passing the time doing a family tree. Got the free 14 day trial on ancestry. It's amazing the amount of surnames you are related to and don't even know. Really stuck on the fathers side. They weren't (and still aren't) great ones for the paper work.
    Is there anywhere you can get graveyard plans/plots? Loads of unmarked graves where my father's family are buried.

    It's really worthwhile doing the DNA test. Do it with Ancestry and you can download the results and upload on many other sites including Gedmatch where there are Ancestry groups based on Surname or County.

    Its great fun. I discovered that Black Jack Kehoe was a first cousin of a Great Grandmother.


  • #5118
    Grueller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,504 ✭✭✭Grueller


    wrangler wrote: »
    I wouldn't like to be bald, not a lot you can do about it though.

    I'd love to. I have cows licks everywhere in my hair and they are a pr1ck to settle. If I shave it they still stand up. Baldness would cure them.


  • #5119
    Sacrolyte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 951 ✭✭✭Sacrolyte


    Rosahane wrote: »
    It's really worthwhile doing the DNA test. Do it with Ancestry and you can download the results and upload on many other sites including Gedmatch where there are Ancestry groups based on Surname or County.

    Its great fun. I discovered that Black Jack Kehoe was a first cousin of a Great Grandmother.


    Could find a few unexpected surprises too


  • #5120
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,980 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    Grueller wrote: »
    I'd love to. I have cows licks everywhere in my hair and they are a pr1ck to settle. If I shave it they still stand up. Baldness would cure them.

    Scientist are still trying to work out the evolutionary purpose of balding in our species - only Chimps in the animal world follow a similar pattern as males age


  • #5121
    carrollsno1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,357 ✭✭✭carrollsno1


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Scientist are still trying to work out the evolutionary purpose of balding in our species - only Chimps in the animal world follow a similar pattern as males age

    Its really a solar panel for a sex machine.

    Better living everyone



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  • #5122
    straight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,954 ✭✭✭straight


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Scientist are still trying to work out the evolutionary purpose of balding in our species - only Chimps in the animal world follow a similar pattern as males age

    Excess levels of testosterone


  • #5123
    straight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,954 ✭✭✭straight


    Rosahane wrote: »
    It's really worthwhile doing the DNA test. Do it with Ancestry and you can download the results and upload on many other sites including Gedmatch where there are Ancestry groups based on Surname or County.

    Its great fun. I discovered that Black Jack Kehoe was a first cousin of a Great Grandmother.

    Is it really worthwhile. Does it just tell you a percentage irish, Scottish, etc. Or is there something more interesting in it. I'd fear mine would be fairly boring as my crowd never travelled far from home.


  • #5124
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,572 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Scientist are still trying to work out the evolutionary purpose of balding in our species - only Chimps in the animal world follow a similar pattern as males age

    Moss won't grow on a good field.


  • #5125
    Gillespy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    straight wrote: »
    Is it really worthwhile. Does it just tell you a percentage irish, Scottish, etc. Or is there something more interesting in it. I'd fear mine would be fairly boring as my crowd never travelled far from home.

    It would show who visited them like Vikings, the Moors or from the plantations.


  • #5126
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,572 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Went to count cattle this evening and jumped off the gate, twisting my ankle. A good mile from home and couldn't foot the clutch. Pain killing me. Had to phone brother to come get me.
    I'd still be there if it wasn't for the mobile. A reminder to all.


  • #5127
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Went to count cattle this evening and jumped off the gate, twisting my ankle. A good mile from home and couldn't foot the clutch. Pain killing me. Had to phone brother to come get me.
    I'd still be there if it wasn't for the mobile. A reminder to all.

    Thats terrible Patsy, happened me at the start of January horrific pain. 6 weeks of minding it because it will be tender. From over compensating my knee,hip, back & neck get really tight....


  • #5128
    Say my name
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,579 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Gillespy wrote: »
    It would show who visited them like Vikings, the Moors or from the plantations.

    And a DNA database for the CIA.

    The same way that face older app thingy was for Russia's SVR database.

    (Now where's my tin foil hat? I had it last covering my mobile phone but it's. .found it.)


  • #5129
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,182 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Went to count cattle this evening and jumped off the gate, twisting my ankle. A good mile from home and couldn't foot the clutch. Pain killing me. Had to phone brother to come get me.
    I'd still be there if it wasn't for the mobile. A reminder to all.

    Hope it’s nothing worse than a sprain.


  • #5130
    I says
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭I says


    Say my name wrote: »
    And a DNA database for the CIA.

    The same way that face older app thingy was for Russia's SVR database.

    (Now where's my tin foil hat? I had it last covering my mobile phone but it's. .found it.)

    :):):)


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  • #5131
    Say my name
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,579 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Here's a neat little website.
    https://answerthepublic.com/?fbclid=IwAR35iAChhj0JD3jWlhKNa8WMxtoRprJX_HKlKwmPATSEluahkzNxk0jN_XU

    You just enter a word and it brings back what questions people Google about that word.

    So say you put in "Kerry".
    A common question for Kerry is "Will they beat Dublin?" :p


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