Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

There will be plenty of opportunities to make a killing in stocks and shares and housing in the near future for those with access to money.

Every crisis brings opportunity.

Housing will be a dead duck for a while.
Same with horses and such.

Anything that's lost value quickly already with this Covid and looks to have hit rock bottom is where to go.

_Brian wrote: »

Both schools had a list of work out this morning before 9:30

Secondary school have an online platform to upload work and teachers correct it there.

National school have a class specific email address for work to be returned to and it’s corrected and feeedback given.

We’d be happy to finish out the school year working like this.

Likewise here Brian.
Home Ec. Project for today was to make a sponge cake, and photograph the stages.
I got a text to bring cream, raspberries and strawberries home.
Completed cake photographed and emailed to the teacher..
Having a piece now, and it's not bad at all!

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Likewise here Brian.
Home Ec. Project for today was to make a sponge cake, and photograph the stages.
I got a text to bring cream, raspberries and strawberries home.
Completed cake photographed and emailed to the teacher..
Having a piece now, and it's not bad at all!

Daughter has to make shortbread. She was working today and brought in the cows for me when she got home. There was a project to be in by 3pm and she didn't see the emails until 4

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

I wonder is it, though?

We will still need in excess of 25k housing units every year and I'm wondering if the Government that's coming in will be looking at a huge investment in building social housing, some of it on lands bought under the proposed capped prices, to kick start the economy. Some apartments and a lot of estates all over Dublin, with a few dozen schemes thrown out to the rest of the country. Killing 3 birds with one stone, boosting the economy, providing housing and reducing the housing lists.

The only reason there's a housing crisis here is all the high paid ex pat and immigrants that came here to work for the tech sector.
"What's that sir you won't work here because of the cost of renting. Well sir here's an increase in your proposed salary to cover the accommodation."

What happens those jobs in a potential depression is anyone's guess.

If a socialist government does come in and starts a building program. The only way house prices will go is south. Then that starts a little recession among those who already pay mortgages and own their homes. Builders will win no bother. Well those employed by the state. But then if there is a recession the government might be able to negotiate down their labour fees.
So..??

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

Wow!
https://twitter.com/markets/status/1252255694721605632?s=19

It got worse.

https://twitter.com/OrganicsPreta/status/1252306985128808448?s=20

It makes you wonder how much carbon was being burnt needlessly, flippantly and unnecessarily.

Say my name wrote: »

It makes you wonder how much carbon was being burnt needlessly, flippantly and unnecessarily.

Would love to see the stats on air travel, I wonder how many thousands of barrels have been saved because frivolous travel is stopped.

Anyone who mentions the words cow and climate change in am sentence together after this except as a apology needs a kick in the hole. It’s all lifestyle, lifestyle, lifestyle not farming at all.

Say my name wrote: »

The only reason there's a housing crisis here is all the high paid ex pat and immigrants that came here to work for the tech sector?

The decision to ban bed-sits, while admirable in its attempt to improve lower cost housing, actually took thousands of rental spaces out of the system, and actually made conditions worse in "approved" type multi tenancy properties.

_Brian wrote: »

Proper school work

I think it’s the right job. My head is addled with chasing work off students. Non exam classes on days like today should be offered creative ways to learn.

For their well being, I wanted to send care packages to students that wanted them to include simple seeds. Get them to plant a small garden and photo as they go. But my principal didn’t want to do it. My old ag science teacher used to do it about 20 years ago and it was great.

I have just persuaded her to let me order microbit kits for the fifth years to give them a chance to learn a bit about programming. They can be used in remote controls so it would help for next years projects also.

To shake things up for my 5yo, I bought a simple chemistry kit and an electronics kit online. We made a simple radio yesterday and she was delighted with it.

Spotted a few of the Spacex starlink satellites going over there.

https://www.heavens-above.com/starlink.aspx

kollegeknight wrote: »

I think it’s the right job. My head is addled with chasing work off students. Non exam classes on days like today should be offered creative ways to learn.

For their well being, I wanted to send care packages to students that wanted them to include simple seeds. Get them to plant a small garden and photo as they go. But my principal didn’t want to do it. My old ag science teacher used to do it about 20 years ago and it was great.

I have just persuaded her to let me order microbit kits for the fifth years to give them a chance to learn a bit about programming. They can be used in remote controls so it would help for next years projects also.

To shake things up for my 5yo, I bought a simple chemistry kit and an electronics kit online. We made a simple radio yesterday and she was delighted with it.

One of the lessons our 5th class girl got was the set up an obstacle course amd time yourself and other family members doing it. Ours are super competitive so it will be like Ireland’s fittest family just with a very stiff slightly fat bloke as the dad. 😂

kollegeknight wrote: »

Brilliant. I spend my days persuading teachers to reduce the work load on students. We are a country school with lads at home, normally have 3hours of contact time in a subject and one teacher gave 12hours of theory work. In a practical subject. I still think they should have been asked to research the design and contents of an insect hotel, design, make and photograph and a bit of theory also.

I only imagine the stress parents are under- we are lucky out to eldest is in junior infants and my Australian wife can help with most of the work and I’ve enough Irish to help out a bit.

We started a nature scrap book. Pressing a few flowers and taking photos of wildlife when we see it.

Practical teacher myself and I'm cutting them back more than loading them up. Good quality internet, device access and time available at home are all at a premium at the moment. There's a lot of stress out there in homes around the country over the whole situation

I says wrote: »

The home schooling and worrying about it is total dog****e. I’m out the country rural broadband not worth a toss alright on the phone. So no computer no printer or any of that ya can forget homework or projects for school.
If these clowns forming a coalition have any sense( I doubt it) install spend the money on rural braodband it’s been neglected long enough. The chicken has come home to roost over it now with the covid crisis.

I’m the same with internet. Depending on the weather, I have online meetings, I’ve to go to the hay barn. I get some looks from the rest.

Should have connected the calving camera. 😂