Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

tanko · 06-10-2020 11:36AM

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Looks like drench so. Worst thing is I've only the 4 calves ( they were a lockdowm project for the kids) so it'll be an expensive treatment as smallest quantities cover 20 plus animals from what I can see.

Your vet might give you enough to do the four of them.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 06-10-2020 11:53AM

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Looks like drench so. Worst thing is I've only the 4 calves ( they were a lockdowm project for the kids) so it'll be an expensive treatment as smallest quantities cover 20 plus similar animals from what I can see.

And they'll need to be done again.

_Brian · 06-10-2020 01:32PM

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Looks like drench so. Worst thing is I've only the 4 calves ( they were a lockdowm project for the kids) so it'll be an expensive treatment as smallest quantities cover 20 plus similar animals from what I can see.

Vets have open supplies all the time and give out small numbers of doses. I’ve gotten small amounts for the chickens when I’ve nothing to hand.

Reggie. · 06-10-2020 01:40PM

Center parcs just announced its closing for a month. Supposed to head there this weekend. Gonna have to break the news to the little ones after school

roosterman71 · 06-10-2020 01:53PM

Was there last week. Wasn't busy. Worst things about it since it reopened:

Ya gotta pre book everything. No popping into a restaurant or the Sports complex or Pancake place on a whim (banjaxed if yer caught in a shower)
Only 2 sessions in the pool for the 4 days there - max 2 hours per session. The pool is the only activity that comes as part of the price ya pay to stay there
Charging 10c per restaurant booking whereas before it was free or ya could just turn up. Think it's money for charity though
Can't arrive early and leave late the last night like before. Ya lose out on some time that way to fit more stuff in

Overall the place is very tidy and the staff were constantly cleaning in the restaurants and changing rooms. Masks have to be on going in everywhere, and they make you sanitize your hands entering everywhere too.

Having said that, home since Friday and my young lad has a cold picked up from it there since Sunday. It's the only place he's been since before Christmas when he was there last. Was sick after that time too :pac:

Dinzee Conlee · 06-10-2020 02:13PM

roosterman71 wrote: »

Was there last week. Wasn't busy. Worst things about it since it reopened:
Ya gotta pre book everything. No popping into a restaurant or the Sports complex or Pancake place on a whim (banjaxed if yer caught in a shower)

Only 2 sessions in the pool for the 4 days there - max 2 hours per session. The pool is the only activity that comes as part of the price ya pay to stay there

Charging 10c per restaurant booking whereas before it was free or ya could just turn up. Think it's money for charity though

Can't arrive early and leave late the last night like before. Ya lose out on some time that way to fit more stuff in

Overall the place is very tidy and the staff were constantly cleaning in the restaurants and changing rooms. Masks have to be on going in everywhere, and they make you sanitize your hands entering everywhere too.

Having said that, home since Friday and my young lad has a cold picked up from it there since Sunday. It's the only place he's been since before Christmas when he was there last. Was sick after that time too :pac:

You could only get 2 sessions in the pool, or ye chose to only have 2 sessions?

When we were in Centreparcs before, the biggest thing for the kids, like the most popular thing was to go to the pools every morning for a few hours...

roosterman71 · 06-10-2020 02:27PM

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

You could only get 2 sessions in the pool, or ye chose to only have 2 sessions?

When we were in Centreparcs before, the biggest thing for the kids, like the most popular thing was to go to the pools every morning for a few hours...

Same here. Pool is the big thing really. You are only allowed 2 sessions for the duration of your stay. You can't book anymore than that. And each session is max 2 hours long.

Your holiday there now has to be very structured and planned out.

Dinzee Conlee · 06-10-2020 02:32PM

roosterman71 wrote: »

Same here. Pool is the big thing really. You are only allowed 2 sessions for the duration of your stay. You can't book anymore than that. And each session is max 2 hours long.

Your holiday there now has to be very structured and planned out.

Our stay in Centreparcs revolved around going to the pool... Only 2 sessions over the 4/5 days, I dont know if we would be as interested...

What did you think?

Was it worth it do you think - with only the 2 sessions in the pool?

roosterman71 · 06-10-2020 02:37PM

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Our stay in Centreparcs revolved around going to the pool... Only 2 sessions over the 4/5 days, I dont know if we would be as interested...

What did you think?

Was it worth it do you think - with only the 2 sessions in the pool?

We had it booked since before Christmas. We could have cancelled for free. I was tempted.

2 hours is probably enough in there. My lad is just gone 2 so it was plenty for him. He would have liked to have gone everyday though so the 2 session limit is a turn off. As is the whole pre-planning/booking everything. It's not so much a holiday or break then as it's set timetable yer following really.

However, I would recommend going if your thinking of it. If nothing else it's a change of scenery and the kids will still have a great time, just not for as long in the pool

Hard Knocks · 06-10-2020 02:39PM

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Our stay in Centreparcs revolved around going to the pool... Only 2 sessions over the 4/5 days, I dont know if we would be as interested...

What did you think?

Was it worth it do you think - with only the 2 sessions in the pool?

Hopefully heading next month (hopefully reopens)
Are activities expensive, was thinking of kayaking, mini golf & cycling

Buford T. Justice XIX · 06-10-2020 02:43PM

If anyone is interested in winterage on the Burren.
https://twitter.com/farmfornature/status/1313443464076570624?s=19

roosterman71 · 06-10-2020 02:44PM

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Hopefully heading next month (hopefully reopens)
Are activities expensive, was thinking of kayaking, mini golf & cycling

Not sure about the kayaking. Mini golf is €8 per person (slightly less if <12). I think cycling is €35 for the rent of a bike for the week. All the prices are on their website. When you book your stay then ya can book all the activities too.

Dinzee Conlee · 06-10-2020 03:11PM

roosterman71 wrote: »

We had it booked since before Christmas. We could have cancelled for free. I was tempted.

2 hours is probably enough in there. My lad is just gone 2 so it was plenty for him. He would have liked to have gone everyday though so the 2 session limit is a turn off. As is the whole pre-planning/booking everything. It's not so much a holiday or break then as it's set timetable yer following really.

However, I would recommend going if your thinking of it. If nothing else it's a change of scenery and the kids will still have a great time, just not for as long in the pool

I dont see us going til next year maybe...

I know what you mean about the planing...
We were in a hotel for a bit there a while back - and like that, we had to book in advance - a time for the pool, a time for breakfast, a time for dinner...
I wont say it wasnt a nice break - bit it did lose a bit of the carefree feeling, when everything was structured...

But, like you say - its a change of scene...

NcdJd · 06-10-2020 04:42PM

That gibbons lad is some piece of work. Absolute hatred towards farming. What the fck does he eat ??

Oops wrong thread. Was an interview on newstalk about the EPA report on water quality.

roosterman71 · 06-10-2020 06:37PM

NcdJd wrote: »

That gibbons lad is some piece of work. Absolute hatred towards farming. What the fck does he eat ??

Oops wrong thread. Was an interview on newstalk about the EPA report on water quality.

Any of them mention the sewage leaking into the river down in Cork which Irish water say is too expensive to fix?

Until everyone is on the same field, these kind of muppets shouldn't be allowed talk. Or at least be challenged on it. How many hoops do farmers have to jump through? How many rules and regulations are there? How much have farmers spent to comply? How much have households spent on septic tanks, new builds with crazy expensive systems? Yet the national water body couldn't be arsed fixing a known issue.

Siamsa Sessions · 06-10-2020 07:00PM

NcdJd wrote: »

That gibbons lad is some piece of work. Absolute hatred towards farming. What the fck does he eat ??

Oops wrong thread. Was an interview on newstalk about the EPA report on water quality.

I had Newstalk on for a change and heard him. It’s fairly childish stuff he’s saying, talking about the dairy industry being “deregulated” in 2015.

Darragh Mc wasn’t much better to be honest.

Very little from either apart from the standard “you’re bad” vs “no we’re not”.

They’re like pantomime characters. I thought the discussions were more mature than this.

No mention of anything outside agriculture such as cities and town’s waste water treatment, and no mention of processors, retailers, consumers choice, political leadership, etc. when it came to food.

All down to us dirty oul farmers poisoning the land and rivers. Jesus, if only it was that easy to solve!

whelan2 · 06-10-2020 07:04PM

Out for the last supper

Buford T. Justice XIX · 06-10-2020 07:06PM

NcdJd wrote: »

That gibbons lad is some piece of work. Absolute hatred towards farming. What the fck does he eat ??

Oops wrong thread. Was an interview on newstalk about the EPA report on water quality.

I had the misfortune of engaging with him on Twitter last week. The conversation moved along without him and he tried coming back in with a smart comment while totally lost about what we were talking about.

One lad I was talking to later said it was like a lad trying to be a wit but he'll never get more than halfway there:pac:

NcdJd · 06-10-2020 07:26PM

I'm sorry lads for posting that in the chit chat tread. Times are stressful enough. My eyes just popped out of their sockets when I clicked on whelan's photo. I drink Carslberg but I'd eat the pint glass and all if that was put in front of me right now.

whelan2 · 06-10-2020 07:28PM

NcdJd wrote: »

I'm sorry lads for posting that in the chit chat tread. Times are stressful enough. My eyes just popped out of their sockets when I clicked on whelan's photo. I drink Carslberg but I'd eat the pint glass and all if that was put in front of me right now.

I'm being very good and having pints for people who would like them, I'm good like that

Reggie. · 06-10-2020 07:30PM

whelan2 wrote: »

I'm being very good and having pints for people who would like them, I'm good like that

Course ya are

Tonynewholland · 06-10-2020 07:31PM

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

I had Newstalk on for a change and heard him. It’s fairly childish stuff he’s saying, talking about the dairy industry being “deregulated” in 2015.

Darragh Mc wasn’t much better to be honest.

Very little from either apart from the standard “you’re bad” vs “no we’re not”.

They’re like pantomime characters. I thought the discussions were more mature than this.

No mention of anything outside agriculture such as cities and town’s waste water treatment, and no mention of processors, retailers, consumers choice, political leadership, etc. when it came to food.

All down to us dirty oul farmers poisoning the land and rivers. Jesus, if only it was that easy to solve!

Darragh seems to have a chip on his shoulder with awhile now. Why he rented his land to a dairy man is really puzzling

Buford T. Justice XIX · 06-10-2020 07:32PM

whelan2 wrote: »

I'm being very good and having pints for people who would like them, I'm good like that

You're a saint, so you are.

And you not even liking them:D

NcdJd · 06-10-2020 07:43PM

Tonynewholland wrote: »

Darragh seems to have a chip on his shoulder with awhile now. Why he rented his land to a dairy man is really puzzling

Did he not setup a partnership rather than just land rental? He's alot going on with flower bulbs, tillage and expecting his annual article about his turkeys shortly.

Lime Tree Farm · 06-10-2020 07:57PM

Bake Off on shortly on Channel 4 - Bread Week

Interesting variations on the Irish Soda bread recipe this week, both sweet and savory.

Say my name · 06-10-2020 08:40PM

Joe Rogan's interviews on YouTube are excellent.

Just tonight I learned Santa Claus comes from Shamanic visions from eating the red and white aminata mushroom. That it ties in with pine trees which became Christmas trees that the mushroom grows at the base of.
The shamans would eat the remains of the mushroom after it passes through a reindeer and or people would drink the urine from the shaman after they consumed the mushroom. The reindeer especially would go after the urine when someone relieved themselves.
The people after drinking the urine would have hallucinations and probably of flying reindeer.
The shamans in later times were prohibited and they went down people's chimneys instead of the door so they wouldn't be seen.

So that's Santy.

Merry Christmas everyone!

whelan2 · 06-10-2020 08:44PM

We were given our Christmas drinks tonight, just in case....

Reggie. · 06-10-2020 08:50PM

whelan2 wrote: »

We were given our Christmas drinks tonight, just in case....

Ah bad omen

whelan2 · 06-10-2020 08:57PM

They reckon after Christmas before they'll open again

jaymla627 · 06-10-2020 09:00PM

Say my name wrote: »

Joe Rogan's interviews on YouTube are excellent.

Just tonight I learned Santa Claus comes from Shamanic visions from eating the red and white aminata mushroom. That it ties in with pine trees which became Christmas trees that the mushroom grows at the base of.
The shamans would eat the remains of the mushroom after it passes through a reindeer and or people would drink the urine from the shaman after they consumed the mushroom. The reindeer especially would go after the urine when someone relieved themselves.
The people after drinking the urine would have hallucinations and probably of flying reindeer.
The shamans in later times were prohibited and they went down people's chimneys instead of the door so they wouldn't be seen.

So that's Santy.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Their really accessible now to that their on spotify, getting through two a day at the minute, the quality of guests he has on is unbelievable

Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

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