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Say my name · 10-10-2020 08:54PM

wrangler wrote: »

Over a thousand Covid cases today........ looking like it's going to be a lockdown christmas

Which year?

morphy87 · 10-10-2020 08:56PM

What’s the story with Marts if we move to level 4?

whelan2 · 10-10-2020 08:56PM

Say my name wrote: »

Which year?

Last Christmas

Say my name · 10-10-2020 08:59PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart.

_Brian · 10-10-2020 09:00PM

morphy87 wrote: »

What’s the story with Marts if we move to level 4?

Think it’s L5 they close at.

Hard Knocks · 10-10-2020 09:02PM

_Brian wrote: »

Think it’s L5 they close at.

Local mart had show & sale today
Garda car was frequenting

NcdJd · 10-10-2020 09:03PM

Heard on Friday a good friend of the family is currently in ICU. Man is in his early 80s but was one of those men you'd think was in his early 70s if you met him. Lovely character and was very careful. Horrible fckin disease.

10-10-2020 09:19PM

morphy87 wrote: »

What’s the story with Marts if we move to level 4?

Spoke to our mart manager today, she seemed quite hopeful particularly with the advent of MartEye. Once sellers can unload, and buyers can view stock at some point everything else is manageable. A lot of foot traffic around marts is gawkers.

morphy87 · 10-10-2020 11:00PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Spoke to our mart manager today, she seemed quite hopeful particularly with the advent of MartEye. Once sellers can unload, and buyers can view stock at some point everything else is manageable. A lot of foot traffic around marts is gawkers.

Will people still be ringside at level 4? Back our way only buyers are in the mart at the moment sellers drop off their animals without getting out of their vehicles

11-10-2020 09:33AM

morphy87 wrote: »

Will people still be ringside at level 4? Back our way only buyers are in the mart at the moment sellers drop off their animals without getting out of their vehicles

I'm not sure. I sold yesterday and sellers could drop off stock, park up, sort stock, put the sticky number on lots, submit paperwork then leave the yard.

Yard was reopened later for a time for buyers to inspect stock. There was limited places around the ring for buyers plus MartEye. Lots sold in order of number so as a seller I just proceeded to the box as normal.

Just my own opinion but based on ones technological ability once stock can be inspected/handled before the auction then the ring could be closed to everyone except mart staff and all bidding could be done on MartEye. It's one avenue of keeping the show on the road at least.

wrangler · 11-10-2020 10:03AM

We are fortunate in how little Covid is affecting our business, we can get out in the fields, we can buy and sell and if factories were in any other line of business they'd be closed down due to Covid spread......

11-10-2020 10:06AM

wrangler wrote: »

We are fortunate in how little Covid is affecting our business, we can get out in the fields, we can buy and sell and if factories were in any other line of business they'd be closed down due to Covid spread......

When our lad had to be tested and we were all to self isolate I was even allowed out to farm on condition that I wasn't in contact with anyone, which is the normal situation to be fair. Obviously I couldn't go to a merchants or to the mart or anything else where there would be people.

whelan2 · 11-10-2020 10:09AM

Deleted User wrote: »

When our lad had to be tested and we were all to self isolate I was even allowed out to farm on condition that I wasn't in contact with anyone, which is the normal situation to be fair. Obviously I couldn't go to a merchants or to the mart or anything else where there would be people.

Nephew was being tested a few weeks ago. All told to isolate until results came back. They let my niece go in on bus to secondary school. I was livid. knowing they shouldn't.be leaving the house. She's in ty so wasn't going to be missing out on anything. . One rule for them and another for everyone else.

yosemitesam1 · 11-10-2020 11:23AM

Very surreal watching a large proportion of society calling for the destruction of their livelihoods. The sooner people start to really feel the effects of what's happening in their pockets the better as the more dragged out this is, the less of a future any of us normal people will have while it provides an amazing opportunity for the super rich to get richer

Water John · 11-10-2020 11:57AM

Buying in the mart yesterday, (would do marteye but my internet is very iffy ATM)
20 buyers allowed in, no sellers in the box. Sold, and sale confirmed later by seller on the phone.

NcdJd · 11-10-2020 12:04PM

yosemitesam1 wrote: »

Very surreal watching a large proportion of society calling for the destruction of their livelihoods. The sooner people start to really feel the effects of what's happening in their pockets the better as the more dragged out this is, the less of a future any of us normal people will have while it provides an amazing opportunity for the super rich to get richer

Christ if I was to respond to that comment I'd be banned.

whelan2 · 11-10-2020 12:12PM

NcdJd wrote: »

Christ if I was to respond to that comment I'd be banned.

Ah , go on ....

yosemitesam1 · 11-10-2020 12:17PM

NcdJd wrote: »

Christ if I was to respond to that comment I'd be banned.

Instead actually think about what's going on. There's a minimum of a year of this nonsense ahead of us on the current trajectory, then the mother of all recessions and possibly issues with currency/severe inflation to top it all off

endainoz · 11-10-2020 12:36PM

yosemitesam1 wrote: »

Instead actually think about what's going on. There's a minimum of a year of this nonsense ahead of us on the current trajectory, then the mother of all recessions and possibly issues with currency/severe inflation to top it all off

Right so Bill Gates gets richer, didn't know tin foil hats were allowed in the farming forum.

Base price · 11-10-2020 12:56PM

endainoz wrote: »

Right so Bill Gates gets richer, didn't know tin foil hats were allowed in the farming forum.

Gemma O'Doherty will be along shortly to inform us all :rolleyes:

morphy87 · 11-10-2020 12:57PM

Water John wrote: »

Buying in the mart yesterday, (would do marteye but my internet is very iffy ATM)
20 buyers allowed in, no sellers in the box. Sold, and sale confirmed later by seller on the phone.

How many were allowed in around the ring the week before?

yosemitesam1 · 11-10-2020 01:06PM

endainoz wrote: »

Right so Bill Gates gets richer, didn't know tin foil hats were allowed in the farming forum.

This isn't tinfoil hat stuff. Money supply is being increased exponentially to find covid related spending. More money supply means higher asset prices and lower buying power per unit of currency.
The rich who have a much larger proportion of their wealth in tangible assets benefit while the average person who is much more reliant on cash, bonds and their wages (which will most likely always lag behind inflation) loses.

Similar occurrences have happened for the last 500 years

gozunda · 11-10-2020 01:17PM

NcdJd wrote: »

Sorry I know your been serious but I laughed at the image that post put into my head. Feckin oul lads

Wished I'd taken a photo of the guy I saw with the mask stuck on the top of his head. Tbh I'm not sure he was even aware it was there

_Brian · 11-10-2020 01:17PM

yosemitesam1 wrote: »

This isn't tinfoil hat stuff. Money supply is being increased exponentially to find covid related spending. More money supply means higher asset prices and lower buying power per unit of currency.
The rich who have a much larger proportion of their wealth in tangible assets benefit while the average person who is much more reliant on cash, bonds and their wages (which will most likely always lag behind inflation) loses.

Similar occurrences have happened for the last 500 years

To be honest the key here is balance.

Population needs to realise that yes, there’s 12-18 months of this ahead. L2 restrictions were containing things nicely and then people got complacent and lazy. We need a period of tighter restrictions to get things back down to a manageable level and then lower level restrictions would do, but only if people buy in and behave.

I think pubs need to stay closed for a longer period amd maybe this is a chance to rethink i our relationship with alcohol altogether, I’m Not sure wet pubs have a place at all.

Water John · 11-10-2020 02:52PM

morphy87 wrote: »

How many were allowed in around the ring the week before?

Probably double, seating distance moved from one to two metres.

Neddyusa · 11-10-2020 05:43PM

A couple of very barbed posts directed at Yesemotie sam here.
I didn't share his vewpoint here back in the Spring. But as time has gone on, I certainly do now.
Whether you agree with him or not, theres no need for snide comments.
He has been consistently one of the most knowledgeable posters in the thread bringing a balanced perspective to what borders on hysteria at times.

NcdJd · 11-10-2020 06:14PM

yosemitesam1 wrote: »

Instead actually think about what's going on. There's a minimum of a year of this nonsense ahead of us on the current trajectory, then the mother of all recessions and possibly issues with currency/severe inflation to top it all off

Neddy is right, apologies Sam for for my response to your post there. Caught me on a bad day. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I should not rubbish people in here if I don't agree with them.

trixi2011 · 11-10-2020 06:19PM

County football team caught having a big sitdown meal and drinks after has match yesterday in the West. Locals reported to the gardai and funtion was shut down talk is there was 60+ people in a parish hall .

_Brian · 11-10-2020 06:51PM

Was in the north this morning.

Very little effort being made at all. Went into a cafe and we were only people wearing masks, group of church goers came in and it was handshakes and hugs all round. No social distancing at all. These are all basic things at this stage.

whelan2 · 11-10-2020 06:52PM

_Brian wrote: »

Was in the north this morning.

Very little effort being made at all. Went into a cafe and we were only people wearing masks, group of church goers came in and it was handshakes and hugs all round. No social distancing at all. These are all basic things at this stage.

Oh said the same last week when he was delivering a load of steel. He was the only one wearing a mask. No wonder their figures are crazy

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