whelan2 wrote: » One of our Angus bulls had a pig tail post wrapped in his ring this morning
Was a 2wd with a front loader on dd, clean it was, was that it?
Nope. Not that one.
Well ware, they are essentially the exact same as a late model 135, except the tin work, so should be reliable and no shortage of cheap spares if there is any issues. I keep my 135 fairly busy here and prefer to use it for any jobs it is comfortably capable of over the bigger machines, weather permitting of course.
I've had a great fun week volunteering at a chritmas shoebox appeal depot.
I just wish that people would fill the boxes properly.
I could be going there for another two weeks if i wanted
I'm the only man doing it, among about 10 women, really nice people, good crack
How do you feck up filling a shoe box?
You're only allowed to put certain things in. We stopped doing the shoeboxes and give to a local charity that we know the money goes to those who need it. Too much politics with the shoeboxes.
No knives, toy guns, rubber snakes, masks, anything that has connotations to war or danger or might instill fear.
Some of the charities put prayer books etc in to them too
Some people put rubbish in them so a child is seen to leaving them up in school/church etc, some are practically empty.
Every box should contain 1 something to wear, cap gloves Tshirt etc. 2, soap, toothpaste toothbrush, facecloth, 3 something to write with, paper,books ,crayons markers etc and 4 then fill the box with toys, puzzles, sweets etc .
We have to open every box and check them , and fill whats missiing, some are very poor.
People leave in fillers as we call them at the depot but there's never enough.
Every box has to be filled, we're not allowed throw two three boxes into one
Do you still have to put money in the box?
I only got two boxes with the four euros in them so it must be collected else where.
I counted 350 boxes in my pile after the week, I only worked from 11 to 2 every day, I'd be wrecked after that
Jayus good thing you never worked an 8-5 or 6 job and go home and do the farming after🤣🤣🤣
We have to open every box
Yes but the prayer books are apparently put in before they are delivered. Not by the people making up the boxes, by the charity themselves. There was alot of uproar about this
My Mrs used that shoe box appeal to go into Mullingar last week and buy 2 new pairs of shoes. Then of course the next day she had to go to Athlone to buy stuff to put into the boxes!
And this evening she tells me she's actually not gone on one pair of shoes but can't return it as the box is gone!
Dealz and penneys are great for getting stuff for the shoeboxes
If you can find your nearest depot where the boxes are being checked, That'd be the place at this stage, thanks for that
Phone the local contact in your county from this list, you'll see there's a list of drop off points and one or two LOCAL CONTACTS in each county.
Just say you want to donate money to fill off the existing boxes.
https://www.teamhope.ie/christmas-shoebox-appeal/drop-off-points/
What do you do with the stuff that's not suitable for the boxes?
The only thing I find not suitable is chocolate, anytime i need a sugar fix, i take a chocolate santy. chocolate doesn't travel well, even the few weeks it's in the box, it's wrecked already. Liquids as well is taken out you'd get the odd bottle of shampoo.
Yep.
we’ve always done the shoebox with the kids. If nothing else it teaches the social responsibility to think of others less well off than yourself.
Very poor response in our secondary school this year, 20/25 boxes from 800 students.
We always do the shoebox appeal too. My aunt runs an orphanage in Romania for children who are terminal. She says it’s one of the few joys they get.
It's sad to see Irish people becoming detached from giving support to organisations like these as we were a great nation for Charity (I know there's reservations for some people with the ethos of some charities )
Is the shoebox thing a religious thing?
I mean, are there strings attached to getting the shoebox, maybe around listening to some religious mumbo jumbo or the likes?
I don't know If there is for the boxes.I meant more so in general than specifically the shoe boxes we do three a year here apologys if I wasn't clear.🙈😬
No green, I prob shouldn’t have quoted you.
It happened to be a conversation between me and the missus here. She said there was some religious thing with the shoeboxes…
google threw this up for me… seems to be a good dollop of religion in there, in this article anyways. Now, according to the article, it seems the kids are still getting the boxes - but trusting priests with presents for kids seems dodgy to me…
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/where-the-shoeboxes-go-1.13655
A few that are working with me have gone with the boxes, Im sure if there was anything untoward they wouldn't have been volunteering again.
The 10 - 14 year old girls boxes are a credit, I'm convinced the most of them are filled by teenage girls, you just open them and check them and tape them up, any little girl that'd get one would be over the moon. The 10 -14 year old boys are harder and not as much stuff is donated for their age group to fill the boxes.
Any time I forget something, and try to take off the tape I wreck the christmas paper, so to take off the tape off every box just to put in a pryer book is highly unlikely
Dined and stayed in Nevin Maguires place last night. Wouldn't be a foodie type but in fairness it was some dining experience. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Was gift for wife's 50th 2 years ago. Cancelled twice due to Covid. Great to finally get there.
Sligo tonight so not quiet as fancy !
I think you didn't read the article you linked. It was mainly critical of Evangelical Christian organisations.
For all the criticism of Catholic charities and the work of religious orders in general on there work in poorer area's of work is virtually beyond reproach.
Organisation like Trocaire and Concern is impeccable considering the scandals that has hit other Irish charities
I read it all right Bass…
The article does indeed come down mainly on the American crowd… And as I said the kids are still getting the boxes. But I dunno, it just doesn’t sit well with me for some reason…
But you equated it with Priests. Priests bring connotations that it is a Catholic issue. That is unfair. If you had said trusting religions with gifts for kids it might have been fairer.
Christian evangelists have shown themselves up at stages.
Equating that with priests and Catholic charities is totally unfair. It brings into disrepute not just Concern and Trocaire but also charities like the Columbian father in Dublin, Fr Peter Verry, Christmas appeals right accross the country ran by priests and other religious orders such as St Vincent Dr Paul.
While I often may question whether all those that receives this help need it. The distribution network themselves are above reproach as far as I can see. Administration costs are kept to a minimum which has not been the case elsewhere
