No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Base price · 07-12-2021 05:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118285890#Comment_118285890

I've noticed that some rings in some marts don't have the sound working on the playback. I pointed it out to one mart a few weeks ago but it hasn't yet been rectified.

greysides · 07-12-2021 06:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118285859#Comment_118285859

I think of Galway as "the city of the roundabouts". I don't suppose the ring road will cut down the number of them to be navigated getting into the centre.

07-12-2021 06:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118285991#Comment_118285991

Ah stop, they had junctions that didn't work, so they were all replaced by roundabouts that do work, which are now being replaced by junctions which aren't working. There's no proper parking, or long term planning nor enough bridges. It's a proper clusterfcuk of a town in terms of roads.

All's I want is the ability to travel East or South or back West again without being held prisoner by the nonsense in the city.

greysides · 07-12-2021 06:09PM

It's a city I can never get my head around. Still like it though. Both my boys went to uni there and are still local.

07-12-2021 06:17PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286034#Comment_118286034

I always got the impression there's an element in power in the city that, in a way, want to starve things to change. That if they make the traffic or car use just so awful that they think they'll force people onto public transport or bikes. Which totally excludes anyone who lives a distance away or is passing through, it's all navel gazing about the city and now how the city - which sites on a choke point between the lake and the sea must interact and relate to the regions around it.

_Brian · 07-12-2021 06:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118285926#Comment_118285926

It’s a shame if they let the online option slip.

its a boon to the mart, even a bit of bidding online keeps things ringside honest.

07-12-2021 06:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286137#Comment_118286137

Great to be able to drag and drop sheep and head home again, do the selling over the phone rather than wasting a day just hanging around.

_Brian · 07-12-2021 06:30PM

This lady was on Today FM this morning, I didn’t hear the full interview but it’s a credit to be playing GAA competitive and successfully so at 62

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/sport/700764/62-year-old-pauline-mccarthy-scores-winning-goal-in-limerick-ladies-football-final.html

Base price · 07-12-2021 06:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286137#Comment_118286137

BTW, I liked the pic of the pudding and custard. The pudding looked really rich and dark like my Mam used to make. I assume it was home made and Guinness used with lots of fruit.

_Brian · 07-12-2021 06:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286168#Comment_118286168

Homemade surely.

Not a drop of Guinness.

Loads of fruit soaked in Bulmers cider and plenty of brandy for 24hours.

We make 3 every year, cooked overnight in the slow cooker which is a boon to cooking them compared to trying to keep a saucepan simmering for hours without going dry.

Jim_11 · 07-12-2021 06:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118281916#Comment_118281916

What’s the name of the Irish co making them?

Hard Knocks · 07-12-2021 06:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286192#Comment_118286192

Think you’ll need a breathalyser for Christmas

Super bakers in your house

Lime Tree Farm · 07-12-2021 06:49PM

Only ever done in a pressure cooker here, served with pouring cream and ice cream.

Base price · 07-12-2021 06:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286192#Comment_118286192

Mam and my Sister used to make about 10 Christmas puddings & cakes to give to family and friends. I used to help them mixing the fruit and dry ingredients and mixing the icing sugar in the mixer. I always hated the smell of the almond paste that covered the Christmas cake before it was decorated with the icing. Mam used to use Guinness in the puddings but Brandy in the cakes. We used to flambe the pudding with Brandy on Christmas day.

kollegeknight · 07-12-2021 07:02PM

half the galvanised roof came off the sisters mobile and landed on her windscreen . I had it well banded down, it came off in one massive piece. All salvageable once nobody was h

_Brian · 07-12-2021 07:06PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286261#Comment_118286261

Need plenty of alcohol in a pudding, helps them keep. If we were putting some pudding away to keep we would pour a glass of brandy over it. Before storing.

only herself eats cake so it’s not worth making one for one person.

Lime Tree Farm · 07-12-2021 07:13PM

Soaking fruit in cider, hadn't heard of that one - must try it

straight · 07-12-2021 07:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118285354#Comment_118285354

I'd say 10 hours help with their jobs would be the most thoughtful present.

Birdnuts · 07-12-2021 09:12PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286076#Comment_118286076

Always thought a tunnel would have been the obvious solution for Galway - probably would have saved years of planning issues too

enricoh · 07-12-2021 09:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286215#Comment_118286215

I think it's Boru, I have an 8kw one a few years now and can't fault it. Iirc Stanley started making them in China and the quality deteriorated

07-12-2021 09:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118287078#Comment_118287078

They'd find something to object to about that as well. Kinda why I'd prefer if we just had a bypass type road around the city, the rest of the world doesn't have to deal with their in city dithering then.

Base price · 07-12-2021 10:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286332#Comment_118286332

Mam used to pour brandy over the pudding before wrapping them up in layers of parchment/greaseproof paper, tying them up and wrapping them again in tin foil.

Since Mam became more unwell in 2017 and before she died in 2018 I haven't had any proper Christmas pudding. She always kept a couple in storage. If the weather got bad and the electricity went that she would open one (1982 and 2010/11) or for Easter.

07-12-2021 10:23PM

Difficult to believe, or I find it difficult at least, but I've read some comments online tonight complaining about ESB not having power restoration time estimates. I was out on the farm just before 9pm and it's properly nasty out, I was glad to get back into the van and home. Presume these people are in a warm house with full bellies. They out be pegged out in this weather for an hour or two as an education instead of moaning about others who are out in it. Believe it or not, there's a few things I won't give out about and the engineers who repair our power lines (no connection to them at all) are one of those. Well remember them going to other countries even to help there after storms.

whelan2 · 08-12-2021 09:13AM

You only realise how we need electricity for so many things when we don't have it. I hope those people complaining are off for a few days....

greysides · 08-12-2021 09:15AM

What happens when we need it for transport?

Lime Tree Farm · 08-12-2021 09:22AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118288723#Comment_118288723

With climate change halted, there won't be any more storms.

Say my name · 08-12-2021 09:24AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118287577#Comment_118287577

The power was off here Monday for planned replacement of insulators on poles and from their inspection pre day visit I got them to replace a pole that previously had mushrooms growing from it. It was an awful day here Monday and on going into one paddock their pickup got stuck a hundred yards in. So to that pole they lumped it by foot and climbed the pole instead of the basket. Digger came in then and pulled the pickup and trailer out ..backwards. Mess was made (a little) but everything was done to limit damage in the fields bar the date picked for maintenance..

Yesterday the power went out again just after dinner and the estimated time back was 20.45. It was hooked back up just before 18.00.

Would I complain about them? Not on your Nelly. You wouldn't get me up a pole.

There's solar and wind home generation options now for people who want to try it themselves.

I went through Ophelia and five days without power and estimated time of power back was always 19.45 or 20.45 that evening.

The esb crews have my full respect. Shows too that there's non Irish accents now in those crews. Lots of Irish are being spoiled in life and becoming infantile.

whelan2 · 08-12-2021 09:28AM

That's the problem people feel they have to complain about little things. It just makes them look like a gobshite. While they think they are great

emaherx · 08-12-2021 09:36AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118288723#Comment_118288723

Maybe microgeneration is the way of the future. Along with hopefully much better/cheaper battery storage in vehicles and possibly within houses too.

Or we'll be on the big dirty fossil fuel generator with our own home brew fuels, while others Flintstone it 😁

emaherx · 08-12-2021 09:39AM

My kids have learned to rough it for a few hours.

No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

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