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No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

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  • #22232
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,112 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Was about 30 minutes away from home today at a pitch. We were lashed on , really windy beside the sea. Got home , they'd got no rain at all just windy, great drying, we won 7-2

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  • #22233
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,002 ✭✭✭✭Birdnuts


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122543550#Comment_122543550

    Yeah - its been a right horror show. especcially in the North and West. I can count on one hand the number of dry days had since the end of May in North Mayo. At least in the East it has been alot drier but there too the lack of any summer temps and even averge sunshine has really crimped grass growth etc. 😔



  • #22234
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,632 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Wind at the moment is originating from north Canada. Funny winds this year, for some reason. We could do with the old reliable south westerlies.



  • #22235
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,481 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Looks good for next weekend ATM



  • #22236
    kollegeknight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,393 ✭✭✭kollegeknight


    Called up to Caron in the Burren today.
    there was a furnace fest at the caherconnell ring fort. It was only ok- could have been spread out a bit better. One blacksmith was making arrow heads.

    The sheepdog demonstrations was great as usual though. Popped over to poulnabrone dolmen.

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  • #22237
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,243 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122543550#Comment_122543550

    It’s been a horrible year weather wise. Getting anything done out on land has been a struggle.

    Good bit of our place is heavy ground and I’m sick of trudging through it.

    Have a digger in and we raised a nice bit of stone I was going to dump in a gap that needs it but I couldn’t cross the field with a half trailer load of stone as ground is too bad, in fcuking august !! Working in trenches laying pipes after the digger has been heavy sticky mucky going.



  • #22238
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,112 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    THe dark mornings came in very quickly this year. Youngest back to school today, back to the same routine. Horrible day to bring them back , full week of it and it's still only August



  • #22239
    visatorro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,004 ✭✭✭visatorro


    Some secondary schools were back last Wednesday.



  • #22240
    Wildsurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭Wildsurfer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122544469#Comment_122544469

    Totally agree, school shouldn't start back until September, it takes the good out of August.



  • #22241
    Tileman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭Tileman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122544854#Comment_122544854

    that’s old news in that they have been issuing proceeding for past year. Has there been a development by the judge in the case to allow them to proceed?



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  • #22242
    Kevhog1988
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,405 ✭✭✭Kevhog1988


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122545097#Comment_122545097

    Terry Gorry? Hed be disgusted if you called him a meath man :p . He played 2 years minor and 3 years under 21 for Kildare. Played in a senior county final at 16 for my home club also i believe.



  • #22243
    V6400
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 226 ✭✭V6400


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122544452#Comment_122544452

    The only way youd move stone across a field around here at the minute would be to carry it a handful at a time. Cant even get in to move a creep feeder.



  • #22244
    Kevhog1988
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,405 ✭✭✭Kevhog1988


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122546121#Comment_122546121

    yeah were right on the border. his office is in enfield but wed be touchy around our parts lol



  • #22245
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,112 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    The fees for secondary school this year are 150, doesn't have to be paid in one go but is to be paid before they go back or they wont get their books , locker, etc. We were getting a good few texts the last while about it. Young lad said alot didn't get their books yesterday. Just wondering what is a fair system in this scenario. It's not the kids fault if money isn't paid.



  • #22246
    Lime Tree Farm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,153 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122548964#Comment_122548964

    Who's providing the books, the school or the government. It's the school should be called out for shaming the kids.



  • #22247
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    Talking to oil man and he said over the last year he never seen so many people only put in a few hundred into their tanks. He reckoned people don't have the money



  • #22248
    roosterman71
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    It amazes me to this day how we're absolutely swimming in money as a country yet so many are struggling. In the last 5 years the spend by government is gone from 70bn to 105bn or something like that. And what has it been spent on? What is there to show for all that extra spend? I'm not seeing it in any obvious way at least.

    BTW, this isn't a go at government. An awful lot of people or pissing money away on lots of shite day in and day out. Be that subscriptions to stuff, fancy clothes, phones, etc. And the same people whinge about a bag of carrots for 50c. My sympathy levels for many is quiet low.



  • #22249
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,112 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    In the case of the school fees it's to cover locker, insurance, journal etc. It could have been paid weekly etc over the summer. 10 euro a week, less than the cost of 2 pints.



  • #22250
    kk.man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,392 ✭✭✭kk.man


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122549211#Comment_122549211

    Whelan, you might get two pints for a tenner now.



  • #22251
    Siamsa Sessions
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 4,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭Siamsa Sessions


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122549099#Comment_122549099

    Govt spending seems to go more on management jobs with frontline work (especially in the HSE) being outsourced to contracting companies - at an additional cost of course!

    Trading as Sullivan’s Farm on YouTube



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  • #22252
    jaymla627
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭jaymla627


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122549099#Comment_122549099

    14 billion on debt/intrest repayments yearly, 223 billion owed of latest figures…

    If the Irish goverment ever got into a position of having to pay 4 plus % on the above it would be game over, unless the corporation tax take keeps growing to match spending



  • #22253
    Hard Knocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,364 ✭✭✭Hard Knocks


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122549211#Comment_122549211

    Very valid, how much notice were parents given for the exact price



  • #22254
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,112 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122549945#Comment_122549945

    Got a text at the start of the holidays, so 3 months. The uniform shop also said people are only buying 1 set , no spares this year. The uniform wouldnt be overly expensive, only crested jumper, rest could be bought anywhere. It's across the board all schools.



  • #22255
    148multi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,289 ✭✭✭148multi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122549036#Comment_122549036

    Have a friend driving an oil truck here, says the same, bmw and Mercedes parked outside but only €200-250 into the tank.



  • #22256
    148multi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,289 ✭✭✭148multi


    How many round bales in an 8x4x3, all things being equal.



  • #22257
    enricoh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,505 ✭✭✭enricoh


    Kids started back today, the youngest into senior infants, her teacher is pregnant and young one is giving out that she's not having a gender reveal party. Yanks on YouTube have a lot to answer for!



  • #22258
    Danny healy ray
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 469 ✭✭Danny healy ray


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122550857#Comment_122550857

    2.5 ish



  • #22259
    Odelay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,022 ✭✭✭Odelay


    Spent a few days on holiday in the country. restaurants were noticeably quieter than the exact same days last year, and the spell of weather we had this year was noticeably better. And I don't believe the VAT rate from 9% to 13% is the reason. €4 on top of a €100 bill is stopping no one. People just don't have the money



  • #22260
    zetecescort
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,446 ✭✭✭zetecescort


    are kids in doing more days in school these days to be going back earlier than before?



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  • #22261
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,243 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122549099#Comment_122549099

    Think of the increase in many things in the last 5 years and thats probably less of an actual spend than 5 years ago, or not a significant increase anyway… Costs of existing is just banannas



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