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bob charles · 01-08-2013 07:38PM

up, not off, is handier.

Kovu · 01-08-2013 07:43PM

bob charles wrote: »

up, not off, is handier.

I was on about the wetsuit thingy that stops water getting into the kayak!!!!

hoseman · 01-08-2013 07:52PM

bob charles wrote: »

up, not off, is handier.

up,in is better:P

vanderbadger · 01-08-2013 08:39PM

little MBP heifer born today, only my 3rd or 4th limo, trying to get a bit more into them, she is only a handy little thing

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Kovu · 01-08-2013 08:44PM

vanderbadger wrote: »

little MBP heifer born today, only my 3rd or 4th limo, trying to get a bit more into them, she is only a handy little thing

Vander she'll be a lovely heifer judging by her tail end. I love a heifer with her tail set low & back like that.
Have 2 cows here very similar to that one and they breed consistent every year, have a very good ERE bull off one of them this year, same white tail on the cow too! Best of luck with her:)

redzerologhlen · 02-08-2013 10:43AM

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Lovely job. How much are they?

850 new i think I gave for it.

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

would love one of them kayaks, can't swim though! be good for a bit of fishing around the bay.

Kovu Murr wrote: »

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This is my one, couldn't find one without me in it so sorry! What make is yours?

This one is currently in Dublin so thinking about getting a shorter one for the lake here.

Its an Ocean Kayak trident 13. Sit on top so no need for me to wear a skirt

hugo29 · 02-08-2013 10:52AM

Sit on top so no need for me to wear a skirt :

:eek:

Bizzum · 02-08-2013 10:54AM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Its an Ocean Kayak trident 13. Sit on top so no need for me to wear a skirt

It's a super Kayak. Very stable. I was out yesterday on the coast, it was rough, but good fun. It's not simple to get back onto the sit-on-tops on a rough sea, even in 5' of water.

Bizzum · 02-08-2013 10:57AM

hugo29 wrote: »

Sit on top so no need for me to wear a skirt :

:eek:

We need to give the "skirt" it's correct title and avoid all the mental images of Redser in a mini skirt.
I suppose calling it a spray deck ain't as much fun though :-)

redzerologhlen · 02-08-2013 11:00AM

Bizzum wrote: »

It's a super Kayak. Very stable. I was out yesterday on the coast, it was rough, but good fun. It's not simple to get back onto the sit-on-tops on a rough sea, even in 5' of water.

I havent got tipped yet anyway. Did plenty of practice getting back on it before I headed out to sea in it. A fellow in Donegal hooked a porbeagle shark in one a few weeks ago and it pulled him 1.2 miles with the anchor down. Thats as good a test of stability as you could get id say!!

Conmaicne Mara · 02-08-2013 11:18AM

Bizzum wrote: »

I suppose calling it a spray deck ain't as much fun though :-)

Ah stop, wait till Bob get's a hold of that one.

Bizzum · 02-08-2013 11:29AM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I havent got tipped yet anyway. Did plenty of practice getting back on it before I headed out to sea in it. A fellow in Donegal hooked a porbeagle shark in one a few weeks ago and it pulled him 1.2 miles with the anchor down. Thats as good a test of stability as you could get id say!!

Great footage I saw online of a Basking shark, feeding along side a lad on a kayak.
I was off it as much as I was on it yesterday! Great crack on a good fast river in a kayak, we would arrange to get dropped off and picked up further downstream.

reilig · 02-08-2013 07:24PM

A few more shoring pics.

Here's an idea of how wet the ground is. It was quite dry when we started, but we got a lot of very heavy rain over the last 3 days which turns the sprayed off ground to slurry with one pass of the digger.

They're constantly flowing

Used old silage wrap plastic centres to finish the ends of some of them. Good recycling!

Finished and ready for seeding - if it dries out :eek:

Marooned75 · 02-08-2013 07:52PM

These ferns are getting plentiful top or spray?

1chippy · 02-08-2013 08:09PM

Marooned75 wrote: »

These ferns are getting plentiful top or spray?

im no expert on it but im going with spraying tomorrow and then mowing when they are dead.

Conmaicne Mara · 02-08-2013 08:40PM

Marooned75 wrote: »

These ferns are getting plentiful top or spray?

Spray with what would be my question. If you have no Asulox then Glyphosate will work at the right stage of plant growth, but do you also want to kill everything else the spray hits.

Option 3, use a weedlicker with Glypho, kill bracken, save grass.

The trick is giving time for the chemical to get below ground into the roots, just killing the topside won't get rid of it.

Muckit · 02-08-2013 09:13PM

Neighbours corn (don't ask me what is cos haven't a clue!! I think it looks good though.... what ye tillage lads think?

And..... ya can't beat a good '99 eh lads?! :pac: yam yam

Conmaicne Mara · 02-08-2013 09:16PM

Muckit, can you reduce the file size of your photos?, maybe it's my internet but they seem to be taking an age to load.

Kovu · 02-08-2013 09:19PM

Muckit wrote: »

And..... ya can't beat a good '99 eh lads?! :pac: yam yam

HUGE PHOTOS:eek::eek::eek:

And clean yer windows:p

bob charles · 02-08-2013 09:33PM

crop of wheat is it, maybe my eyes are fading. looks a little thin from pic but couldnt tell from the road. if its a spring crop every fellow says 3ton, winter everyone is 4+tons no matter where in the country you are.

hugo29 · 02-08-2013 09:51PM

Muckit, who drives you around

AntrimGlens · 02-08-2013 10:25PM

Getting driven around ateing 99's by some boy in a pajero taking pictures and talking about the state of my corn- jaysus that muckits some boyo.

The Real Elmer Fudd · 03-08-2013 08:56AM

vanderbadger wrote: »

little MBP heifer born today, only my 3rd or 4th limo, trying to get a bit more into them, she is only a handy little thing"

Lovely cow and calf. She might only b handy little thing now but she should grow well. I had a few mbp calves last year and have a few again this year and I'm very happy with him. Ill try and get a few pics up over the weekend maybe. The only thing is mbp hasn't got great figures for milk. Id b interested in seeing how his daughter perform

Midlandsman80 · 03-08-2013 10:44AM

Nice heifer calf from Hex heifer and AI Spec Park...
Not mine and I thought I would not be so impressed by what came off this cross but she is very nice, might bit flighty but I am not used to sucklers so maybe thats the norm...

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Richk2012 · 03-08-2013 04:34PM

Tamworths 2 days old.
Hardy little bucks already

pakalasa · 03-08-2013 06:16PM

I think you only have to look at how that ESB pole is anchored, to appreciate how wet it is.

reilig wrote: »

reilig · 03-08-2013 06:42PM

pakalasa wrote: »

I think you only have to look at how that ESB pole is anchored, to appreciate how wet it is.

We laid them at 25 to 30 inches - there we met gravel and marl. The pipe is laid just on top of the gravel and marl which is dry as a bone and impermiable. Digger driver has seen a lot of draiinage over the years and is very convinced that this will work. I still have doubts, but there's more water flowing from the pipes today than any day - and we had no rain today!

vanderbadger · 03-08-2013 06:43PM

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

vanderbadger wrote: »

little MBP heifer born today, only my 3rd or 4th limo, trying to get a bit more into them, she is only a handy little thing"

Lovely cow and calf. She might only b handy little thing now but she should grow well. I had a few mbp calves last year and have a few again this year and I'm very happy with him. Ill try and get a few pics up over the weekend maybe. The only thing is mbp hasn't got great figures for milk. Id b interested in seeing how his daughter perform

was looking at my records and that calf was actually vermeil not mbp, have another mbp heifer though

whelan1 · 03-08-2013 06:54PM

Richk2012 wrote: »

Tamworths 2 days old.
Hardy little bucks already

husbands cousin has the tamworths too, he butchers them and sells the meat at farmers markets etc

Muckit · 03-08-2013 07:33PM

hugo29 wrote: »

Muckit, who drives you around

I have a chauffeur that I hire in especially for the cone season! :pac:

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