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Genghis Cant · 11-05-2014 09:15PM

whelan2 wrote: »

going to head over to see the giro d'italia:D

What did ya think of it all?

Timmaay · 11-05-2014 09:29PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Don't feel I really need it tbh. It doesn't bother me at the minute being tied to milking. Might bother a lot of other lads alright. I'd prefer have all my facilities set up and running a good operation by the time I'm hitting my late 20's.
Notions....I know

I don't know taking it easy tbh. Any way its summer now so once first cut silage us out if way and majority if breeding is done I'll have loads of free time in evenings to go off.

Not like I'm stuck at home everyday of the week. I'd be at something 4/7 nights a week away from home

Ha fair enough, guess its more I enjoyed life before being tied down to the farm and milking every single day, and this is the 1st season block calving, all year around calving ya never get a break.

whelan2 · 11-05-2014 09:47PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

What did ya think of it all?

alot of work went into it, plenty of garda motorbikes etc. Caravan went by shortly after 1-about 20 cars/vans in it- then around half 2 the cyclists came along, there was a break away group of around 5 and then a few minutes later the main group went by. Weather was the only downer , it bucketed down. Massive crowd where we where looking at it.

Genghis Cant · 11-05-2014 09:54PM

whelan2 wrote: »

alot of work went into it, plenty of garda motorbikes etc. Caravan went by shortly after 1-about 20 cars/vans in it- then around half 2 the cyclists came along, there was a break away group of around 5 and then a few minutes later the main group went by. Weather was the only downer , it bucketed down. Massive crowd where we where looking at it.

I'd say I was very near ya! I was up from a staggered cross, not far from a pub.
I was tucked in under a sycamore tree.

I was amazed by how tight the peloton was. And how relaxed they looked in comparison to the hard work the breakaway group we're doing. Glad I went, and a great crowd in the countryside to cheer em on.

whelan2 · 11-05-2014 09:57PM

we where across the road from pub, no umbrellas or raincoats as sun was shining when we left home:mad: was great to see the race, a once i a lifetime experience

Genghis Cant · 11-05-2014 10:02PM

whelan2 wrote: »

we where across the road from pub, no umbrellas or raincoats as sun was shining when we left home:mad: was great to see the race, a once i a lifetime experience

Woeful heavy shower of rain and hail, luckily the tree took most of it. I headed off to work straight after it.

whelan2 · 11-05-2014 10:04PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Woeful heavy shower of rain and hail, luckily the tree took most of it. I headed off to work straight after it.

was a serious shower of hailstones at milking time also-just after 5- no problem getting cows into parlour this evening

eeeee · 12-05-2014 01:22AM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I'd say I was very near ya! I was up from a staggered cross, not far from a pub.
I was tucked in under a sycamore tree.

I was amazed by how tight the peloton was. And how relaxed they looked in comparison to the hard work the breakaway group we're doing. Glad I went, and a great crowd in the countryside to cheer em on.

You use waaaaay less energy in a group than in with a few riders. In the peleton, they can spin along at 42kmph average as they are covered in the group from wind resistence and slipstreaming. Very little required to cut through the air, just spin along.
On track, the second rider in the team pursuit for example (the race where they are in a line and cross back every half lap) saves 30% of energy, the third rider saves 50%. So the second only has to spend 70% of the energy of the first person to go at the same speed, third 50 etc. And that's indoors, so you can imagine how much is saved on the road of a windy day!

Very envious of you and Whelan2 getting to watch it. Had to go to cavan. Went through Leitrim, and my god some of the land out there'd depress ya. How anything was reared or grew in some bits is a mystery. Although it wasn't too bad round Mohill to be fair. Went by one bit and the father goes 'jaysus chrisht, imagine livin here. Neare a green field ta look out on fcuk sake'. Talk about hardship!
ETA feel bad about slagging leitrim. If ya can make a farm work there you could make it work anywhere!

Kovu · 12-05-2014 01:33AM

gadetra wrote: »

You use waaaaay less energy in a group than in with a few riders. In the peleton, they can spin along at 42kmph average as they are covered in the group from wind resistence and slipstreaming. Very little required to cut through the air, just spin along.
On track, the second rider in the team pursuit for example (the race where they are in a line and cross back every half lap) saves 30% of energy, the third rider saves 50%. So the second only has to spend 70% of the energy of the first person to go at the same speed, third 50 etc. And that's indoors, so you can imagine how much is saved on the road of a windy day!

Very envious of you and Whelan2 getting to watch it. Had to go to cavan. Went through Leitrim, and my god some of the land out there'd depress ya. How anything was reared or grew in some bits is a mystery. Although it wasn't too bad round Mohill to be fair. Went by one bit and the father goes 'jaysus chrisht, imagine livin here. Neare a green field ta look out on fcuk sake'. Talk about hardship!
ETA feel bad about slagging leitrim. If ya can make a farm work there you could make it work anywhere!

*appears out of rushes to shake fist at you......sinks back into rushes*

:P

eeeee · 12-05-2014 01:46AM

.Kovu. wrote: »

*appears out of rushes to shake fist at you......sinks back into rushes*

:P

....... *stands looking around, scared* I could have sworn I heard something..............fcuk this I'm goin home.....
*takes inaqequate cover in longford rushes*

whelan2 · 12-05-2014 07:40AM

see gardai found a viable device in lucan on saturday night that they reckon might have been used at the giro d'italia:eek::eek: would have caused devastation with the crowds that where around

rangler1 · 12-05-2014 07:44AM

gadetra wrote: »

You use waaaaay less energy in a group than in with a few riders. In the peleton, they can spin along at 42kmph average as they are covered in the group from wind resistence and slipstreaming. Very little required to cut through the air, just spin along.
On track, the second rider in the team pursuit for example (the race where they are in a line and cross back every half lap) saves 30% of energy, the third rider saves 50%. So the second only has to spend 70% of the energy of the first person to go at the same speed, third 50 etc. And that's indoors, so you can imagine how much is saved on the road of a windy day!

Very envious of you and Whelan2 getting to watch it. Had to go to cavan. Went through Leitrim, and my god some of the land out there'd depress ya. How anything was reared or grew in some bits is a mystery. Although it wasn't too bad round Mohill to be fair. Went by one bit and the father goes 'jaysus chrisht, imagine livin here. Neare a green field ta look out on fcuk sake'. Talk about hardship!
ETA feel bad about slagging leitrim. If ya can make a farm work there you could make it work anywhere!

Used to do the Maracycle (Dublin to Belfast and back the next day)every year, you'd just spin along in the group and I'm certainly not built for speed. Cycling with friends is a great stress buster

_Brian · 12-05-2014 07:57AM

whelan2 wrote: »

see gardai found a viable device in lucan on saturday night that they reckon might have been used at the giro d'italia:eek::eek: would have caused devastation with the crowds that where around

Madness.
The thought process of these people is just sick

Conmaicne Mara · 12-05-2014 08:11AM

gadetra wrote: »

Very envious of you and Whelan2 getting to watch it. Had to go to cavan. Went through Leitrim, and my god some of the land out there'd depress ya. How anything was reared or grew in some bits is a mystery. Although it wasn't too bad round Mohill to be fair. Went by one bit and the father goes 'jaysus chrisht, imagine livin here. Neare a green field ta look out on fcuk sake'. Talk about hardship!
ETA feel bad about slagging leitrim. If ya can make a farm work there you could make it work anywhere!

Wait on............

Conmaicne Mara · 12-05-2014 12:39PM

Had a SFP map correction to do this morning, I forgot about the foundation for the polytunnel when I submitted maps to Teagasc last week. I photocopied my map, made the correction in pen, scanned the map into the computer and emailed it to my advisor. Very handy I thought.

whelan2 · 12-05-2014 01:48PM

how many days after a section do you inject cow and with what?

Reggie. · 12-05-2014 01:50PM

whelan2 wrote: »

how many days after a section do you inject cow and with what?

48 hrs but can't remember the injection

Reggie. · 12-05-2014 01:53PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Had a SFP map correction to do this morning, I forgot about the foundation for the polytunnel when I submitted maps to Teagasc last week. I photocopied my map, made the correction in pen, scanned the map into the computer and emailed it to my advisor. Very handy I thought.

Very handy but it never works out that easy for ya

whelan2 · 12-05-2014 01:53PM

Reggie. wrote: »

48 hrs but can't remember the injection

was wondering our cow was done on saturday, got noroclav yesterday and today, will get it again tomorrow and vet said to get another bottle, its very hard to get her down the crush

Kovu · 12-05-2014 02:16PM

whelan2 wrote: »

how many days after a section do you inject cow and with what?

Every vet will have their own preferences, we used 20ml of Betamox 48hrs after section, pain in the ass to get her up the crush. Can't blame her, that was her second section. Think she got a long acting shot of something too.

A clean bed for her is as good as any injection.

Conmaicne Mara · 12-05-2014 03:53PM

Reggie. wrote: »

Very handy but it never works out that easy for ya

For me or in general?

It'll do.

Reggie. · 12-05-2014 04:48PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

For me or in general?

It'll do.

Take your pick

......sure you love hardship anyways

Conmaicne Mara · 12-05-2014 04:51PM

Reggie. wrote: »

Take your pick ......sure you love hardship anyways

Nah, be grand, sure it's only officialdom, what could possibly go wrong.

Reggie. · 12-05-2014 05:03PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Nah, be grand, sure it's only officialdom, what could possibly go wrong.

And you buried under paperwork in the office the other day

Conmaicne Mara · 12-05-2014 05:09PM

Reggie. wrote: »

And you buried under paperwork in the office the other day

Hah, didn't get done, I escaped and went weighing and dosing lambs instead.

Sooner I do it, sooner it's done, but the thought of it is an awful thing.

Reggie. · 12-05-2014 05:14PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Hah, didn't get done, I escaped and went weighing and dosing lambs instead.

Sooner I do it, sooner it's done, but the thought of it is an awful thing.

Look con your better getting stuck into it when the weather is on the bad side. Horrible thing to be doing when the weather's fine

Damo810 · 12-05-2014 06:01PM

Take note.

Conmaicne Mara · 12-05-2014 07:17PM

Reggie. wrote: »

Look con your better getting stuck into it when the weather is on the bad side. Horrible thing to be doing when the weather's fine

I live in the West of Ireland, there'll be plenty wet days yet

Fookin meetings queuing up like Dublin busses at the moment.

Reggie. · 12-05-2014 07:24PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

I live in the West of Ireland, there'll be plenty wet days yet

Fookin meetings queuing up like Dublin busses at the moment.

That's the price of popularity

Greengrass1 · 12-05-2014 09:14PM

Anyone ever see those window suckers for holding monitors in the tractor Cab?
Have one on monitor for wrapper and want to get one to hold baler moniter and hedge trimmer controls.
Don't fancy welding a pipr on side if the cab. Seen them in donedeak but can't find add

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