Farming Chit Chat sticks it to six.

Reggie. wrote: »

Noticed that myself

He's still floating around twitter tho

noticed him quiet on twitter too, tweeted him about a lamb the other day and he never replied which is very strange for him

From the BBC website
A farmer who lit up a cigarette in his tractor could face a fine of up to £1,000 after he was deemed to be smoking in his workplace.
The quiet smoke break while parked at the side of a road in County Antrim was stubbed out when a tobacco control officer intervened.
The tractor was deemed by the officer to be a commercial vehicle capable of "carrying more than one person".
As a result, the farmer was told he was in breach of smoking regulations.
He was issued with a notice warning him that he could have to pay a four-figure fine.
Exempt
Breaking smoke-free law in Northern Ireland is a criminal offence, and people caught smoking in a work vehicle can land a fixed penalty notice of £50 or a maximum fine of £1,000 if prosecuted and convicted by a court.
The Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) has said the owner of the tractor has been ordered by Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, which issued the notice, to give the name of the person smoking or face a fine.
The UFU added that the farmer has been asked by the council to complete a two-page form giving details of the tractor and its tax status, despite agricultural vehicles being exempt from vehicle tax in the UK.
The council said its investigation into the case was ongoing.
But it added that "it is against the law to smoke in work vehicles used by more than one person - a tractor is classed as a work vehicle".
Barclay Bell, deputy president of the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU), said the case was an example of officials taking smoking legislation to extreme lengths.
"At one level this is a bizarre and even funny example of excessive red tape, defining a tractor as capable of carrying more than one person," he said.
But he added that it raised more serious issues.
"Regardless of where you stand on smoking, in tough financial times it is justifiable to ask whether this is the best possible use of time and money?"
Mr Bell said it was a warning to farmers that they cannot escape red tape, even in their tractor or off the public road.

Kovu wrote: »

When I'm cleaning a Portasol dehorner, it is just the top I unscrew and clean the wee hole in the scoop? Was doing two for a neighbour today and it hadn't the same 'sharpness' I suppose you could call it, as ours has. It just didn't seem to heat as much.
So looking at the two of them now and wondering how do I fcuk them up the least

The best answer there is to leave it the hell alone

New timing belt for 97 corolla with 190 kon the clock would it be worth and how much

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Any tax or test on it?
If its really really straight, worth up to 700/800 euro.

It's my own car just went through the test in march.didn't tink it would cost 7 or 8 hundred to get it done
Few other things wrong with it shocks need doing bushings in front left wheel 2 and gear is a b1tch to get in to.

theemigrant wrote: »

Is belt gone?? They are a non interference engine so i would just drive it til it does go. It is the 4efe engine yeah?? (Non vvtli)

Belt is sound working away grand its a 4 efe engine
Young !as got the tablet when I put it down

naughto wrote: »

New timing belt for 97 corolla with 190 kon the clock would it be worth and how much

Ya worth doing for piece of mind I suppose but as said they are non interference so if it does snap it wont do any damage. They're cheap to do aswell as timing belts go so it's really up to yourself, less than 250 would be what i'd be thinking. Out of interest when was it last done? As i know men that have driven on original toyota timing belts for an awful long time without any bother. With regards the car your as far on keep it as you won't get a more reliable and simple run about no matter what ya upgrade to :cool:

whelan2 wrote: »

there's 6 of them today:eek:

Reinforcements

Kovu wrote: »

My Paypal account got hacked and all the money in my account taken before I realised. Some wankshaft in Asia I assume as all the payments were in Chinese symbols. :mad:

Have to commend the customer service though, card cancelled, new one on the way and Paypal refund should be done in a couple of days too.

PayPal don't hang around with this sh1te happens to there customers and it's only right to.
I used to send my younger brother money when he moved to the queens crountry a few yrs back as he was getting it hard to get work.
I sent quite a bit until I got an email frim they saying that I had to send my passport copy of my address a pint of blood you name it they wanted it and if I didn't I would be reported to revenu for money laundering. Got it sorted in the end but any thing over 2 grand they start asking questions.
I only used them as avoids bank charges.

Kovu wrote: »

I use PayPal very little. The last time I used it was through Groupon to buy a powerbank for the phone. That site could have been dodgy so I'm going to email them about it just in case.

The wraith of Kovu has been released......