Farming Chit Chat sticks it to six.

rangler1 · 01-02-2016 05:30PM

whelan2 wrote: »

are those things accurate for finding pipes/leaks? We were going to get a compressor and jack hammer but we managed to get up concrete with back arm.

probably more to do with the operator but he only had to dig a hole a couple foot square....he got it dead on.
i could've fixed it and pay less but if he was wrong....he'd be gone with my money
He just touches all taps/drinkers on the line with the sensor and then decides it's between that tap and that drinker for instance and then follow the line on the ground...., amazing to see him work...probably works better on concrete than the field but it's usually easy enough find in the field with the muck

whelan2 · 01-02-2016 08:04PM

Rare breed on now

IH784man · 01-02-2016 08:19PM

That is one tidy and organised shed

Bullocks · 01-02-2016 08:35PM

IH784man wrote: »

That is one tidy and organised shed

He wouldn't stomach working in our fixing shed I'd say!
Fair play to him though its a tasty spot

Kovu · 01-02-2016 09:35PM

Ooooot almost lost my phone!
Went down to the shed after Rare Breed to shut the main door (it's bleedin' windy out!!) and push down the lying areas.
Got back up to the house and went to plug in my phone to tether off it....no phone in my pocket :eek::eek:

Panic back down to the shed with no other phone to ring it and retraced my steps. Fecking thing right between pens on the bare slats, pushed up against the rubber mat in the next pen. Must have slipped out when I was going between the pens through gates.

Ah phone Phoney phone phone. I love my phone

blue5000 · 01-02-2016 10:02PM

Kovu wrote: »

Ooooot almost lost my phone!
Went down to the shed after Rare Breed to shut the main door (it's bleedin' windy out!!) and push down the lying areas.
Got back up to the house and went to plug in my phone to tether off it....no phone in my pocket :eek::eek:

Panic back down to the shed with no other phone to ring it and retraced my steps. Fecking thing right between pens on the bare slats, pushed up against the rubber mat in the next pen. Must have slipped out when I was going between the pens through gates.

Ah phone Phoney phone phone. I love my phone

Lucky one there, Bridget must be lookin out for ya:)

Genghis Cant · 01-02-2016 10:54PM

blue5000 wrote: »

Lucky one there, Bridget must be lookin out for ya:)

Or St Jude? :-)

Kovu · 01-02-2016 10:56PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Or St Jude? :-)

That'd be the right one...for lost causes

Genghis Cant · 01-02-2016 11:05PM

Kovu wrote: »

That'd be the right one...for lost causes

The very one.
I wonder is there one for me. A patron saint of No Hope :-)

Kovu · 01-02-2016 11:12PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

The very one.
I wonder is there one for me. A patron saint of No Hope :-)

Saint Drogo.....or Fiacre

runrunrunrunrunrunrunrun kovu.

Genghis Cant · 01-02-2016 11:25PM

Kovu wrote: »

Saint Drogo.....or Fiacre

runrunrunrunrunrunrunrun kovu.

Coffee or Gardeners? Or is it the bit about being repulsive?
I'll go with the repulsive bit and start making up a grudge list :-)

Kovu · 01-02-2016 11:28PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Coffee or Gardeners? Or is it the bit about being repulsive?
I'll go with the repulsive bit and start making up a grudge list :-)

Take your pick!

''those whom others find repulsive, unattractive people, Baume-les-Messieurs, bodily ills, broken bones, cattle, coffee house keepers, coffee house owners, deaf people, deafness, dumbness, Fleury-sur-Loire, gall stones, hernias, illness, insanity, mental illness, mentally ill people, midwives, mute people, muteness, mutes, orphans, ruptures, sheep, shepherds, sick people, sickness''

sonnybill · 01-02-2016 11:50PM

rough night feeding the cows tonight.. its 1-0 to slats/ feeding indoors with westerly winds like that!:o

Genghis Cant · 01-02-2016 11:50PM

Kovu wrote: »

Take your pick!

''those whom others find repulsive, unattractive people, Baume-les-Messieurs, bodily ills, broken bones, cattle, coffee house keepers, coffee house owners, deaf people, deafness, dumbness, Fleury-sur-Loire, gall stones, hernias, illness, insanity, mental illness, mentally ill people, midwives, mute people, muteness, mutes, orphans, ruptures, sheep, shepherds, sick people, sickness''

It's some CV!

Kevhog1988 · 02-02-2016 08:27AM

We put an ad online to recruit a few new lads for the company. It's mental how much txt speak guys are including on their c.v's. Im by no means a grammar nazi but i had to email one guy back to say i couldn't understand his c.v.

Bullocks · 02-02-2016 08:29AM

theemigrant wrote: »

We put an ad online to recruit a few new lads for the company. It's mental how much txt speak guys are including on their c.v's. Im by no means a grammar nazi but i had to email one guy back to say i couldn't understand his c.v.

You would think they would put a bit more effort into a CV . What jobs were they for ?

ganmo · 02-02-2016 08:42AM

Ya'd wonder are they doing it on purpose

blue5000 · 02-02-2016 10:12AM

I hear Liffey mills are opening a branch in Ennis. Out the old Galway road, Claas tractors going in beside them.

Kevhog1988 · 02-02-2016 10:38AM

Bullocks wrote: »

You would think they would put a bit more effort into a CV . What jobs were they for ?

Groundworkers & Machine drivers. Not exactly office staff but still surely a proof read wouldn't go astray. We had a guy here last year who had gone through the complete uk school system and still could not read or write. We only found out when we sent him on a course with the main contractor and he failed.

orm0nd · 02-02-2016 10:42AM

blue5000 wrote:

I hear Liffey mills are opening a branch in Ennis. Out the old Galway road, Claas tractors going in beside them.

Breens (class agency) are a bit off the beaten track in Ennis atm . Interesting move by Liffey, different type of customers than they're used to.

blue5000 · 02-02-2016 11:03AM

orm0nd wrote: »

Breens (class agency) are a bit off the beaten track in Ennis atm . Interesting move by Liffey, different type of customers than they're used to.

Lots of (expensive) creep meal to be sold there anyway.:)

Bullocks · 02-02-2016 11:08AM

theemigrant wrote: »

Groundworkers & Machine drivers. Not exactly office staff but still surely a proof read wouldn't go astray. We had a guy here last year who had gone through the complete uk school system and still could not read or write. We only found out when we sent him on a course with the main contractor and he failed.

Do you mind saying roughly what kind of pay digger drivers are getting where you are and how is the tax stopped for the irish lad going out there for a few months ?
I met a lad the other day saying he was looking for a digger driver in the UK , he had to be a careful driver becausethey were working in a tight spot but the work wasn't hard going either . They were offering £140 per day after tax he reckoned , I thought it was great money into the hand but just wondering is that a typical days wage and would they usually tell you the pay after tax

Kevhog1988 · 02-02-2016 11:46AM

Bullocks wrote: »

Do you mind saying roughly what kind of pay digger drivers are getting where you are and how is the tax stopped for the irish lad going out there for a few months ?
I met a lad the other day saying he was looking for a digger driver in the UK , he had to be a careful driver becausethey were working in a tight spot but the work wasn't hard going either . They were offering £140 per day after tax he reckoned , I thought it was great money into the hand but just wondering is that a typical days wage and would they usually tell you the pay after tax

That would be very good money tbh. Most lads would receive £14 per hour and get signed up for 8 hours and be deducted 20% tax from that on sites. Our lads would usually earn £80 to £100 clear in there hand with us sorting the tax. Our days are somewhat different. You could do 3 hours work one day & 12 the next as we often complete reactive maintenance.

Bullocks · 02-02-2016 12:08PM

theemigrant wrote: »

That would be very good money tbh. Most lads would receive £14 per hour and get signed up for 8 hours and be deducted 20% tax from that on sites. Our lads would usually earn £80 to £100 clear in there hand with us sorting the tax. Our days are somewhat different. You could do 3 hours work one day & 12 the next as we often complete reactive maintenance.

Thanks , that sounds a bit more realistic, I was thinking it sounded too good alright

Kevhog1988 · 02-02-2016 12:45PM

Bullocks wrote: »

Thanks , that sounds a bit more realistic, I was thinking it sounded too good alright

i got offered £180 a day clear last year by a company to go and project manage for them. But i didnt think they were anyway organised so passed it on to a lad i knew who was out of work. Hes still there now. Gets paid a full day saturday even if he is at home once he makes himself available for phone calls.

Limestone Cowboy · 02-02-2016 01:11PM

orm0nd wrote: »

Breens (class agency) are a bit off the beaten track in Ennis atm . Interesting move by Liffey, different type of customers than they're used to.

I'd say breeds are doing well in Ennis, see plenty of claas tractors about. They are nearly further out of the way where they are moving to!

Suckler · 02-02-2016 01:34PM

Any one else having trouble with Boards website not displaying correctly?

ganmo · 02-02-2016 02:15PM

i'm having trouble too, but some pages aren't loading at all for me

Kovu · 02-02-2016 10:25PM

Yea it's a bit out of whack, my emails have stopped too so apologies for missing that RP earlier guys. It's gone now anyway, back to Egypt

Had a bit of travelling today! Monaghan Day Wean-heifer sale on in Mohill tomorrow and two men nearish to me have animals for it so was asked to go take a look at them to see if they were quality enough and prices to expect. Dunno why these lads think I know any better than them

One man has serious bulls for next week, 8-13 month old bulls ranging from 380kg up to 570ish kg. Couple of five star heifer too but a bit fine boned & short for my liking.
Just back from Drumshanbo where I was roped into moving ewes and early lambs and had to look at a cow I sold a couple of years ago. And it's snowing now!

Mrs cockett · 02-02-2016 11:25PM

what did you tell the men with the heifers for Mohill Kovu

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