No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

jd_12345 · 19-06-2021 12:01am

tanko wrote: »

Is there much difference in price between getting it delivered and collecting it yourself?

Couldn't honestly tell you tbh. Not a whole pile I would imagine. Very near quarry here so we'd run for it very quickly if we needed it. Then again when are you ever in that much of a panic for stone. I suppose this is all rhethorical enough. Dump trailer is number one choice but must make a few phone calls and suss out whats available. Thanks all so far!

Hard Knocks · 19-06-2021 7:41am

Need to put tyres on the 8x4 builders trailer 175/70/R14
Would car tyres do or would van tyres be better

Grueller · 19-06-2021 8:21am

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Need to put tyres on the 8x4 builders trailer 175/70/R14
Would car tyres do or would van tyres be better

Van tyres are 8 ply afaik. Cars I think are only 4. Go van.

enricoh · 19-06-2021 8:30am

Grueller wrote: »

Van tyres are 8 ply afaik. Cars I think are only 4. Go van.

I've a single axle 8x4 on car tyres, I'd get 1/2 ton of batch mix the odd time but if the lad tips in too much it can be squeaky bum time driving back with it.
Van tyres would be probably only e10-15 extra in r14, go van

orm0nd · 19-06-2021 9:00am

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Need to put tyres on the 8x4 builders trailer 175/70/R14
Would car tyres do or would van tyres be better

Van tyres

_Brian · 19-06-2021 9:10am

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Need to put tyres on the 8x4 builders trailer 175/70/R14
Would car tyres do or would van tyres be better

Twin axle trailer would do fine on car tyres, single axle 8*4 I’d agree with others that van tyres might be a good investment.

greysides · 19-06-2021 9:37am

Deleted User wrote: »

Looking at buying a microscope in the US, if I go ahead what sort of charges should I expect to pay above and beyond the purchase price and shipping?

I recently paid €70 to Fed-ex for customs on a shipment valued at €190.

Bass Reeves · 19-06-2021 9:49am

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Need to put tyres on the 8x4 builders trailer 175/70/R14
Would car tyres do or would van tyres be better

Van tyres they have different load ratings. You could try a few dismantlers they might have a part worn set off a scrapped van, R14 could be hard to get though.

19-06-2021 9:58am

greysides wrote: »

I recently paid €70 to Fed-ex for customs on a shipment valued at €190.

Jesus, I was thinking +23% tops. Do you know how the charges were broken down?

dzer2 · 19-06-2021 10:39am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Jesus, I was thinking +23% tops. Do you know how the charges were broken down?

Yeah

Vat at 23%
Customs at 13%
Handling fee by courier anywhere between 5 and 20 euro depending on which one

SuperTeeJay · 19-06-2021 3:55pm

Are barrels like these full of concrete worth anything?
I use this on the power box as a counterweight for the front loader.Have about 10 of them .

roosterman71 · 19-06-2021 9:36pm

SuperTeeJay wrote: »

Are barrels like these full of concrete worth anything?
I use this on the power box as a counterweight for the front loader.Have about 10 of them .

May not be worth much, but fire it up on donedeal. Ya'd be surprised what lads would pay for

whelan2 · 20-06-2021 9:28am

Happy fathers day to all the daddies

wrangler · 20-06-2021 11:20am

whelan2 wrote: »

Happy fathers day to all the daddies

I was in church this morning and we all got doughnuts during the sermon for being a father.
In my usual reverence I said (out loud) on recieving mine ''I'm not a father...... well not that I know of anyway'' .Some of the ould ones nearly got sick laughing

_Brian · 20-06-2021 11:57am

Heading to Baysports in Athlone to meet up with some friends so kids can have some crack.
It’s a strange one, eldest is away off on a day trip to Howth with her boyfriend. Time rolls on folks, she’s away to college in September. From children to young adults in the blink of an eye.

20-06-2021 12:32pm

Nice to see the squeaky wheel rewilders in a huff due to NPWS "saving" a thought to be extinct breed of sheep, the Cladior.

jaymla627 · 20-06-2021 1:17pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Nice to see the squeaky wheel rewilders in a huff due to NPWS "saving" a thought to be extinct breed of sheep, the Cladior.

Really just shows no matter what farmers do to "combat" climate change and all that encompasses it, short of just leaving farms fallow and walking of the land it will never be good enough, of course hedges on the roads used for their sunday drives in their electric cars will still need to be kept cut back,

20-06-2021 1:28pm

jaymla627 wrote: »

Really just shows no matter what farmers do to "combat" climate change and all that encompasses it, short of just leaving farms fallow and walking of the land it will never be good enough, of course hedges on the roads used for their sunday drives in their electric cars will still need to be kept cut back,

It's funny that currently the NPWS is overseen by the greens and a green minister had an event with these sheep too

Some of the rewilders will need a good vet to untwist their knickers after it.

A positive I've seen on social media is how more ordinary folk are seeing what they see as a good news story being dumped on by some fundamentalists, and they're being vocal as well.

With advances in knowledge and management their pet project time has gone before it ever arrived.

Water John · 20-06-2021 4:14pm

Well put Herdquitter, the Saoirse McHugh wing of green extremism has little support and are best placed on the ignore list. That doesn't negate our need to tackle climate change, using the best scientific evidence to dictate practice.

Say my name · 20-06-2021 4:37pm

Took a drive up today to see the Borris Viaduct.

Well I've seen it before. I've passed by it a gazillion times in my lifetime. But today was the first day I walked across it.
Really nice job done on it and appropriately in these times. Not sure how some neighbours like all these tourists looking into their back yards now though.:p
A nice addition and amenity to Borris.

20-06-2021 7:15pm

Water John wrote: »

Well put Herdquitter, the Saoirse McHugh wing of green extremism has little support and are best placed on the ignore list. That doesn't negate our need to tackle climate change, using the best scientific evidence to dictate practice.

There are certainly practices out there that can reverse climate change. Though Ag will not look the same if they're adopted. Best scientific evidence is a phrase I would be wary of

_Brian · 20-06-2021 7:31pm

Water John wrote: »

Well put Herdquitter, the Saoirse McHugh wing of green extremism has little support and are best placed on the ignore list. That doesn't negate our need to tackle climate change, using the best scientific evidence to dictate practice.

When McHugh started to be noticed she was making some interesting points. But immediately she got any media coverage she really accelerated the extremist green views. She’s verging on the nut job levels now.

Water John · 20-06-2021 8:12pm

Deleted User wrote: »

There are certainly practices out there that can reverse climate change. Though Ag will not look the same if they're adopted. Best scientific evidence is a phrase I would be wary of

Ag will change but we must steer the scientific discussion and pull the research in our favour into the mainstream. Far better than driving tractors up and down the streets.

wrangler · 20-06-2021 9:17pm

Water John wrote: »

Ag will change but we must steer the scientific discussion and pull the research in our favour into the mainstream. Far better than driving tractors up and down the streets.

Well, negotiation isn't working very well at the moment.
It seems we're going to be charged for carbon produced but not credited for carbon sequestered.
Our public service desk drivers seem to be clueless about it and, what's worse, they don't even care.

kevthegaff · 20-06-2021 9:26pm

_Brian wrote: »

Heading to Baysports in Athlone to meet up with some friends so kids can have some crack.
It’s a strange one, eldest is away off on a day trip to Howth with her boyfriend. Time rolls on folks, she’s away to college in September. From children to young adults in the blink of an eye.

Probably one of the best posts was a guy asking on the forum about having to drop his daughter everywhere, Whelan replied get her a boyfriend!!

whelan2 · 20-06-2021 9:36pm

Young lad got a bad doing off the end of a cut cable tie while in goals today . Cut about 8 inches long on his arm. Cable ties holding nets on posts. This has happened before but not as bad as today. Cable ties would be better not cut as the ends are very sharp.

Albert Johnson · 20-06-2021 9:41pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Young lad got a bad doing off the end of a cut cable tie while in goals today . Cut about 8 inches long on his arm. Cable ties holding nets on posts. This has happened before but not as bad as today. Cable ties would be better not cut as the ends are very sharp.

The ends on a badly cut cable tie are as sharp as a knife. I've often gotten a prod off of one that was used to hang a pedigree cert or similar on the gate of a pen at work. They should be either left long or the end cut off flush with the mechanism so as not to leave anything sharp protruding.

orm0nd · 20-06-2021 10:43pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Young lad got a bad doing off the end of a cut cable tie while in goals today . Cut about 8 inches long on his arm. Cable ties holding nets on posts. This has happened before but not as bad as today. Cable ties would be better not cut as the ends are very sharp.

deadly yokes

sharp stanley knife and cut flush or else leave long

Genghis Cant · 20-06-2021 10:51pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Young lad got a bad doing off the end of a cut cable tie while in goals today . Cut about 8 inches long on his arm. Cable ties holding nets on posts. This has happened before but not as bad as today. Cable ties would be better not cut as the ends are very sharp.

It's a good point and not one I'd have thought about.
My youngest lad plays in goals too. He's a footballer, but lazy as sin. He figures goalkeeper is a handy number for him. He's in for a rude awakening!

Bass Reeves · 20-06-2021 11:14pm

orm0nd wrote: »

deadly yokes

sharp stanley knife and cut flush or else leave long

This is the ideal tool for cutting cable ties. It cuts them flush with the end of the tie.

https://www.idavid.be/lindstrom-diagonal-cutters-sweden-8160.html

21-06-2021 12:44am

Water John wrote: »

Ag will change but we must steer the scientific discussion and pull the research in our favour into the mainstream. Far better than driving tractors up and down the streets.

I sold our tractor, so that's about where I stand on that issue.

On farm demonstrations are where the other part is at. There's enough evidence of practices which work in existence.

But, of course, That won't work here.

Danzy · 21-06-2021 12:47am

Very serious drought conditions in Western America and the Canadian plains.

Worst year so far in 130 years and studying of natural records suggest up there with anything in a 1000 years.

Fellas saying that they haven't had enough rain to measure since 2018.

whelan2 · 21-06-2021 6:12am

Genghis Cant wrote: »

It's a good point and not one I'd have thought about.
My youngest lad plays in goals too. He's a footballer, but lazy as sin. He figures goalkeeper is a handy number for him. He's in for a rude awakening!

Have seen some of the nets secured with plastic hook type things, string or twine would be safer than the cable ties

_Brian · 21-06-2021 8:13am

Danzy wrote: »

Very serious drought conditions in Western America and the Canadian plains.

Worst year so far in 130 years and studying of natural records suggest up there with anything in a 1000 years.

Fellas saying that they haven't had enough rain to measure since 2018.

Hadn’t realised it was that bad

Say my name · 21-06-2021 8:43am

Danzy wrote: »

Very serious drought conditions in Western America and the Canadian plains.

Worst year so far in 130 years and studying of natural records suggest up there with anything in a 1000 years.

Fellas saying that they haven't had enough rain to measure since 2018.

Man made changes in forest cover globally has to have an impact on climate not just there but downstream weather systems thousands of miles away.

Where we'll end up is anyone's guess.

Little consolation saying plant a few acres here when thousands of acres elsewhere on the globe are being bulldozed for agriculture and drying up the global climate. We're all in the one greenhouse.

The tropics need to stay the tropics with wet rainforest. Not bare tilled savannah with a broken dry soil heating up the air above it with no moisture.

Edit: weather channel clip to go with post.

https://youtu.be/v4IYKw4IPy4

Base price · 21-06-2021 10:27am

Danzy wrote: »

Very serious drought conditions in Western America and the Canadian plains.

Worst year so far in 130 years and studying of natural records suggest up there with anything in a 1000 years.

Fellas saying that they haven't had enough rain to measure since 2018.

I was watching "Our Wyoming Life" on youtube the other day and the price of hay has gone from $110 to $185 a round bale before delivery charges.
https://youtu.be/jDcIO73RfRI

Say my name · 21-06-2021 11:23am

That's my good deed for the day.

Caught a pigeon that was walking around the yard. Had two rings.
Clearly a bit exhausted. The cats and dog would have him if I didn't.
Put the number on the Irish pigeon website and it turns from a call back its a carlow pigeon that was let off in Cornwall.

Had a previous pigeon here with the same story and it was let off in the south of England going to Belfast. Eventually after it got it's strength back it made its own way back to Belfast.

Carlow pigeon owner will be collecting today or tomorrow.

wrangler · 21-06-2021 12:59pm

Say my name wrote: »

That's my good deed for the day.

Caught a pigeon that was walking around the yard. Had two rings.
Clearly a bit exhausted. The cats and dog would have him if I didn't.
Put the number on the Irish pigeon website and it turns from a call back its a carlow pigeon that was let off in Cornwall.

Had a previous pigeon here with the same story and it was let off in the south of England going to Belfast. Eventually after it got it's strength back it made its own way back to Belfast.

Carlow pigeon owner will be collecting today or tomorrow.

We'd always just leave them alone, they'd usually head off themselves

Say my name · 21-06-2021 1:53pm

wrangler wrote: »

We'd always just leave them alone, they'd usually head off themselves

Ah this lad wouldn't. He was around the parlour yesterday evening and walking down at the calf shed this morning.
No offer to fly. Looking for human attention.
If you can catch them in the open like that they want to be caught.

Waffletraktor · 21-06-2021 2:05pm

They usually just kill them as if they can’t get home they’re not much use. Unless there’s a reprieve for almost home.

Say my name · 21-06-2021 2:18pm

Waffletraktor wrote: »

They usually just kill them as if they can’t get home they’re not much use. Unless there’s a reprieve for almost home.

A lot of the time it's not enough conditioning before a big race. Very same as human athletes.
Uncle had pigeons and every weekend was getting pigeons further and further away from home before a big race to build up the mileage.
Cases like today there's usually some cause or catastrophic failure and seemingly very few from that race made it back.

The uncle used to fancy pheasant for dinner. Not sure if pigeon was ever served.

blue5000 · 21-06-2021 2:30pm

Say my name wrote: »

That's my good deed for the day.

Caught a pigeon that was walking around the yard. Had two rings.
Clearly a bit exhausted. The cats and dog would have him if I didn't.
Put the number on the Irish pigeon website and it turns from a call back its a carlow pigeon that was let off in Cornwall.

Had a previous pigeon here with the same story and it was let off in the south of England going to Belfast. Eventually after it got it's strength back it made its own way back to Belfast.

Carlow pigeon owner will be collecting today or tomorrow.

Was it the general's pigeon?

Say my name · 21-06-2021 3:02pm

blue5000 wrote: »

Was it the general's pigeon?

Had a painting attached so could have been.

_Brian · 21-06-2021 6:25pm

See NZ are testing the sporting world by including a trans athlete in their women’s weightlifting team.

I don’t know,

I’m happy to see this individual as a woman, I mean I’ve no right to say they aren’t or are amd in fairness I don’t care either what people want to be called.

But it seems to create an advantage via the physical characteristics of the male body over the female body in this specific scenario.

Bass Reeves · 21-06-2021 6:39pm

blue5000 wrote: »

Was it the general's pigeon?

The general would be away with it if he was still alive. No need to be holding his hand in front of his face. A baseball cap, sunglasses and a mask and he be incognito

Birdnuts · 21-06-2021 9:20pm

Danzy wrote: »

Very serious drought conditions in Western America and the Canadian plains.

Worst year so far in 130 years and studying of natural records suggest up there with anything in a 1000 years.

Fellas saying that they haven't had enough rain to measure since 2018.

Serious droughts are nothing new in the US - during the early 17th century the early English colonies on the East coast nearly failed due to a drought that had started several years before the first settlers arrived, it was only by adopting native techniques of cultivation that the a handful of farms survived. Also a major drought about 1500 years ago in and around modern day New Mexico ended a major native civilization akin to the Aztecs!!

21-06-2021 9:28pm

_Brian wrote: »

See NZ are testing the sporting world by including a trans athlete in their women’s weightlifting team.

I don’t know,

I’m happy to see this individual as a woman, I mean I’ve no right to say they aren’t or are amd in fairness I don’t care either what people want to be called.

But it seems to create an advantage via the physical characteristics of the male body over the female body in this specific scenario.

I'll go with the pawn stars gender meme, best I can do is 2. It's patently unfair in sport, and zero surprise this has come from NZ govt.

kollegeknight · 21-06-2021 9:57pm

Say my name wrote: »

That's my good deed for the day.

Caught a pigeon that was walking around the yard. Had two rings.
Clearly a bit exhausted. The cats and dog would have him if I didn't.
Put the number on the Irish pigeon website and it turns from a call back its a carlow pigeon that was let off in Cornwall.

Had a previous pigeon here with the same story and it was let off in the south of England going to Belfast. Eventually after it got it's strength back it made its own way back to Belfast.

Carlow pigeon owner will be collecting today or tomorrow.

I release my neighbours pigeons from work to train them. Training worked out well.
First race, lost all bar 2. Second race. All bar 3.

He was saying there are so many falcons around now that racing will be gone soon.

He started training young ones and yesterday brought them 15 miles away and of the 20 he released, only 3 came back. An unexpected down power had scatters then.

He’d be as disheartened as we would be with if a calf or cow died.

Base price · 21-06-2021 10:22pm

kollegeknight wrote: »

I release my neighbours pigeons from work to train them. Training worked out well.
First race, lost all bar 2. Second race. All bar 3.

He was saying there are so many falcons around now that racing will be gone soon.

He started training young ones and yesterday brought them 15 miles away and of the 20 he released, only 3 came back. An unexpected down power had scatters then.

He’d be as disheartened as we would be with if a calf or cow died.

Years ago my Dad used to be travelling all over the Country to different building sites that he had work going on in. One of the guys that worked for Dad father used to breed and race pigeons. Every now and then the father would arrive to my parents house in the early hours of the morning with a wicker basket full of racing pigeons so that Dad could carry them in the car to Donegal, Cork, Kerry etc and release them. There were no mobile phones in those days so Dad would record the time and place when he let them go and phone the guys father when he got to a landline to let him know. Most of the time the birds were back in their loft before Dad got a chance to make the call.

Base price · 21-06-2021 10:39pm

I meant to wish ye all a happy Summer Solstice earlier this morning but forgot.

So happy Summer Solstice

No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

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