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Farmer wrote: »

That's a bit harsh - a 12.5% pay cut lasting for 20 years - half a working life, while we subside Apple profits, bail out banks and junior bond holders, squander millions by lack of due diligence on large building projects etc. Talk to somebody in their twenties trying to work and live in rented accommodation in Dublin

It’s a starting point, it also takes into account the excessive rises given through benchmarking.

We need an agreement, mutually beneficial not this constant strikes and rubbish disrupting public services.

Definitely linked to economic growth to ensure it pauses in the event of a downturn.

whelan2 wrote: »

You didn't even figure on mine. Base price number 1, Buford no 2 and A cow called daisy number 3

Unrequited love wha!

Jb1989 wrote: »

Reggie :{

You should be privileged

Muckit for me aswell! Some love for Muckit around here haha

Farmer wrote: »

That's a bit harsh - a 12.5% pay cut lasting for 20 years - half a working life, while we subside Apple profits, bail out banks and junior bond holders, squander millions by lack of due diligence on large building projects etc. Talk to somebody in their twenties trying to work and live in rented accommodation in Dublin

It's 12.5%pay cut from an unreasonable figure, they should never have been benchmarked against incomes during the celtic tiger, even at that they were benchmarked against employee that'd lose their job if they weren't up to par.
Public servants themselves will tell you there's staff that should get their walking papers, even they are fed up of picking up the slack for messers

Lads out in the Azores bringing in a few cattle and giving them a pour on for worms. Seem to be well clued into the job. Plenty help around.
Rounding them up reminds me of the shenanigans here 30 40yrs ago.

foxy farmer wrote: »

Lads out in the Azores bringing in a few cattle and giving them a pour on for worms. Seem to be well clued into the job. Plenty help around.
Rounding them up reminds me of the shenanigans here 30 40yrs ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1u7XpIlu1g

Patsy posted a link last year and I watched lots of their other videos since then. One thing that came to mind is that there are no raised voices or shouting when dealing with the cattle within the enclosure. Imagine if it was in Ireland, you'd hear them from the next parish.

emaherx wrote: »

When dosing my cattle, I may raise my voice (a little) but they generally they don't try killing me when filling the crush either!

No need to raise your voice when your cattle want to kill you (or a rag on a stick)

Have a look at this video from the same farm and it gives one an idea of what you are dealing with when tagging/dosing weanlings. I think Patsy posted it before and there was concern for the young lad in the grey overalls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnuNKufjzn0

Base price wrote: »

Have a look at this video from the same farm and it gives one an idea of what you are dealing with when tagging/dosing weanlings. I think Patsy posted it before and there was concern for the young lad in the grey overalls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnuNKufjzn0

Did he get a heel into the jaw or the balls??

Following on from Muckits post on the plantations of Queens county and Kings county. I had to do a bit of googling on the towns in the midlands.
While the Quaker influence in Mountmellick was interesting and the French Huguenots in Portarlington was interesting too. What caught my attention was the Dermot Gavin influence in Portarlington from "The Dirty Old Towns" television series on RTE.
There was red letters erected beside the road spelling LIVE. However when coming from the Offaly side into town people saw EVIL. So it was changed instead to LIFE.

It's from Wikipedia. But I hope that's true.

Maybe Offaly people have backwards E's and L's.

A bad one would come looking for you, not run away. hard to keep all of a suckler herd docile.

foxy farmer wrote: »

Lads out in the Azores bringing in a few cattle and giving them a pour on for worms. Seem to be well clued into the job. Plenty help around.
Rounding them up reminds me of the shenanigans here 30 40yrs ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1u7XpIlu1g

What breed are they?? - look like Kerry type

Young lad was saying a few valentines lines earlier.
Are you Google? As you're all I'm looking for...
Are you from tennessee?, As you're the only 10 I see.
Did it hurt when you fell from heaven coz you look like an angel..

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

They are fighting bulls, bred to be agressive. A cattle crush wouldn't go astray though.

I wonder if they have any Ramblers Association or "Right to Roam" type protesters over there?