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Subject: Re: The weather thread Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:46 pm

evercloserunion wrote:: I hope to be escaping the crappy weather temporarily, heading of to Portugal for 10 days with my girlfriends tomorrow

Eh....girlfriends ? Shocked

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EvotingMachine0197 wrote:

evercloserunion wrote:: I hope to be escaping the crappy weather temporarily, heading of to Portugal for 10 days with my girlfriends tomorrow

Eh....girlfriends ? Shocked

Do we know what gender evercloserunion is ? I was a burly troll chap to Dub006 and Catalpa for a few weeks. It was quite a mind expanding experience.

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Quote :: by cactus flower on Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:47 am
evercloserunion wrote:I hope to be escaping the crappy weather temporarily, heading of to Portugal for 10 days with my girlfriends tomorrow

Cheers evercloserunion, have a brilliant trip.

Kate P, I hope the weekend was better for the harvesting and that all is safely gathered in ?

Indeed - enjoy the hols, evercloserunion.
Husband is working very late the last couple of nights. In our fleeting conversations as we flit past each other I've discovered that the combination of sun and wind has been good for the last few days - last night he cut some on pretty wet ground on an outfarm (because his father wasn't there to stop him!) and hopes to have finished there this morning. Then it's back to the sodden home ground... I'm not hopeful of that, it's very soggy here; as you've seen from the pics elsewhere, we live in an area that likes the wet! We've over two thirds cut, but that's not really enough, though it's better than many have managed so far and in that context it's hard to complain. He went to a neighbour yesterday morning to borrow a machine and found him in the yard at 7.30am feeding cattle - that's a very bad sign.

I know that over the years people complain about the way farmers have traditionally whinged about the weather, but this is going to have a very negative impact on all of us - there will be a shortage of barley and other grains, there will be a huge shortage of feed - it's unheard of to be feeding cattle indoors before mid November, really, there will be a knock on effect on the economy - in which agriculture plays a very large part. There will be less money moving around; those who are building on-farm may not be able to continue in the short or long term and that is an area that is currently taking up some of the slack that's in the building industry.

Thanks for asking, though CF!

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riadach wrote:

johnfás wrote:

riadach wrote:: I'd love it, except the pronunciation of Dún Laoghaire is one of my pet peeves.

Sure I just call it Kingstown.

Wink

*sharpens stabbing knife*

*readies riadach's alibi*

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cactus flower wrote:: RTE airy fairy would-be correct stuff totally gets up my nose.

I dunno, I love the way Ken Hammond or someone else like him eloquently pronounces Doooon Leeurrahh! It's not right but nice in an anachronistic way.

Subject: Re: The weather thread Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:54 pm

johnfás wrote:

riadach wrote:: I'd love it, except the pronunciation of Dún Laoghaire is one of my pet peeves.

Sure I just call it Kingstown.

Wink

Ah yes, the olde days. Bringing the family for a spin on the yacht in Kingstown Harbour.

The weather thread - Page 29 L_Yachts_Kingstown_lcab2890

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Speaking as a relatively near-native of Portlaoise, I have to admit that I'd use both pronunciations, utterly randomly. Embarassed

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Ten acres left to cut in ground that can't be travelled and the rain has been pelting down since last night. Seriously, is this the flavour of summers to come?

Christening party barbecue will go ahead here on Sunday regardless of rain - borrowing a big gazebo thing to cook under (because barbecue doesn't need the kind of preparation other meals need in advance and is wonderfully sociable). Also planning on digging a pit to cook a suckling piggy in. Slow food... If anyone has any experience of cooking in a pit, I'd be glad of your expertise and advice.

Mmmm pork.

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Kate P wrote:: Ten acres left to cut in ground that can't be travelled and the rain has been pelting down since last night. Seriously, is this the flavour of summers to come?

Christening party barbecue will go ahead here on Sunday regardless of rain - borrowing a big gazebo thing to cook under (because barbecue doesn't need the kind of preparation other meals need in advance and is wonderfully sociable). Also planning on digging a pit to cook a suckling piggy in. Slow food... If anyone has any experience of cooking in a pit, I'd be glad of your expertise and advice.

Mmmm pork.

Sorry about the rain. Is it the softness of the ground that's the main problem, or the wetness of the crop, or both?

For the pig cookin, maybe Riadach could advise on a fuladht fia?

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deja bleedin vu!

its dark, the rain is lashing against the window panes, my shoes are wet,

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cactus flower wrote:

Kate P wrote:: Ten acres left to cut in ground that can't be travelled and the rain has been pelting down since last night. Seriously, is this the flavour of summers to come?

Christening party barbecue will go ahead here on Sunday regardless of rain - borrowing a big gazebo thing to cook under (because barbecue doesn't need the kind of preparation other meals need in advance and is wonderfully sociable). Also planning on digging a pit to cook a suckling piggy in. Slow food... If anyone has any experience of cooking in a pit, I'd be glad of your expertise and advice.

Mmmm pork.

Sorry about the rain. Is it the softness of the ground that's the main problem, or the wetness of the crop, or both?

For the pig cookin, maybe Riadach could advise on a fuladht fia?

It would solve the open air problem, though you still need a fire to heat the stones in.

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Christening parties are always very nice occasions. Hope the sun comes out for you Kate.

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Regardless of where you are, you can never rely on the weather. The summer we had here was pleasant in comparison to all the reports I have seen about summer in ireland this year. A few more rainy days than usual but generally sunny and 25 degrees was what we could expect.

Now my girlfriend is coming today from Dublin to accompany me to the graduation ceremony tomorrow and the weather will be good. She is staying until Monday and rain, ceaseless and tireless rain, is forecast from Friday morning until Monday afternoon. Typical. Bloody typical. I am so, so pissed off. Evil or Very Mad

(Don't say it. "You've no reason to be pissed off! If you were here all summer long, then................")

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Slim Buddha wrote:: Regardless of where you are, you can never rely on the weather. The summer we had here was pleasant in comparison to all the reports I have seen about summer in ireland this year. A few more rainy days than usual but generally sunny and 25 degrees was what we could expect.

Now my girlfriend is coming today from Dublin to accompany me to the graduation ceremony tomorrow and the weather will be good. She is staying until Monday and rain, ceaseless and tireless rain, is forecast from Friday morning until Monday afternoon. Typical. Bloody typical. I am so, so pissed off.

(Don't say it. "You've no reason to be pissed off! If you were here all summer long, then................")

so its going to rain on your parade?

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zakalwe wrote:

Slim Buddha wrote:: Regardless of where you are, you can never rely on the weather. The summer we had here was pleasant in comparison to all the reports I have seen about summer in ireland this year. A few more rainy days than usual but generally sunny and 25 degrees was what we could expect.

Now my girlfriend is coming today from Dublin to accompany me to the graduation ceremony tomorrow and the weather will be good. She is staying until Monday and rain, ceaseless and tireless rain, is forecast from Friday morning until Monday afternoon. Typical. Bloody typical. I am so, so pissed off.

(Don't say it. "You've no reason to be pissed off! If you were here all summer long, then................")

so its going to rain on your parade?

Yep, zakalwe, it is looking like that, I'm afraid. She seems to be bringing the weather with her. Infact, it has started raining in the last hour and my Swiss colleagues are asking me "Are you homesick? (Hast Du heimweh?"). Going back to bury myself in M&A details. Even that is preferable than thinking about the weather.

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M&A? whats that?

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zakalwe wrote:: M&A? whats that?

Sorry. Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Generally quite boring, but lucrative for those who a)understand it and b)have a high boredom tolerance threshold. (Which rules me out, as neither fully apply)

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thats what i thought. you're doing M&A law in switzerland?

(ps do you realise that "mergers" are now not permitted in accounting?)

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zakalwe wrote:: thats what i thought. you're doing M&A law in switzerland?

(ps do you realise that "mergers" are now not permitted in accounting?)

A bit here and there, but mainly contract and IP.

How do you mean "Mergers are not permitted in accounting"?

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Slim Buddha wrote:

zakalwe wrote:: thats what i thought. you're doing M&A law in switzerland?

(ps do you realise that "mergers" are now not permitted in accounting?)

A bit here and there, but mainly contract and IP.

How do you mean "Mergers are not permitted in accounting"?

under ifrs accounting standards (implemented throughout the EU) there is no such thing as "merger" accounting. it has to be defined and accounted for as an acquisition. it was a little controversial as it takes away the fig leaf of "mergers". for example had coopers & lybrand and pricewaterhouse merged under the new rules, it would have been accounted for as pw acquiring c&l.

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zakalwe wrote:

Slim Buddha wrote:

zakalwe wrote:: thats what i thought. you're doing M&A law in switzerland?

(ps do you realise that "mergers" are now not permitted in accounting?)

A bit here and there, but mainly contract and IP.

How do you mean "Mergers are not permitted in accounting"?

under ifrs accounting standards (implemented throughout the EU) there is no such thing as "merger" accounting. it has to be defined and accounted for as an acquisition. it was a little controversial as it takes away the fig leaf of "mergers". for example had coopers & lybrand and pricewaterhouse merged under the new rules, it would have been accounted for as pw acquiring c&l.

Luckily for me, I have sod all to do with accounting outfits and I am also fortunate that M&A is only a very small part of what I do.

In the meantime, the sun has come out again. Yippee! Cool

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Gosh, it's very sodden here, it's so very, very wet. September looks to be a soaker if the first few days are anything to go by.

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Overcast and damp in Dublin but not particularly wet. This is the sort of weather which I hate most. I wish it would make up its mind and either deluge - so that I can put on my waterproofs and enjoy the cycle home in the pouring rain - or break and have the sun come out, so I can cycle home in a t-shirt.

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It's been sunny for a week and a half now or more - maybe since early September. For those of you who can, get out and enjoy the sun now because it'll be raining for 4 months after this indian summer. Get out and eat your samwitches on a lawn and drink your lemonade before it gets warm and maybe take a flask of coffee on a picnic to the coast or bog or woods if you can.

Get out and about - there'll be plenty of time for internet watching during the long, dark, cold, wet, depressing winter nights of the soul that are ahead. That's if the internet doesn't go under with the Dow Shocked

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I've got my hang sangwiches packed and just about to head off to the hills and plains of Connemara for the day to catch some rays. cheers

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