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Last Post: 16 Nov 2025
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Barney   
25 Apr 2024
Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]

My guess would be that you are attempting to propagate the trees by layering however several things don't seen right. Fruit trees are usually grafted onto a suitable root stock and layering, even air layering, tends to use soil in the vessel to stimulate root growth. I have layered fig trees but never stone fruit. If I was doing that I would like to control the height with either dwarf or medium root stock but it looks like you have the space for full size trees.
Barney   
17 Mar 2024
Life / St Patrick's day in Poland [272]

Barney and Atch could learn something from him.

I'm happy and content being Irish I don't however think my country is better than others.
You confuse love of place and country with bollox.
Barney   
17 Mar 2024
Life / St Patrick's day in Poland [272]

Irlandia zielona

Thats excellent. I don't know why I think this but its surprisingly good. Its on Spotify 174667 listens
Barney   
17 Mar 2024
Life / St Patrick's day in Poland [272]

@mafketis
Didn't mean any offence.

Is fairy tale...not known in the US? Thats surprising yet U2 are massive, you learn something new every day.
Barney   
17 Mar 2024
Life / St Patrick's day in Poland [272]

like this:

Good old Lisa O'Neill released one of the best albums I've heard in years last February called All of This Is Chance

@Alien
Yeah, funeral Mass caused a lot of pearl clutching at the time from the usual suspects.
Barney   
21 Jan 2024
News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

the Angola/Namibia thing

The Angola/Namibia thing as you call it was the democratically elected government of a recently freed colonial country being attacked by one of the most repellent regimes the world has ever seen. Apartheid South Africa funded and supported by a plethora of NATO countries and Israel had their asses handed to them by the Angolan government supported by their Allies from the Caribbean. All credit to Cuba who fought the might of the West and knocked the bollocks out of the racist scum.
Barney   
2 Dec 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

@Crnogorac3
Thats exactly where I live, I pass that spot several times a day. You couldn't have picked a worse example, Gerry Kelly lives opposite, its about 30 second walk from the Felons club. Some Smick sprayed that to wind people up, there is zero support for racist scum in this area. I know the people, the political representatives, the unions and all other aspects of the area.
Barney   
30 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

at least one reputable newspaper is reported he never worked in Ireland

If he didnt work he could not have claimed benefits so was not supported by the state. If he was claiming benefits he must have worked for a minimum of seven years.

I agree to a certain extent that migration law needs overhauled, there is no quick and easy way to do that. All published work aims to influence public opinion.
Barney   
29 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

There are better forms of economy.

There are, however until recently China was not a player and the CCCP was more interested in supporting liberation movements. It was the US with its invasions and coups that bears the lions share of the blame. Migration from the global South really took off with the rise of outsourcing from the west as the west shafted their people who it must be remembered voted for that crap. A ven diagram of migration and invasion will show an almost perfect overlap coinciding with the turbo charging of the flow of people.

I'm not against migration and have no problem with ethnicity or religion of people. What I do oppose is the hypocrisy of those installing governments who's economic policies created the problem and are now screaming blue murder
Barney   
29 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

@jon357
Take your pick between state capitalism, gangster capitalism or vulture capitalism. I go with the country that created the mess.
Barney   
29 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

It turns out that he is mentally ill. This will satisfy all parties.

Its a weird kind of mental illness that makes him a homicidal maniac.

What was the Algerian Dublin stabber doing between 2003 (when he probably should have been deported) and 2023 when he went all stabby?

He was working. You can't claim and receive benifits if you have not contributed.

His nation of origin like his mental health status is irrelevant unless you are making some sort of crypto point.

Ireland as an Island could very easily restrict migration even after Ireland voted in a referendum to endorse freedom of movement within the EU. The problem is that US policy is to invade and destabilise the middle East, North Africa and Sub Saharan Africa and as Europe follows the US there is not much we can do about it. US immigration policy is much stricter than Europe's but Europe is militariarly weak and socially liberal and under the political domination of the US.

I don't have any problem with the level of migration into Ireland and don't see or feel any threat from these people.
Barney   
29 Nov 2023
UK, Ireland / Is it good for Poland as Sinn Fein will win today in Northen Ireland [282]

Is Christy Moore not mainstream Irish?

Its debateable if he was ever mainstream. He was a folk singer in Britain in the late 60s but after hearing the string arrangements of Sweeneys men he helped form Planxty who were huge. Since he left Planxty he has toured the Christy Moore "show" with Moving Hearts and later with accompanying musicians.

Today he is a nostalgia act if he is still playing live. I have loved him since the 70s and have seen him several times but rarely listen to his solo work now.

As "H" says he is a bit 'Oirish'.
Barney   
27 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

@Crnogorac3
Bollox on stilts

I think there are large, systemic patterns of dysfunction in current European migration policy

It would be hard to find anyone who disagrees with this. Branding all migrants as X,Y or Z is childish as is dividing people into good migrants vs bad migrants.
Barney   
27 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

Who is this English guy??

His opinion is for sale, He is on commission atm hawking lava lamps and skin care products, god knows what it will be next week.
Barney   
25 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

There is nothing scary about Sinn Féin, all the ones in their 60s will be retired soon the rest are where the action is. These youngsters could bore for Ireland.
Barney   
25 Nov 2023
UK, Ireland / Is it good for Poland as Sinn Fein will win today in Northen Ireland [282]

I WAS terrified of the Banshee though

So was I, didn't think She would kill me but really didn't want to see or hear one. I'm still not that comfortable with the idea of them even if I'm pretty sure they don't exist.

In the north we have soda farls and potato bread which is a must with any fried breakfast. Our soda is different to the soda bread in the Republic (which we also have but call it bread :))which always throws nordies off when we ask for it in shops
Barney   
25 Nov 2023
News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

We have no large migrant groups causing mayhem. There simply isn't a history of it.

Very true

What we do have, is a MAJOR problem with scumbags in the inner city of Dublin.

Nail on head.

Those people chose to attack the Gardai, the fire brigade and health workers then burn public transport and steal sports gear. It was not exactly a "race riot".
Barney   
22 Oct 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

By the way, America is actually arriving at this point as well

What could possibly go wrong when people are elected on the basis of who they would want to have a pint with. I can't see anyone wanting to go on the lash with Kaczyński, from reading these posts it seems that PiS attract a load of private drinkers.

I am currently involved in industrial action and a rather nice Polish woman who admits that her family are all PiS supporters is strike breaking. She believes that the powers that be will look after her best interests...deluded.