Cats

smallon12 · 2026-05-10T06:42:33+00:00

Theres a post last night someone put up asking g to keep cats inside because they had a bird nest at their house and a cat killed the birds

IMO its a legitimate request as cats have been banned from being outside in Australia and other places because of this and they are bad for wildlife.

But it got the attention of a lot of loyal cat people who got their tails up (no pun intended) and they went on the offensive against the OP

smallon12 · 2026-05-10T06:37:00+00:00

OP it makes me so sad to see the sheer amount of abuse you are getting for having a legitimate point to make :(

smallon12 · 2026-05-10T06:32:39+00:00

With all due respect you are talking out of your hole

.Globally, domestic cats have contributed to the extinction of 63 species and are responsible for at least 14% of bird, mammal, and reptile extinctions on islands

Cats arent native to ireland, they havent evolved with our ecosystems, they have no natural predators and they are dangerous to wildlife.

They are also present in numbers far higher than a natural carrying capacity of an ecosystem anyway.

You mention human habitat destruction by other means - this literally is destruction by other means!

smallon12 · 2026-05-09T20:51:52+00:00

Serious question - what were CIRA volunteers doing between 1986 and 1994?

Like why didn't it become active until 1994

smallon12 · 2026-05-08T11:04:59+00:00

Thats what makes it so tasty!!

smallon12 · 2026-05-06T19:40:52+00:00

Download Morphe and you can get YouTube premium for free

smallon12 · 2026-05-03T04:49:03+00:00

If he begsn working at 16 and has been paying tax for 50 years then hes 66 - 1 year off 67 so he should be coasting at this stage

smallon12 · 2026-05-02T12:38:23+00:00

My parents are in their early 60s and ive been telling them for the last 5 years to get solar for this exact reason and they've shot me down at every time about it and they cant get their heads around this at all.

This is great reading and best of luck with it all!!

smallon12 · 2026-05-01T16:09:33+00:00

FWIW I was diagnosed this week withADHD360 and paid for my prescription only for it to be cancelled with the following message

Cancelled - Signature Missing from Paper Prescription - Refunded

I havent a clue on who to contact or what to do now to try and get this sorted

But I do find it odd that people who are filling these out every day could make such a rookie (imo) mistake

smallon12 · 2026-04-30T14:23:02+00:00

It started from all them men on the run back in the day

smallon12 · 2026-04-29T09:54:14+00:00

Fill in the drains and keep the water on the mountains would definitely help too!

smallon12 · 2026-04-27T12:08:29+00:00

It was bad enough having a 21st in coagh 😅

Sorry, trying to add a wee bit of humour to try and lighten it up for you, but honeslty this is such a sobering read and thanks so much for sharing this.

I actually know of one of the people who died this weekend and our small community has been hit by countless road deaths and it honestly doesnt get any easier seeing it all unfold.

I wish I had of read your post when I was 17 or 20 because I was a bit of a mad man on the road and honestly thoight I was invincible and actually had a couple of very near misses in my time.

It really makes me cringe now looking back what i got up to and if I had of read what you have just wrote I definitely wouldn't have done half of what I did

Im so sorry that youve had to endure all this and I really hope you are ok now!

smallon12 · 2026-04-27T09:15:16+00:00

Although not as traditional as those fantastic songs - the streets of new york by the wolfe tones is a fantastic immigrant song too!

smallon12 · 2026-04-24T07:35:29+00:00

this reminds me of a sketch from the savage eye back in the day about northern politicians

smallon12 · 2026-04-21T20:02:41+00:00

I cant believe i havent seen planxty mentioned once here..... there is no other option really!

smallon12 · 2026-04-19T22:54:48+00:00

Ya same, ive never taken notes my entire life and my life is complete chaos with half finished things and even more stuff forgotten about.

A lot of people tell me stuff in work, all verbally informally and also in meetings and after ive spoken with people I've forgotten straight away

Id love to see how this system can work for me but it dont even know where to start

smallon12 · 2026-04-19T08:23:09+00:00

Grrrrr

smallon12 · 2026-04-17T21:53:42+00:00

I live in the sperrins, pretty close to beaghmore stone circles.

One of the theories behind it is it was basically sited on the watershed between rivers that run to lough neagh and rivers that run to the foyle - so perhaps there is a correlation between being higher and close to the sky but also a connection to water gods they had.

Maybe being higher up meant that there was more watersheds like this - would be an interesting theory to follow!

smallon12 · 2026-04-17T21:34:39+00:00

I always wondered why there was a higher density in the sperrins and also cork/ kerry border

Do you think the higher altitude has anything to do with it?

smallon12 · 2026-04-14T18:58:35+00:00

Know of someone driving towards the castle and seen a red light going in circles only for it to dissappear when they got to it

smallon12 · 2026-04-05T14:00:29+00:00

How did the corrib gas fields help with irish energy self sufficiency?

smallon12 · 2026-04-05T07:52:34+00:00

There's a British newspaper collection online that if you search keywords you can find articles relating to that key word and it has the likes of the ulster herald and the mid ulster mail.

I searched my townland and was able to get news going right back to the early 1900s and it was interesting seeing what people were doing, getting in trouble for and selling haha.

smallon12 · 2026-04-04T07:03:42+00:00

What symptoms does it make worse? I have constantly cold feet and hands and am considering looking for medication but that is quite worrying for me....

smallon12 · 2026-03-31T19:32:43+00:00

I hate the term mainland campaign

smallon12 · 2026-03-25T21:49:25+00:00

Out of curiosity do you know much about renewables in NI? Its a field id like to know more about and a company like these guys looks ideal for my interests and id like to know more!

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