Moving to the sticks (4 Viewers)

[rettucs]

Or at least out of/far (ish) away from Dublin.

Anyone have any thoughts of doing this? I'm currently 60/40 on it, specifically to Kilkenny. Already started looking at gaffs there. The idea being that theres 10 years left on the mortgage on the gaff in Dublin but there's enough paid off to be able to sell up, clear the rest of the mortgage and buy something outright, or close to outright. And, get a bigger gaff and live closer to the city.

In a lot of ways its a no-brainer. The only possible spanner in the works could be the work situation. I'm currently fully remote and will be for as long as I'm in this company. But its unlikely this company will be around a year from now. It'll either go to shit, or get bought out.

anyways, anyone else ever think of doing anything similar?

 

[chris d]

Rats, yes they are a clever bunch.

 

[egg_]

My father-in-law used to trap rats in a humane trap, then drown them in a bucket (still in the trap). Pretty hardcore, but a good way of making sure he only killed rats

 

[ann post]

I had one hanging around the wood pile eating the bugs for a while.

I built a whole new woodshed further away from the house so i don't have to look at the little prick scamper across the wall.

 

[rettucs]

Just to steer things back this way from all those horrible little furry pricks.

almost 3 months in the sticks now and its been deadly.

mostly in how relaxed the place is. Everyone is very chilled and you don't get that sense that everyone is angry all the time, that you do in Dublin.

And the mobility. Being able to get pretty much anywhere you want, anytime you want, is amazing. My aul one fell yesterday and I had to take her to A+E during rush hour. Took 12 minutes.

She was grand. Just an arm sprain.

 

[chris d]

Well, you may have very nice Tudorette-style housing but can you order an Irish Coffee at three a.m. in the morning and get it delivered to your bedroom?

 

[chris d]

Glad it's going well. Well done on the leap.

 

[therealjohnny]

Momentarily steering it back to rats

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[Deadmanposting]

Momentarily steering it back to rats

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No way that's a rat
Looks like a nutria

I want to move to the sticks, but like in Italy or something

 

[Deadmanposting]

Side note


Something I think I would like to spend a year doing is hunting and eating nutria in the southern United States
They're an invasive species and you get paid for each one your catch
Completely edible, if you can make the mental leap to eating a giant rodent

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You'd probably be off the riding for most of the year
Very few women want to hear about your rat hunting and kissing your rat breath

 

[nuke terrorist]

Speaking of NYC rats...
I became interested in Zoe Tamerlis Lund after seeing her in her friend Abel Ferrara's movie Ms 45 on TG4 circa 2001.

Zoë Lund

www.zoelund.com

Zoe and her husband Bob Lund 1980's apartment in Manhattan was full of rats and Zoe loved them.
There are photos of Zoe kissing her rats. They had to get rid of them after they bred out of control and apparently the cavity between the floors became full of excrement.
Zoe and Bob collected up rats and rehoused them.

The Pet Rats

zoelund.com

 

[rettucs]

bump

I'm quite pleased with my decision thank you v much

 

[ernesto]

bump

I'm quite pleased with my decision thank you v much

samesies

 

[Cormcolash]

 

[ernesto]

Dublin is a shithole

 

[magicbastarder]

Skerries is the place to move to

Plato, pilates and pubs: has an Irish town found the secret to the good life?

Book claims it is ‘hard to find another currently existing society’ better than that in Skerries, near Dublin

www.theguardian.com

 

[therealjohnny]

Speaking of NYC rats...
I became interested in Zoe Tamerlis Lund after seeing her in her friend Abel Ferrara's movie Ms 45 on TG4 circa 2001.

Zoë Lund

www.zoelund.com

Zoe and her husband Bob Lund 1980's apartment in Manhattan was full of rats and Zoe loved them.
There are photos of Zoe kissing her rats. They had to get rid of them after they bred out of control and apparently the cavity between the floors became full of excrement.
Zoe and Bob collected up rats and rehoused them.

The Pet Rats

zoelund.com

Wow. That's some retro website

 

[rettucs]

Skerries is the place to move to

Plato, pilates and pubs: has an Irish town found the secret to the good life?

Book claims it is ‘hard to find another currently existing society’ better than that in Skerries, near Dublin

www.theguardian.com

I went to Skerries for the day during the hot spell in the summer. It was really nice but overrun with pricks who wouldn't get out of your way if you met them on the footpath.

 

[chris d]

My mate moved out to Rush and it seems like a nice little village.

 

[magicbastarder]

it's an arse of a place to get to though.

 

[ernesto]

My mate moved out to Rush and it seems like a nice little village.

Was he in a big hurry?