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SnowyOwl_2

LordJeff wrote: »

Thanks to all, I shall look into the cattle grid idea. It might save us a lot of money.

Re. contacting DARD, the problem is that I didn't see the cows in the garden. They had been in and the farmer had removed them by the time I returned back home. I have family who are farmers so I understand completely that these things happen. What annoys me most is not the damage but the fact that no one came back to apologise.

Does anyone else think that people in Northern Ireland are getting less pleasant? In the past few weeks I have had the "cow incident", I've been shouted at by a lorry driver and I've had change practically thrown at me by shop assistants. I used to think that people here were nicer than elsewhere but now I'm not so sure.......

Thanks again for the help.

I think that generally speaking most people are reasonably friendly here. There are people who aren't friendly but will smile or speak back when spoken to, but there's nothing wrong with being quiet or reserved. However there is a section of the population which is just plain nasty and self-centred. It's human nature for all these different types to exist, though the general culture here is friendly rather than cold.

The farmer was possibly afraid of being sued if he'd gone to you and apologised. Apologising is unfortunately a double-edged sword - if he'd said sorry perhaps that could be construed as an admission of liability, and he doesn't know if you are the suing type or not.

Good luck with the cattle grid thingy if you go ahead with it.

thriftyminx13

LordJeff wrote: »

Thanks to all, I shall look into the cattle grid idea. It might save us a lot of money.

Re. contacting DARD, the problem is that I didn't see the cows in the garden. They had been in and the farmer had removed them by the time I returned back home. I have family who are farmers so I understand completely that these things happen. What annoys me most is not the damage but the fact that no one came back to apologise.

Does anyone else think that people in Northern Ireland are getting less pleasant? In the past few weeks I have had the "cow incident", I've been shouted at by a lorry driver and I've had change practically thrown at me by shop assistants. I used to think that people here were nicer than elsewhere but now I'm not so sure.......

Thanks again for the help.

Without sounding a bit crass, can you not follow the trail backwards? Cattle aren't known for cleaning up after themselves, if you know what I mean?;)