Its very worrying but the problem is .. unless you are of a scale that can afford lots of staff, a dairy farm .. if you care about your stock .. can be a huge tie and and almost impossible to socialise between milking hours which for other people, is their working day. Evening events usually start before we've finished milking, a weekend, for others is generally time off, for us, more or less the same as any other day. You would be amazed how many professionals have expressed amazement to me that that cows have to be milked EVERY day. Don't get me wrong. I agree with you but are you a dairy farmer or one of the .. here is where I get into trouble!! ... less demanding sectors?
Non farming conversation
- Thread starter glow worm
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Double agree / like!!On my trips into the town with the milk van I`ve found best not to talk about the weather. They have no concept of the impact it has on us.
Beast from the east time I mentioned to a customer the battles we were having keeping the wheels turning. Aye, he says, I waited at the bus stop last night for 30 minutes & it never came
Was emptying my crates one day behind the counter of a coffee shop. The customer was putting the milk in the fridge. We both heard the door open, looked up & a girl was coming in with a massive ring in her nose . Without thinking I said "Kicker ".
Customer didn`t have a clue what I was on about
Its almost as if you need your brain in a different mode to converse with none agrics
Less demanding these days. No stock. Used to rear dairy heifers and lamb sheep, so I take your point.
KickerOn my trips into the town with the milk van I`ve found best not to talk about the weather. They have no concept of the impact it has on us.
Beast from the east time I mentioned to a customer the battles we were having keeping the wheels turning. Aye, he says, I waited at the bus stop last night for 30 minutes & it never came
Was emptying my crates one day behind the counter of a coffee shop. The customer was putting the milk in the fridge. We both heard the door open, looked up & a girl was coming in with a massive ring in her nose . Without thinking I said "Kicker ".
Customer didn`t have a clue what I was on about
Its almost as if you need your brain in a different mode to converse with none agrics
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- Essex
If your with someone and you feel you have to make conversation then get them talking about themselves. You may have to ask a few innocent questions to get the ball rolling but you can build from there. Most people like talking about themselves.. Sometimes better to say naught than talk utter b011ocks though!
Tempting but I think you would need a certain type of cow, not a high yielding one. I'm pretty sure I've read in some farm assurance paperwork that you can't milk once a day as a means of drying off a high yielder that's still milking well at the end of their lactation.
Often wondered how I'd fare stuck on a yacht in the Seychelles with Duran Duran for 2 weeks.
I honeymooned in the Seychelles. Spent a lot of time watching boobies through binoculars.
Don’t knock it ......
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- Fife
I'm sure I've read of someone on here milking holsteins OAD.
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- Fife
Why would you want to talk to a non farmer?
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- East meath/dublin
I know what you mean about cows dictating your social life . The are the boss and the milking needs to be done .
But its still important to try to get put and meet the people socially if only to reassure yourself that that the non farming community are completely bonkers and obsessed with trivia !!!
I used to dabble in IFA commitee meetings but gave up as trying to represent the permanently disgruntled and always ungrateful could hardly be described as social .Though i got talked into going onto the board of management of my daughters school a few years ago and i have to say it was a bit of an eye opener
The concerns and customs of the " townies " can confuse and amaze in equal measure but it was enjoyable enough .
Just as well the Nuns had the last word on everything as otherwise the school would descend into chaos with all the conflicting views .
Anyway id rather smell of cow shite than live a sterile 9 to 5 life like many .
Cow shite smell was the smell of money my father always reckoned !!
Perhaps hanging baskets were a euphemism
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- DD9.
Agreed, I generally just come away feeling cross and a bit confused.
wife has a friend who’s a doctor, she has never arrived within an hour of when she she’s arranged…..
Now gonna be writing a book on how to live “sustainably”, seems to involve regurgitating the “eat less meat” toot, but continuing to have 4 weeks in the Med per year. Oh, and make up and hair products are essentials, not luxury items…..says the doctor.
cross and confused.
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- Fife
The more people I meet the more I like my dog.
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- Scottish Highlands
I don't need tips on how to speak to a non-farmer but tips on how to get rid of them without seeming rude would come in very handy. Who are these "celebrities" they speak of? I've never heard of any of them.
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- DD9.