- Location
- Essex
Maybe we should think of other members on here as friends and treat them as such. That might make us all feel a bit better.
Are you all depressed ?
- Thread starter Clive
- Start date
- Location
- Ceredigion
Don't let him off the hook , dangle him a bit more [emoji1787]
- Location
- Shropshire
Courier
Member
- Location
- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle
Certainly not much depression around here today. Thanks to @George from SJM Planning working with my son and helping us forward in a new direction, and the news that my daughter has been successful in getting her CPC for International Transport Managers.
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SilliamWhale
Member
Now come on, you are not a martyr for going on holiday!
- Location
- East meath/dublin
Thats the way it goes Chief , nobody ever sees the sudden turn in the road .....
All of a sudden the the wife has got fat , the kids have turned into obnoxious entitled idiots , the suave well heeled non farming friends turn out to be conmem who have taken the shirt off your back ..... Suddenly the Greek islands are well off the agenda and youre lucky to get a long weekend stuck in a caravan in Shitley on sea in the middle of a force 10 hurricane !! So indeed count your blessings .....
And always remember that mental health is way to IMPORTANT to be approached with broad sweeping statements .
marco
Member
- Location
- tipperary, ireland
It's just that your wrong most of the time makes it hard not to reply
Glad to have helped. Onwards and upwards!
- Location
- Ceredigion
Keep going, he may post a right someday [emoji1787]
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
I’ve just planted some OSR, I must be the most positive farmer in the country!
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Holidays for singlehanded livestock farmers are not an easy thing , I try tho they are good.
well, i wont be going on holiday anyday soon , small farm and one man band theres not been many opportunities for one over the years ,did manage 4 or 5 when the children were young and 2 or 3 since but that's about it .
Covid ruined the Wife's business, long running struggles with ignorant people as i mention in previous posts ....etc
Its very difficult to get the right help to sort some issues i find, (im sure others do as well) and its not for want of asking, ether .
Too many responsibilities at home cant run away from them im afraid, well i dont anway.
glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
Where
glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
Back in the sevrnties,eighties, and nineties, life was simple
Grow the biggest crop or animal, get paid a decent price . MAF was there to help you
Rents were reasonable.
Then blair got in and we got bse foot and mouth, farm assurance, all manner ofbeaurocratic bollox
Crap prices for ten yrs
And now land is unaffordable
Is it any wonder we are depressed?
Grow the biggest crop or animal, get paid a decent price . MAF was there to help you
Rents were reasonable.
Then blair got in and we got bse foot and mouth, farm assurance, all manner ofbeaurocratic bollox
Crap prices for ten yrs
And now land is unaffordable
Is it any wonder we are depressed?
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I agree, the job has changed and not for the better in any shape or form I can think of .
- Location
- Darlington
But everything has, trucking and plant certainly have.
We should all take a minute, every now and then, to look at our lives, look at where they are. And where they could be and decide if we're happy with it?
I get to play with tractors, trucks and diggers every day, most of the time I'm like a kid in a sweet shop.
We all have black dog days as long as the good days are more than the bad I'm winning IMHO
Tarw Coch
Member
- Location
- Bottom of Wats Dyke
Not sure about the essential, not for everyone at least although I do think it’s good to get away from the usual day to day stuff.
Over recent weeks I’ve spent a few days helping a mate put a shed up and do some concreting and have thoroughly enjoyed it, work, but something away from home and a bit different.
When I was younger used to work as an extra man for a contractor when he was busy, again got me away from the usual day to day stuff and saw how others did things, both good and bad.
As the old saying goes, a change is as good as a rest.
Cab-over Pete
Member
- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Thanks for that. I don’t need marriage advice from somebody with the experience of one self inflicted failure to draw from.
Not selfish at all, my wife and I are in business together, we make decisions together and for the most part enjoy that. It’s not just me doing whatever I like to be happy.
If it’s any of your business the main reason I have no yearning to get on a plane is because my wife will be wound up and worried about it for about 2-3 weeks before we leave and she would be just the same all the time we are away thinking about the return flight.
So, rather than selfish, I don’t want to go abroad for that reason. I absolutely love skiing and thought Canada was superb. I would go to each every year if I could. But drag my wife along with me? No. THAT would be selfish. I like to think I’m more thoughtful than that.
All said with a smile on my face, as always.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Any landowner has seen a ten fold increase in their primary asset in the last 30 years, regardless of whatever mess you might of made of the farming business.
You might argue that is a change for the better if you’re in that position? Value is all relative of course, until you chose to cash out. If you sell to buy somewhere else, it’s just moving bigger numbers.
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Yes land value has risen that’s good mines went up 15 times . I was talking about the day job though not land values.