- Location
- East Sussex
Reduced memory???
Think even after a crate of Waikato I could change a flat tyre!!!
I never rated that Waikato stuff!!
farming knowledge gone.
- Thread starter Billboy1
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I never rated that Waikato stuff!!
M-J-G
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How many people who can fit a wheel find themselves struggling to do do other things due to their brain being full up?
I'd like to learn play the piano but I can't, because my ability to change a wheel is denying me thr ability
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Tech is great but it errodes skills in next generation, for instance ive an older friend who can drive straight in a field can spread lime like gps but without ,,, youngones have never went without gps auto s and couldnt do what he jas taken years to learn practice , but they dont need to …. But they less skilled .
M-J-G
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Precisely!
FonterraFarmer
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- Location
- Waikato, New Zealand
Best drunk cold and fast!!!
FonterraFarmer
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- Location
- Waikato, New Zealand
Changing a flat tyre on a car requires about the same level of intelligence as wiping ones arse, but I guess the modern generation probably struggles with that too.How many people who can fit a wheel find themselves struggling to do do other things due to their brain being full up?
I'd like to learn play the piano but I can't, because my ability to change a wheel is denying me thr ability
- Location
- somerset
l can change a flat tyre in my car, but only if it had one, it doesn't, but the 'new' way, means l have to buy a new tyre, after the 'cure'.Changing a flat tyre on a car requires about the same level of intelligence as wiping ones arse, but I guess the modern generation probably struggles with that too.
used to help a mate, by going beating for him, big posh shoot, anyway 1 pompous git, had a flat, in the woods, so, we had to help, his spare, on his fancy new truck, resembled a bicycle wheel, we laughed, the other guns laughed, he gave mate £1, to split among those who had changed his wheel, he didn't come so much after that, nor was he missed.
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
£1 ??????
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
If you get s puncture on motorway, just drive to next exit
Not worth the risk
Not worth the risk
- Location
- Ceredigion
Google is the greatest teacher I have ever had ,everything from Cycling Cadence , to how Poach an egg in the microwave , I sure it could teach you how to change a wheel , who needs School!
- Location
- somerset
between 10, like l said, pompous old git, it was worth more than 10p, to learn the other guns, thought the same.
- Location
- South Shropshire
Some of the most successful farmers I know had full control of their business at a young age, often because they lost their father at a young age. Perhaps some others who lost their father early on mismanaged the inheritance and disappeared into obscurity, I don’t know.
What I do know is that the older generation frequently stifles the energy and dynamism of youth, thinking they know better, when in fact their ideas and methods are outdated, or even obsolete.
The energy and entrepreneurship of young people is the lifeblood for any industry.
What I do know is that the older generation frequently stifles the energy and dynamism of youth, thinking they know better, when in fact their ideas and methods are outdated, or even obsolete.
The energy and entrepreneurship of young people is the lifeblood for any industry.
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
You forgot one major issue.
The young guy who gets control early due to death doesnt have to pay for fathers upkeep for forty plus years. Two houses, two cars , world cruises etc etc etc
Harsh to say it but true.
New ideas plus less cost = success
- Location
- South Shropshire
Maybe, but my Dad always has pulled his weight workwise. He has been a great support to me and let me take the business in the direction I wanted to go. I have been one of the lucky ones
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Would be interesting to cross check this thread against the one where plenty posters couldn’t download a simple spreadsheet, fill in a few boxes and send it on by email. That’s far easier than changing a tyre and yet plenty seemed to not manage.Changing a flat tyre on a car requires about the same level of intelligence as wiping ones arse, but I guess the modern generation probably struggles with that too.
- Location
- Ceredigion
My dad was a wonderful teacher , but far to mean for his own good , sorry dad 
But you don't keep me standing half a day in a dealer's yard arguing over 10 shillings on a new machine
But you don't keep me standing half a day in a dealer's yard arguing over 10 shillings on a new machine
It might be for you but I for one couldn’t do it . Change a wheel no problem even change a tyre no problem. It all goes back to knowledge transfer and I’ve never had that knowledge transferred.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Probably even more important than that knowledge is the ability to work things out and to solve problems. I regularly thank my parents for my schooling in simple things like physics. All very well learning lots of facts at dad's knee but nothing beats a basic education in how things work followed up by a wide experience of how it works in practice. I've known a lot of clever people who could pass exams but not solve a simple problem involving logic. The one thing farming teaches is how to be resourceful. I often wonder how much better a farmer would fare on one of those TV adventure programmes rather than the chosen "expert".
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
The human brain works in different ways in different individuals. I once bought an expensive piece of electronic apparatus for pennies that was described as 'non working'. It took a while but I soon realised it was made in Japan where to turn ON a switch you click it upwards whereas in the west, ON is down! Realising how to click saved me several hundred pounds! The Japanese don't think as we do...not everyone does. And I definitely do not think the same way as Highland Mule!
- Location
- South Wales UK
As soon as any disaster comes, internet knocked out, satellites down , their'll need mechanical practical ideas, know how to rear animals , plant crops, etc etc and age old knowledge and people who can implement it then?