Oxford

ThatsSomeSheep

Member

• Jan 6, 2023

• #1

Go on to Twitter, lots of chat re “look, I’m at Oxford, listening to important chat.”

Here = nada!

I was of the opinion that many of the debaters on here would relish a chance to hear from and chew the fat with the great minds of our industry in the hallowed halls.

Are none of you there?

TSS

 

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Never Forgotten

Honorary Member

• Jan 6, 2023

• #2

Couldn't get the van started.

 

Pringles

Member

Location

West Fife

• Jan 6, 2023

• #3

The Darts was on instead.

 

nonemouse

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

North yorks

• Jan 6, 2023

• #4

I went once, 32 years since, certainly ‘an interesting experience’ lots of hot air, couldn’t get motivated to go again.
I suspect the ratio of hands on farmers, to associated experts and hangers on won’t have got any better

 

Boysground

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Wiltshire

• Jan 6, 2023

• #5

nonemouse said:

I went once, 32 years since, certainly ‘an interesting experience’ lots of hot air, couldn’t get motivated to go again.
I suspect the ratio of hands on farmers, to associated experts and hangers on won’t have got any better

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Exactly the same here, had a ticket through Young Farmers. Had to endure one meal sat next to a FW contributor telling me how wonderful he was. I came away wondering what the point was.

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Nearly

Member

Location

North of York

• Jan 6, 2023

• #6

I thought this would be about welders.

Bye.

 

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Wombat

Member

BASIS

Location

East yorks

• Jan 6, 2023

• #7

Nearly said:

I thought this would be about welders.

Bye.

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Still have a green stick one somewhere, probably more useful to me.

 

ollie989898

Member

Location

Hanging from a twig, in a deep sleep.

• Jan 6, 2023

• #8

I think the reason it is not mentioned here is because most people are too important to worry about it. People have real lives to attend to, ramblers to intercept, memes to generate, machinery accidents to comment on, etc.

 

nonemouse

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

North yorks

• Jan 6, 2023

• #9

Nearly said:

I thought this would be about welders.

Bye.

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Rather have a pickhill than an Oxford

 

Danllan

Member

Location

Sir Gar / Carms

• Jan 6, 2023

• #10

ollie989898 said:

I think the reason it is not mentioned here is because most people are too important to worry about it. People have real lives to attend to, ramblers to intercept, memes to generate, machinery accidents to comment on, etc.

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Quite right. as with others I had a crucial, highly important engagement that just couldn't be moved, I think it was to check a neighbour's field is still there, or get my nostrils plucked, something like that.

 

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SJamieson

Member

Mixed Farmer

• Jan 6, 2023

• #11

55% farmers in the audience apparently.

I've been twice and thoroughly enjoyed it.

I expect some of those that dont enjoy it are the type that dont like to be challenged on their own thinking.

 

Bury the Trash

Member

Mixed Farmer

• Jan 6, 2023

• #12

nonemouse said:

Rather have a pickhill than an Oxford

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yes , got an 180 amp one ,recently got working again ,just like the old days.

 

Bury the Trash

Member

Mixed Farmer

• Jan 6, 2023

• #13

ollie989898 said:

I think the reason it is not mentioned here is because most people are too important to worry about it. People have real lives to attend to, ramblers to intercept, memes to generate, machinery accidents to comment on, etc.

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of course, someones got to do it, ...those memes don't generate themselves you know

 

Daniel

Member

Location

Mildenhall, Suffolk

• Jan 6, 2023

• #14

I’m not sure if they spend any time talking about farming, I think it’s more about tweeting about the importance of diversity and bemoaning the fact that Jeremy Clarkson gets more airtime than they do.

 

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SJamieson

Member

Mixed Farmer

• Jan 6, 2023

• #15

Daniel said:

I’m not sure if they spend any time talking about farming, I think it’s more about tweeting about the importance of diversity and bemoaning the fact that Jeremy Clarkson gets more airtime than they do.

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I think perhaps you need to go, or listen to some of the presentations.

 

Daniel

Member

Location

Mildenhall, Suffolk

• Jan 6, 2023

• #16

SJamieson said:

I think perhaps you need to go, or listen to some of the presentations.

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Maybe I should, but I don’t own a schoffel or any tweed so what’s a chap to do?!

 

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slackjawedyokel

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Northumberland

• Jan 6, 2023

• #17

nonemouse said:

Rather have a pickhill than an Oxford

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I believe my Dad went down and bought it directly from the manufacturer, and his brother had to stabilise it in the back of the mini-pickup to stop it rolling around, the best part of 100miles home

 

Rich_ard

Member

• Jan 6, 2023

• #18

Nearly said:

I thought this would be about welders.

Bye.

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Are the plasma cutters any good?

 

Rich_ard

Member

• Jan 6, 2023

• #19

ThatsSomeSheep said:

Go on to Twitter, lots of chat re “look, I’m at Oxford, listening to important chat.”

Here = nada!

I was of the opinion that many of the debaters on here would relish a chance to hear from and chew the fat with the great minds of our industry in the hallowed halls.

Are none of you there?

TSS

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Have you been? Seems a long way away from here?

 

slackjawedyokel

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Northumberland

• Jan 6, 2023

• #20

300 miles away from here to Oxford.

I went there once. For three years. Studied Biology. Haven’t seen the need to go back much since