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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 7541157" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>I didn’t know of that. .....They say it takes one to know one and I became a farmer. Enough said!</p><p>Ha-ha. They once took out the word “almost” in one of mine, as in “almost like”. </p><p>Which by definition turned from Not Quite but in effect definitely NOT, into Definitely! </p><p>It caused a bit of a stir and a lot of laughs at the same time.</p><p>Though from then on, I insisted that the edited version was sent back to me to check again before publication.</p><p></p><p>It was fun to write the articles though and I enjoyed it at the time. I’m convinced a lot of the other stuff written in FW was written a long time before it was published, mostly with an agenda behind it. Even then, there was a lot of doom-mongering about much of it. Farmer Focus articles are (supposedly!) written by real farmers, talking about events and issues that the are dealing with at that time, some of which can be quite amusing. </p><p></p><p>That Focus writer whose board and lodging ended up courtesy of the Queen - his articles were always, very amusing.</p><p>I’ll never forget his take on the smoking ban in pubs and Public places, he being virtually a chain-smoker himself:</p><p>“While it is illegal to smoke in pubs, prisoners are still allowed to smoke. Does the Government realise that it has turned Smokers into Criminals and Criminals into Smokers?”</p><p>Maybe this partially explains his next abode!</p><p></p><p>Before FW invited me to write for them, the Focus section was always the bit I’d head to first before reading anything else in it. In fact, it was them ringing to ask about how my harvesting results of a new variety of wheat was going, that they asked me which section of FW I read first and why. That is how and why I got the job.</p><p></p><p>Right up until the time I stopped buying FW, the Focus section still was what I went straight to. Or the Charlie Flindt bit. </p><p>Everybody loves [USER=50300]@Charlie Flindt[/USER] ‘s stuff, because he amuses us and makes us laugh. This is what FW needs a lot more of. It is a question of balance and too much of the depressing stuff make [USER=44728]@Two Tone[/USER] a dull and unhappy chap. </p><p>FW needed reading with an almost full pack of 20 and a lighter that worked!</p><p></p><p>......However, I now gather that even smoking in prisons has become somewhat restricted!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 7541157, member: 44728"] I didn’t know of that. .....They say it takes one to know one and I became a farmer. Enough said! Ha-ha. They once took out the word “almost” in one of mine, as in “almost like”. Which by definition turned from Not Quite but in effect definitely NOT, into Definitely! It caused a bit of a stir and a lot of laughs at the same time. Though from then on, I insisted that the edited version was sent back to me to check again before publication. It was fun to write the articles though and I enjoyed it at the time. I’m convinced a lot of the other stuff written in FW was written a long time before it was published, mostly with an agenda behind it. Even then, there was a lot of doom-mongering about much of it. Farmer Focus articles are (supposedly!) written by real farmers, talking about events and issues that the are dealing with at that time, some of which can be quite amusing. That Focus writer whose board and lodging ended up courtesy of the Queen - his articles were always, very amusing. I’ll never forget his take on the smoking ban in pubs and Public places, he being virtually a chain-smoker himself: “While it is illegal to smoke in pubs, prisoners are still allowed to smoke. Does the Government realise that it has turned Smokers into Criminals and Criminals into Smokers?” Maybe this partially explains his next abode! Before FW invited me to write for them, the Focus section was always the bit I’d head to first before reading anything else in it. In fact, it was them ringing to ask about how my harvesting results of a new variety of wheat was going, that they asked me which section of FW I read first and why. That is how and why I got the job. Right up until the time I stopped buying FW, the Focus section still was what I went straight to. Or the Charlie Flindt bit. Everybody loves [USER=50300]@Charlie Flindt[/USER] ‘s stuff, because he amuses us and makes us laugh. This is what FW needs a lot more of. It is a question of balance and too much of the depressing stuff make [USER=44728]@Two Tone[/USER] a dull and unhappy chap. FW needed reading with an almost full pack of 20 and a lighter that worked! ......However, I now gather that even smoking in prisons has become somewhat restricted! [/QUOTE]
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