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Am I allowed to do gratuitous adverts for my witty yet incisive new (well, first) book here? 140,000 words of top-notch farming-related drivel wisdom over nearly 300 pages - c/w lovely pictures!

Edited with link to buy:

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Arrived today ....see 'today at work' thread !!

 

[Charlie Flindt]

Now available on Farm Marketplace


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I get an 'error 404' message for that page now. Very odd.

 

[Sharpy]

I get an 'error 404' message for that page now. Very odd.

Strange, it works for me.

 

[Vincent]

Managed to get one for my father today, got it posted to NI. I reckon he will be happier with that for Christmas than some meaning less that.

 

[Charlie Flindt]

Managed to get one for my father today, got it posted to NI. I reckon he will be happier with that for Christmas than some meaning less that.

Excellent news; very glad it got there - dear little Cheriton Post Office has been struggling with international orders!!

 

[marco]

I've one ordered for my father for christmas from amazon. postage to ireland was a bit steep but i'd say he'll like the book so worth it(he mightn't admit it though) like most fathers

 

[Al R]

The wife ordered through Amazon a few weeks back for Christmas for dad. You put a note in saying you needed to realign your printer - have you done it yet Charlie?

 

[bovrill]

I think I've managed to order one, through Marketplace on here.
I got a main message congratulating me for passing money into the system, and a big red message in the corner saying that some message had failed!

Edit: I've got an email now saying I've been successful!

 

[its.... only me]

Arrived today, looking forward to reading it.
Thanks Charlie

 

[marco]

The handwritten note was a nice touch. Thanks charlie

 

[Charlie Flindt]

Arrived today, looking forward to reading it.
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Excellent. Hope you enjoy it. Thanks for buying a copy.

 

[Charlie Flindt]

The handwritten note was a nice touch. Thanks charlie

Good news. I hope you enoy reading about the Flindt Towers shambles!!"

 

[chaffcutter]

Hi Charlie, I enjoyed the book, and spent a lot of time saying ‘I know how he feels’!

Has your farming system changed much since that year?

 

[Charlie Flindt]

Hi Charlie, I enjoyed the book, and spent a lot of time saying ‘I know how he feels’!

Has your farming system changed much since that year?

Glad you enjoyed the book - thanks. Very little has changed ......I've added a very 2nd-hand ST4 Sprinter to the drill 'fleet' and chipped the Deere 6630, but kept the CO3 with the idea of it being my mean lean bean machine. I abandoned Amazone as a sprayer manufacturer - I lost a lot of money trading the second one in and going back to good old Gem, but I just couldn't get on with the terrible German machines - and Amazone's attitude. So the arable side is all but identical - even down to the state of the sown crops (i.e., unsown!). Hazel has scaled back the livestock side, now that she has reached, ahem, 21, and the children are gone. Sheep-wrestling ain't as easy as it used to be. There's a dozen or so things that go moo in the back barn (livestock never my speciality) but that's about it. I think that explains why my plans to repeat the book-writing excercise have been on hold, because it would be more of the same!!! Rain rain rain......poachers....rain rain rain...

 

[bovrill]

When does the audio book come out?
Or have I got to sneak my father's Christmas copy back off him at some point?!

Agricultural audio books could probably do quite well actually. You couldn't get a more suitable audience, stuck in a tractor for many, many hours a day.
You could have all the classics: On the smell of an oily rag; Farmer's Glory; Cow go moo, sheep go baa.
I listened to five CDs of Crime and Punishment half a dozen times wrapping silage one season, and still didn't get it.

 

[Charlie Flindt]

When does the audio book come out?
Or have I got to sneak my father's Christmas copy back off him at some point?!

Agricultural audio books could probably do quite well actually. You couldn't get a more suitable audience, stuck in a tractor for many, many hours a day.
You could have all the classics: On the smell of an oily rag; Farmer's Glory; Cow go moo, sheep go baa.
I listened to five CDs of Crime and Punishment half a dozen times wrapping silage one season, and still didn't get it.

Hmmm....my radio voice is my last physical feature that still works properly!!!

 

[willy]

Just ordered one from fleabay, look forward to the read, I have to say I do enjoy your farmer weekly articles and do like reading farming that isn’t too state of the art and full of shiny bulls##t.

Can I ask how many sales have you made? Just curious. Although short, AG Street desert island disc pod cast is worth a listen( although the beeb have lost most of it).

 

[Charlie Flindt]

Just ordered one from fleabay, look forward to the read, I have to say I do enjoy your farmer weekly articles and do like reading farming that isn’t too state of the art and full of shiny bulls##t.

Can I ask how many sales have you made? Just curious. Although short, AG Street desert island disc pod cast is worth a listen( although the beeb have lost most of it).

Thanks for buying a copy - in the post this morning, and thanks for your kind comments about FW. Really appreciated.
I printed 2,000, and have moved 1,630 - so that includes freebies, press copies as well as Amazon, Ebay, FMP, local book shops, kitchen table, and cheque sales. very pleased.
There's a Perazzi MX12 looming....

 

[willy]

Well done good going, can’t wait

 

[Brains]

Enjoying reading the book, got me into reading but what other farming books are a good read? Any suggestions of something similar?