Attitude.
Country file tonite
- Thread starter Kevtherev
- Start date
From what I've seen out here that may well be partly true - although I've met a fair few pessimistic chaps, it's not all endless sunshine and happy days.
Regulation is certainly lighter out here, but it's not the "Wild West" that some would have you believe.
I think we get suckerd into a bit of kiwi worshiping in the UK partly because of a shared language and history. It has to be said that they are also very good self promotors. I think they biggest difference is prehaps as an average they are slightly sharper businessmen - out of nesssisty there is no safety net or much of home market to rely on.
Tarw Coch
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- Location
- Bottom of Wats Dyke
What other employment opportunities are available in NZ? Would I be right in thinking that there would be much better chance of getting a job outside farming over here? Just wondering why farmers would carry on struggling on half of bigger all if they can get a reasonably well paid job, probably with more time off than they're used to. Why would they restrict thselves to a living substantially below most of the population?
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
One of the great mysteries is the mind of the farmer.
- Location
- Northumberland
They must have changed a hell of a lot since when John Cherrington used to visit then.He said they were hopeless businessmen,all their buying and selling done through agents.
Perhaps - they certainly don't bugger about with sentimentality, if its docent pay or make economic sense its not going to happen. I also think that the use of an agent doesn't prevent one from being a good businessman.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Uisng an agent makes you better businessman imo, the best recognise there own talents and own misgivings and employ to suit.
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Nice to get a trip to nz for ten mins waffeling sh!t on camera then your time is your own lol
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
At least he pushed the TB matter well tonight and gave the "wildlife" issue an airing!
Willie adie
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Must have been new for him
Working for once
Working for once
Willie adie
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Typical countryfile with shite about authors and that kind of crap.
Still at least no calendar
YET
Still at least no calendar
YET
Willie adie
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
What a loiad of crap seen better from pre school
- Location
- Suffolk
Ellie Harrison and those trousers just about says it all!
Dunno....it was the highlight of the program for me..
Willie adie
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
The highlight woulfd be her out of them
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
He's there and he's on the TV. I don't have the face or necessarily the ability to get there. He's working hard for his family's interests and probably gets massively frustrated with the Beeb and their politics, protocols and working practices.
Sadly the World cannot rewind to an era of John (then Dan) Cherington, Philip Wrixon and Oliver Walston on a proper TV programme and I bet even they got pee'd off with how much filming was left on the cutting room floor. Just look how folks get bored with David Richardson's FW column these days, it's not as easy as you would imagine
Willie adie
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Yes. Obviously the Brian may crowd aren't as vocall there
matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
NZ have just found a 'biological marker' in wild pigs.
http://bovinetb.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/in-uk-we-shoot-canaries-dont-we.html
We shoot our sentinels.