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spin cycle

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north norfolk
sunday

last night i was om the sofa....now tonight she (mrs spin) has kicked me out :oops:.....and no it's not the naff horsey jumper which ,it turns out, is proving quite practical as hay/horse hair etc doesn't stick to it....anyhoo i'm in the holiday let:oops:

day started normally with routine chores ...the twin i've been supplementing has perked up a lot(y) .....bale of hay for strawbs was last job then popped home before setting off to mole cs in dereham for some bits.....mrs spin made me change my fleece as it had mud on and sprayed some cologne on me.....'what are you doing?' i exclaim 'you know mcs is like an agricultural babe station...i'll never get out alive':oops:

actually i did get out.....treated myself to a big mac meal.....spilt mayo om my new top and deduced that .on country b roads, 36mph was the max safe speed to drive whilst consuming a maccy d....some of you may want to write that down before next years quiz;)

back at the farm mrs spin was parked outside the holiday barn:scratchhead:.....anyhoo i was hailed by mrs peacock...'one a your rams don't look to good'...i investigate....it's puppydog who only went out to sweep up on new years eve.....he's up....walking but sullen...i take the raddle off but no rub marks:scratchhead:....only thing i can think is that mcnabs has re written the 'pecking order'.....the 'pups' getting on in years now....8 yrs old:scratchhead:

afternoon chores done...not much TBH....i wander over to holiday let and see bag of my stuff and mrs spin having a quick clean...'you're in here for now':oops:

covid hits 'spin towers'

late yesterday poor HH ,not feeling well. tested positive on a lateral flow....mrs spin took her for a pcr today and she's in her room.....then after lunch today mrs spin and boy took tests....mrs spin negative....boy positive :banghead:.......fortunately both mrs spin and i are booster + 14 days so don't need to isolate....at least i hope not:scratchhead:.....so mrs spin decided we better split our forces with her holding the fort there and me on the farm.....the other problem is we've only 5 lateral flows left (after i tested negative).......mrs nev suggested a solution that's been passed around here caring colleagues....'stick one finger from your left hand in your mouth and another finger from your right up your 'bottom' .....count to thirty then swap fingers around......if you can't taste any difference you're covid positive'🤢
 

yellowbelly

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Livestock Farmer
Location
N.Lincs
covid hits 'spin towers'
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Sorry to hear that. Hope your young 'uns soon get over it and Mrs Spin avoids it all together 🤞
last night i was om the sofa....now tonight she (mrs spin) has kicked me out :oops:......... i'm in the holiday let:oops:
When I read that, I just assumed the long suffering Mrs Spin had finally had enough of your excessive consumption of Toffee Vodka (or whatever concoction it is you have a thirst for).........

...........either that or you'd retuned home, from the Babestation franchise that is Dereham MVS (terrific turn of phrase, BTW), with lipstick on your collar, a smile on your face and a spring in your step but without any of the stuff that you'd set of for in the first place 🤣

Was expecting several pages of "Whooor, randy ole Spin" 💪👍👍👍 .............or "Boooo, you lecherous old sod 🤛👎👎👎
From members of the collective, depending on whose side they'd taken.

Instead we'll just get a few posts congratulating Mrs Spin on handling the situation very sensibly.
mrs nev suggested a solution that's been passed around here caring colleagues....'stick one finger from your left hand in your mouth and another finger from your right up your 'bottom' .....count to thirty then swap fingers around......if you can't taste any difference you're covid positive'🤢
Looking forward to you keeping us posted with the results :playful::playful:
 
sunday

last night i was om the sofa....now tonight she (mrs spin) has kicked me out :oops:.....and no it's not the naff horsey jumper which ,it turns out, is proving quite practical as hay/horse hair etc doesn't stick to it....anyhoo i'm in the holiday let:oops:

day started normally with routine chores ...the twin i've been supplementing has perked up a lot(y) .....bale of hay for strawbs was last job then popped home before setting off to mole cs in dereham for some bits.....mrs spin made me change my fleece as it had mud on and sprayed some cologne on me.....'what are you doing?' i exclaim 'you know mcs is like an agricultural babe station...i'll never get out alive':oops:

actually i did get out.....treated myself to a big mac meal.....spilt mayo om my new top and deduced that .on country b roads, 36mph was the max safe speed to drive whilst consuming a maccy d....some of you may want to write that down before next years quiz;)

back at the farm mrs spin was parked outside the holiday barn:scratchhead:.....anyhoo i was hailed by mrs peacock...'one a your rams don't look to good'...i investigate....it's puppydog who only went out to sweep up on new years eve.....he's up....walking but sullen...i take the raddle off but no rub marks:scratchhead:....only thing i can think is that mcnabs has re written the 'pecking order'.....the 'pups' getting on in years now....8 yrs old:scratchhead:

afternoon chores done...not much TBH....i wander over to holiday let and see bag of my stuff and mrs spin having a quick clean...'you're in here for now':oops:

covid hits 'spin towers'

late yesterday poor HH ,not feeling well. tested positive on a lateral flow....mrs spin took her for a pcr today and she's in her room.....then after lunch today mrs spin and boy took tests....mrs spin negative....boy positive :banghead:.......fortunately both mrs spin and i are booster + 14 days so don't need to isolate....at least i hope not:scratchhead:.....so mrs spin decided we better split our forces with her holding the fort there and me on the farm.....the other problem is we've only 5 lateral flows left (after i tested negative).......mrs nev suggested a solution that's been passed around here caring colleagues....'stick one finger from your left hand in your mouth and another finger from your right up your 'bottom' .....count to thirty then swap fingers around......if you can't taste any difference you're covid positive'🤢
Bon courage family Spin
 

AftonShepherd

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
East Ayrshire
sunday

last night i was om the sofa....now tonight she (mrs spin) has kicked me out :oops:.....and no it's not the naff horsey jumper which ,it turns out, is proving quite practical as hay/horse hair etc doesn't stick to it....anyhoo i'm in the holiday let:oops:

day started normally with routine chores ...the twin i've been supplementing has perked up a lot(y) .....bale of hay for strawbs was last job then popped home before setting off to mole cs in dereham for some bits.....mrs spin made me change my fleece as it had mud on and sprayed some cologne on me.....'what are you doing?' i exclaim 'you know mcs is like an agricultural babe station...i'll never get out alive':oops:

actually i did get out.....treated myself to a big mac meal.....spilt mayo om my new top and deduced that .on country b roads, 36mph was the max safe speed to drive whilst consuming a maccy d....some of you may want to write that down before next years quiz;)

back at the farm mrs spin was parked outside the holiday barn:scratchhead:.....anyhoo i was hailed by mrs peacock...'one a your rams don't look to good'...i investigate....it's puppydog who only went out to sweep up on new years eve.....he's up....walking but sullen...i take the raddle off but no rub marks:scratchhead:....only thing i can think is that mcnabs has re written the 'pecking order'.....the 'pups' getting on in years now....8 yrs old:scratchhead:

afternoon chores done...not much TBH....i wander over to holiday let and see bag of my stuff and mrs spin having a quick clean...'you're in here for now':oops:

covid hits 'spin towers'

late yesterday poor HH ,not feeling well. tested positive on a lateral flow....mrs spin took her for a pcr today and she's in her room.....then after lunch today mrs spin and boy took tests....mrs spin negative....boy positive :banghead:.......fortunately both mrs spin and i are booster + 14 days so don't need to isolate....at least i hope not:scratchhead:.....so mrs spin decided we better split our forces with her holding the fort there and me on the farm.....the other problem is we've only 5 lateral flows left (after i tested negative).......mrs nev suggested a solution that's been passed around here caring colleagues....'stick one finger from your left hand in your mouth and another finger from your right up your 'bottom' .....count to thirty then swap fingers around......if you can't taste any difference you're covid positive'🤢
Hope you all keep well, Covid hit here yesterday too although farm and house are all ring fenced so I'll keep going as normal and just tell any walkers etc to f**k off.
 

spin cycle

Member
Location
north norfolk
monday pt1....bit bored so you'll have to 'grin and bear it' 😁

K came in and we 'socially distanced' the predicament:rolleyes:...in the end we decided to work apart and she stay outdoors(y)

my main job o the day was to move our 'second string' lamb weigher and kit from bale to fil's about 4 miles away.....i took smeg c/w with rear loader and attached the flat trailer i got from charlie.....that way i was able to lift the weigher on;)........the whole outfit looked a bitta 'charabanc' :love:....but worked(y)....i set up the hurdles/weigher but the catching pen will have to be done tommoz

in other news.....puppydog has passed.....now need to be sad though cos he had a good life....good servant....and at least K will be safe as he'd gone after her coupla times last year........he was born 2014 on @exmoordave place.....spent a yr in suffolk ( which TBF is long enough😁) with @JP1 before arriving here in 2016:)

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'puppydog' 2014-2022.....grandfather of the norfolk hurdler:love:
 

spin cycle

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Location
north norfolk
monday pt 2......'marooned on turnip barn island' featuring 'robinspin crusoe'

i'd arrived hastily that night...there was no time to explore just a quit scout of the immediate vicinity and find a safe place to sleep......dawn i awoke and explored a little more......good news(y)....first i found a good source of fresh water ,,,,,it was a relief cos i didn't fancy another mugful outta the 'spring' i'd found the previous night in the bathroom🤢.....and second the island appears to be bountiful......look at this food tree i found(y)

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spin cycle

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Location
north norfolk
Not too bad so far, just like a bad cold. Triple vaxed since before Christmas and hardly been out since then ....

worrying thing is that the vaccines seem to mitigate not stop the virus......and if protection is only going to last 5 months we're going to be in this 'loop' sometime......thats without the possibility of a variant emerging resistant to vaccines which lets face it is likely given the numbers and spread

joe public doesn't understand disease outbreaks like we do and 'powers that be' don't seem to wanna educate them :scratchhead:
 

AftonShepherd

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
East Ayrshire
worrying thing is that the vaccines seem to mitigate not stop the virus......and if protection is only going to last 5 months we're going to be in this 'loop' sometime......thats without the possibility of a variant emerging resistant to vaccines which lets face it is likely given the numbers and spread

joe public doesn't understand disease outbreaks like we do and 'powers that be' don't seem to wanna educate them :scratchhead:
Hard to know, wee Nicky has definitely been more decisive than Boris with bringing in restrictions but numbers don't seem any better.

Was about to say it's easy with animals you just shut them in a separate field or shed and keep them there, but then I remembered what thread I was on ...
 

robbie

Member
BASIS
monday pt1....bit bored so you'll have to 'grin and bear it' 😁

K came in and we 'socially distanced' the predicament:rolleyes:...in the end we decided to work apart and she stay outdoors(y)

my main job o the day was to move our 'second string' lamb weigher and kit from bale to fil's about 4 miles away.....i took smeg c/w with rear loader and attached the flat trailer i got from charlie.....that way i was able to lift the weigher on;)........the whole outfit looked a bitta 'charabanc' :love:....but worked(y)....i set up the hurdles/weigher but the catching pen will have to be done tommoz

in other news.....puppydog has passed.....now need to be sad though cos he had a good life....good servant....and at least K will be safe as he'd gone after her coupla times last year........he was born 2014 on @exmoordave place.....spent a yr in suffolk ( which TBF is long enough😁) with @JP1 before arriving here in 2016:)

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'puppydog' 2014-2022.....grandfather of the norfolk hurdler:love:
To be fair it was probably the stay in Suffolk that caused his demise!!!!
It's a known fact that even a brief visit of anymore than a day can be detrimental to one's health.

Norfolk is much safer!!!!!!!😍
 

spin cycle

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Location
north norfolk
tuesday

got in a bitta 'flap' cos mot and tax ran out on van and i need it.....phone garage and took it in.....they were very good.....mot and filter changes and back by friday....only failed on number plate light and one tyre that had a slow puncture anyway:)

whilst taking van in i called at arkwrights for baccy...paid my dues and told them the covid test joke which went down well😁

back at the farm we weighed ram lambs....got a load booked to abattoir next tuesday(y).......few spare for mart saturday but gotta 'scratch up' somat else to make worthwhile trip:scratchhead:

K has decided she'd like a livestock trailer like mine for her little enterprise so i posted an ad on here:)

tried to do some book work after lunch but had computer on so failed to get much done :bag:

HH tested negative today but we're running out of tests.....mrs spin's luvvy show has rehearsal tonight and curtain up thursday....don't know how it's gonna be TBH:scratchhead:

and now...part two of our 'mini series'.....'MARROONED'

slept well again and awaking at dawn i had a quick opportunity to explore my new homes 'hinterland' a little before work..... made the most startling discovery....i stumbled onto a 'lager grove':oops:......now i'm not one for lager per se or indeed alcohol at all after recent 'indulgences' BUT i found tracks from game that feeds on lager.....i'm certain that there were 'wild kebab' tracks and probably 'feral bhuna' to.....i sense a hunt:love:

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