diary of a comedy sheep farm

i'm a bit tired TBH....i might tell you tomorrow......:devil:😁

something else i saw was a little veg farm 'clinging on' in the fens.....a case/db....leyland....belarus....all a bit 'weathered'...6 polytunnels....only 3 in use.....a freshly transplanted plot with the smartest little irrigator you ever saw:love:
Go past that regular spin ,
one at mumford roundabout op cafe Watering his paddocks this morning same
 

spin cycle

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Am I the only one who has no idea what/where naam is apart from the place where the yanks got their butts kicked :scratchhead:, suppose its got to be a ‘dialect’ thing

history nerd hat on :bag:

IIRC ...it could be argued that the us didn't loose the war....just realised they couldn't win without committing genocide as ho chi minh had no compunction about using his own ppl as 'cannon fodder'......for instance ...after the us pulled out it took something like 18 months for the viet cong to overcome the remaining south viet army......suggesting they were hardly 'winning' when the usa left
 
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onthehoof

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history nerd hat on :bag:

IIRC ...it could be argued that the us didn't loose the war....just realised they couldn't win without committing genocide as ho chi minh had no compunction about using his own ppl as 'cannon fodder'......for instance ...after the us pulled out it took something like 18 months for the viet cong to overcome the remaining south viet army......suggesting they were hardly 'winning' when the usa left
One regret I had about school was not doing history, didn't like teacher in 3rd year so didn't do O level and quit after doing Tudors but modern history would have been far more interesting
 

Hindsight

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spin cycle

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north norfolk
One regret I had about school was not doing history, didn't like teacher in 3rd year so didn't do O level and quit after doing Tudors but modern history would have been far more interesting

i think history is the most important school subject TBH.....take all the angst about immigration/migration....if they taught british history from romans to 1066 the kids would learn that waves of migration and the trouble that went with it are nothing new and that the 'pure bred englishmen' is in fact a 'hybrid mongrel' .....similarly the wars of the roses would teach the kids the importance of political stability....the list goes on.....so many lessons to be learnt :)

anyway i digress:rolleyes:........fixed the pasture topper today so thats back going(y).....did have a small bolt and big washer leftover though:scratchhead:...meh😁........just had time before lunch to take first row of stationary knives off the strawchopper but afternoon was disrupted by having to pick cinders up and admirals housework:rolleyes:

think i've found a spool valve on cs that has a 'float' position.....it has 3 positions...in...out...and a wavy line (float:scratchhead: )

gotta fess up to slight problem with my 'wilter conversion' ...the one i've bought is a lot bigger than the old.....i realised at the yard but thought 'i've come all this way i can hardly go home empty handed'

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at 2.4m wide the new one is going to catch cut swaths each side.....so might have to row up with haybob first before wilter:scratchhead:
 

robbie

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i think history is the most important school subject TBH.....take all the angst about immigration/migration....if they taught british history from romans to 1066 the kids would learn that waves of migration and the trouble that went with it are nothing new and that the 'pure bred englishmen' is in fact a 'hybrid mongrel' .....similarly the wars of the roses would teach the kids the importance of political stability....the list goes on.....so many lessons to be learnt :)

anyway i digress:rolleyes:........fixed the pasture topper today so thats back going(y).....did have a small bolt and big washer leftover though:scratchhead:...meh😁........just had time before lunch to take first row of stationary knives off the strawchopper but afternoon was disrupted by having to pick cinders up and admirals housework:rolleyes:

think i've found a spool valve on cs that has a 'float' position.....it has 3 positions...in...out...and a wavy line (float:scratchhead: )

gotta fess up to slight problem with my 'wilter conversion' ...the one i've bought is a lot bigger than the old.....i realised at the yard but thought 'i've come all this way i can hardly go home empty handed'

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at 2.4m wide the new one is going to catch cut swaths each side.....so might have to row up with haybob first before wilter:scratchhead:
You speak for yourself I'm no bloody mongrel!!!!!!!🙄🤣......bloody immigrants 🙄

How long have you had the case Cs and been a farmer yet your not familiar with what a "float position" on a dsv is!!!!🙄

All that blahing about not being able to make hay with a hay Bob and I must have a magic box and your going to now use the haybob just so you can use the magic box MK2🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

But on a brighter note, this'll make you laugh.......a bloke told me a couple of weeks ago it was too early for hay and what I was baling would need to be wrapped and that he always made hay Wimbledon week as it was the right time.......the forecasts not looking too cracky now!!!!😘😉
 

spin cycle

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You speak for yourself I'm no bloody mongrel!!!!!!!🙄🤣......bloody immigrants 🙄

How long have you had the case Cs and been a farmer yet your not familiar with what a "float position" on a dsv is!!!!🙄

All that blahing about not being able to make hay with a hay Bob and I must have a magic box and your going to now use the haybob just so you can use the magic box MK2🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

But on a brighter note, this'll make you laugh.......a bloke told me a couple of weeks ago it was too early for hay and what I was baling would need to be wrapped and that he always made hay Wimbledon week as it was the right time.......the forecasts not looking too cracky now!!!!😘😉

1/ i could (but won't) make a compelling case that the only native 'englishan' is .in effect 'welsh

2/ a long time :bag:

3/ :bag:

4/:bag:....😭😭😭
 

Sharpy

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i think history is the most important school subject TBH.....take all the angst about immigration/migration....if they taught british history from romans to 1066 the kids would learn that waves of migration and the trouble that went with it are nothing new and that the 'pure bred englishmen' is in fact a 'hybrid mongrel' .....similarly the wars of the roses would teach the kids the importance of political stability....the list goes on.....so many lessons to be learnt :)

anyway i digress:rolleyes:........fixed the pasture topper today so thats back going(y).....did have a small bolt and big washer leftover though:scratchhead:...meh😁........just had time before lunch to take first row of stationary knives off the strawchopper but afternoon was disrupted by having to pick cinders up and admirals housework:rolleyes:

think i've found a spool valve on cs that has a 'float' position.....it has 3 positions...in...out...and a wavy line (float:scratchhead: )

gotta fess up to slight problem with my 'wilter conversion' ...the one i've bought is a lot bigger than the old.....i realised at the yard but thought 'i've come all this way i can hardly go home empty handed'

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at 2.4m wide the new one is going to catch cut swaths each side.....so might have to row up with haybob first before wilter:scratchhead:
So what's the problem? 1.5 swathes per pass, more efficient surely?
 

spin cycle

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So what's the problem? 1.5 swathes per pass, more efficient surely?

.i'm pretty certain the skids will catch the swath......so plan a/ row up swaths....then 'wilt'....then bale :scratchhead:

robbie....my cs manual didn't have anything on 'spool valve float'.....what implements would you typically use 'float' on (apart from mowers:banghead: )

i wouldn't mind if it rained all wimbeldon:)
 

robbie

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.i'm pretty certain the skids will catch the swath......so plan a/ row up swaths....then 'wilt'....then bale :scratchhead:

robbie....my cs manual didn't have anything on 'spool valve float'.....what implements would you typically use 'float' on (apart from mowers:banghead: )

i wouldn't mind if it rained all wimbeldon:)
Trailer, folding cultivate, slurry gate on a tanker, drill markers, folding rolls, fert spinner 🙄
 

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