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diary of a comedy sheep farm
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<blockquote data-quote="spin cycle" data-source="post: 7851473" data-attributes="member: 12281"><p>sunday</p><p></p><p>brain was addled sat night...no change there then <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /> .....anyhoo i went to bed early then awoke early hours<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />,,,nil desperandum spinny i'll do some vat<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />...2 hours later i'd had enough and retired to the sofa so as not to disturb mrs spin,,,,just nodding back off to sleep about 5am when a knock came on the door<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" />.....switched porch light on a peered outta side window....it was an elderly neighbour from up the road....poor lass is occasional dementia sufferer<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />....there she was wandering around with a bag with new shoes in it,,,,, got disorientated and come to us cos we'd got lights on due to my nocturnal meanderings.....mrs spin sorted her while i got car then popped her home....her husband was then off looking for her</p><p></p><p>overslept and was late to farm .....as a result i was up there most of the morning with the chores....the admiral's rayburn had run outta gas,,,,,now normally she's very punctilious about ordering but when i went outside all 3 cylinders were empty<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></p><p></p><p>finally home mrs spin needed a new light fixed over her sewing table......i tried to do it quickly by kneeling on said table but it was just the wrong height.....ended getting step ladder /moving stuff and job took twice as long....i never feckin learn<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></p><p></p><p>all in all not the most restful day so i went to bed early<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>monday</p><p></p><p>guess what<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />......woke up in early hours again<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face :sob:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f62d.png" data-shortname=":sob:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face :sob:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f62d.png" data-shortname=":sob:" />.......did the vat to nearly finish<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />....bit jaded for resta day though<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>needed gas cylinder for admiral and a quick google revealed earnest doe do them<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" />....phone call to confirm<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p></p><p>all the sheep pens needed good fettlin which is K's job but i still needed forklift straw about.....pushed up horse muck but whilst 'in progress' some white sheep appeared in yard....at first i thought it was some snot + ignored.....then glanced again...'FECK IT'S THE RAMS'<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /> .....puffa+ mcnabs leading...percy+ puppydog more wary.....the aforementioned pair just deciding on whether to turn left to come and see me or 'straight on' following the alluring odour they musta been detecting from main flock<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />......a bucket of feed makes their mind up in my favour<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>sheep done it's off to naam....dead beltex tup to take in...slightly 'ripe'<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😗" title="Kissing face :kissing:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f617.png" data-shortname=":kissing:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite77" alt=":bag:" title="Bag :bag:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":bag:" /> and hopefully get a gas cylinder.....mission accomplished the chap at doe's complimenting me on my organised manner cos i had sack barrow and ratchet strap to secure cylinder in livestock trailer....i told him not to expect me to make a 'habit of it'<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p><p></p><p>back home rayburn relit...late lunch</p><p></p><p>short afternoon...... chores domestic and farm only.....getting little stressed about compiling yr end books but really tired<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> ...I KNOW<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="💡" title="Light bulb :bulb:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f4a1.png" data-shortname=":bulb:" />,,,,i'll have an 'early night'<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spin cycle, post: 7851473, member: 12281"] sunday brain was addled sat night...no change there then 😁 .....anyhoo i went to bed early then awoke early hours:rolleyes:,,,nil desperandum spinny i'll do some vat(y)...2 hours later i'd had enough and retired to the sofa so as not to disturb mrs spin,,,,just nodding back off to sleep about 5am when a knock came on the door:oops:.....switched porch light on a peered outta side window....it was an elderly neighbour from up the road....poor lass is occasional dementia sufferer:(....there she was wandering around with a bag with new shoes in it,,,,, got disorientated and come to us cos we'd got lights on due to my nocturnal meanderings.....mrs spin sorted her while i got car then popped her home....her husband was then off looking for her overslept and was late to farm .....as a result i was up there most of the morning with the chores....the admiral's rayburn had run outta gas,,,,,now normally she's very punctilious about ordering but when i went outside all 3 cylinders were empty:banghead: finally home mrs spin needed a new light fixed over her sewing table......i tried to do it quickly by kneeling on said table but it was just the wrong height.....ended getting step ladder /moving stuff and job took twice as long....i never feckin learn:banghead: all in all not the most restful day so i went to bed early:rolleyes: monday guess what:banghead::banghead:......woke up in early hours again😭😭.......did the vat to nearly finish:rolleyes:....bit jaded for resta day though:rolleyes: needed gas cylinder for admiral and a quick google revealed earnest doe do them:oops:....phone call to confirm(y) all the sheep pens needed good fettlin which is K's job but i still needed forklift straw about.....pushed up horse muck but whilst 'in progress' some white sheep appeared in yard....at first i thought it was some snot + ignored.....then glanced again...'FECK IT'S THE RAMS':oops::oops: .....puffa+ mcnabs leading...percy+ puppydog more wary.....the aforementioned pair just deciding on whether to turn left to come and see me or 'straight on' following the alluring odour they musta been detecting from main flock:rolleyes:......a bucket of feed makes their mind up in my favour:rolleyes: sheep done it's off to naam....dead beltex tup to take in...slightly 'ripe'😗:bag: and hopefully get a gas cylinder.....mission accomplished the chap at doe's complimenting me on my organised manner cos i had sack barrow and ratchet strap to secure cylinder in livestock trailer....i told him not to expect me to make a 'habit of it'😁 back home rayburn relit...late lunch short afternoon...... chores domestic and farm only.....getting little stressed about compiling yr end books but really tired:( ...I KNOW💡,,,,i'll have an 'early night':rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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