Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.

[waterbuffalofarmer]

At least i was still walking havent had that much to drink in a llloooonngg time. Not my thing but when they failed to kill me with pints they tried harder with whiskey and came damn close

Sounds like you need a new group of friends tbh. Glad you're ok though sounds like a horrific ordeal

 

[unlacedgecko]

At least i was still walking havent had that much to drink in a llloooonngg time. Not my thing but when they failed to kill me with pints they tried harder with whiskey and came damn close

I've rediscovered whisky this past week. Next I see you we will have a wee dram or two.

 

[hendrebc]

Sounds like you need a new group of friends tbh. Glad you're ok though sounds like a horrific ordeal

Was pretty horrific but all part of the fun . When they get married it will be my chance to do it back to them
Like i keep getting told you wont be doing it again so might as well do it right

 

[CornishTone]

Saturday afternoon/night i thiught id had all my punishment for the weekend and i was back in my usual role of least drunk/babysitter. It didnt last though....
The barstewards unbeknown to me had found a strip club (my least favourute places on earth despite only being in one before) and despite my protests and a almost violent struggle they got me inside. What happened next was more than a little traumatising but ill probably laugh about it one day but not anytime soon
Taken on stage with 2 women in their underwear i was stripped to my boxers amd made to dance for them. My pants were half burnt off and i was beaten with a belt till i was black and blue it was bloody painful and not my idea of fun at all everyone else seemed to enjoy it though i went home after that back in babysitter mode taking an ill friend back to his room. Future mrs hendrebc found the whole thing as funny as my friends did ill get the barstewards back one day will be the best mans turn soon enough
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I’m like you, I can’t stand all that sh!t! I told my best man that I was happy to go to a strip club but if he got me up on stage and they start stripping me, I’ll start fighting! He was sensible enough to think I was serious in the end and we just went and looked at the pretty ladies!

But I’ve been on a few where they tie the stag to the chair and strip, whip and humiliate him and it just makes me cringe. Conversely, the one time I was best man the stag actually requested that, so each to their own I guess!

I’m best man for another chap this time next year and he’ll not appreciate that sort of nonsense. We’ll just go and look at the pretty ladies again!

 

[hendrebc]

I’m like you, I can’t stand all that sh!t! I told my best man that I was happy to go to a strip club but if he got me up on stage and they start stripping me, I’ll start fighting! He was sensible enough to think I was serious in the end and we just went and looked at the pretty ladies!

But I’ve been on a few where they tie the stag to the chair and strip, whip and humiliate him and it just makes me cringe. Conversely, the one time I was best man the stag actually requested that, so each to their own I guess!

I’m best man for another chap this time next year and he’ll not appreciate that sort of nonsense. We’ll just go and look at the pretty ladies again!

I cant believe he would request all that
but ive done it now so they can all and i know were the bar is set for payback some day now

 

[CornishTone]

I cant believe he would request all that
but ive done it now so they can all and i know were the bar is set for payback some day now

Like I say, each to their own, but when I remember the sh1t that happened in the Harper Bar of a Wednesday night, I figured I didn’t need to go through it all again on my stag do!

For the second leg of my stag do they dressed me in a Tinky Winky costume, complete with red hand bag! The hand bag came in particularly useful in the taxi on the way home, saved me a fine for a clean up operation!

 

[Farmer Roy]

only ever been in a strip club once
got dragged into one by a fertiliser company rep after a test rugby game in Sydney ( they paid for tickets & accommodation ). It was about the saddest place I'd been. I didn't know who was saddest, the girls or the blokes watching them . . .
got bored pretty quickly & drinks were too expensive so we managed to escape & found a pub instead

 

[CornishTone]

How much fertiliser do you have to buy for that?!?!

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Doubled up from when I copied the numbers from the wet envelope
Printer is out of ink - again

Sure that's not one you ate already

 

[Farmer Roy]

err, @Yale - you asked about house plans
nothing flash or pretentious, quite modest by Australian standards. Conventional modern Australian homes are all brick veneer, timber frame, built on a concrete slab. They all seem to have at least 5 bedrooms, media rooms, ensuites, double garages etc etc.
These plans are to fit into the local environment, looks a bit like an old farm building or woolshed, it is sympathetic to the existing late 1800's corrugated iron buildings near it.
It is designed to make the most of its location, with views, light, passive heating, cooling, ventilation etc. It is north facing. Protection from the west ( sun / heat ). We have very hot long summers & cold winters. During summer we want as much shade & ventilation & insulation as possible, while during winter we want to bring as much light & sunshine in as possible. Built on piers ( slightly sloping land ), single story. Timber frame, probably clad in corrugated iron & muted grey colours to blend in with existing buildings & vegetation. Big views to north. Open plan living / dining / kitchen areas & big outdoor sheltered area. 3 smallish bedrooms. An office. Store room.Laundary room. Mud room. Just one family bathroom but a separate shower / toilet for outdoors "dirty" people ( me ) Open carport at rear
designed very much with its location, environment & planned lifestyle in mind

 

[Farmer Roy]

 

[Deerefarmer]

@Farmer Roy I have some eccentric neighbors

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Snow on the tops...

...yards in a state

Load the truck..

..out the gate

 

[Blaithin]

Pastures and hayland are really struggling with the poor rainfall here. Crops seem to be holding on so far for the most part. But seen an unlucky stretch of canola today.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Feel bad talking about rainfall in such a way......

 

[Farmer Roy]

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Quite interesting, my mate up the road found similar when he binned pesticides and fertiliser - he was more profitable without "insurance" spraying
The rest is down to rotation redesign and sensible plants/m2 - and undersowing to trap soil moisture in the soil

 

[Farmer Roy]

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

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Most of the followers of this thread will know what these figures are about.
Fag packet maths tell me these liveweights are about the profit we will make off them= they're off to Ranfurly-ish to graze crop before their final trip in spring.
Some won't need much more

Bit of a mixed emotions day here.

Some heavy ones in there

Was there much variation when they came or are those ones just really good doers?

 

[Ukjay]

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Cant like than Roy - shows just how serious it is out there.

Was the old mast framework reinforced as it looks like it stood up well and took your weight OK