I was taken to task by neighbours wife for my comment on the same lines...
I said, "that the one advantage of getting old, is that the age range of women one finds attractive, increases as you get older.... At 20 say, it was probably 16-25, at 50 it is 18- 50, at 60, well, the range is even wider". I will give no ages to avoid suggestions of being a dirty old man
There’s a farm I do drilling and spraying for locally I think you do there hedge cutting, The farmer his Mrs and the chap who works for them. Combined age of over 240......When do you think you master farming? Is it just before you turn into the silly old duffer that stands directly behind a reversing machine
Can beat you, picture the scene was working on a machine on a local farm, Chris turns up with a fancy fast track with a even more fancy trailer the ones with hydraulic sides to stop bales falling off, H would load him with big square bales, H is 83 !! first 3 bales H picks up off the top off the stack, top one rolls off removing mirror, light arm etc on a 634 mantiou Chris, wonders over to me in the shed opposite and said do i have a mirror, me wondering out side thinking is fast track was needing a mirror no he said H as just removed the mirror on the fork lift i said that's fucck all wait till he gets the bale spicks into them fancy trailer side boards Chris just sh!t his self saying no he cant do that i just said just wait and see he will, Chris runs off to direct loading operations. !!!My old man will turn 70 this year and he’s still doing a full weeks work driving machines etc (mainly because he can’t go to his house in Spain at the moment ). BUT Jesus Christ he can scare the sh!t out of me sometimes and why oh why are older folks obsessed with driving tele-handlers when it’s the one machine that can do the most damage I’ll never know!
I didn’t manage to get my grandad to retire until he was 78 (he’s now 96) and that was only because his eyesight pretty much went altogether. So I my have another 18 years before I can get my old man to retire
Haha yes I do, when I first met them they were bedding up, she pulled me to one side and said “watch him, he will run you over!”There’s a farm I do drilling and spraying for locally I think you do there hedge cutting, The farmer his Mrs and the chap who works for them. Combined age of over 240......
how they keep going is beyond me.
That's what my husband says as well!
One reason that farmers (land owners) don't retire is Agricultural Reliefs. If you officially retire but continue to live in the farmhouse where you have lived all your life, you immediately loose agricultural relief.
Yes he’s a rare chap is loader driver, been a hell of a grafter over the years. He still turns up at 6 am most days, think he prefers to go there than sit at home waiting for god...Haha yes I do, when I first met them they were bedding up, she pulled me to one side and said “watch him, he will run you over!”
It must be an attitude thing though as it is so popular and works so well (?) in NZ? Taxation policy may be a factor?Wondered this here a bit, but I suspect it would be a hard sell to both of us, although it is something I can see a huge merit in. Would have to be the right person!!
I'm 60 this year and I'm convinced the job keeps me fit and active. I say use it or lose it.Comments in the H&S thread got me thinking as I’m now within a few months of turning 60.
I suppose I am increasingly a bit of a liability.
I won’t drive tractors unless forced to but any machine has to be hitched on for me; Mechanical jobs take me longer as I like to get everything just so - I do most of the slurry scraping and spend hours over it; I can’t milk as the parlour is too fast for me; I can’t roll a cow on my own any more; I refuse to get up at 5am unless we are staff critical; I wear more clothes than anyone else so can’t get through squeeze gaps (might also have something to do with the tum too); I spend longer fussing cows than others; and so on.
But I do do the monthly VAT; I do take some of the fingering; I am generally around the yard when others aren’t; I moan until jobs get done; i am the gofer to the Ag merchants; I am a sounding board even if I get ignored; I get to wear freebies especially beanies ....
Damn it all, I’m not ready to retire thankee
Or you could pass it on to the next generation in plenty of timeExcellent point...
Well - i took myself and my then girlfriend off on a holiday to Canada around 10 years ago, and in Jasper, halfway up Whistler mountain, we stoppedComments in the H&S thread got me thinking as I’m now within a few months of turning 60.
I suppose I am increasingly a bit of a liability.
I won’t drive tractors unless forced to but any machine has to be hitched on for me; Mechanical jobs take me longer as I like to get everything just so - I do most of the slurry scraping and spend hours over it; I can’t milk as the parlour is too fast for me; I can’t roll a cow on my own any more; I refuse to get up at 5am unless we are staff critical; I wear more clothes than anyone else so can’t get through squeeze gaps (might also have something to do with the tum too); I spend longer fussing cows than others; and so on.
But I do do the monthly VAT; I do take some of the fingering; I am generally around the yard when others aren’t; I moan until jobs get done; i am the gofer to the Ag merchants; I am a sounding board even if I get ignored; I get to wear freebies especially beanies ....
Damn it all, I’m not ready to retire thankee
It must be an attitude thing though as it is so popular and works so well (?) in NZ? Taxation policy may be a factor?
Or you could pass it on to the next generation in plenty of time
A proper hard hat is only £4 from Toolstation!Thinking of nicking one of those cycling helmets while the lycra boys are busy admiring eachothers shaved legs.
Might be a handy thing to have while working at height. Are they comfortable to wear for hours?