Moan/thoughts/opinions

[Oliveau]

I agree with those who advise getting the hip replaced ASAP. But, how long is the NHS waiting list in Scotland?
in the meantime can you sell the sheep and let the grazing, possibly with an agreement that the grazier will help you with your cattle while you are laid up?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I agree with those who advise getting the hip replaced ASAP. But, how long is the NHS waiting list in Scotland?
in the meantime can you sell the sheep and let the grazing, possibly with an agreement that the grazier will help you with your cattle while you are laid up?

Friend of mine is getting his knee done £15000 private ,I believe the waiting list is 2 years

 

[tr250]

small farm (120 acres)
150 breeding yows
25-30 suckler coos
do a wee bit o contract round baling and wrapping (roughly 12-1500 bales)
Current input prices unbelievable (for everybody)
Wondering wher exactly the whole job is going.
Just me n the wife, nae weans.

Im 52 been for xray on pelvis and got told today my left hips goosed (worn oot and bone growing wher it shouldny, looks like it's nearer 70 according to doc. socket half moon shaped rather than C shaped)
Also been told to avoid sheep at all costs as it could dislocate if one hits me wrong. Also after op don't work wi them in buchts

At the moment I'm thinking jack the whole job (A)
Sell sheep, keep coos. (I LOVE my coos ) (B)
Could I live on 30 sucklers??
Keep coos n possibly 50 sheep. (C)

If I jacked it what would I do, couldny be a sales rep (don't talk enough p!sh. no offense intended) (I'm an antisocial bugger according to my sister!!)
Enjoy baling but driving a tractor for a contractor would probably cause me to hit the Jack Daniels.

Bit of a rant for which I'm sorry, but any thoughts/opinions?

Cheers
Hagar

Is your farm suitable to plough half grow corn and have your 40-50 cows produce your own straw/ feed so you don’t need to buy anything sell the surplus have a neighbor to combine everything else on that acreage could be bought cheaply as it sounds like you got a good tractor

 

[DaveGrohl]

I agree with those who advise getting the hip replaced ASAP. But, how long is the NHS waiting list in Scotland?
in the meantime can you sell the sheep and let the grazing, possibly with an agreement that the grazier will help you with your cattle while you are laid up?

He hasn’t said how much pain he’s in as far as I can see, just that the x ray shows it’s worn out. Whether he goes NHS or private makes all the difference as to when to do it, waiting lists…..

 

[spin cycle]

first thing to do is buy a shedder tup and use for replacement ewes.....there's no need to go completely shedding as a first cross will have a wooly coat but clean belly in most cases and still look a 'proper sheep'

i'm hapless ejit but even i can't believe stories of dagging/bellying i read on here

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Spot the farmer

 

[ajcc]

He’s having a pee behind the hedge?

 

[Still Farming]

It's the one who got nothing to do!

 

[Highland Mule]

The one with the cloud centred above him.

 

[Hooby Farmer]

I'll have couple of new combi clamps for sale at last years prices.

 

[Hooby Farmer]

Friend of mine is getting his knee done £15000 private ,I believe the waiting list is 2 years

I'm getting my mothers knee done soon hopefully. Here it's around 3 years for a knee, privately it can be done in a few weeks by the same consultant it's really a farce.

 

[choochter]

I agree with those who advise getting the hip replaced ASAP. But, how long is the NHS waiting list in Scotland?
in the meantime can you sell the sheep and let the grazing, possibly with an agreement that the grazier will help you with your cattle while you are laid up?

In Aberdeen its 2 to 2 and a half years.

 

[le bon paysan]

Friend of mine is getting his knee done £15000 private ,I believe the waiting list is 2 years

I have had both mine done. Brilliant clinic in Limoges, website in English.
You can book in as a private patient if you want it done asap.

 

[farmerm]

You could get £million plus why not enjoy it at your time of life? Opportune time to re-evaluate regrets/ambitions what you and Mrs would only dream about doing.
20 years down line when you really worn down/out what you going to do with the asset value? Pay it out for nursing home at £1000 a week? Like others say if you can’t live without farming go benefit/help someone younger with gentle advice but seriously think of this as opportunity for change.

Tax man will want his pound of flesh, 1/2 of what’s left to buy a home, stretching what’s left may not go far enough.

 

[britishblue]

2 years on the nhs waiting list in Scotland for a hip. 76 yr old friend who just had a hip went private(£15k). He paid private medical insurance for a long time but it is just as big a con as the pet insurance. Basically told him to F Off when he turned 70. I just hate insurance!