Old folks should chuff off.......

[Dead Rabbits]

Recommend me 1 of his books?

I’d read them all. Maybe not applicable to you at all or that great of books. What he did for me was help me see outside of my fence and think a bit. Also has a very positive and encouraging message. If you want to farm you can find a way. It may not look like everyone elses. I don’t hear that much in farming.

 

[czechmate]

Buying machines to avoid tax , worthy of a new thread .

Well, as you would know if you’d fully researched it, it’s a totally different ball game in france

 

[DrWazzock]

My old man lived for the next project. Even at 84 he said I can’t go now, I still have so many things I want to do. I think that’s what kept him going. He said just keep on going. Keep on carrying on. And I think he was right. He generally was right actually, especially about the Polish round baler. Don’t buy it he said. How right he was. We should have listened.

 

[bobk]

Well, as you would know if you’d fully researched it, it’s a totally different ball game in france

Yes , it's called petanque .. ha ha

 

[czechmate]

I'm just starting to fall apart. Things that used to take a morning really do take all day now!
SS

I can’t see your age?
I’ve just put in an entry for the RAC rally again but there is a guy called Bob Bean, whose been doing it forever, still competing, and at a reasonable pace. He’s 84

 

[Bury the Trash]

Been living with a fractured rib for 2 weeks. God, it’s certainly made me feel at least 10 years older

Best try not to laugh then

 

[hally]

One of our neighbours retired from the civil service at 46,to be fair is a good neighbour however 46!

Mate of mine at school retired from the police at 50 now lives in france. Great lad but not the brightest yet retired along time before me......so who really was the brightest

 

[czechmate]

Best try not to laugh then

Sneezing is a killer

 

[czechmate]

Mate of mine at school retired from the police at 50 now lives in france. Great lad but not the brightest yet retired along time before me......so who really was the brightest

There is a chap in our village with a holiday home who retired from the police at 50. He said he joined up just for the early retirement. Ffs, who the hell thinks about retirement at 18!?. Well yea, a policeman

 

[bobk]

Sneezing is a killer

Here's some free help

Broken or bruised ribs

Find out about how long it takes injured ribs to heal, how to look after yourself until you're feeling better, and when you should get medical advice.

www.nhs.uk

 

[czechmate]

Here's some free help

Broken or bruised ribs

Find out about how long it takes injured ribs to heal, how to look after yourself until you're feeling better, and when you should get medical advice.

www.nhs.uk

Merci beaucoup. Exactly what I’ve been doing, Petra even fetching out some special ice thing from the freezer (I thought that was the wrong thing to do)

 

[DrWazzock]

Old farmers. They loved a good bonfire. No carbon sequestration rubbish. Keep the job tidy. Asbestos was still a wonder product . Why is the angle grinder caked in white dust? He’s been cutting an asbestos sheet or down spout to size. Ploughing with semi digger at least. None of this 8” nonsense. Wildlife? Well that’s what the rifle is for. Well there’s foxy in the grass. Bullet from the bedroom window. We wouldn’t be here today without them.

 

[hally]

I was also reading recently about a Japanese man of 71 who claims to be able to make love three times a day without artificial aids and claims he “is still vigorous”

Sounds like his memory has gone though

 

[bobk]

Merci beaucoup. Exactly what I’ve been doing, Petra even fetching out some special ice thing from the freezer (I thought that was the wrong thing to do)

Indeed , I've been in pain with my shoulder last 2 weeks ( 2 hospital visits ffs ) , they said ice , I said heat , better now .
Max strength ibruprophen gel is the baby . and don't move .

 

[suffolksmallholder]

I can’t see your age?
I’ve just put in an entry for the RAC rally again but there is a guy called Bob Bean, whose been doing it forever, still competing, and at a reasonable pace. He’s 84

Knock 20 years off! Replacement titanium knee & dodgy hips but big grin still.....All those hundreds of tons of building materials have taken their toll
SS

 

[ARW]

I’m looking forward to being a old timer in 50 years time, moaning that a new tractor was only £100k and and we had to sit in it and drive it all day! You young ones don’t know your born etc etc

 

[Bald Rick]

Sounds like his memory has gone though

Sadly he married a young model of 20 and is no longer with us.

The suspicion is that she drugged him with metamphetimes (sp?) but there may be other factors at play ....

For those who may be interested, the story is here

Young widow arrested on suspicion of murdering Japan’s self-styled ‘Don Juan’

Saki Sudo suspected of making Nosuke Nozaki ingest a lethal amount of an illegal drug

www.independent.co.uk

 

[suffolksmallholder]

Indeed , I've been in pain with my shoulder last 2 weeks ( 2 hospital visits ffs ) , they said ice , I said heat , better now .
Max strength ibruprophen gel is the baby . and don't move .

I have a repeat prescription for codeine. I have a couple of nights a week every so often when they are needed. I'm concerned about adiction but as I'm not really an addictive sort I'll just carry on regardless! The 'don't move' is v difficult.
SS

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

I suppose I am now one of those old folks and am just going through the transition from being a key player to the OJB. (Odd Job Boy)

My Father was content to let me run the business when I had finished doing many other different jobs while he attended markets. He dug up thistles with his Spud and became the OJB and would do those "just" jobs such as driving half way across the country to get spare parts. He carried on doing this until his 90's but the shooting season took priority.

I have been very lucky having spent a lot of time away from the farm and also travelled and worked across a good part of the world. I have a great wife who I have known since we went to kindergarten together (although only got together after she finished Uni and qualified as a teacher).
I have always tried to keep going forward and still have many ideas that I would like to progress as long as my Son agrees with me.
The single greatest issue I feel for many of my generation has been that over the last 25 years we have not been able to make sufficient profits to have had the luxury of doing anything else but work, especially in the livestock sector.

Frustratingly I believe we are about to enter an era of greater profits, but I am not sure there is the skilled labour force left on livestock farms to allow for us old ones to completely step back and I look forward to an educational role now. That is if anyone wants the job!

 

[DRC]

Mate of mine at school retired from the police at 50 now lives in france. Great lad but not the brightest yet retired along time before me......so who really was the brightest

Like my younger brother who did his 22 yrs in the army, retired to Bulgaria. I think he had lots of years still in him and must get pretty bored. I’m 60 next birthday . Is that in the old or young bracket?
still play footy on Wednesday nights with guys from 50 to 73, who still run around and are very competitive .
farm wise the two children both have good ag based careers, but I’m not burning any bridges so will manage things by doing as much as I can/ want to do and use contractors or grow crops that others harvest and don’t keep any livestock.
sometimes the thought of completely retiring appeals, with thoughts of living in a nice town where I can stroll for a paper then enjoy a lunchtime pint or two, but I think I’d soon get bored or become an over weight alcoholic.