what grinds your gears

JCMaloney

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Location
LE9 2JG
I turned on BBC News this AM, what a mistake that was. :yuck:
Some bloke on there talking about "social mobility" and how your "socio-economic status" should become a protected characteristic............ like age,gender etc.

I often wonder what will they think of next.............
 

roscoe erf

Member
Livestock Farmer
I turned on BBC News this AM, what a mistake that was. :yuck:
Some bloke on there talking about "social mobility" and how your "socio-economic status" should become a protected characteristic............ like age,gender etc.

I often wonder what will they think of next.............
I DESPAIR AT THIS WORLD NOW WERE DOOMED DOOMED I TELL YOU
 

JCMaloney

Member
Location
LE9 2JG

jellybean

Member
Location
N.Devon
Had an email this morning from the RPA saying they were deducting money from my SFP because of non compliance due to a late TB test.
It had my name and business name and SBI but wrong holding number. An attachment gave the name and address of a farmer in Cornwall.
All very well but I only keep deer and there is no requirement to TB test, so phoned to try and sort it out. I think the guy didn't believe me and had to consult with whoever they consult with when they don't know the answer; probably the tea lady.
Result, "we will look into it."
I think I need to learn how to record telephone calls. If they can do why shouldn't I.
 

bumkin

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
pembrokeshire
From my understanding....
There are "protected characteristics" that you can`t discriminate against (race, age, gender, marital status, sexual preference etc).

Now "they" want to add "class & money" to the mix.

https://rightsinfo.org/tackling-socio-economic-inequality-in-the-uk-is-an-urgent-human-rights-issue/

As my old boss said..... "You can`t buy class". :)
but i am an englishman living in wales discrimination is a part of the whole experience,sexual preference well i prefer sex to most things if the good lord had made a better way of passing the time he didnt tell me
 

DrWazzock

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
The Mrs ran over and killed the cat tonight. Just buried him in the wood. Anyway, at least it was quick and he was 15 years old and starting to go downhill so maybe it was for the best. RIP "Ginge".
 
I turned on BBC News this AM, what a mistake that was. :yuck:
Some bloke on there talking about "social mobility" and how your "socio-economic status" should become a protected characteristic............ like age,gender etc.

I often wonder what will they think of next.............
Far cough:rolleyes: Quite honestly I couldn't give a farque aboot ones "socio economic status" ,I thought we were over that "class" system bull shite.:rolleyes:
 
but i am an englishman living in wales discrimination is a part of the whole experience,sexual preference well i prefer sex to most things if the good lord had made a better way of passing the time he didnt tell me
Sexual preference, outdoors in the sun is better than indoors in the dark eh:whistle::sneaky::D
 

lim x

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Nottinghamshire
Waiting in all day for much needed parts delivery. Thinking time is getting on I ring the dealership to find out if there is tracking. Yes there is and on further investigation my parts have been delivered and signed for by someone called Mandy.
Never heard of her, now waiting for further investigation.
What a waste of a day.

FFS. :mad:
 

bumkin

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
pembrokeshire
Waiting in all day for much needed parts delivery. Thinking time is getting on I ring the dealership to find out if there is tracking. Yes there is and on further investigation my parts have been delivered and signed for by someone called Mandy.
Never heard of her, now waiting for further investigation.
What a waste of a day.

FFS. :mad:
is mandy the girl you meet in the hay shed:rolleyes:
 

RushesToo

Member
Location
Fingringhoe
The Mrs ran over and killed the cat tonight. Just buried him in the wood. Anyway, at least it was quick and he was 15 years old and starting to go downhill so maybe it was for the best. RIP "Ginge".
Horrible though it was it was probably the best way for a 15 year old cat to go. You're not having a great run of luck @DrWazzock I clicked the non-existent sympathy button for this one.
 

Paddington

Member
Location
Soggy Shropshire
We brought the lambs in for weighing yesterday evening, sunshine, warm,blue sky. The lambs came skipping down the field with their mums and into the pen, no problem, it was going to be an easy job !

Sorted out the lambs but a couple of ewes must have been crouching down and ended up in the lambs pen, no worries, they could wait until the end and we could let them out. First lamb walked into the spring balance, which was in the corner of the pen. We don't use a race as only a few lambs but once they get used to the weigher they almost queue up to go in. Isn't nature wonderful, aren't sheep clever ?...

First lamb, so full of energy started to bounce up and down so scale was going all over the place. This upset one of the captive ewes, who realising her baby was caged, shot across the pen and started head butting the crate, scale now going ballistic, only it wasn't her lamb who had tagged on her rear for a quick drink. We renumber the lambs at this time. How many tins of stockmarker do you have pick up before one that works, when holding a lamb ?

The holding area was put in by the previous people, probably over several nights as it consists of small sections of concrete at slightly different levels and angles to its neighbour, oh yes and the whole thing is on a 1 in 6 slope, which when covered in sheep excrement could be used as a summer ski slope.
The headbutting ewe did her best to stop the lambs being weighed, if I left the weigher door open she pushed it closed, or somehow was always across the entrance. Nozzles fell off the full aerosols, lambs pee'd down my leg or cr*pped in my boot. Hinged gates which had worked for years became seized. The weigher needed zeroing every time, as every lamb was now a bouncing lamb, but "we" can't afford load bars. The other captive ewe decided to do a headstand while sticking a horn through and round a hurdle. The weight chart fell off the weigher into the forementioned cr*p and pee before a lamb danced a highland jig all over it.

I am having a fortnight of meditation and tranquillity exercises before going through it again. :banghead:
 

primmiemoo

Member
Location
Devon
We brought the lambs in for weighing yesterday evening, sunshine, warm,blue sky. The lambs came skipping down the field with their mums and into the pen, no problem, it was going to be an easy job !

Sorted out the lambs but a couple of ewes must have been crouching down and ended up in the lambs pen, no worries, they could wait until the end and we could let them out. First lamb walked into the spring balance, which was in the corner of the pen. We don't use a race as only a few lambs but once they get used to the weigher they almost queue up to go in. Isn't nature wonderful, aren't sheep clever ?...

First lamb, so full of energy started to bounce up and down so scale was going all over the place. This upset one of the captive ewes, who realising her baby was caged, shot across the pen and started head butting the crate, scale now going ballistic, only it wasn't her lamb who had tagged on her rear for a quick drink. We renumber the lambs at this time. How many tins of stockmarker do you have pick up before one that works, when holding a lamb ?

The holding area was put in by the previous people, probably over several nights as it consists of small sections of concrete at slightly different levels and angles to its neighbour, oh yes and the whole thing is on a 1 in 6 slope, which when covered in sheep excrement could be used as a summer ski slope.
The headbutting ewe did her best to stop the lambs being weighed, if I left the weigher door open she pushed it closed, or somehow was always across the entrance. Nozzles fell off the full aerosols, lambs pee'd down my leg or cr*pped in my boot. Hinged gates which had worked for years became seized. The weigher needed zeroing every time, as every lamb was now a bouncing lamb, but "we" can't afford load bars. The other captive ewe decided to do a headstand while sticking a horn through and round a hurdle. The weight chart fell off the weigher into the forementioned cr*p and pee before a lamb danced a highland jig all over it.

I am having a fortnight of meditation and tranquillity exercises before going through it again. :banghead:

[Sympathetic whale song and Oms]
 
Location
southwest
Caught a brief glimpse of BBC Breakfast today which discussed Times article about vegan "cream" being available at Wimbledon. They showed a quick picture of the article c/w phrases such as "animal friendly" and "cruelty free"

Why the hell are they allowed to get away with such ridiculous, unfounded statements? No newspaper would ever get away with statements like "made by slave labour" when talking about imported goods, so why is it OK to slag of UK food? If only farmers had some sort on Union to represent them, or even a Board to promote the high standards of UK food.
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

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