The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: jackle23 on February 22, 2009, 08:55:06 pm
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Hi my names jack im 15 years old and looking for some under the table cash!to look after some pigs and rabbits as my parents are blackmailing me about the cost of feed.If you live in france poiteau charantes (north deux sevres) area and are going on holiday during any school holiday and have lots of animals (or just a dog or cat) ill look after them for only 12 euros a day(if more than 3 animals ,not counting chickens as every body has a lot of them, if less 7 euros)! contact me here an leave you number and ill get back to you.
Save me from my blackmailing parents
Jack L
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That is so enterprising. Good luck.
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Hello Jack,
I'm from the Revenue Commissioners.....only joking....best of luck with the business! :farmer:
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One day you will be a successful business man, good luck. My children did something similar years ago, did not get many people only 3 friends BUT, one had a Hamster and we thought our Lab had eaten it as the cadge off and fluff all over the floor, fortunately after some days we found it in the wall,luckily enough it was behind an old painted glass panel so we broke the glass after hearing scratching and there it was, very cute and the owners were non the wiser...close shave.
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When my daughter looked after a friend's guinea pig the dog did eat it. It was awful. And yes we did the go around all the pet shops looking for a twin to replace it with but no luck.
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Im looking for a job to move into my parents barn (which we are not allowed 2 live in) so i can have a gun(which i can leagaly have after ive passed my hunting test) and keep ferrets because they keep sayin "you cant have a gun under our roof"sooooo i wont be under their roof.
Ha ha
Jack
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Stay away from the guns until you're at least 25 yrs old...sems like a long time, but patience is a virtue. Thanks, by the way, for turning me into my father :) ...then again i suppose we all pretty much do anyway, eventually!
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With a gun you have responsibilities, How many young people with guns have accidently shot themselves? I know loads of farmers sons (ex husband included) that have been shot in the foot or bottom with htier own gun....best to waite a bit...I am VERY old and I want one too!!
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You are not as old as me and I wouldn't want a gun in my house!
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As my Uncle Gareth says "With great gun comes great responsibilty"
Seriously though im not to fussed about a gun but i really want to hunt and with ferrets is the best way i think.1 question though do people hunt wit other animals exept ferrets and dogs?
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You should all convince my mother to get ferrets!!
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I might convince your mother to consider adoption! Lol. As my mother always said my grandkids are great, I should have had them first!
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Well, from the great age of 65 I can honestly say I liked my kids at almost every age and stage, and I am enjoying my grandchildren too - although they are beginning to remind me that there just MIGHT have been some stages of their parents lives I didn't like. ;D ;)
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Lol. It took me become a parent (4 boys) to realise what I put my parents through!
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im thinking of going to a local zoo and flying some of the birds of prey.My dad said i could only gey a harris hawk for hunting if i get some experience first.
Jack
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Harris's are what are generally recommended for beginners. I think your Dad is giving you sound advice, young Jack. Go to a falconry centre and learn how to look after the birds as well as how to fly them. Their weight is crucial and is extremely finely balanced. I was talking to a friend of mine today who has one of my pups (Ha ha -some pup, she's 3 now) and he works her with three B's o P - he is going to take me out for a day when the new season starts, hopefully with my young dog if I get him trained up enough beforehand.
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Thanks have found a local(!) falcon flyer club thing and im going to a zoo on monday to see if they need help for saturdays looking after the birds of prey.
jack
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I feel so proud...the boy is becoming a man! Always listen to your parents jackle23, they may seem like a pain in the ass, but they have your best interests at heart. Mark Twain said something like...When I was 18 my parents knew nothing, by the time I was 21, they sure had learned alot!
My mum used to have a sign that said.. Teenagers , while you still know everything, go out, get a job, find a flat, pay your own bills and feed yourself!
:farmer:
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I have a badge that my kids gave me - Mother knows best!
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I'm 38 and I still find her advice good....ya' can't beat the few years of extra experience. She used always say, you went to university, I went to the university of life! How right she is!
:farmer:
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Any laws concerning these hawks before I get one?
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Your local Falconry Club will keep you right on that, Jackie
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Rejected by local Zoo too many internships already
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Join the falconry club then - if no pocket money left ask Mum & Dad to advance your next birthday present. I'm sure they'll think it worthwhile, I would. I'm glad you can't have a gun, to be honest!
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in the search for natural hunting i find hunting with another animal is the most natural.Today i watched a bird of prey fly after somthing and it was great just watching it.
Jack
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I have seen wild Buzzards watching my dogs run in the fields then following them to see if they put any littel animals up - then they dive bomb and catch them. It's fascinating!
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Local(!)falconry center 3 hours away but ill still go should be good.
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What's the significance of 23?
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My OH is very keen on Falconry- he has a falconry experience to use at the moment. He also is desperate to get a barn owl since we heard that they are more indangered these days. I have a friend who has worked with most B of P- but she lives in Denmark! However jackle23, she did start off her experience with her local falconry centre (it was Cupar Deer Park, who had/have a falconry section).
Beth
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One of my pups is owned by a falconer - he's going to take me out with Breagh an the birds when the seasons starts. Really looking forward to it, but I won't be adding a B o P to my brood - enough is enough! ;D
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Steve always fancied a Bird of Pray...we used to have a center near us and Steve was taken up with it, and of course the friend with loads of them, he worked on a big country estate with his falcon and gun dog.......nice life it seems.
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Significance of 23.My birthday is january 23rd
Does anyone know of a falconry center in Poiteau Charantes?
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Just wondered because my son's email address has 23 in it too - his birthday's the 7th! Must ask him sometime lol