[bamford6]

Roxy funney you say that just before i went in hospital i decided that the best birds i would vaccinate i had some supper birds 8 9 weeks old .i thort id use the vet first time so £20 pluss the vaccine so i did all the chicks .the very next day found 4 dead 4 the next day and up till to day iv lost 17 so i phoned the vet ,she said the birds couldent be strong enough i went mad they was silkies peakins orpingtons all that work for nothink im the same i could just jack up .like you said you carnt loose whot you have iv been selling stock all week to get the young stock dawn

[sheila]

Gary you are getting all excitable. Stop it!

[bamford6]

sheila lifes bad at the moment i went out for a couple off houres id had enough still tired

[Wizard]

No pain as such Gary but I feel worn out all the time like you are just now. This bloody awful humid weather is not helping.Roll on winter! Oh no I don't want a foot of snow no and I don't want 0s degrees F either.Some nice 12-16 C Will suit me grand. A chap was telling me we want a few good sharp frosts it will kill some of these bugs off.Now how do you know that I asked.Take the bull in the bowler hat.How do AI save that? Loads of things are kept in cold conditions and then revitalised

[bamford6]

i think it would be a good idea to live in youre part off the world bought stock from lincon seems nice place to live .warmer not menney frosts the place was spilsby hagworthingham very nice stock took us 8 houres i think we will be at peterbrough autum show on the 1st or second week off  october havent put pen to paper yet the edinbrough festival final will be on the 4th 5th september will be there for that big big fire works .have a nice evening

[Wizard]

Hello Gary Good Morning.Thanks for your interesting post We hope You are still improving and getting about a little bit I am still thinking you and David had similar attacks.When he next calls I will get him to write down what was wrong with him then I can tell you he was only off work a month at most I will find out for sure today.I am sure his tale will encourage you.If you go to the East of England Show Ground You will no doubt go via the A1 That is the main road to Scotland from London up the eastern side of England and it misses all the best parts of Lincolnshire It now bypasses Grantham and Stamford.A place you may know of is close to Grantham Burleigh Horse Trials? There is always a big fuss when they are on down that way.Yes in Grimsby we have the best of the weather really no proper cold frosts ,little if any snow last winter we had some snow it was 35m/m on the island out side my front and the silly bloody drivers still banged into one another.It only lasted all morning.10 miles away there was over a foot and where David lives it built up to 2 ft in places but noting serious.Our  big problem is rain we don't get that much.The combine harvesters have been at work over a fortnight now and the Foreman at Brocklesby Farms rand and said We will be in the Rape tomorrow if you are coming to video the new machine .Both of them Yes One behind the other? I 'll tell Andy to follow close so you can get some like you did 4 in line.That was 5 year ago now.He organised the drivers to come together and drive one behind the other down the field working that cuts a 100 foot at a pass with 4 machines .These 2 new CR 9000 series  cut 38ft at a pass so they only do about 75foot the 2 They are very big on tracks Not much good for your 10 acres though  hope you can soon get about to see some working up your way 

[bamford6]

we onley have 1 place that serials grow the combines are contract at £1000 pound a day and they rip the fields till its done corn weat is onley just over 95 pound a ton .thats bad 18 months ago 150 pound a ton .i dont no wich way farming will go .there wont be eney caws in the fields thats for sure .nere abberdeen they are building 4 barns to hold  4000 holsons that will produce all the milk in the top half off scotland all male carfs  will be got rid off so big things happening .sheep will onley be in wales its mad .the next thing will be poultrey iff the feed goes eney higher that will be cut 1 bale wood shavins £7 to 8 .50 chick crumbs 11.40 the countrey wont be able to look afer its self iff some think went wrong . im naw going to sell most off the rare breeds this week i will onley have black rock and my fuew favarates left im not botherd about the money i just need to get that feed bill dawn .the birds we have are worth a bit but there is no sales till late august as it is i have no 1 that can put the time in to look after the birds . at the moment its a good 5 houres and the grass is more important then them .the sheep need there feed through the winter .by thersday half will be gone .i will invest that money ito 1000 black rock chicks wich i will bring on through till christmas i can then hit the erley sales

[Wizard]

Gary tell me about it I have been saying the British Government DO NOT WANT BRITISH FARMING The whole lot Cons - Lab - Lib The clique we have now.Tell me something they have done that is / was good for the British Farmer.Allowing Building and such on prime agricultural land.The ded cow scare Which was absolutely ludicrous.Oppererating cost spiraling ever upwards Fuel costs Silly H&SE rules the price realised on the farm produce Did you read my Tom story. Then compare it to the supermarket prices.Where will it all end?I don't care much no one of importance will listen and I shall not be here much longer so.Grow what I can cadge and swap what I cannot and pay through thenose for the rest.There you are Gary That should have cheered you up If it wasn't so serious 
So what the Hell as this to do with this thread? Every thing to do with it The worry and the suicides in the farming world are enough to give anyone a heart attack and or a stroke or something anything  but a good living.If its so bad why don't the farmers get out?I will tell you why its easy The Farmers Dad was a farmer his was and so on his son also will be a farmer it is bred into them they know nothing else poor sods. The time is coming very fast for a revolution. Only trouble is when youv'e turned round its no better

[Sandy]

bamford6  hope you are getting better by the day..I love going into Edinburgh and we had ring side top notch seats one year for the tatto but could not get out due to the B&B!!!!
I liked the look of Linconshire too but we needed to be able to work if our self emplyment did not pay!!!! Please take it easy!!!!!

[doganjo]

Goodness, what a chequered life you have had, Gary!  Hope you don't have any more heart problems if you move away from here, as it would be costly in Spain! At least you have the NHS here!

[Roxy]

Well, you have done a lot more with your life so far, than most people!!  You have certainly had a varied work life!!!  You say you left school with no education, but you should be proud of what you achieved, setting up and running all those businesses.  You must have worked hard to do this.

[sheila]

wow what a fantastic life story. whilst you are incapacitated you should write it all down and sell it. Another auther will tidy it up for you and it would I'm sure be a runaway best seller. Maybe even made into a film. Who do you fancy to play you? Mel gibson perhaps?

[Wizard]

Hello Gary Sorry I didn't report yesterday .We went swannin off to the Steam Rally A Grand Day Out.I am paying today though.Hope you had a good day and even better one today.G&K

[knightquest]

Gary, I'm gobsmacked!

You've packed so much in to your life, we just keep hearing more and more stuff 

Get better soon mate so that you can give us more info and possibly move on to greater things...is that possible? Great stuff mate,

Ian

[woodlandproductsfife]

Sorry to hear that, get weel soon

  Craig