Blimey ,wrighty are you saying that they milk outdoors as well, it looks like a space ship also are you running home empty from Anglesy, never, no wonder the price of milk is …OK I know you cannot just reload anything, but that must be 200 miles at leas,t who pays for that,i know it is not your fault i am not going at you at all,[if i was the boss] you would have then caught a ferry to Ireland and brought a load back …?
“MYTHS”… since i was 14 and a butchers boy on Monday after school, is was slaughter house day ,most butchers shops closed at dinner time Monday -well self slaughters used to, by 4 oclock all the big Stuff had been done and it was hanging on the hooks from the roof rafters, all nice yellow beef fat, kindneys still there surronded by beef suet, dressed ready for the shop chiller, and it was sheep and PIGS by the time me and the other lad arrived …
The pigs would get done after a lot of racket,squealing,bolt in the head, throat cut,blood drained, there was a massive wooden tub with scalding hot water and our job was to scrape all the pigs hair off and we used ,[its true ] old enamel tea pot lids,you could grip it and scrape… they made sure the trotters were nice and white by the time we had done, our fingers were so wrinkled with the scalding water,they looked like sausages… and now the myth comes…,i was all ways told since that day " THAT PIGS CANNOT SWIM" because they would" cut their own throats" with the front sharp nails on their trotters…and i always believed it un -till i have seen on telly, pot bellied pigs swimming…58 years i believed it ,funny enough, i do not believe much at all unless i see it myself.wrong again…sometimes some men i knew if they said the sun was shining i would have to see for myself…pdb
Wrighty do you feed yourself in the cab or eat before you park up as you seem to be in remote places at times, always carried emergency fodder int cab just in case but usually stopped some where decent for food and a shower, used to like Campogalliano in Italy as the restaurant was run on a coop style always wholesome grub and the showers were cleaned after use every time, she expected a tip though, also a shop and you could get your haircut there as well, suspect that has gone now but don’t know as aint been for yonks.
My son was moaning today as even though we have or are exiting the EU France has decided that every driver must carry proof that he is earning at least the minimum wage or more, cheeky barstewards, best we start checking if them frogs all got driver CPC’s bet most have not and fine them £200 a time.
Went down tonight and cleaned out the water trough’s with me trusty bucket and dust pan best thing out for that then filled them up with the water from the recycling rainwater system, its got a three inch bore and by golly it don’t take long to fill up, of course as soon as I appeared so did the steers had enough for today feeling Knackered so hope to sleep well, cheers Buzzer.
Yes the parlour is in the middle of nowhere,there’s no tree’s so the cows can’t shelter when it’s raining(apparently they struggle to get the cows out from under them to milk) I bet it’s bloody cold milking in the winter. Yes I’m running back to Lancaster empty only because it is my last day, normally we would run back to our yard near Denbigh or Chester for the next load.
Yes Buzzer I carry my own supplies but also use the facilities at the dairies we deliver to, had a full English breakfast yesterday morning all the trimmings and a mug of tea for £3.00. Back at the dairy on Anglesey tonight to use the showers but hopefully will be tipped and away before the canteen opens in the morn.
yep, no competition got to be one of the best jobs going ,subsidised food , clean,good runs, good kit to drive,see the country side. put me down on the waiting list…
buzzer, going back to the right breast showing she must be a malt-teaser ,yes the sun is out, my brain is getting “addeled” [ is that a word you use down your way].
where i come from it meant that a egg had gone off ,or the yolk had just started to turn to a chick…pdb
peggydeckboy:
yep, no competition got to be one of the best jobs going ,subsidised food , clean,good runs, good kit to drive,see the country side. put me down on the waiting list…
buzzer, going back to the right breast showing she must be a malt-teaser ,yes the sun is out, my brain is getting “addeled” [ is that a word you use down your way].
where i come from it meant that a egg had gone off ,or the yolk had just started to turn to a chick…pdb
PDB adelled eggs think you will find a duck egg in such state was what I used to use as a stink bomb when a nipper, my god did that ever have a pungent smell about it, used to through them at kids I did not care for and if they got it on there clothes that was a good hit, bet they got murdered when there mums got hold of them but we thought it was great fun. Had a plentiful supply as my mum had about six laying and breeding Muscovy ducks, she used to sell them oven ready £3 for a duck & £5 for a drake and they were mighty tasty I can vouch for that, cheers Buzzer.
Buzzer the Bully…lol… Them little old kids are still traumatised and do not know why…Duck eggs i have had them given to me,recently but passed them on again, my mum used to use them for baking years ago,however i have never eaten one as yet.in fact i do not eat a lot of eggs now… why ,god knows ,porridge for breakfast.my wife hates runner eggs ,why! it must remind of something…long past now…“Duck eggs” i do not want to offend anyone AT ALL but this is true, in BIRMINGHAM [SOLLIHULL] 1970s around the rover factory where i used to deliver, and take away, the Brumies used to call IRISH men DUCK EGGS,WHY i have not got the slightest idea .maybe Saviem ,or the ASjones crew might know…
I have a real treat Friday ,ears syringed by the ■■■■■ nurse, always keep your elbows well out when in the chair,plus i am helping the Italian economy by using olive oil drops .and the wax is used for axle grease on my mower,no CFS. Just a thought ,are the new type fridge engines checked for exhaust -immersions like cars? or could they be powerd by a battery pack recharged as the truck is driving…via a suzey pdb.
Well got home at 4 o’clock and a quick sandwich and a slurp of tea and we were out on the baler, got baled up without it raining but according to the forecast it’s going to be wet tomorrow…
I agree PDB we have one of the cushiest jobs in haulage but don’t tell em or they will all want it, only thing against this job is working weekends and bank holidays especially Christmas day and new years day.
Wrighty love seeing those pictures of farm life in action, looks a nice bit of stuff you got there even if a bit thin on the ground but suspect if its SSI ground you are not allowed any fertilizer. Is that just a one crop field or do you get a second cut, Some down here get as many as four cuts a year. Better send Baldrick a warning if he is sending more rain mate, cheers Buzzer.
Buzzer… When you said " a nice bit of stuff " I thought you were referring to Alice…
It’s all go here as well with local farmers up and down the lane , early morning to late into night , getting the hay in and bagged up. Hence the old saying , " make hay whilst the sun shines " . Except here it’s not shining , just a dry couple of days…
Did you get the Irish farming mag JD?
Wrighty… A full English for 3 quid? Fill yer boots mate!
Do many places still have subsidised canteens these days?? I recall many in far off days doing general haulage in the 70’s… Particularly Oop North , where life is grim
Also , working for Calor in the late eighties we had a great canteen at Millbrook. I remember one of the ladies behind the counter appeared in " Fiesta, Readers Wives " …
Blimey Wrighty you have got some good looking kit to work ,do you have to buy machines, of can you hire for a certain task.?
Baldrick , years ago the subsided food was always a bonus, the docks, were hard to beat… how do dairys make a profit.
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I hope the women who want to become prime minister have already gone through the “change” or by god we will be in for it …pdb.
peggydeckboy:
Blimey Wrighty you have got some good looking kit to work ,do you have to buy machines, of can you hire for a certain task.?
Baldrick , years ago the subsided food was always a bonus, the docks, were hard to beat… how do dairys make a profit.
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I hope the women who want to become prime minister have already gone through the “change” or by god we will be in for it …pdb.
From what I have read “pdb” Theresa is geld and Andrea is a second or third calfer Cheers Bewick. PS Well we are on the Agricultural thread
Must look back at some old crumbled Fiesta mags to see THERISA IS A CLOSET" ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■"…,obsessively Andrea is bull mad, maybe she should work on Buzzers farm and get rid of the “MALT-TEASER"She could be her right breasted women .and come out at question time…What was that SONG,” hang down your head tom dolly" we could all be doing it…
.cant wait,ears syringe tomorrow…its like the song “BABBLING BROOK”… running through your ears… seen the first advert on tele for Scottish beef today looked like limi or “cheroloi”, not Angus or Hereford…pdb
yes BEWICK you are correct where have all the snappers gone surly they are not that busy …mind you it keeps ours /mine fingers active on the typing.cannot make my mind up where to go for the sun hols this year in October yes i know “hell” would be good…HOT.
Just looked at the SSI site earlier my god who would have thought it what you are told you cannot do…pdb
PDB the mind boggles about the Fiesta mags, hope the pages were not stuck together eh. Started dull here this morning but now its midday and the sun has come out think Wrighty is having the wet stuff, better send Baldrick a bigger wedge next time mate then he will send you some sun, got the paper by the way Balders thanks.
Today had the last of the Limousin’s that I wanted delivered after passing there TB test, the other cows are inquisitive when a trailer pulled in as to what has arrived, now together I cant tell one from another.
Putting a selection of pics on today to try and pacify all, cheers Buzzer.
Whoop, whoop Spanish matador killed after being gored by a bull the first incident of this type in Spain this century, Victor Barrio 29 could not be saved by the field hospital at the side of the ring in Teruel, Spain.
Now it’s not often you rejoice at some one’s demise but when I was driving many moon’s ago I once went to a bull fight in Valencia with a few other drivers having an enforced day of rest because of a fiesta, I was at first curious as to what actually went on at these events but after a very short time I wanted to leave. The only brave thing in that arena was the bulls, the bar stewards bleed them to start with to make them weaker and the keep sticking spears in the animals until they concede killed by a sword and to watch it is not a pretty site and made me feel sick for the animals welfare.
To boot the public take there young children to these events and when the bull is done for they all stand and cheer and wave white hankies in celebration, tradition is what it is but this should be stopped and to ad insult the EU gave the Spanish a reported 110 million Euro’s to promote this so called sport.
How any person with any compassion for animals can sit and watch this type of performance beats me it should be terminated immediately
Buzzer:
Whoop, whoop Spanish matador killed after being gored by a bull the first incident of this type in Spain this century, Victor Barrio 29 could not be saved by the field hospital at the side of the ring in Teruel, Spain.
Now it’s not often you rejoice at some one’s demise but when I was driving many moon’s ago I once went to a bull fight in Valencia with a few other drivers having an enforced day of rest because of a fiesta, I was at first curious as to what actually went on at these events but after a very short time I wanted to leave. The only brave thing in that arena was the bulls, the bar stewards bleed them to start with to make them weaker and the keep sticking spears in the animals until they concede killed by a sword and to watch it is not a pretty site and made me feel sick for the animals welfare.
To boot the public take there young children to these events and when the bull is done for they all stand and cheer and wave white hankies in celebration, tradition is what it is but this should be stopped and to ad insult the EU gave the Spanish a reported 110 million Euro’s to promote this so called sport.
How any person with any compassion for animals can sit and watch this type of performance beats me it should be terminated immediately
Worked for 6 months in Torreon Mexico and went to a Bullfight there. Same thing. Matador didn’t appear till several guys - 2 on horses - speared the animals half to death. Only ONE out of the 7 fought was refused the final sword and the Matador was awarded its ears as a trophy! Definitely no way is it a fight or a sport. Took loads of photos, but darent share them on here. Jim.
Hear! hear! Buzzer ! I agree with every word in your post ! I cannot abide cruelty to animals and Spanish and Mexican Bull fighting ranks at about number one in my book. Cheers Dennis.
I remember reading Hemingway’s ‘Death in the Afternoon’ when I was about 20. I think the blurb was ‘He’ll make you like bullfighting, then he’ll make you love it.’
John West:
I remember reading Hemingway’s ‘Death in the Afternoon’ when I was about 20. I think the blurb was ‘He’ll make you like bullfighting, then he’ll make you love it.’
He didn’t!
John.
Hello John, exactly the same for me…same book, (what a pratt, M Hemmingway)…and its endemic in the south of France as well…hated it with a passion…
Got shot out of my “dream job” in Morocco …having seen a “night shirted " moron dispatching a Goat with abject cruelty on the roadside…(and coming from a farming background I am aware of how to do these things…if necessary)…gave said smelly unwashed cruel so and so…a proper good hiding…(in my long gone youth I was a fairly good Boxer)…reported back to my Boss at Berliet Morocco…and quite unexpectedly found myself on the evening Caravelle back to Paris…and yet another mega bollicking!..(Would still do it today…but perhaps a trifle slower)… I think today I would be described as” having a lack of cultural awareness"…
The Brexit people never mentioned the EU grants to Bullfighting did they…
Dennis, that little Mare , (abused by our Travelling “friends”)…as of today she is now ours…so its going to be a really long uphill battle to try to get her back…but I like a struggle!
John, (Buzzer), that is a beautiful trailer, does she follow well?..looks a dream
John West:
I remember reading Hemingway’s ‘Death in the Afternoon’ when I was about 20. I think the blurb was ‘He’ll make you like bullfighting, then he’ll make you love it.’
He didn’t!
John.
Hello John, exactly the same for me…same book, (what a pratt, M Hemmingway)…and its endemic in the south of France as well…hated it with a passion…
Got shot out of my “dream job” in Morocco …having seen a “night shirted " moron dispatching a Goat with abject cruelty on the roadside…(and coming from a farming background I am aware of how to do these things…if necessary)…gave said smelly unwashed cruel so and so…a proper good hiding…(in my long gone youth I was a fairly good Boxer)…reported back to my Boss at Berliet Morocco…and quite unexpectedly found myself on the evening Caravelle back to Paris…and yet another mega bollicking!..(Would still do it today…but perhaps a trifle slower)… I think today I would be described as” having a lack of cultural awareness"…
The Brexit people never mentioned the EU grants to Bullfighting did they…
Dennis, that little Mare , (abused by our Travelling “friends”)…as of today she is now ours…so its going to be a really long uphill battle to try to get her back…but I like a struggle!
John, (Buzzer), that is a beautiful trailer, does she follow well?..looks a dream
Cheerio for now.
Alas Saviem twas not my trailer but belonged to the Yorkshireman who now resides and farms 850 acres of National Trust farm land near Mere in Wiltshire whom I purchased the last two cows and calves from. The purchase was quite a long and protracted process me wanting the best deal and him wanting to get the most he could for his ■■■■■ but in the end we agreed terms part of which was him delivering said stock, worth the £100 to me and to boot I did not have to wash out after a job made worse by the fact they have been out on young grass so you can imagine the mess that makes.
Funnily enough was talking to a chap near Chesterfield whom I bought a trailer from but he farms and also runs a couple of livestock trucks, he was telling me how he moved 25 Alpaca’s the other day 100 miles, he put sawdust down and was shocked that not one had a pee or ■■■ in the entire journey and the truck was ready for the next job with no cleaning.
Going back to the trailer it is an Irish made Nugent who seem to be getting a little foothold in that business over here for so long a mantel held by Ifor Williams and what a British industry story that turned out to be.
Now I have reached my optimum cattle quota I must turn my thoughts to replacing the horse I lost a couple of months ago, good luck with your new boy he will be fine in your safe hands and when you have finished silage and haymaking you will have more time to devote to him and get him back right, Buzzer.
Cheers Bewick. PS Well we are on the Agricultural thread 
