OldMcDonald
Platinum Member
cardiologist, Just to put a spanner in the works - a UK expression. I know you call them wrenches. Why on earth do all you people over there insist on having so much useless grass? Half your property in something that produces nothing but work and expense? It might look nice, but it would look even better if there was some livestock (that you can eat or sell) grazing on it. Snow clearing 100 yards? How many times a year? Leave a vehicle at the gate and walk. FEL? Everybody in the US says you must have one. I have not owned one since 1979 and never missed it -even on over 3000 acres + another 2000 sharefarmed.
Your time is valuable. You must work long hours. When you have spare time you should just play around otherwise you are likely to need the help of some of your colleagues. You cannot be short of the odd dollar. Help the local community and continue employing the local grass cutters until you see the sense of just sitting watching your animals graze the grass and imagining what they will taste like, various recipes for the different cuts of meat. Grow your own vegetables to go with the meat too. I am sure you do not get enough exercise, given your occupation. Spend part of your free time digging a garden and growing and harvesting crops. That will do a lot for your cardio-vascular system. Coming home and knowing the lawn needs to be cut after you have put in umpteen hours as a cardiologist (with the risk of being called back in an emergency) is not conducive to good health. Believe me - I am not a doctor.
I am not joking. This is not a wind up. I am, as my monicker says, old. I have been (farming) around the world and back again, and am part way second time round. Life is short. Enjoy it. I am sure the world needs you far more as a cardiologist than it does as someone able to cut grass.
As for the make of tractor - I have never owned a Kubota (favoured as they are on this site) and have no intentions of doing so. I do not like the look of them, the odd drive I have had did not impress, and neither have I been impressed seeing them working.
Now I know this post will upset some of those who "need" an FEL and would not own anything other than a Kubota, and "must" have a lawn big enough to hold a football match on, but then they are not peasants as I am.
Your time is valuable. You must work long hours. When you have spare time you should just play around otherwise you are likely to need the help of some of your colleagues. You cannot be short of the odd dollar. Help the local community and continue employing the local grass cutters until you see the sense of just sitting watching your animals graze the grass and imagining what they will taste like, various recipes for the different cuts of meat. Grow your own vegetables to go with the meat too. I am sure you do not get enough exercise, given your occupation. Spend part of your free time digging a garden and growing and harvesting crops. That will do a lot for your cardio-vascular system. Coming home and knowing the lawn needs to be cut after you have put in umpteen hours as a cardiologist (with the risk of being called back in an emergency) is not conducive to good health. Believe me - I am not a doctor.
I am not joking. This is not a wind up. I am, as my monicker says, old. I have been (farming) around the world and back again, and am part way second time round. Life is short. Enjoy it. I am sure the world needs you far more as a cardiologist than it does as someone able to cut grass.
As for the make of tractor - I have never owned a Kubota (favoured as they are on this site) and have no intentions of doing so. I do not like the look of them, the odd drive I have had did not impress, and neither have I been impressed seeing them working.
Now I know this post will upset some of those who "need" an FEL and would not own anything other than a Kubota, and "must" have a lawn big enough to hold a football match on, but then they are not peasants as I am.
