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Post by JohnY on Jun 10, 2023 20:04:56 GMT
That was partially why I didn't add a smilie. I wondered if people would believe it straight away. John bit almost immediately. I was right about him being a bit of a cad. How long before he does ditch her? The children are going to be the ultimate disadvantaged, and it isn't their fault.
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Post by spinno on Jun 10, 2023 20:11:37 GMT
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Post by geoffr on Jun 10, 2023 20:58:43 GMT
I thought the parties were bring your own bottle? |
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Post by Kath on Jun 10, 2023 21:19:33 GMT
I thought the parties were bring your own bottle? No, that was the work events. |
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Post by spinno on Jun 10, 2023 22:13:48 GMT
Only the Tories would play Russian Roulette with 1 empty chamber and 5 loaded ones...
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Post by gray1720 on Jun 11, 2023 11:10:20 GMT
Not sure where this fits, so it can go here. Heading down to Hampshire for a cricket match, a few miles south of Hannington transmitter on the A339, just passed a field with many cows in, and a large mobile milking bail. I don't recall ever seeing one before.
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Post by MJB on Jun 11, 2023 11:34:51 GMT
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Post by gray1720 on Jun 11, 2023 15:26:10 GMT
The very one, Martin! I believe they were common back when God was a lad, but its the first I've ever seen in the metal.
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Post by andy on Jun 11, 2023 15:59:19 GMT
Scored a free bike for Jasmine....  Half-decent suspension, hydraulic disc brakes and 27 gears. I'm guessing it would have been £600 or so new and doesn't appear to have seen much use...yet  . |
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Post by MJB on Jun 11, 2023 16:36:05 GMT
The very one, Martin! I believe they were common back when God was a lad, but its the first I've ever seen in the metal. I milked in one 30+ years ago, although not as fancy as that one. Roasting hot in summer, freezing cold in winter. I'm not sure I buy into their cows being "happier & healthier". I've milked a herd that out wintered and the cows spent their whole time lying on wet and muddy ground, or huddling around what ever shelter was available. They also poached up the ground horrendously, which is the main reason for housing cattle in winter. Contrary to what Kingsclere estate say, lameness was a big issue. Cows don't cope well with summer weather. Heat stress is a particular problem and our housing is a good 5°c cooler than outside and obviously shadier too. |
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Post by andy on Jun 11, 2023 16:54:52 GMT
The very one, Martin! I believe they were common back when God was a lad, but its the first I've ever seen in the metal. I milked in one 30+ years ago, although not as fancy as that one. Roasting hot in summer, freezing cold in winter. I'm not sure I buy into their cows being "happier & healthier". I've milked a herd that out wintered and the cows spent their whole time lying on wet and muddy ground, or huddling around what ever shelter was available. They also poached up the ground horrendously, which is the main reason for housing cattle in winter. Contrary to what Kingsclere estate say, lameness was a big issue. Cows don't cope well with summer weather. Heat stress is a particular problem and our housing is a good 5°c cooler than outside and obviously shadier too. There's a dairy farmer on YouTube that has loads of space for cows to roam but they choose to spend their time in a shed. Can't remember the breed but I think it was one that is well known for high milk yields. The people he inherited the farm off kept a different breed outside and didn't produce anywhere near as much milk. |
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Post by MJB on Jun 11, 2023 17:17:14 GMT
There's a dairy farmer on YouTube that has loads of space for cows to roam but they choose to spend their time in a shed. Can't remember the breed but I think it was one that is well known for high milk yields. The people he inherited the farm off kept a different breed outside and didn't produce anywhere near as much milk. Certain breeds are better suited to low input grazing systems. Swedish Red x holstein are popular, as are Montbelliard. Dairy Shorthorn or Ayrshire would be my personal choice. Our holsteins graze by day, but they don't take much convincing to come in. |
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Post by gray1720 on Jun 11, 2023 18:54:04 GMT
The very one, Martin! I believe they were common back when God was a lad, but its the first I've ever seen in the metal. I milked in one 30+ years ago, although not as fancy as that one. Roasting hot in summer, freezing cold in winter. I'm not sure I buy into their cows being "happier & healthier". I've milked a herd that out wintered and the cows spent their whole time lying on wet and muddy ground, or huddling around what ever shelter was available. They also poached up the ground horrendously, which is the main reason for housing cattle in winter. Contrary to what Kingsclere estate say, lameness was a big issue. Cows don't cope well with summer weather. Heat stress is a particular problem and our housing is a good 5°c cooler than outside and obviously shadier too. Having passed it on the way back, there's a very big boggy patch that I suspect Daisy et al have poached up, which can't do their feet much good. I vaguely recall that cows don't need to shiver until something nutty like -40C because of the heat they generate by fermentation, and that Jerseys are much more heat tolerant than bigger breeds but thats about the limit of my knowledge of cows and weather. |
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Post by lesleysm2 on Jun 11, 2023 21:13:21 GMT
How long before he does ditch her? Or she ditches him? After all it's a bit of a come down from being able to pay your trendy friends thousands for wallpaper and shaking hands with royalty to living with an unemployed buffoon
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Post by willien on Jun 11, 2023 22:06:25 GMT
How long before he does ditch her? Or she ditches him? After all it's a bit of a come down from being able to pay your trendy friends thousands for wallpaper and shaking hands with royalty to living with an unemployed buffoon
Sadly he will make much more as an ex PM than he did as a PM. |
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