tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post1332900863028468810..comments2024-03-26T12:10:51.054-07:00Comments on the lazy farmer: Happy New Yearbuddeshepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-25228205218325139162022-01-06T07:20:16.194-08:002022-01-06T07:20:16.194-08:00This winter I am struggling with happy people and ...This winter I am struggling with happy people and entitled people...and I cannot get done each day what I plan to do. Yesterday my wife asked me what I wanted to do with the rest of my life to which I responded "deal with nothing." I might have to drive to warm weather and sun.Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01606166473683076046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-9761493232623737072022-01-05T20:35:10.612-08:002022-01-05T20:35:10.612-08:00Yeah, I got this post started reading our friend J...Yeah, I got this post started reading our friend Jerry's post about Vitamin D on Facebook. Then we started pricing fertilizer and diesel and the idiot regulations coming and I am dealing with idiots trying to sell feed and then I can't get any feed made or the MMG1355 in the shop or the Model Z that I need to run the hammer mill and I work at a college and the college just makes buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-47586630207103788462022-01-05T20:29:55.847-08:002022-01-05T20:29:55.847-08:00The problem with some of us is you can't ever ...The problem with some of us is you can't ever stop. So as the winter closes in and the sun goes away you have to force yourself out of bed in the dark and start a fire, hope your wife made coffee, and then you go to work. I am always trying NOT to be depressed or to hate happy people. When I have an excuse to let down my guard and be ill and feel like crap... Well.... Sometimes I just run buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-8595569932170476872022-01-05T18:25:27.767-08:002022-01-05T18:25:27.767-08:00https://idonthaveadumbjob.blogspot.com/2022/01/tod...https://idonthaveadumbjob.blogspot.com/2022/01/today-blows-oil.htmlArthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01606166473683076046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-32559996906497821262022-01-04T21:11:31.053-08:002022-01-04T21:11:31.053-08:00I have a hard time getting up in these dark winter...I have a hard time getting up in these dark winter mornings knowing its bone chilling cold out there and spring is months away. If I was smart I'd just get rid of the cattle, live on my pension, collect rent on the land and do sfa but somehow this farming habit is addictive. I've never had less optimism for farming though. High grain prices have led to even higher crop input prices. GoingRalph Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-25132933874708060672022-01-03T21:55:54.695-08:002022-01-03T21:55:54.695-08:00Having a few years on you gives me the opportunity...Having a few years on you gives me the opportunity to say something like "when you reach the point where the shot clock is running" it can be overwhelming. I'm part of a group of six guys from the same small town who keep in touch. Four of them were in the right place at the right time to be amazingly successful (and rich). Two of us had decent accomplishment but failed at Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01606166473683076046noreply@blogger.com