if you where not a farmer?

whelan1

what would you be? i had notions of being a vet:o but realistically if i wasnt a farmer would have been a teacher, career guidance teacher said i was best suited to being a secretary:D:D

lakill Farm

whelan1 wrote: »

what would you be? i had notions of being a vet:o but realistically if i wasnt a farmer would have been a teacher, career guidance teacher said i was best suited to being a secretary:D:D

sexie secretary;)

lakill Farm

Id have considered number crunching.

Kinda landed into farming by accident. land with the house when we bought it in December 2009. By I worked with large suckler and sheep farmer for 5 summers and 2 summers contracting

1chippy

you could be one of those people brought in o fire everyone when a company folds.:D

whelan1

well her actual words where i have no info on ag courses so just be a secretary

Muckit

lakill Farm wrote: »

Id have considered number crunching.

Kinda landed into farming by accident. land with the house when we bought it in December 2009. By I worked with large suckler and sheep farmer for 5 summers and 2 summers contracting

So did ye not have a farm at home Iakill?

lakill Farm

Muckit wrote: »

So did ye not have a farm at home Iakill?

No. - just a ride on tractor and my britains farm models:P

dar31

ya mean there were other options

Timmaay

Plenty other careers I wouldn't mind giving a shot, considering I've an engineering degree thats an obvious one, I was fairly handy at woodwork, carpentry would have suited me fine, whenever I get around to building a house I'll probably do a timber frame and do a fair bit myself. One thing I couldn't see myself going back to is any sort of full time office job, just not for me, I can't hack being stuck at a desk all day long anymore, especially not with having the Internet at my fingertips to distract me ha!

dar31

whelan1 wrote: »

well her actual words where i have no info on ag courses so just be a secretary

i have 3 girls, and middle one just started 1 class, last year while in a parent teacher meeting, teaches said she might be more suited to taking on the farm when she leaves school, could have decked her,and her from a farming family and married to a farmer.
none of my girl are getting the farm till they have a degree of any kind under their belt.

lakill Farm

dar31 wrote: »

i have 3 girls, and middle one just started 1 class, last year while in a parent teacher meeting, teaches said she might be more suited to taking on the farm when she leaves school, could have decked her,and her from a farming family and married to a farmer.
none of my girl are getting the farm till they have a degree of any kind under their belt.

My nephew is 8. ill send him down your way in about 8 years;).

he is fussy though, will currently only drive tractors with left hand shuttle and dyna shift but I think that's cause he cant reach the clutch yet

dar31

lakill Farm wrote: »

My nephew is 8. ill send him down your way in about 8 years;).

he is fussy though, will currently only drive tractors with left hand shuttle and dyna shift but I think that's cause he cant reach the clutch yet

ill need to see 5 years profit monitor before he is gets a look in

whelan1

dar31 wrote: »

ya mean there were other options

nope, she hadnt dealt with the likes of me before....wouldnt have killed her to look into it...

lakill Farm

anyone here go to college in Friary in Multyfarnham?

kevthegaff

im a trained software engineer but it wasnt for me, no dirty hands, early mornings, hardship. oh no..

pakalasa

Yellowstone Park Ranger.

Juniorhurler

Would have loved to be a vet to go with the part time farming. Realistically I was never getting the points for it. However looking at the way things panned out I think I may have stumbled on just about the best work life balance available to a part time farmer.

whelan1

until my brother was about 12 he wanted to be he-man, even had his confirmation name as adam- he mans aka

Butcher Boy

I am a farmer and a butcher half the week killing them the rest of the week keeping the life n them.would love to have been a vet but had no intrest n school I am sorry now .









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Mulumpy

lakill Farm wrote: »

anyone here go to college in Friary in Multyfarnham?

Did a 2 year dairy diploma course there. God i hated that place

Lastin

I would be better off but miserable

Mulumpy

Worked in Woodies a few years ago absolutely loved it.

AntrimGlens

I wanted to be a stuntman but my parents wouldn't hear of it. Had several broken bones etc before I was 11 due to motorbike crashes, horse falls, tree falls etc just had no fear. Career advice at school was non existent at best and second choice was vet but hadn't the brains for it.

KatyMac

Worked for years as a scientist (of sorts). Have also been a secretary and am now a part time secretary/part time farmer/full time mother and jill of all trades! I also wanted to be a vet, but was sadly missing the necessary brains to get into vet school.

Timmaay

AntrimGlens wrote: »

I wanted to be a stuntman but my parents wouldn't hear of it. Had several broken bones etc before I was 11 due to motorbike crashes, horse falls, tree falls etc just had no fear.

Ha yeh, Travis Pastrana probably sums it up when he said his only goal in life was never to grow up, and never have a real job! But been there myself, plenty of broken bones from motocross, totally worth it I hope ya agree :P

And did everyone have some wish to be a vet? I considered it for a while in 6year, but it quickly became obvious that I wouldn't get the points. I have to say on hindsight I don't know if I'd have enjoyed it, my local vet works crazy hours, non stop on the go!

Juniorhurler

Not surprising how often vet comes up in this thread. Leaving cert points alone are a terrible way to give out vet training places. Our local vet reckons 60% of vets trained in Ireland now don't want to handle an animal unless it is carried into the surgery in a cage. He reckons an aptitude test similar to the HPAT for medicine is needed to get proper muckers in.

yellow50HX

Work full time so I suppose that would be the case anyway. Would like to be able to farm full time but farm isn't big enough.

I remember asking my dad what he would have been if not a farmer. He wasn't sure but he is the type of fella that could anything if he got the oppurunity. He would have loved to be a vet and I would say he 'd have been good but you needed some money to go to college back then.

shy_boy

Juniorhurler wrote: »

Would have loved to be a vet to go with the part time farming. Realistically I was never getting the points for it. However looking at the way things panned out I think I may have stumbled on just about the best work life balance available to a part time farmer.

Do tell ?!

freedominacup

whelan1 wrote: »

nope, she hadnt dealt with the likes of me before....wouldnt have killed her to look into it...

And nobody has since. You're unique.
























Thank Christ:D:D:D:D.

delaval

I'd be a pro rugby player. I played a lot when younger and to a high standard but an injury put paid to it.

My father wanted me to be a vet but not a hope of me doing it. My diligence at school pit paid to it anyway

Juniorhurler

shy_boy wrote: »

Do tell ?!

secondary school teacher. Woodwork and technical graphics to be exact.

bob charles

delaval wrote: »

I'd be a pro rugby player. I played a lot when younger and to a high standard but an injury put paid to it.

thats the story every fellow that doesnt make it, throws out. my back got the better of me. Pro rugby is mentally very tough as is any pro sport.

Grain trading would probably be, had to pass on the opportunity when presented at the right time when I left college. Still do some in a small way, but nothing too serious

1chippy

Architecture was my 2nd option, i got my first one. Whether i made a mistake i dont know, MI won the bishops medal as a young lad and some people had great hopes of me joining the clergy. however i never really had the manners or inclination.

bbam

whelan1 wrote: »

what would you be? i had notions of being a vet:o but realistically if i wasnt a farmer would have been a teacher, career guidance teacher said i was best suited to being a secretary:D:D

I always wanted to drive a truck... just like my dad.
I finished my engineering training and after two years driving a truck I couldn't wait to get away from it...
Engineering has always been my vice, tinkering with machines.. I've been extremely lucky to work on very high-tech machines, I worked in the semiconductor industry for 13 years including being paid to both travel and work..

bob charles

1chippy wrote: »

I won the bishops medal as a young lad and some people had great hopes of me joining the clergy.

I best not ask what you had to do to win that medal:D:D

1chippy

bob charles wrote: »

I best not ask what you had to do to win that medal:D:D

Safe enough round here didnt need to pull any strokes.

freedominacup

lakill Farm wrote: »

anyone here go to college in Friary in Multyfarnham?

Yep. Trapper was in charge in my time.

stanflt

I'd say if I went back to college I would study law

Always wanted to be an accountant when I was young until I did work experience for 2 months and found it the most boring sole destroying place in the world

arais

radio officer, or something in the communications field, was probarbly more appealing then than now

delaval

stanflt wrote: »

I'd say if I went back to college I would study law

Always wanted to be an accountant when I was young until I did work experience for 2 months and found it the most boring sole destroying place in the world

Studied law for 2 mts after leaving. Spent book money on beer and old man withdrew funding so I became a farmer. 2 mts of college, I would have died if I stayed 4-5 years

Kovu

Of course Vet But other than that I'd be a photographer.
Been through a variety of fields. Currently about to do Animal Management.

Have done a Level 5 Vet Assistant course, believe me it sounds more fun than it is.
A business management course online.
2 years out of 3 of Journalism. Absolutely hated every minute of it. Had to have A1 hon English to get into it and the teachers themselves would make mistakes.:mad:

grazeaway

delaval wrote: »

I'd be a pro rugby player. I played a lot when younger and to a high standard but an injury put paid to it.

My father wanted me to be a vet but not a hope of me doing it. My diligence at school pit paid to it anyway

If all had gone right in my teens I could have ended up in the priemership. Had trials in England as a teenager and had a couple of offers but it would have ment going across at 15 straight after the junior cert. the folks were adamant that I would do the leaving. It was like a dream for me but I felt very uncomfortable about it all. It was all geared to be successful in football and everything outside of that was secondary so education was not really a priority. Collided with goalkeeper as a 17 year old and injuried my leg was never able to get back to the same level again. Did the leaving, went to college and working as an engineer and part time farmer. Other side of it I could have got that injury in England and could have ended up with nothing but a dodgy leg.

lakill Farm

stanflt wrote: »

I'd say if I went back to college I would study law

Always wanted to be an accountant when I was young until I did work experience for 2 months and found it the most boring sole destroying place in the world

HAha - welcome to my world, but we deal one to one with all our clients and have a bit of chit chat it isn't so bad, and I learn loads on the farming side also.

lakill Farm

grazeaway wrote: »

If all had gone right in my teens I could have ended up in the priemership. Had trials in England as a teenager and had a couple of offers but it would have ment going across at 15 straight after the junior cert. the folks were adamant that I would do the leaving. It was like a dream for me but I felt very uncomfortable about it all. It was all geared to be successful in football and everything outside of that was secondary so education was not really a priority. Collided with goalkeeper as a 17 year old and injuried my leg was never able to get back to the same level again. Did the leaving, went to college and working as an engineer and part time farmer. Other side of it I could have got that injury in England and could have ended up with nothing but a dodgy leg.[/QUOT

Or be P/t farming driving a Ferrari to count and have a few fendts in the yard paid for from the ass pocket

KatyMac

Isn't it crazy how often vet has come up in the answers? It really does show that the point system has been responsible for a lot of people not getting there, people that would have the knowhow to handle cattle. Our local vet has a young one seeing practice and he didn't have a notion how to handle a calf. He was probably very clever, but if you can't hold a beast to take its temperature what good it that? And I'm only talking about a 2 week old (and very sick) calf not an adult cow or bull!

whelan1

KatyMac wrote: »

Isn't it crazy how often vet has come up in the answers? It really does show that the point system has been responsible for a lot of people not getting there, people that would have the knowhow to handle cattle. Our local vet has a young one seeing practice and he didn't have a notion how to handle a calf. He was probably very clever, but if you can't hold a beast to take its temperature what good it that? And I'm only talking about a 2 week old (and very sick) calf not an adult cow or bull!

ye have said that on here before there should be a practical element to get into the vet course , have had some out here that dont have a clue on the practical side

redzerologhlen

Carpenter probably, used to love woodwork when I was a young lad, Got an A in the leaving and all at it, I made a slatted floor chicken house Always wanted to try hurley making too.

Conor556

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Carpenter probably, used to love woodwork when I was a young lad, Got an A in the leaving and all at it, I made a slatted floor chicken house Always wanted to try hurley making too.

I made a model slatted shed for my project this year did the tank out of mass concrete an all, just waiting till after the appeals date to put up a pic,,

grazeaway

lakill Farm wrote: »

grazeaway wrote: »

If all had gone right in my teens I could have ended up in the priemership. Had trials in England as a teenager and had a couple of offers but it would have ment going across at 15 straight after the junior cert. the folks were adamant that I would do the leaving. It was like a dream for me but I felt very uncomfortable about it all. It was all geared to be successful in football and everything outside of that was secondary so education was not really a priority. Collided with goalkeeper as a 17 year old and injuried my leg was never able to get back to the same level again. Did the leaving, went to college and working as an engineer and part time farmer. Other side of it I could have got that injury in England and could have ended up with nothing but a dodgy leg.[/QUOT

Or be P/t farming driving a Ferrari to count and have a few fendts in the yard paid for from the ass pocket

a porchse with towbar for pulling the cow box would be handy

Username John

Vet has come up a few times all right, but I think it's a bad job to be honest... all the study, then at the end if it all, long hours, sometimes bad working conditions, and not great pay I would say...

On the subject of interviews for veterinary, maybe - but I think high points are no bad thing as well...

it reminds me of a conversation i had with a friend once about medicine and the high points required... He asked me would I be happy going to a doctor that i knew had just barely passed their exams (60% or so), so had gotten 40% of the answers wrong...

fredweena

Obviously vet like everyone else. Actually looked into doing it as a post grad a few years ago, I was working with the local vet doing the large animal stuff. It would have cost 20,000 euro per year for 4 years. Plus being out of work for the 4 years. Vet said to be a teacher. Became a toxicologist instead.