No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Married 26 years just Friday gone bye and were living together for a few before that.

From day 1 we had a joint account and all income goes into that and we spend away. Over the years the person earning the most has passed over and back between us, but no odds

wee farm stands on its own with separate account, never ever add wages to it. Sometimes pays for a holiday, sometimes just spending money.

Great lifestyle if you can do it and have a large farm,

I know I'd have leased the farm and got a job if we had a family rather than strangle myself working

2 off farm jobs here and 2 mortgages (1 house & 1 farm) lifestyle choice brought us to where we are financially, we've 2 kids aswell, farm expenses kept separate makes the finances easier. Off farm income goes to some of the farm mortgage but in a very defined way. without the off farm income i wouldn't be farming anyway.

Home from work yesterday evening, stuffed in the dinner and out to mow the lawn, heavy dew and fading light, evenings are fecked. I hope it’s last cut of the year, have rest to mow tonight.

Lol I should’ve guessed 😂

Is the vaccine check your only issue with the IFA?

I mean, if they had allowed unvaccinated members, you'd still pay your subscription?

I got a notice for a meeting this evening, nothing on it about vaccinations.

The venues would be checking anyway

Just got the details of the developement beside me, 264 shipping container sized batteries and 5 gas fired electricity producing turbines

So for anyone that don’t want the experimental jab they are stupid, good man. I already know a few that have had severe reactions to it including my milking machine service man who’s still in a bad way after it even though he had no precious medical issues, I’ll beg to differ with you in that.

I know people that have adverse reactions to penicillin, nuts, dairy, cats etc etc. There’s a small percentage of adverse reactions to almost every substance known to man. It doesn’t mean we dismiss them all as not to be used.

Anyway I’m not going to get into a discussion on it here as this is a farming chitchat thread but I suppose the point is there’s no use crying about discrimination when the IFA, and all the other groups holding meetings, are just following health advice and trying to limit the spread of a virus.

How many people actually attend ifa meetings now? A minute percentage of the membership

Not really...

You might be 100% behind their plans and policies, so even if you cant attend the meeting you could chose to still support them. I wouldnt have said every member goes to every meeting, but I dont know...

Or, you could be wishy washy on what the IFA are up to, and could have half being considering leaving regardless. And so the vaccine thing may not have influenced your decision all that much really.

One of our local shopkeepers was very vocal about covid being a hoax, we were walking in wood one day and met him and he was going on to my wife about it just being a cold and really nobody was in hospital with covid, even though my wife works there.

Anyway, he’s easier listened to now, In ICU ventilated with it. Never got vaccinated, very heavy set unfit man in his late 50’s.

Usually only 10-12 attend ours, and much the same for a lot of the surrounding branches.

its kinda wrong for people to go giving out about the Ifa If they don’t attend. It’s a democracy after all.

is there still a rule though stating any of the big positions can be filled by full time farmers only?

And I wouldn't have a lot of sympathy for him either, I'd say he's embarassed for putting the medics under extra pressure and taking up a bed that a really sick person could've had