Tom, you are like the energizer bunny, you just go
on and on and on... Yeah, when I started out
farming in the early 70's with a young wife, (both
of us decided to give up our pursuits of
professional careers because we missed the sweet
smell of freshly turned soil in the spring, the smell
of grains ripening in the fall, and oddly enough
even the smell of diesel fumes) I did work off farm
in the winters, primarily in concrete construction.
Every penny went to either paying off student loans,
investing in our future or buying into and growing
the family farming operation. You scoff at this? I'll
bet there are a few AV listeners who understand
that if you have a dream and really want it, you
bloody well have to earn it. What, did you inherit
everything or win the lottery? Oh yes, you are a
'farm manager' and feel superior to so many
because you achieved this and that and got the
highest ever marketing score in Winnipeg - blah,
blah, blah! Well the fact is maybe, just maybe, you
also got a bit lucky. The sad fact is, luck has a way
of turning around sometimes. In the later years, I
used my spare time to work in other areas that
present value to rural communities, like with Gas
Co-ops, benefitting by not only offering the same
conveniences as our city cousins get, but in many
cases providing a competitive advantage in
business (irrigation and grain drying, greenhouses,
etc). And, oh by the way, perhaps because I was
able to provide some value to our 100,000 plus
customers, I got paid for my efforts (off farm
income, I guess). The fact is, farming was always
my primary source of income!
And, I guess you and I have a different vision of the
future for our children in Alberta - you see it as
carrying on the proud farming tradition, I see it as
providing the opportunities, the freedom and the
environment to do and succeed at what 'their'
dreams and ambitions are, not mine or yours. And
maybe sometimes it means going somewhere else
in the world to accomplish wider and greater things
than 'we' imagine.
Anyway, give it a rest, the AGC is completely
unnecessary and would have been a good place for
Norton to save a few bucks.
Rockpile
on and on and on... Yeah, when I started out
farming in the early 70's with a young wife, (both
of us decided to give up our pursuits of
professional careers because we missed the sweet
smell of freshly turned soil in the spring, the smell
of grains ripening in the fall, and oddly enough
even the smell of diesel fumes) I did work off farm
in the winters, primarily in concrete construction.
Every penny went to either paying off student loans,
investing in our future or buying into and growing
the family farming operation. You scoff at this? I'll
bet there are a few AV listeners who understand
that if you have a dream and really want it, you
bloody well have to earn it. What, did you inherit
everything or win the lottery? Oh yes, you are a
'farm manager' and feel superior to so many
because you achieved this and that and got the
highest ever marketing score in Winnipeg - blah,
blah, blah! Well the fact is maybe, just maybe, you
also got a bit lucky. The sad fact is, luck has a way
of turning around sometimes. In the later years, I
used my spare time to work in other areas that
present value to rural communities, like with Gas
Co-ops, benefitting by not only offering the same
conveniences as our city cousins get, but in many
cases providing a competitive advantage in
business (irrigation and grain drying, greenhouses,
etc). And, oh by the way, perhaps because I was
able to provide some value to our 100,000 plus
customers, I got paid for my efforts (off farm
income, I guess). The fact is, farming was always
my primary source of income!
And, I guess you and I have a different vision of the
future for our children in Alberta - you see it as
carrying on the proud farming tradition, I see it as
providing the opportunities, the freedom and the
environment to do and succeed at what 'their'
dreams and ambitions are, not mine or yours. And
maybe sometimes it means going somewhere else
in the world to accomplish wider and greater things
than 'we' imagine.
Anyway, give it a rest, the AGC is completely
unnecessary and would have been a good place for
Norton to save a few bucks.
Rockpile
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