fun farming when the occational time the kids come along

[hobbyfrmr]

The kids I feel relatively safe with. They have been told how to behave around big machines, plus we look out for them a little more. My helper has a pal, he is about 70 yrs old. He likes to help move trucks and generally be around to ride and help. BUT he has a bad habit of hanging around the combine "looking" while unloading hopper. Always by a tire or pulling bits of straw off the spreaders. Meanwhile the driver does not see him.
Old guys don't want to listen to polite basic instruction, so **** him I sent him home. That's the last thing I need is someone hurt, it's dangerous enough without that.

[grassfarmer]

Better that than being tied to Salmond's fantasy figures which didn't have a shred of credibility to them hedgehog. That was a disaster narrowly avoided.

[sumdumguy]

Man, things have changed since I was young. All my city cousins and I used to ride in the 3-ton box the whole time-combine dumping, truck dumping. We just hung on for dear life to the box chains. Lost our shoes to the auger, but never slid in. Couldn't fit through the endgate. Drove truck at 12, took loads on the go or my dad would lose it. Shovelled grain in quonsets. Massive grain slides and auger teeter-tottering.
Now, we are paranoid, with 4 and 5 year old grandsons and we know the danger, but they can fall off a horse or an eight foot ladder and hurt themselves too, so what I am doing is encourage them to golf. Maybe they won't be farm crazy.

[cottonpicken]

Pretty much in the same boat as the rest

[sumdumguy]

Governments could stop the insanity. These ridiculous low mortgage rates are getting people in way over their heads, but government is "monitoring". We the taxpayers just keep insuring the loans. How many bathrooms can you get into a house. I just told my grandchildren about outhouses and tipping them at Hallowe'en. When we moved to the farm, we used one. We now need at least four bathrooms with steam showers, jacuzzis and saunas. Not saying I don't like it, just saying expectations have escalated.