Re: trouble on the farm

Posted by Steve Crum on January 14, 2006 at 07:18:56 from (4.156.231.204):

In Reply to: trouble on the farm posted by old fashioned farmer on January 14, 2006 at 06:44:57:

In many ways I can relate.
First off there is no such thing as a 'secure job". Anybody is disposable, you need'nt ask how I know this.
Second, anybody that is doing anything other than sitting on their hands waiting to die, realizes that some risks need to be taken.
Third, you cannot do the job without the tools, and you cannot do the job efficently with junk. Newer more advanced technologies are developed with getting the job done more efficently foremost in the minds of the visionarys who developed them.
Fourth, everything has a "service life". As much as we like our old iron, common sense tells us that as much as we repair and scab together a piece, the overall picture is it will only do the job it was designed to do, and certainly not as effectively as when it was new. Back when a perticular mowing machine was made, mowing 40 acres a day was profitable. Today it't a losing proposition or break even at best. (refer to point three.)
And fifth, don't expect your father or uncles to change, they get their jollys just being contrary, I spent 40 years learning this. Most are more comfortable b***hing about how somebody screwed them over, or taking potshots at somebody that is succeeding by good old hard work. Most of these guys don't recognize the value of their own work, and how the outcome may have been if they had kept the pressure on.
Don't become discouraged, if you can't plow thru that wall, find a way around it. Establish your own identity and persue your own agenda. I started working in this direction years ago. I still hear 'Your so an so's stepson', I like to correct them with "no, so an so was my stepfather".

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