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GeneMO
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Well, after being around 4 brother-in-laws, in-laws, and about 10 nieces and nephews that are 100% Kansas City born and bred, I can tell you you would not get 10 Cents worth of labor out of them.
Dumber than a box of rocks.
They are challenged to drive a riding lawn mower. They have little concept of tools or how they work. They are out of shape and have no common sense.
If you were a hobby farmer you might lead them around by the hand and show them some chickens or a calf, and hopefully be able to collect your "fee" from them without them getting hurt or having a major lawsuit on your hands.
You can take country people to the city and they blend right in and get along fine. Not true when you reverse the situation.
Gene
Dumber than a box of rocks.
They are challenged to drive a riding lawn mower. They have little concept of tools or how they work. They are out of shape and have no common sense.
If you were a hobby farmer you might lead them around by the hand and show them some chickens or a calf, and hopefully be able to collect your "fee" from them without them getting hurt or having a major lawsuit on your hands.
You can take country people to the city and they blend right in and get along fine. Not true when you reverse the situation.
Gene
Paul from MI
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Many years ago I was helping a neighbor bale hay. I got there a little early so I started greasing the baler. He had some other guys helping that were pretty clueless.Told me later I was the only guy helping that could think past the end of his nose. Good thing Dad was in his generation, he'd have been kickin' butt and taking numbers with the rest of that crew. Bottom line is all you have to do to get along with the boss is show some initiative and work.
shawnspeed3
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I have a friend with a dairy farm, he has one hired hand, he is looking for another so he can give the other some time off, (he's working 67-70 hrs a week).Had a 40 ish year old , layed off construction worker show up , seemed promising, he helped the vet check for open cows , & pitched about 1/8 a load outta the chicken house (less than 3 hours) and quit. next day had a 24 year old show up , unloaded 200 , 40lb square bales , with help, told to take a 5 min break & pick up where the other guy left off on the chicken house.buddy went to check on him after 20 min or so ...cars gone ...quit. Was expecting another candidate yesterday afternoon...haven't heard any reports yet...Hoping for the best, expecting the worst....
greenbeanman in Kansas
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A city boy classmate of mine used to come to Kansas every year to help drive a wheat truck during harvest.
Although he could easily fly a million dollar aircraft his uncle seemed to think he damaged more things than actually helped but he hated to tell him not to come back.
Not sure I'd care to turn a city person loose with just any job.
Although he could easily fly a million dollar aircraft his uncle seemed to think he damaged more things than actually helped but he hated to tell him not to come back.
Not sure I'd care to turn a city person loose with just any job.
I know what you mean. I am a dairy farmer and cant keep any help. And I usually give the employees the easy jobs like driving tractor or something and they still dont want to work. I am going to start chopping corn tomorrow and it looks like I will have no help.Dont know how I am going to do it.
We used to have "live-in" hired men on the dairy back in the '50's. Had a guy show up from the unemployment office one day- seemed hearty enough. I showed him where to put his stuff in the room he would occupy, then he and dad worked on tearing down an old barn that morning.
Went in for lunch, he went upstairs to "clean up". We sat down for lunch, dad sent me upstairs to see if he had nodded off or something. He was gone, note on the pillow- "Farmin' ain't for me- its too much work."
We got a good laugh about it, and that phrase became part of our family lexicon- whenever we were doing something especially exhausting, someone would always say the phrase at some point.
Went in for lunch, he went upstairs to "clean up". We sat down for lunch, dad sent me upstairs to see if he had nodded off or something. He was gone, note on the pillow- "Farmin' ain't for me- its too much work."
We got a good laugh about it, and that phrase became part of our family lexicon- whenever we were doing something especially exhausting, someone would always say the phrase at some point.
Where abouts you live? I think most people my age and younger (I'm 26) don't care for the thought of working more than 8 hours or giving up their free time. I've been working and going back to college with hardly any time to do anything else. I've been doing that for 3 years now and am used to not being able to do things I want.
showcrop
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I work almost completely alone except for a few deliveries. A couple weeks ago a friend called to ask for some information and I mentioned about not finding help to make this delivery. So he jumped at the chance to stack hay and wouldn't take any pay. I also had a lady that buys hay from me come to this other stable to help. While I was moving wagons she was organizing their stacks of bundles of shavings, I paid her $15.00/hr. So while I was raking hay a few days ago I got to thinking about agri-tourism. I could put them up at a local hotel, get together with restaurants that feature local produced. They could help deliver hay in the AM then go tour a veggie operation mid-day, and pick up bales in the PM. Then I thought of five pound bags of hay chaff to take home to sprinkle on themselves while doing yard work or during their Stair climber work-out. Could develop into an attractive package.
Hoss In ME
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dieseldoc,where you at?If you aint too far off Id help you for board and gas! Hoss
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