April 18, 2007

Shirker! I love how he's going to work on his own garden instead. Bless.
posted by Abiezer_Coppe 17 years ago
  • "...won prizes for ploughing..." Heh-heh. (Sorry!)
  • When your daughter's 70 years old, you maybe should think about taking a vacation. Maybe.
  • "...won prizes for ploughing..." Actually, it was a pretty big deal to be able to guide those big horses for a straight furrow. One of the last master plowmen. Wish I could meet him.
  • We still get horse-ploughing matches back home, BlueHorse, and I remember my dad (worked for a farmer's co-op) saying he knew of a few stubborn sods who still stuck with the old ways just because they loved it. Do they do the same in the US still?
  • I see from Google they do! Forgot the spelling difference
  • Call Mr. Plough, that's the name, that name again is Mister Plough.
  • Actually, it was a pretty big deal to be able to guide those big horses for a straight furrow. I was making a (lame) dirty joke.
  • Back in the spring of ‘17 I stared planting aubergines Although my senses still are keen Nobody knows the shovels I’ve seen. Here's to yer, Jim lad!
  • Yes, HW, I know it was a (lame) dirty joke. Bet YOU can't plow a straight furrow!
  • Mr Webber carried out hedging, mowed lawns and other gardening jobs for residents of Stoke Abbott, as well as mowing the lawn of the local pub, the New Inn. Richard Ward, landlord at the New Inn, said: "The only reason he's retired is he can't get up on his tractor to bring the lawnmower down. He fought the lawn, and the lawn won.
  • And, in other 104-year-old man news, today was the 101st anniversary of the 1906 SF earthquake, where there was one lone survivor in attendance.
  • Did I mention, unlike some slackers, he only took the day off work for the ceremony?
  • I thought you might know, BH. D'oh.
  • Plus, to mix metaphors, I was taught that a straight furrow's not ideal, that you want more motion in the ocean.
  • I'll bet the "New Inn" is even older than this guy.
  • Yep, it's a harrowing job.
  • After 90+ years, it was a long row he's hoed.
  • Abiezer: Yes, there is a small farmer's group here in Idaho who still work the heavy horses and have plow contests. More popular are the driving and pulling contests. I used to enjoy it more when they used the big stoneboats or sledges, but I guess it's easier and more accurate to use the machine that measures the pull (dunno what it's called.) HW: Haven't you heard that old proverb You can't plow a furrow in the ocean as a metaphor for doing something useless/impossible. not commenting on any skills or lack of
  • he probably was just workin' the middle but completely ignoring the walls