tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post4560466314854860233..comments2024-02-02T05:45:33.724-06:00Comments on Incoming: John Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-79128703261512539192008-02-19T22:23:00.000-06:002008-02-19T22:23:00.000-06:00Wayne:I am truly sorry for the frustration you fee...Wayne:<BR/><BR/>I am truly sorry for the frustration you feel. <BR/><BR/>But even in jest, your words are painful. No way of life - even farming - can compensate enough for that misery.<BR/><BR/>We often think we have no choices because we believe there is some nobility in sacrificing ourselves. <BR/><BR/>Don't do it.John Phippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-60721710579020098582008-02-19T22:20:00.000-06:002008-02-19T22:20:00.000-06:00Wayne It sounds like you are single and have no fa...Wayne <BR/><BR/>It sounds like you are single and have no family (and definatly no life). Someone would love to work on your farm and give their heart to the work. Find the right person and the BS will sort it self out. from a 37 yearold with 4 employees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-74322837591599190042008-02-19T16:24:00.000-06:002008-02-19T16:24:00.000-06:00I'm 48 and farm in western Colorado. I'm thinking ...I'm 48 and farm in western Colorado. I'm thinking about hiring one person for the first time to help on my farm. Since my Dad is unable to help me now I've struggled with 20 hour days and skipping meals just to be behind about 3 weeks. Luckly we've had late falls so I haven't lost a crop. I know I should give a local high school ag class student a chance but I think I would be trading one job for another; like learning insurance, workman's comp, withholding, and machinery repair from his ineptness, and torn down fences. One neighbor loves having a hired hand so he can have free time to play and the other neighbor would never have a hired hand because of all the problems they cause. I might just wait for the heart attach from the stress and let the problem take care of itself.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097558316080225757noreply@blogger.com