Recent content by OldMcDonald

If you were sensible you would have asked yourself "Why would I want to buy land?" Then you would not need to ask the world what to do with it. It always amazes me the number of people out there who buy land without knowing what it is capable of producing. I retired from farming a couple of...

Problem is most countries change their notes and coins every now and again and put a time limit on when you can exchange the old for the new. After that the old are worthless.

No, I was born in 1944 and was full-time farming until a heart operation made me retire two years ago in May and just turned 77. When younger I worked behind a desk to make enough money to get a deposit on a farm. As I posted, I expect any white collar worker to put in at least 50 to 60 hours a...

I agree I do not know your wife or her work. As I said, I expect you to believe your wife. However: That has to include your wife from what you posted. Nobody, but nobody, works consistently for 4 hours straight without taking some sort of a break (ignore essential toilet breaks), and to not...

Many years ago I had a mallard nest on open moorland about 600' a.s.l. and no water within several miles. More recently, in Portugal, we had a river as the boundary not far below the house. Mallards, maybe half a ozen a year, nested in thickets within probably about 20 yard of the river...

THAT is one of the problems. People. Why was she wasting time socialising? And why was she and her colleagues allowed to waste such time? Does she actually put in a full 8 hours or whatever at home? No, I thought not. Morning coffee break? Lunch - really just 60 minutes and no more? Afternoon...

How do you know? Are you one of them? I cannot speak for USA, but that was most definitely not the case in either Portugal or the UK. Responses from government departments in both countries virtually ceased. Only hearsay evidence but I am told the same happened in other countries. People...

The declining working population is a worldwide problem, not just for the USA. I am coming up to 79 so an old fuddy-duddy that knows nothing. When I was young the best thing that could be said of someone was "he is a good worker". That applied to both blue and white collars. Now, across the...

Who pays them then? Somebody has to foot the bill. There is always either a fee, or they are paid in some manner by the places where the money is invested.

So called "Financial (aka Investment) Advisors" invest client funds in whatever they think is appropriate. To continue in business they need to obtain a better return than the opposition so will always include some higher risk investments - in addition to making sure that their payoff for...

Any question to which you do not know the answer is a sensible question. The only dumb one is that to which you do know the answer. You are correct in being scared of the future. I know nothing about USA pensions and the regulations. What I do know is general finance. I am now retired, but was...

I hope not. It amuses me to look in now and again.

I have previously posted on TBN that I farmed up to 3000+ acres with another 2000 share farmed in several countries and never had the need for a FEL, briefly owning one in the late 1970s, but a link box was essential on all of them - the last 18 years in Portugal (until I retired 2 years ago)...

I will not repeat the above sound advice by several posters. Use the rate suggested on the label, ALWAYS and for every product. Using less can cause a build up of resistance in plants. Be aware that soil affected will extend beyond the area sprayed. Do not use it near any waterway - it kills...

I posted I have never found it necessary to buy a vice. I did not say I have not improvised, because there are many times when it is essential to hold something steady. I am not trying to be smart, and I reckon you are a person who will improvise too. I am certain you can come up with other...