It's been wet in the Limousin and my garden is disappearing!! (1 Viewer)

[moulin 87]

Your area is full of farmers. No way that they want the subsidies to end, they like spending British taxpayers cash, so of course they want us to stay in.

In Haute Vienne, land, yes, sheep and cows, yes......375000 people of whom perhaps a thousand or two work/own a farm....As for whether they want the UK to stay in, the few who know of the referendum, perhaps as little as 25%, couldn't give a s**t one way or the other...Its of no real consequence to their daily life today, tomorrow, next year, 2030....

Its only the British newspapers perhaps who think the general population of Europe is awaiting Boris to lead them to paradise!!

 

[Dave K]

yeah!! Plenty of work for a plumber, electrician, plasterer, tiler...What are you?

Have you got an issue with carpenters....

 

[Stewart J]

Really hot and sunny here in Sarzeau this last two days, but diesel is very difficult to find!

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[rangi]

And the UK farmers do not get subsidies?

Yes! much to the detriment of farming they do!. As long as they get money for sitting on their arse they are happy to do so.

So how come, a farmer,with NO subsides, in NZ can "grow" a Lamb, transport it to a Freezing Works, get it killed, processed, frozen, packed into a freezer container, transported to the other side of the world, landed, and placed on the market floor, CHEAPER than the the British Farmer down the road? AND STILL make a decent living?
They still have to follow EUrules, for instance ;all fencing rails must be stainless steel in the paddocks of the freezing works/abbatoirs

So tell me which farmer has got it right?

 

[Dave K]

Yes! much to the detriment of farming they do!. As long as they get money for sitting on their arse they are happy to do so.

So how come, a farmer,with NO subsides, in NZ can "grow" a Lamb, transport it to a Freezing Works, get it killed, processed, frozen, packed into a freezer container, transported to the other side of the world, landed, and placed on the market floor, CHEAPER than the the British Farmer down the road? AND STILL make a decent living?
They still have to follow EUrules, for instance ;all fencing rails must be stainless steel in the paddocks of the freezing works/abbatoirs

So tell me which farmer has got it right?

That's a very good point

 

[gus-lopez]

not a surprise.. I have yet to hear any ex pat who would vote to leave.. why would you ?

just as you won't get many UK immigrants voting to leave either.. turkeys don't vote for Xmas

There are forums here where there are plenty of expats who are voting out.

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[moulin 87]

Have you got an issue with carpenters....

French wood especially Limousin Oak is really awkward to work with so you need an equally awkward french chippy to knock it into shape.... To be fair there are a couple of decent expat chippies about, one from Kent the other from WARSAW....

 

[Dave K]

French wood especially Limousin Oak is really awkward to work with so you need an equally awkward french chippy to knock it into shape.... To be fair there are a couple of decent expat chippies about, one from Kent the other from WARSAW....

Bugger you then, I'll withdraw my application for a holiday

 

[mitzimad]

The biggest industry in the Limousin is not farming but forestry by the way.[/QUOT
forestry is just farming on a slower timescale

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[mitzimad]

you must have been very good in a former life to live somewhere like that ,beautiful .

 

[canopus]

Settle down folks - this thread was about the amount of rain that's fallen recently in the Limousin region and how the OP has had his garden flooded.

Another example of a thread being hijacked.

Nowt to do with Brexit, ex pats, cattle or French joiners.