07-19-2016, 04:44 AM
Pete my biggest naysayers when I started on this project were men from Australia and New Zealand. They pretty much told me I was an idiot and would be laughed out of their countries, bla bla bla. But after not a long time they started to be my biggest cheerleaders! They had all done shearing and knew first hand how hard it was on the body. I am 64 years old with a bad back and two knees that need replaced. There is no way in hell I can shear more than a couple of sheep and not be flat on my back for a week. No exaggeration. Plus this project gave me an excuse to buy lots of tools and machines to do the work required to build it.
My wife has always told me I could fly a Scottish shearer in to shear my sheep and it would have saved me thousands of Euros/dollars. Or kill my sheep every year and buy new lambs for a lot less money than I have invested in this project. She just doesn't understand my obsession with getting a job done and not quitting. I admit I am a toolaholic.
And yes the sheep in the small pen is a decoy to lure the other sheep to come ahead!
My wife has always told me I could fly a Scottish shearer in to shear my sheep and it would have saved me thousands of Euros/dollars. Or kill my sheep every year and buy new lambs for a lot less money than I have invested in this project. She just doesn't understand my obsession with getting a job done and not quitting. I admit I am a toolaholic.
And yes the sheep in the small pen is a decoy to lure the other sheep to come ahead!