Thank you Scott

[martinw-48]

Scott no empathy was just on TV wishing everyone a merry Christmas.
Thanks to this man that has no empathy I will have the worst Christmas ever.
I will be receiving cash for Christmas from my mum and sister and all of it will be spent paying for my lawn to be cut and edges trimmed.
So instead of getting some relief from a constantly tight budget it's just the same thing.
Oh well, good thing I'm such a pessimist because it's nothing I aren't already expecting.
I know that Christmas is a stressful time for most but for me a normal Christmas is stress free and time to visit family and friends and have a break from the rest of the year

Merry Christmas to all here though

[lyhargr_0]

pmsl@lying    .....   water off a duck's back to me

No over reaction from me,  both hubs and I still think her antics were both creepy n weird and that aint going to change in a hurry

[lyhargr_0]

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@imastawka wrote:

And leave my grandson out of it.

He's not fair game.

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YOU are the one who mentioned he has mental probs NOT me    .....  

[lyhargr_0]

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@tasfleur wrote:

I feel compelled to post here that Stawks has never, ever done anything that could be described or ascertained as "creepy, odd or a stalker".

In the years I have been here (and it's a long time) all I have ever seen Stawks do is be helpful, consistent,  kind, compassionate, thoughtful and make meaningful suggestions in ways to assist others on this board such as she has done today in order to help Martin.

It is out of character for you to call others names in an accusatory manner lyhargr_0 so I hope you were simply over reacting and perhaps just not realising that Stawkes would only ever do something on behalf of someone here in order to help them.

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Totally disagree, not that your thoughts on the subject mean much to me

[lyndal1838]

Are you always as abrasive s this or do you have to work at it?

[lyhargr_0]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

Are you always as abrasive s this or do you have to work at it?

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lol read ya own posts sometime

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[springyzone]

I had no idea where Martin lived till this thread, (or if i did know I had forgotten) and to me, stawka was trying to help with the suggestion of a noticeboard, but since Martin does not want to enter that store again (and you were right about the rounding up issue, Martin), then we might have to look at other alternatives.

I guess the main thing is how much land are we talking about? Is it a small farm, a large block in town? The land size is the pivotal question.

Someone suggesting poisoning the grass. It's not a bad idea. I think Martin might have to go ahead with the mow this year but maybe plan for the future, to cut down on the actual area under grass, because lawn mowing is going to be an ongoing problem.

I was thinking, over time, would it be possible to put at least the front garden under something like gravel?

[chameleon54]

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@martinw-48 wrote:
Lyhargr, no the fence isn't good enough to keep them in.
Neighbours used to put their sheep in.

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Bumma  re sheep Martin   .... mind you, most of them are up to the "legpits" in grass atm

I though about chucking one in my b/yard  but dunno if I wanna keep raking up the "droppings" all the time   ..... Might come to it later on down the track when hubs can no longer mow it   ..... He bought an electric/ self propelled mower from Aldi, makes it so much easier for him, not having to push it along

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Back on subject, the droppings make great fertiliser. I regularly wash my stock trailer out on weak patches on the front lawn and sometimes spread loads of sheep poo on the lawn and then mow them in. It helps to break the poo down.

I also help a few neighbours out by lending them a few free sheep to eat grass down. The biggest problem this year is following on from reduced stock numbers due to the drought last year, I havnt got enough mouths to eat all the grass. I got a letter from the council requiring me to mow fire breaks on my own block for the first time this year.

[springyzone]

Martin, you don't have to limit yourself to noticeboards.

Online is the way to go.

If you were to go on Gumtree or a local buy/swap/sell site on facebook, you could advertise the mowing job.

I wouldn't say those sites always sell a lot but the jobs sections get a good look.

Also there is a site called service seeking. You can advertise on that with area, job and budget. You could advertise at a rate a little bit under what your current quote is. It says on the website it is 100% free to use the site to ask for quotations. I know you're in a country area and that means not as big a pool of possible workers but at the same time, it means not as big a pool of local jobs, so you might get a good response.

[lyhargr_0]

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@chameleon54 wrote:

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@lyhargr_0 wrote:

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@martinw-48 wrote:
Lyhargr, no the fence isn't good enough to keep them in.
Neighbours used to put their sheep in.

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Bumma  re sheep Martin   .... mind you, most of them are up to the "legpits" in grass atm

I though about chucking one in my b/yard  but dunno if I wanna keep raking up the "droppings" all the time   ..... Might come to it later on down the track when hubs can no longer mow it   ..... He bought an electric/ self propelled mower from Aldi, makes it so much easier for him, not having to push it along

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Back on subject, the droppings make great fertiliser. I regularly wash my stock trailer out on weak patches on the front lawn and sometimes spread loads of sheep poo on the lawn and then mow them in. It helps to break the poo down.

I also help a few neighbours out by lending them a few free sheep to eat grass down. The biggest problem this year is following on from reduced stock numbers due to the drought last year, I havnt got enough mouths to eat all the grass. I got a letter from the council requiring me to mow fire breaks on my own block for the first time this year.

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Being a huge sheep raising area, sheep poop is readily available around here, I use on all my gardens, particularly my veggie gardens, it does a terrific job.  I will prob get one or 2 in time but not just yet. Would be prob be a Dorper as they are so low maintence.