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The farm boys and girls will know what it is like to get up at 3 am and rescue a new born calf from the field when it is way below freezing, or know what it is like to try and warm up a baby lamb that has just been born, or know what to do if an animal has broken a leg or a neck. They know what to do with the variety of broken equipment and broken fences, and horses that get their foot stuck in a fence. What it is like to be injured and miles from help. These are a few of the things that separate the rural folk from the city folk, the things that city folk can not begin to understand. It is the same type of experience that an off shore sailer might encounter. A farm boy on a boat would learn how to splice a braided rope and bleed the diesel the first week on the job. I have spent a little while in the big city, last Friday and Saturday for instance, it sucked. I was born in the South of London, I can't stand the place. I will never regret the time spent in the rural area, I have learned so much from my red neck tractor buddies, and guns are real handy when you have a sheep with a broken neck. I guess if you do not know how to fix it, having money helps.
Michael
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