I was in the gym the other day when I got chatting to a young fella on the bike beside me. The sweat was dripping off him but he reckoned he needed to get the most out of the session ahead of a big job that was going to nail him to a tractor seat for the next couple of days.
One of my pet hates is having to deal with utility companies. It doesn’t matter whether they’re selling electricity, gas or telecoms if you’re dependent on something coming onto your property through a pipe or a cable, God help you if you ever need to engage with a human.
At the recent IFA tractor demonstration, a farmer told me that if the Irish government didn’t take more notice of farmers, then we’d be better off following the UK’s lead and leaving the EU.