15 reasons: Ways you can tell you are a vet
- Your phone is constantly ringing
- Your jeep/van is a mess, but you know where everything is
- You could find a calving glove anywhere
- Planning weekends away and nights out can be a challenge (to say the least)
- Coffee is your brain fuel
- You know every back road and farm in the parish
- You’re known as ‘the vet’ in the area
- Music playlists keep you sane
- You try to be a good timekeeper, but animals often decide otherwise
- You have a ‘cup of tae’ in every house that you visit
- You clock up more mileage than some taxi drivers
- You often find needles in your washing machine
- Some clients have you on speed dial and could ring at any hour about anything
- You wish that all of your farm clients could provide Eircodes
- Sometimes you wonder why you did not go for an easier job – especially when faced with tough calving cases at silly o’clock
Other ways you can tell articles:
How to identify ag contractors:
- They haven’t seen their beds in 4 weeks;
- They are depending on others to feed you;
- The uniform: boots, jeans, polo shirt;
- The earpiece is glued to their head;
- They haven’t seen your other half since Christmas;
- They go into a state of hibernation for the winter months;
- The only time they are not in the cab is when they break something;
- They drive some sort of customised car when not driving tractors.
Ways you can tell you are a sheep farmer:
- You’re the fittest farmer in the area, from running after them when they break out;
- Your first language is whistling rather than English, from all the time spent with the dog;
- You dish out pet lambs as Christmas and birthday presents;
- Your fencing is so good that even you can’t leave the farm;
- You spend more time with your dog than your family;
- You can never rest easy, whether it be lambing, foxes or broken fences;
- You have taken up knitting as a solution to recent wool prices;
- Counting sheep keeps you up rather than making you fall asleep.
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