So, today was a good day. It was sunny, I had a workshop to go to. The workshop was amusing, thought provoking, but also given by someone who was born with a silver spoon in their mouth, so could with much ease of mind give great advise on how to succeed. Really, I did enjoy it for the most part. Unfortunately he spent quite some time using farmers as the "whining types about being broke" and of course, that the whole problem was farmers were emotionally attached to their work, therefore weren't realistic that their business wasn't working for them. Okay. That's when my hackles kind of rose to the occasion. And then he tried to tell us that lots were parceled in 100 acre portions in the settlement days because thats how many acres a man could plow with his oxen. OKAY. He really lost me there. Parcels of land were done this way:
| sq. chain = 66 ft. x 66 ft. | 4,356 sq. ft. |
| 1 acre = 10 sq. chains | 43,560 sq. ft. |
| 1 sq. mile = 640 acres = 1 section = 3,097,600 sq. yards | |
| 1 yard of land = 30 acres | |
| 1 hide of land = 100 acres | |
| 1 barony of land = 40 hides = 4000 acres An acre was originally the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day- an acre, not 100 acres? Certainly no one I have read or spoken to would believe that you could plow 100 acres with a team of oxen in a day. As Grandpa used to say, on a good day with a good team of horses you might manage 30 acres. What is it with city people anyways? Thus I digress. You see, I really went to learn about selling, and business management for work, but got side tracked, insulted, and irritated as a farmer. It's hard to leave my farmer badge at home some days. Or maybe stupid people just annoy me. | |
My vote is stupid people are annoying. :)
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