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batchaps4me said:
Great parenting Cope. It pays off in the long run in every facet of life.
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Yeah. I try and explain to them "life" but I know that it sometimes falls on deaf ears. Same when I was a kid. They should be happy that I don't demand that they follow me around all day everyday like my dad did. if my brother and I were not in school or at a school function we were with him working on the farm. There was no alternative when I was growing up, exceptions being when he was spraying crops or other rather dangerous jobs for young kids. And after we got older he would just send us to do another job somewhere else. Our work wasn't completely lost on him though, one summer, the week before school started he said to us "you have worked your butts off this summer, I'm giving you the last 3 days off to go fishing.
 
Copejunkie said:
Yeah. I try and explain to them "life" but I know that it sometimes falls on deaf ears. Same when I was a kid. They should be happy that I don't demand that they follow me around all day everyday like my dad did. if my brother and I were not in school or at a school function we were with him working on the farm. There was no alternative when I was growing up, exceptions being when he was spraying crops or other rather dangerous jobs for young kids. And after we got older he would just send us to do another job somewhere else. Our work wasn't completely lost on him though, one summer, the week before school started he said to us "you have worked your butts off this summer, I'm giving you the last 3 days off to go fishing.
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Most of our summers were spent with sling blades and hoes and axes/mauls. Dad never owned a riding mower until we all left home. For a while we had at least a cow, bull and calf along with one or two hogs. One of the things I miss … really miss … is the taste of cathead biscuits and butter made from fresh unpasteurized milk that we churned.
 
batchaps4me said:
Most of our summers were spent with sling blades and hoes and axes/mauls. Dad never owned a riding mower until we all left home. For a while we had at least a cow, bull and calf along with one or two hogs. One of the things I miss … really miss … is the taste of cathead biscuits and butter made from fresh unpasteurized milk that we churned.
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My dad never owned a skid loader with a post hole digger attachment until after I left home for awhile. Funny story when my brother bought a house in Pennsylvania his wife decided she wanted a fence around the back yard. He told me those were the most miserable post holes he ever dug. 6 to 8 inches of dirt, then solid rock under it.
 
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My dad never owned a skid loader with a post hole digger attachment until after I left home for awhile. Funny story when my brother bought a house in Pennsylvania his wife decided she wanted a fence around the back yard. He told me those were the most miserable post holes he ever dug. 6 to 8 inches of dirt, then solid rock under it.
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That’s the way my yard is. It grows rocks!!!
 
Copejunkie said:
Yeah. I try and explain to them "life" but I know that it sometimes falls on deaf ears. Same when I was a kid. They should be happy that I don't demand that they follow me around all day everyday like my dad did. if my brother and I were not in school or at a school function we were with him working on the farm. There was no alternative when I was growing up, exceptions being when he was spraying crops or other rather dangerous jobs for young kids. And after we got older he would just send us to do another job somewhere else. Our work wasn't completely lost on him though, one summer, the week before school started he said to us "you have worked your butts off this summer, I'm giving you the last 3 days off to go fishing.
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Same with my pops. I know I grew up in the city and all, but dad was an Iowa farm boy. On his days off my ass was out of the bed before the sun was up. I never had a Christmas/Easter/ summer break like my buddies. I remember painting the whole outside of our house one Easter break while all my buddies went to the beach.

I committed his work schedule to memory at the start of every week. Since he was a fireman it was different every week.
 
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