masterrig 1 #101 December 6, 2011 Quotepicked hops, potatoes, strawberries, raspberries, olives, oranges, blackcurrants and a few more i can't remember... also packed a few thousand round canopies to pay my way... Picked potatoes? Must be a new type! We always had to dig them up. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ion01 2 #102 December 6, 2011 The 1% buying toys which have to be built and designed by us and then they wreck them so we have to design and build more of them which means we have jobs...... why is that a bad thing again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #103 December 6, 2011 worked in a slaughterhouse to pay for my first jump course...stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #104 December 6, 2011 It's good to get your hands dirty, once in awhile. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,079 #105 December 6, 2011 >Picked potatoes? Must be a new type! We always had to dig them up. That's because you live in a more backward place. In first world countries, potatoes grow on bushes, like apples, beans and spaghetti. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #106 December 6, 2011 then there was the dairy farm i grew up on. all good hard work...stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #107 December 6, 2011 i remember using a new fangled device called a tractor...stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loumeinhart 0 #108 December 6, 2011 Quoteworked in a slaughterhouse to pay for my first jump course... Wow I really feel bad for you now. PS I have a cross you can borrow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #109 December 6, 2011 Quote >Picked potatoes? Must be a new type! We always had to dig them up. That's because you live in a more backward place. In first world countries, potatoes grow on bushes, like apples, beans and spaghetti. I'll be danged! The Ag. sciences have really come a long way! What about the meat-balls? Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #110 December 6, 2011 Well,I'm not going to get involved in a 'Can You Top This - Dirty Jobs' contest. What is your form of employment now? edit to add: Tell you what... if, you can tell me that you've repaired a prolapsed cow, in a forty section pasture with just a rope and a horse, I'll say you've done something!!! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #111 December 7, 2011 no, but i've been called out many a time in the early morning to help with a difficult birth - then to school...stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loumeinhart 0 #112 December 7, 2011 Hey Dream Sweetie - you gonna answer me ? So how long would, say an Asian immigrant need to live in a community before he/she is considered "Local" ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #113 December 7, 2011 Been there... done that! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #114 December 7, 2011 Why back in MY day....I had to take out the trash every day. Talk about pain! Oh, rats...that takes me out of the 1% group, doesn't it.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #115 December 7, 2011 Quote Why back in MY day....I had to take out the trash every day. Talk about pain! Oh, rats...that takes me out of the 1% group, doesn't it. I had to take-out the trash AND clean my room! One thing about taking-out the trash... I got to burn it! It was like, a Bevis & Butt-head moment. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #116 December 7, 2011 i got to stack the hay waggons, feed the calves, dip the sheep. on a working farm there's always lots to do...stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #117 December 7, 2011 Quotei got to stack the hay waggons, feed the calves, dip the sheep. on a working farm there's always lots to do... You "dipped" the sheep? That explains a lot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #118 December 7, 2011 Quotei remember using a new fangled device called a tractor... Tractors have been around longer than the automobile. Are you trying to say you're somewhere near 100-yrs. old? Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #119 December 7, 2011 Tractors are another invention of wealthy land owners and manufacturing companies that were invented to take jobs from peasant serfs. Your pushing the 1%'s agenda DD. And if your not part of the solution you are part of the problem!!!"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #120 December 7, 2011 Quote Tractors are another invention of wealthy land owners and manufacturing companies that were invented to take jobs from peasant serfs. Your pushing the 1%'s agenda DD. And if your not part of the solution you are part of the problem!!! I've never had the 'pleasure' of driving a tractor. I did get to sit in the seat of an old Minneapolis-Moline at a fair when I was a kid! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #121 December 7, 2011 Quote Quote i remember using a new fangled device called a tractor... Tractors have been around longer than the automobile. Are you trying to say you're somewhere near 100-yrs. old? Chuck no, just joking stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #122 December 7, 2011 Quote Quote Quote i remember using a new fangled device called a tractor... Tractors have been around longer than the automobile. Are you trying to say you're somewhere near 100-yrs. old? Chuck no, just joking O.K. So, all this talk of all these manual labor jobs you've done were just a joke!? Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #123 December 7, 2011 no - just that tractors were 'new fangled'. not quite that old stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #124 December 7, 2011 QuoteO.K. So, all this talk of all these manual labor jobs you've done were just a joke!? Chuck Does he *sound* like someone who was raised with a work ethic?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #125 December 7, 2011 The way you stated it doesn't help your credibility. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites