Why Mothers Turn Gray When Dad went to work for Rose Ranch he was paid $1.00 per day for working 7 days per week, from daylight to dark [from can see to can't see]. As a result of his work, we didn't get to see much of Dad. It was quite an occasion when Dad was grazing the sheep in the vicinity of the house and was able to be around the house part of the day. But the occasion also gave an indication of a problem that resulted from Dad not being around when us kids were awake. Dad had to correct my younger brother, Quindel, who was about 2 years old. And in the process he spanked him. When Dad left to drive the sheep back to their corral for the night; Quindel told Mother: "I don't like that old man, 'cause he whipped me!" So, when Mother told that to Dad he decided to herd the sheep in the pasture near the house at least once a week so that he could be around the house some during the day. In the winter following our move to the house on Rose Ranch we had a storm that gave us snow covered with sleet and freezing rain. The next morning, Dad started to go to work but couldn't make it up the hill in front of the house. Mother told us that after he slid down the hill and hit the house a couple of times he wrapped his boots in brulap bags before he could get enough traction to make it up the hill and go on to work. After we got up in the morning, Donal and I were trying to slide down the hill but couldn't get anything to slide and control very well. Finally Donal found an old cotton seed fork with no handle. These forks are about as wide as a snow shovel and have tines about 12"- 16" long and spaced about an inch apart. The place where the handle fits on also has a metal point about 3 inches long. Donal decided that the seed fork would make a good sled ... And it did !! He went sliding down the hill, past the house and almost to the creek. This worked great until we slid down the hill and hit the side of the house. This drove the point for the handle into the side of the house. While we were working to get the seed fork free from the side of the house ... Mother came out to see what had hit the side of the house and saw what we were using as a sled ... She "threw a fit" took it away from us. Narrow minded mothers! They just don't want any one to have any fun. -- ThurmonAccurate Information Is Our Goal. __________________________________________________________________Try AOL and get 1045 hours FREE for 45 days!http://free.aol.com/tryaolfree/index.adp?375380 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 for FREE! Download Now!http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455