Back in the early 50's, before we had any kids, my husband's distant (and I do mean distant) cousin had just got married and we were friends. They were saying they couldn't find work and his car was broke down. This was in the fall. Both my husband and I were working. I worked day shift and my husband worked swing shift. We had taken them a sack of groceries once and maybe twice just to help out. So they could have an income, my husband told his cousin that since it was walnut picking time, I would take them out to the fields in the morning and pack them a sack lunch, and I would go back and pick them up after I got off work. We realized they wouldn't get rich but they would have some money coming in. His cousin told him he would rather starve then pick up walnuts. My husband said then they could starve. He told me I wasn't to take any more groceries to them. When we were first married and moved to Oregon, we picked beans to have an income so my husband didn't see anything wrong with them doing some work too. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: Smoochie Newton<mailto:smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 4:31 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Economy;/stockpiling I don't really believe our economy will be in that sorry shape this time. As STella said, things are different now. I doubt something like the WPA would work..... too many lazy bums that would rather steal or starve before going out to dig a ditch or patch a hole in the road. paulette in sw fla usa..... .... xoxoxoxoxo