holey moley...that's just what I mean....some people just aren't gonna work no matter what. Ain't that somethin' !! emma,,,, I think your hubby had the right idea..... no workee, no eatee paulette in sw fla usa i would pick up doggie doodles if it meant my family wouldn't go hungry... -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Peace Roses" <Roses4831@msn.com> > 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 > To: 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message