Why do people not want to work?

[ovrszd]

Perspective, Mate.

6 acres is a lot if all you've known is a city/suburb Lot.

Absolutely. We read posts on here daily from members that purchase 3 or 4 or 5 acres. They are trying to figure out how they are going to manage it all and how big of tractor they need to buy and what type of attachments they need. Totally overwhelms them.

My yard I mow is 3 acres.

 

[Industrial Toys]

And then there are the TEXANS! Some with their own highway Exits!

 

[ultrarunner]

Yep... even an acre in a dense metro area can be amazing and seem like another world.

 

[Doofy]

And then there are the TEXANS! Some with their own highway Exits!

...just let me off in Hootersville.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I wonder if the Information Super Highway ever made it to Hooterville? I bet Arnold would have been the first to have an I-Phone.

 

[hawkeye08]

After growing up on the farm, it felt like vacation going off to college, working 50-60hrs per week and going to school full time. School was 7am-1pm, Monday-Friday. I worked evenings and weekends. It was like a vacation compared to summer at home on the farm. After a couple of years, I was the evening service writer and Sunday service writer. Saturdays, I did whatever was needed in shop, from batteries to mufflers to AC. Sears Roadhandler tires were heavy but I did my share of tires too. I started at $1.35 per hour in 1977 at the Sears gas station, then moved inside and did batteries. Got a raise to $2.15/hr and it was mostly shaded. When I left Sears (graduated college and got a job with computer company), I was making $7.95/hr.

I got to pick my Sunday crew, most of my guys were 17-19, taking classes at Arizona automotive.. Several of them would come in even when they were not scheduled, just in case I could give them a few hours. All of them worked hard and did good work. They drove beaters, shared apts, car pooled when they could, anything to save money and make more so they could finish school and get a full time job.

It really hasn't changed, those that hustle and learn can get ahead.

 

[ultrarunner]

Lots of truth to this ^^^

 

[two_bit_score]

Perspective, Mate.

6 acres is a lot if all you've known is a city/suburb Lot.

Good point! It’s all in perspective! A g string can fall flat or a g string can fall to the floor.

 

[Shaneard]

I talked to a guy yesterday who has one arm. Not sure what happened to him as to why but thought it was very cool that he has a full time job working for a major electrical component company and he hunts and fishes. What an inspiration to everyone who knows him. People do have limitations, it's how they are handled that determines the outcome. The only person holding anyone back is themselves.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I wonder if the Information Super Highway ever made it to Hooterville? I bet Arnold would have been the first to have an I-Phone.

At the top of the pole to get a signal