My paternal grandfather would have become a shepherd if he hadn't run away to America at the age of 13, and my maternal great-great grandmother was a goatherd in the Swiss-Italian Alps. That's as close to anything remotely farmlike as any of my family history gets (that I know of--since we were mostly small town or country peasants pre-US, there may have been tiny plots of land and family vegetable gardens involved somewhere along the way).
Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.
'Shindig'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
JZ - Apr 17, 2008 7:16:04 am PDT #2362 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Kathy A - Apr 17, 2008 7:18:16 am PDT #2363 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My mom was raised on a dairy farm, and Dad was also raised on a farm, but it was a small one for mostly family food. Grandpa A's main income came from various jobs he had around town, up to and including being a janitor at Stateville Penitentiary at one point.
tommyrot - Apr 17, 2008 7:18:22 am PDT #2364 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
maternal great-great grandmother was a goatherd in the Swiss-Italian Alps.
Was she a lonely goatherd?
My grandparents were all dairy farmers. I think all my great-grandparents were too....
Jesse - Apr 17, 2008 7:19:02 am PDT #2365 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In other news, I love that the Harry Potter trial judge invoked Bleak House! I love Bleak House. [link]
Kathy A - Apr 17, 2008 7:19:55 am PDT #2366 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Dairy farmers' grandchildren represent!
high-fives tommyrot
JZ - Apr 17, 2008 7:20:43 am PDT #2367 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Was she a lonely goatherd?
Lady-o-de-lay-he-o-de-lay-he-hoo!
Hayden - Apr 17, 2008 7:22:45 am PDT #2368 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I lived in cities (well, the Alabama version of cities) during the school year and worked on my grandparents' farm in the summers. The only animals they had were chickens, though, and after a certain point, they'd only set aside a few small patches for vegetables (and scuppernongs) while most of the fields were pine trees. So, not that much work. Clearing kudzu. Fixing the fence. Picking beans. I had a lot of time to myself.
Edit:
I love Bleak House.
Me, too!
Nutty - Apr 17, 2008 7:24:10 am PDT #2369 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Jarndyce v. Jarndyce? If we're to play in British law-geekery, I must insist on everybody wearing funny wigs.
Pretty much no farm heritage at all.
I think this is true of 95% of New England. Then again, we are the latte-driving, Volvo-eating, sushi-drinking commie perverts of political fame. All-city Kansas is probably a little bit rarer.
sarameg - Apr 17, 2008 7:26:46 am PDT #2370 of 10001
I just looked it up, and actually? Their address can be either Ward, or the nearest Mn town. With the same RR number. Crazy.
Aims - Apr 17, 2008 7:27:38 am PDT #2371 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Hivemind help?
For those os you who have worked both here and abroad, what were some of the hiring practices that you experienced in the US that were nowhere to be seen in another country? For example, I've been told that in Korea, it is unusual to have an interview whereas that is common practice in the US.