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| My life these past few years is too much on the computer. But, the ability to talk to real people in different parts of the world is great. In the old days, the wife and I would leave Chicago & take drives into small towns & stop for coffee, meals or a beer depending on the time of the day & visit with producers; this is essential because the news & rumors which flow thru the market can be very misleading & sometimes am suspicious a few are 'planted.' It was a good exchange as I would share my ideas & I could pick up on what was really happening in agriculture. I grew up on a farm & worked on construction as a young fellow & glad for that because hard work is good for everyone. Always been healthy but seems as I get older blood pressure rises, which I now have under control & cholesterol-which I also have under control...genetics has a lot to do with it also. My family on both sides were rural people and diets full of butter, lard, red meat but yet they all lived into their 90's. When I was in high school, one summer I helped a couple of bachelor brothers build a corn crib..they came to this country early in the century from Germany...talk about eat! I was on site at 7...these guys were still doing chores...the one brother would make a huge breakfast ready about 10 am...everything cooked in butter..same thing at noon....another big lunch about 3 pm....& if we worked until dusk...another huge meal..their sister would drop by a couple of times each week with cakes & pies, these guys were overweight but lived to ripe old ages. I gained about 20 pounds even though I worked hard as they were not much help because they were either busy with chores or eating. Also have to add, the brother handling the cooking cared for the chickens, the other managed the hogs. A market hog wouldn't leave that place at less than 300 lbs & I got to know these fellows pretty well & when they sold hogs, I helped load a couple of times & the brother who managed the hogs would disappear. He treated them like pets & simply could not emotionally handle watching them being loaded for market.
Edited by SeniorCitizen 12/15/2007 08:26
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Too Much Coffee
