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My parents were not schit kicking hillbillies.
I hope this answers the question.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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I grew up on a cotton farm, chopped a lot of it until the advent of Treflan. We'd chop all summer long. I bet I can still get a hoe razor-sharp with a mill-bastard file.
Only cotton I ever picked or pulled (there's a difference) was as a little kid playing in the fields; mechanical cotton strippers came in just in time to save me from that joy. Older sisters and everyone else in the family pulled a lot. Heck, I bet Grandma and Grandpa had dad dragging a sack by the time he was 5.
But I've forked a bunch back in the trailers so more would fit in and I've worked in gins before they became automated.
'Four legs good, two legs baaaad."
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"Jimmy, some of it's magic,
Some of it's tragic,
But I had a good life all the way."
(Jimmy Buffett)
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Lots of kin out there. Rule to Rochester. I’ve played a lot of dances and parties at Sons of Hermann in Old Glory. Not much left of Old Glory and Sagerton. At least Rule has a Convenience Store. 🤠 My Mom grew up in Stamford and I believe she told me once that Rick Perry was from Old Glory. She knew the family.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Lots of kin out there. Rule to Rochester. I’ve played a lot of dances and parties at Sons of Hermann in Old Glory. Not much left of Old Glory and Sagerton. At least Rule has a Convenience Store. 🤠 Mom was from Taylor.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Campfire Ranger
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I hauled a lot of hay, 10 cents a bail, stacked in the barn. That’s ten cents split 3 ways. We could make enough to take our girlfriends out on Saturday night. We did not get paid to toss and stack hay. We were expected to do it. Family. ^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^ When in college, I graduated to room, board, a tank of gas for m pickup, and $40 a week. I've never been as wealthy since!
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Campfire Ranger
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Picked cotton, chopped cotton, hoed cotton. Hauled baled hay, put up loose hay with a pitch fork, and mowed and raked hay with a team of mules. miles 😁. That mule, old Rivers, and Miles! Jokin’ with ya dis mornin’ ! Only difference was that I was not bare footed. miles
Look out for number 1, don't step in number 2.
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Just wondering how many old timers on here ever chopped cotton? I chopped cotton in the last 70's on my uncle's farm in southern Arkansas. Being 8 yrs old, it sucked! Found a bucket full of arrowheads though........ Yessir...I hoed a bit of cotton in the 70s outside Lubbock, TX and in southern OK just north of Wichita Falls, TX. Reckon I am a member of a dwindling club. Devol or Randelett ?
One man with courage makes a majority....
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Campfire Kahuna
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Lots of kin out there. Rule to Rochester. I’ve played a lot of dances and parties at Sons of Hermann in Old Glory. Not much left of Old Glory and Sagerton. At least Rule has a Convenience Store. 🤠 My Mom grew up in Stamford and I believe she told me once that Rick Perry was from Old Glory. She knew the family. Gov Perry was born in Haskell and raised in Paint Creek. That’s about 25 miles east of Old Glory. My Mom new his parents pretty well.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Campfire Kahuna
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Lots of kin out there. Rule to Rochester. I’ve played a lot of dances and parties at Sons of Hermann in Old Glory. Not much left of Old Glory and Sagerton. At least Rule has a Convenience Store. 🤠 Mom was from Taylor. That’s over by Austin. Nearly 200 miles south of here.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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all my cousins on my mom's side of the family back then were migrant farmworkers. Pretty much all my cousins are successful people now Drs, nurses and stuff, that hard farm work made them want to do better. I only went and helped once in a while.
God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
Roger V Hunter
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Campfire Kahuna
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There was a local diner in the Haskell area started by a farmer’s kid that hated to hoe cotton.
He named it “The Hatohoe”
Pretty successful local food chain. He had 4 or 5 of them at one time. Sadly, they’re all gone now. It had damn good steak fingers and chocolate malts when we were kids.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Lots of kin out there. Rule to Rochester. I’ve played a lot of dances and parties at Sons of Hermann in Old Glory. Not much left of Old Glory and Sagerton. At least Rule has a Convenience Store. 🤠 Mom was from Taylor. Taylor is just north of me. LOT’s of cotton there. Black land prairie. Matter of fact, mom’s parents were from just north fo Taylor. Mamaw was from out between Davilla and Bartlett. And Jim (as my granddad was known) was from east of Granger. Right damn Middle of the cotton patch.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Just wondering how many old timers on here ever chopped cotton? I chopped cotton in the last 70's on my uncle's farm in southern Arkansas. Being 8 yrs old, it sucked! Found a bucket full of arrowheads though........ Yessir...I hoed a bit of cotton in the 70s outside Lubbock, TX and in southern OK just north of Wichita Falls, TX. Reckon I am a member of a dwindling club. Devol or Randelett ? Randelett.
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Lots of kin out there. Rule to Rochester. I’ve played a lot of dances and parties at Sons of Hermann in Old Glory. Not much left of Old Glory and Sagerton. At least Rule has a Convenience Store. 🤠 My Mom grew up in Stamford and I believe she told me once that Rick Perry was from Old Glory. She knew the family. Gov Perry was born in Haskell and raised in Paint Creek. That’s about 25 miles east of Old Glory. My Mom new his parents pretty well. Yes sir! Paint Creek was what I was thinking of...not Old Glory. 👍🏻 Your Mom might know mine as she acquainted with them as well. Her (my Mom) parents owned Hinds Clothing in Stamford where she was raised.
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Only asparagus for bit on Victoria Island, Sacramento Delta.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Only asparagus for bit on Victoria Island, Sacramento Delta. Ed, you’ll be shocked to know there are a bunch of Italian folks over in Robertson/Brazos County in the bottom land that are all cotton farmers. Around the little town of Mumford. Yeah believe they arrived around 1900 or so.
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Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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Only asparagus for bit on Victoria Island, Sacramento Delta. Ed, you’ll be shocked to know there are a bunch of Italian folks over in Robertson/Brazos County in the bottom land that are all cotton farmers. Around the little town of Mumford. Yeah believe they arrived around 1900 or so. Yep. I knew some old Italian folks in Bryan / College Station when I was going to TAMU. Mowed their yard. They said their families were early settlers their. Cotton farmers too.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Lots of kin out there. Rule to Rochester. I’ve played a lot of dances and parties at Sons of Hermann in Old Glory. Not much left of Old Glory and Sagerton. At least Rule has a Convenience Store. 🤠 My Mom grew up in Stamford and I believe she told me once that Rick Perry was from Old Glory. She knew the family. Gov Perry was born in Haskell and raised in Paint Creek. That’s about 25 miles east of Old Glory. My Mom new his parents pretty well. Yes sir! Paint Creek was what I was thinking of...not Old Glory. 👍🏻 Your Mom might know mine as she acquainted with them as well. Her (my Mom) parents owned Hinds Clothing in Stamford where she was raised. Probably. Mom, Dad and Grandparents are all gone now.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Only asparagus for bit on Victoria Island, Sacramento Delta. Ed, you’ll be shocked to know there are a bunch of Italian folks over in Robertson/Brazos County in the bottom land that are all cotton farmers. Around the little town of Mumford. Yeah believe they arrived around 1900 or so. Yep. I knew some old Italian folks in Bryan / College Station when I was going to TAMU. Mowed their yard. They said their families were early settlers their. Cotton farmers too. Neal, they were all brought to Texas to farm by an Englishman names Mumford. He had speculated and bought a whole bunch of the bottom land. The town is named after him.
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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Ok! Any of your old cotton farmers know what this is????? ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/0NMk8XF2/0-D4-CBB9-B-5-F6-C-42-AD-BD51-AF5-C7-FE4-E631.jpg)
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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