Posted by Dieselrider on March 13, 2009 at 17:48:10 from (174.130.216.32):
In Reply to: Re: WPA posted by tlrich on March 13, 2009 at 17:27:40:
I agree with you tlrich. My dad quit school after seventh grade, to work on the WPA, because my granddad had a hernia and could not work. That was welfare then, and if you didn't show up you didn't get paid. My dad was no slacker and could work hard all day long. He also spent some time in the CCC. If they only had this kind of welfare today, instead of staying home making babies and getting a check each month.
These guys can poke fun at the programs all they want but, most likely none of the tongue flappers could have done the work some of the old boys did.
My dad was a railroader later on. He would work as a track man all day long, come home and change his clothes, then go work in the garden until after dark. He never forgot that he only went to seventh grade, though. The rail road offered him a job as supervisor of his crew- I can't remember the title but, he turned it down because he was worried he wouldn't be able to keep everyones hours and pay right. I guess he would have to account for what they should get, not sure.
I was ready to quit school once when he came home, I told him so. He didn't say a word but went to change his clothes. He called me out in the hallway, after he was done. He handed me the jeans he had worn that day. They must have weighed twenty pounds from sweat. He said, "that's why you need to go to school". Lesson learned.
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