Calling all Mexicans! ha ha ha...

You must like living dangerously.
The world around me is so addicted to, "political correctness" that several hundred idiots will probably be at the airport before they figure out they will have to buy tickets to Mexico to lynch you.

Meanwhile, the average high temperature for the next 10 days will be below 90F. After a summer like this, that's just about comfortable for chasing the lawn mower around the yard at sunset.

 

Calling all Mexicans! ha ha ha...

We could find a thousand Gringos on the streets of Portland pan handling with a fake sign that they "Need a Job". We both know how that will work out in the fields. I might hit the fields with the family after the prime harvest to pick some for my own wine this year.

 

You must like living dangerously.
The world around me is so addicted to, "political correctness" that several hundred idiots will probably be at the airport before they figure out they will have to buy tickets to Mexico to lynch you.

Meanwhile, the average high temperature for the next 10 days will be below 90F. After a summer like this, that's just about comfortable for chasing the lawn mower around the yard at sunset.

Nah... I'm mexican... so it's alright if I say it... (though I must admit I know I might be playing with fire here) You'd be surprised at our real sense of humor, we just love to make fun of ourselves, and I can prove it by posting daily newspaper cartoons that are routinely published down here... It's the mexican-american culture that has become touchy on this subject. And believe it or not, it's a very different one. Down here, for instance, cinco de mayo barely goes noticed (or simply not at all) and we despise taco bell, among many differences.
And besides, field-picking in the U.S. is something that I've done myself in the past. And I know it's good, hard, honest work... something that I highly recommend everyone should experience at least once... as long as you don't get stuck doing that the rest of your life... unless you want to, of course... you never know what really makes a person happy.

 

And BTW... just how mexican am I?
Well, my great-grandfather was mayor of Monterrey city back in 1904 (there's a street named after him down here), and my family is counted among its founders (Monterrey has a population of about 4.5 million, and was founded in 1596) I love to eat cabrito (baby goat) lechón (piglet) and hate McDonald's... though I must admit I like Wendy's (too expensive) and Carl's Jr (also know as Hardee's in the U.S. midwest) ... so there.. I'm safe enough to make fun of myself

 

I might hit the fields with the family after the prime harvest to pick some for my own wine this year.

Exploiting children to satisfy your lust for wine ... your dastardly. I'm sure there are political factions in the Northwest that would hang you out to dry for such abuse.

 

Exploiting children to satisfy your lust for wine ... your dastardly. I'm sure there are political factions in the Northwest that would hang you out to dry for such abuse.

If... and only if... the children that help you in the fields are your own family... then you'd be teaching them an extremely valuable and unforgettable lesson on the virtues of hard work... but if they're being used as real labor, then I'd have to agree they're being used for evil purposes and are being deprived of a real future, since they'd normally remain uneducated... which is something that I consider as fundamental a right as is their right of being fed in healthy manner

 

Exploiting children to satisfy your lust for wine ... your dastardly. I'm sure there are political factions in the Northwest that would hang you out to dry for such abuse.

Mine will have shoes but I have no shame. As a kid in Texas every year we would harvest wild muscat grapes (and cotton at the river bottoms) on the farm for jelly, juice and wine. (for medicinal uses only according to grandma and she liked her medicine) We would crackup watching drunk birds who had eaten fermented rotten grapes rolling on the ground around the huge vines.

 

I know that ... I should have used the sarcasm tags.

Some political factions run amok these days.

Seeing that bird reminds me of Di Nero's character in Men of Honor. I can almost hear the rant from his jail cell.

 

I know that ... I should have used the sarcasm tags.

Some political factions run amok these days.

Seeing that bird reminds me of Di Nero's character in Men of Honor. I can almost hear the rant from his jail cell.

I know that brother. I could give two hoots about being PC.

I can hear grandma say: Idle hands are the hands of the devil, put them youngins to work as soon as them babies is out of swaddling clothes.

 

... We would crackup watching drunk birds who had eaten fermented rotten grapes rolling on the ground around the huge vines.

Wow... imagine if cats learned to brew the real thing... they'd probably open a bar with a birdie's night promo every day

 

Wow... imagine if cats learned to brew the real thing... they'd probably open a bar with a birdie's night promo every day

Now I know why the raccoon and his friends were hanging around the cherry tree this summer, what a bunch of drunks and juvenile delinquents. Next thing you know one will be a space pirate.

 

Now I know why the raccoon and his friends were hanging around the cherry tree this summer, what a bunch of drunks and juvenile delinquents.

Or... as @#12 likes to call them: rascals

 

Nice Rat ... was that from the "middle aged" mutant turtles movie?

 

Or... as @#12 likes to call them: rascals

You and I could enjoy quite a conversation about the things I've seen, but not in public. I will probably PM you tomorrow and we'll have a chat.

Right now, I'm tired. Many projects today. Lots of dirt to clean and the machinery broke. Detours. Must buy more tools tomorrow to finish the job. I'll catch you during the times when I stop to rest between working and sweating.

 

Nice Rat ... was that from the "middle aged" mutant turtles movie?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015381/

Surprising good movie with good characters and good music.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015381/

Surprising good movie with good characters and good music.

It was a very good movie indeed... and the 'coon (Rocket) stole the show.

 

I'm safe enough to make fun of myself

The ability to laugh at oneself is a key to happiness. Being proud of who you are and being humble are not mutually exclusive.

 

Must buy more tools tomorrow...

One of life's pleasures!

 

Good ol' Fairlee, VT

 

One of life's pleasures!

I was gonna say... I almost feel guilty every time I buy a new tool for my shop... makes me feel like a kid running in a toy store