Hee, most of the people I knew, as a child, lived on a farm. Yes I grew up on a farm. My parents still live there. We raised tobacco and beef cattle (no dairy) and there were always horses and ponies (well not anymore - just two horses) and I *always* had dogs. I loved my dogs. I have more dog-stories than I have people stories. I actually knew more dogs than people.
My parents currently have my little sister's maltese (Buffy) and a stray mixed dog I found about five years ago (Little Boy Shaggy) and two labs (my brother's lab Scully -who is the same age as my dog Sid (dog cousins by adoption - they are a few months apart and are 8) and Dad's 2 year old bitch Kissy) and two beagles.
So I kinda watch SV with an eye toward authenticity. Also - Bo Duke's blue tractor? My dad has that exact tractor. I am not allowed to drive it.
Also - when I was a kid - we could skip school for a week or two in the spring and in the fall to help set or strip tobacco. Anyone could - cause it was a farming community and that was an excused absence. Nowadays, you can't, but then not as many people farm as before and no one makes a living at it unless they are a large operation with a contract to produce with a tobacco corp. And those kinda outfits work better with an influx of migrant labor (much more consistant than a bunch of high school kids) - so the days of keeping the kid home from school to help with the crop are over. But I was there when it still happened. That is kinda cool.
And I don't live there now - but I still visit. You can too.
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My parents currently have my little sister's maltese (Buffy) and a stray mixed dog I found about five years ago (Little Boy Shaggy) and two labs (my brother's lab Scully -who is the same age as my dog Sid (dog cousins by adoption - they are a few months apart and are 8) and Dad's 2 year old bitch Kissy) and two beagles.
So I kinda watch SV with an eye toward authenticity. Also - Bo Duke's blue tractor? My dad has that exact tractor. I am not allowed to drive it.
Also - when I was a kid - we could skip school for a week or two in the spring and in the fall to help set or strip tobacco. Anyone could - cause it was a farming community and that was an excused absence. Nowadays, you can't, but then not as many people farm as before and no one makes a living at it unless they are a large operation with a contract to produce with a tobacco corp. And those kinda outfits work better with an influx of migrant labor (much more consistant than a bunch of high school kids) - so the days of keeping the kid home from school to help with the crop are over. But I was there when it still happened. That is kinda cool.
And I don't live there now - but I still visit. You can too.