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Originally Posted by cal828
Wow, my Dad was down right educated compared to yours. Mine made it to the 8th grade then went to work in the oil fields at 14. I'm not sure that would even be legal today. I wonder whether that falls under laws that prohibit child labor. At any rate, it was good for my Dad as he was employed and even prosperous right through the Depression and when World War two came along, he didn't have to go to the military because the production of oil was an essential industry.
As for early signs of Spring, I think of it as vegetable and not animal. First signs of Spring in the South are some sort of blooming white trees. I've always wondered what they really are. It occured to me that they might be some sort of wild apple or plum, but internet says they are called Serviceberry trees which I have never heard before. Learn something new every day even when you're an old curmudgeon like me.
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My dad went to work in his father's barbershop and later had his own shop, making enough to provide but not much more. He served in the Navy in WWII and the Korean War as the ships barber and was a "dfamage Control" team leader. He cut hair for just over 50 years, that's a lot of standing on your feet and talking and he loved to talk to his customers. He used to brag about my baseball playing years growing up to the point of annoyance I'm sure. After he quit, age 65, he moved from Endicott, NY to Clemson to be near us. I was happy thay he lived long enouhg to see me graduate from Clemson and go on to Rice University for my Masters. He passed away halfway through my second year at Rice, smoking all his life and cancer finally got him. My mother died when I was 10. Most importantly everyone that new Al the barber loved him. That in itself is special and something for me to be proud of.