I'm about as soft and lazy as anyone. I grow my own food, and there is no doubt that the work I do is nothing in comparison to the effort required in commercial production. When presented with the prospect of stoop labor, most would gladly slit their wrists instead.
I'm about as soft and lazy as anyone. I grow my own food, and there is no doubt that the work I do is nothing in comparison to the effort required in commercial production. When presented with the prospect of stoop labor, most would gladly slit their wrists instead.
I loved hard labor as a young man. Worked various jobs loading hay bails, moving sprinkler pipe, worked in mining operations, etc. Made me strong and I was proud of the large physique I gained from those jobs. I was also proud of the rough skin on my hands and the blisters and cuts. Saw them as badges of honor. I'm older now and the muscle has began to sag and the hands don't do much hard labor anymore. Young men today still want to "bulk up" but instead of taking on hard physical jobs they go to the gym every day and drink protein shakes and take steroids to grow the muscle that I grew from my hard labor jobs. I never took protein drinks, growth hormones or steroids but in my day I could easily bench press 250 pounds. Today young men are more concerned with video games, manicures and lotions to keep their hands callus free. It's a different world, for sure.
I retired over ten years ago and am working harder and longer than I ever did when I was working for a paycheck. Someone just gave me a wheelbarrow because I'm too cheap to buy one for myself. For the last ten years I've been carrying wood, water, mulch, produce, etc. etc. by hand. The wheelbarrow is nice. It doesn't make the work any easier because I just do more in less time. I'm nowhere near as big as I was in my 20's or 30's, but I'm way better shape than most people of any age in the US.
I'm about as soft and lazy as anyone. I grow my own food, and there is no doubt that the work I do is nothing in comparison to the effort required in commercial production. When presented with the prospect of stoop labor, most would gladly slit their wrists instead.
I loved hard labor as a young man. Worked various jobs loading hay bails, moving sprinkler pipe, worked in mining operations, etc. Made me strong and I was proud of the large physique I gained from those jobs. I was also proud of the rough skin on my hands and the blisters and cuts. Saw them as badges of honor. I'm older now and the muscle has began to sag and the hands don't do much hard labor anymore. Young men today still want to "bulk up" but instead of taking on hard physical jobs they go to the gym every day and drink protein shakes and take steroids to grow the muscle that I grew from my hard labor jobs. I never took protein drinks, growth hormones or steroids but in my day I could easily bench press 250 pounds. Today young men are more concerned with video games, manicures and lotions to keep their hands callus free. It's a different world, for sure.
I retired over ten years ago and am working harder and longer than I ever did when I was working for a paycheck. Someone just gave me a wheelbarrow because I'm too cheap to buy one for myself. For the last ten years I've been carrying wood, water, mulch, produce, etc. etc. by hand. The wheelbarrow is nice. It doesn't make the work any easier because I just do more in less time. I'm nowhere near as big as I was in my 20's or 30's, but I'm way better shape than most people of any age in the US.
OK boomer!
And of course, you had to eat shoe leather for lunch!
The older you get, the harder you had it, and the better you was!
Yeah right!
https://www.vox.com/2019/11/19/20963757/what-is-ok-boomer-meme-about-meaning-gen-z-millennials