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Originally Posted by MouseWife
What also killed me was how my two older sisters used to always ditch me outside, working alongside my parents at the imagined phone ringing or 'Oo, it is hot, I need some tea' and never return.
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yeah...we tried that on occasion. but then all one of the others had to do was
'hmm....wheres so-n-so? he has the rake' (even if he didnt).
to be caught cutting out on a work detail was akin to outright treason. if anything at all, you just bought the remaining workers the rest of the day off and yourself, well...just picture 'cool hand luke' diggin a hole.
yeah, dad was serious TX old school.