[texas_mrs]

Your dad reminds me of my dad. He had a heavy/highway equipment company and though he built it up to almost 100 employees, you never found him in the office, always on a dozer. He, too, was respected by most everyone who knew him.

His company was sued once by a landowner with whom he had a handshake deal, even though the landowner came out ahead in the deal. She (an Austinite, go figure) was upset several cedars were taken out when he built a road and tank (pond) for her in exchange for the use of her water on the building of the highway. The locals could see that she was taking advantage of the situation and threw it right out. A handshake deal and my father's word was good enough for them.

He passed last month. I sure miss the guy.

[Texas Fossil]

Yes, my father wears khaki pants, and gray felt hat most of the time. There was a time a good Stetson or Resistol was the badge of a successful farmer, rancher, lumberman or oil man.

Handshake was like a dozen contracts. There are still industries like that, but they are going away due to the legal nonsense that is so prevalent in our lives.

Creeping Socialism is a killer of Nations and States.