[Cicero]

Beautiful article.

I knew a few of those old men in my time, a great privilege. Most of them are now dead, some recently. But I remember them.

Since the ones I knew lived in Maine, they were lobstermen, boat captains, caretakers, truck drivers, fuel oil deliverers, car mechanics. It taught me a lesson that I've kept ever since, that simple people and manual laborers are often--maybe usually--better men than the rich and famous.

[txroadhawg]

It's a shame these 'blue collar' lives have gone to the illegal immigrants. They are a lost culture.

[backhoe]

Beautiful article. I knew a few of those old men in my time, a great privilege. Most of them are now dead, some recently. But I remember them. Since the ones I knew lived in Maine, they were lobstermen, boat captains, caretakers, truck drivers, fuel oil deliverers, car mechanics. It taught me a lesson that I've kept ever since, that simple people and manual laborers are often--maybe usually--better men than the rich and famous.

No truer words have been spoken.