[Zechariah_8_13]

That they were too damned lazy to pick their own cotton. Which, incidentally, my husband and I will be doing for the next month (with some big help from John Deere).

Here's a story for you: My spouse's relatives have been in TX for a long time - they are of German descent and had a ton of land where they grew cotton.

The grandfather likes to have schools come out and tour the property, where he shows them some of the old equipment, etc.

Well, last time a group came through, a girl in the group asked him where they kept their slaves. He was really surprised and replied that they'd never had slaves, they had always picked it all themselves. She argued with him and said that all white farm owners had slaves and he was lying. He was stunned.

Her teacher just nodded and said, "Oh yes, we've been learning about the Civil War."

There's ejumacation for ya.

[BellStar]

You are lucky to be picking cotton. The crop I saw in the Vally looked real sad after the Hurricane! Hurricane Ike was very unkind to our old trees and our boat see my profile.