I’m fairly certain that my ancestors were not of the nobility in any of the various countries they lived in (certainly the horse thief branch wasn’t), which means we must be descendants of serfs. Someone owes us something, that’s for sure. Time to pay up, whomever you are!
Our horse thief branch just may be linked to your horse thief branch! LOL! I think serfs is the better label, thanks!
We can still set trotlines, putter around in small “pick up” Jon boats (not always with a motor, sometimes a piece of 1x4 board for a paddle), kill a deer on occasion and process it.
A liberal acquaintance often asks: “Why kill a deer? Or anything?” and I just usually tell him “to watch ‘em drop” which sends him into orbit. No, we don’t just “watch ‘em drop”, I’ll probably never convince him otherwise...