[albertabound]

Good post, Caught my old grandad tarring the roof of his house, he had hoisted up a 45 gallon drum of tar all by himself, he was in his eighties. he was buried with his boots on.

[imintrouble]

That was a hoot! I can see "grandad" hoising up the tar barrel. Now that took strength!

When some poor soul in my family decided to do our famiiy history it took him a year to get some of the stories straight and even then people were still fighting over "what the truth was" when the family geneological account finally went to press.

I would love to see a collection of some "old timer" stories about the early days of pioneering in the west especially as people had to rely on their own initiative or die.

The stories would make a fine book or ongoing series of books if anyone had the patience to "separate" the feuds which would inevitably erupt among family members hahaha!

Don't you just love those early settlers? When a handshake meant all?

My apologies for veering way off topic...but I couldn't help myself !

[imintrouble]

That was a hoot! I can see "grandad" hoisting up the tar barrel. Now that took strength!

When some poor soul in my family decided to do our famiiy history it took him a year to get some of the stories straight and even then people were still fighting over "what the truth was" when the family geneological account finally went to press.

I would love to see a collection of some "old timer" stories about the early days of pioneering in the west especially as people had to rely on their own initiative or die.

The stories would make a fine book or ongoing series of books if anyone had the patience to "separate" the feuds which would inevitably erupt among family members hahaha!

Don't you just love those early settlers? When a handshake meant all?

My apologies for veering way off topic...but I couldn't help myself !