Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept rule banning farm chores

Yeah never mind the big equipment, dump truck at 13, combines, hay balers, unloading the hay wagons, shooting at gophers with the .22 ... duh. Stupid government. On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 12:57 PM, LRS Scout <lrsscout@gmail.com> wrote: > > Never mind actually killing and butchering them. > > Learned with chickens at an early age how to jerk/snap the neck. > > Filleting fish? > > Used to pull bales at my uncles place.  Shoot stuff too. > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Maureen <mamamaureen@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Same here.  I even drove Granddaddy's big combine, and certainly spent > > a lot of time with the animals.  Is it considering hurting the animal > > to milk the cow?  Or brand cattle?  I've done both of those. > > > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Erika L. Rich <elrich@ruwebby.com> > wrote: > > > > > > I'm so glad this wasn't in effect when I was a kid. I started doing all > > > this at 9 until my 20's. Driving tractors (my first tractor at age 9 > was > > a > > > John Deere 4010), feeding livestock, helping run machinery, holding > > calves > > > for vet inspection, bailing hay, helping build barns, you name it. > Damn. > > > those were some of the best years of my life. The Government is so > > fecking > > > stupid sometimes. > > > > > >