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"Pull yourself up by the bootstraps, kido!" (media.scored.co)
posted 1 year ago by XBX_X on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +97Score on mirror )
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MI7BZ3EW on scored.co
1 year ago 10 points (+0 / -0 / +10Score on mirror ) 1 child
My parents weren't boomers.

The only major mistake my dad made (really my grandpa) was getting off of the land and trying to make money with a career. I'm reversing that mistake as we speak.
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GloboHomoErectus on scored.co
1 year ago 4 points (+0 / -0 / +4Score on mirror ) 1 child
Your grandpa probably got fooled by big AG that you need to invest in fertilisers and chemicals to make a profit, but then when the margins disappeared after some decades because his machines weren't large enough or efficient, you just decide to pack it in and do something else.

Small scale farming with minimal external inputs is where it is at, and forget about growing cereals or corn, it's all about the ruminants (whichever you choose).
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MI7BZ3EW on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror )
No, he was a shepherder in the mountains. He left and ended up joining the marines in WWII. After that he got trained as an accountant and made a pretty good life doing that.

It was after WWII that fertilizers and such started to be used.
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