The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 5/5/2014 10:14 AM, Tony Hwang wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 5/5/2014 8:40 AM, rbowman wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:

I seem to recall something about beekeepers renting out their
bees to farmers. Like renting a bull out to stud, the
beekeepers bring their hives to the farmer's fields to
pollinate his crops. ^_^

It's more extensive than you think. Some bees have a lot of miles
on them, spending the summer in Iowa and the winter in
California. I've seen flatbeds loaded with hives with a big net
over the whole mess headed down the road. I don't even want to
think about loading/unloading. Fortunately, I've only ever hauled
bee wood, the new frames amd so forth.

Most folks have no idea how complicated farming is. Many of them
think a farmer is a fellow in overalls watching plants grow while
chewing on a grass stem and chugging on a jug of moonshine. ^_^

TDD

Hi, Probably farmers/fisher men are hardest working bunch to feed
us. I respect them whole heartedly.

There are a lot of people who work very hard. I've been disabled for
20 years and couldn't hold a job flipping burgers but before I became
too ill to work, wound up on Social Security Disability then dropped
dead of a heart attack, I worked my ass off. I worked on those days
when I wasn't so sick and in pain to get out of bed. I do my best to
help my roommate with his business so I don't turn into a mushroom
but I'm so frustrated to lack the strength to run up and down ladders
as I could when I was in my 50's. Most of the guys I know who own
their own service businesses are disabled in one way or another. They
work when they can and like I did, find someone in better health to
help with the business. There is a whole invisible workforce out
there composed of the working disabled who receive no government
help. I didn't want to receive any help from government programs but
I became too ill to work. It's so frustrating to be unable to be
completely self reliant as I once was and it's very difficult for me
to depend on anyone else. I spent most of last May in the hospital
after dropping dead of a heart attack and was sent home to die while
receiving home hospice care. After 6 months, my nurse told me I was
being dropped from hospice care because I wasn't dying fast enough.
It's because I never gave up and I'm too ornery to give up and die.

And you were lucky there were programs like SSDI in place to help make it all
possible.