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Many decades ago I worked at a lumber company with a slight man about 5'4" and weighing around 140 lbs. he was 74. "Mose " could do the work of a 23 y/ o ( me) and every Monday by hand, we off loaded 538  - 94 lb. bags of Portland cement. I had all I could to to keep up with him, Mose ate a large sweet onion like an apple every day after lunch, he lived a healthy life until his passing at 96.  He would tell tales of farm work from when he was in his early 20's when he would drive horses that pulled a  manure spreader even when temps were below freezing.  When done, he would un- hitch the horses bringing them back into the barn. However his overalls would accumulate a few inches of frozen manure and that's where the other farm hands came into play as they would beat the frozen manure  off of Mose until he was able to get out of the overalls....Mose said that's where the phrase "They beat the shyt out of me".... originated :~)

Last edited by Alan Merklin
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