tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post7666268908572124463..comments2024-03-28T18:27:41.244-07:00Comments on Titere con Bonete: NepotismAliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18196096131750922174noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-80882924397220833412012-01-03T19:16:07.377-08:002012-01-03T19:16:07.377-08:00This was a fascinating recollection of the values ...This was a fascinating recollection of the values your parents taught you. I found your descriptions fascinating and I learned a lot. I hope you had a wonderful holiday and that 2012 brings only good things your way. Blessings...MaryMary Bergfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234678984137982414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-22366315172997952222012-01-02T01:09:58.856-08:002012-01-02T01:09:58.856-08:00It's so important to have a strong work ethic....It's so important to have a strong work ethic. My husband has one (his dad was the same way). And I pray that our kids see that in him, and realize the importance of hard work!More Than Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159856133879672250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-44226933586993772772011-12-30T08:05:02.582-08:002011-12-30T08:05:02.582-08:00Sue - You phrased that perfectly! Happy New Year t...Sue - You phrased that perfectly! Happy New Year to you my friend! See ya in 2012!Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196096131750922174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-19316527537814248952011-12-30T08:04:21.322-08:002011-12-30T08:04:21.322-08:00DUTA - I was very fortunate to have the parents I ...DUTA - I was very fortunate to have the parents I have.<br /><br />As someone who has trouble keeping houseplants alive I too have great admiration for farmers. Living now in such a huge agricultural valley I get to see a lot of different crops being grown. I should take more pictures! I need to stop and smell the roses, tomatoes, hay, apricots, oranges...wow, I could go on and on with whats grown in Kern Co.<br /><br />Amen Duta...Amen!Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196096131750922174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-44538570442333874452011-12-30T08:02:01.724-08:002011-12-30T08:02:01.724-08:00Sextant - Yes, Bobby found a perfect video that ma...Sextant - Yes, Bobby found a perfect video that made me contemplate also how many cameras were lost to the tomato view!<br /><br />I was working on those machines at night so I never really had a chance to stop and watch how they work...but I can remember the smell. <br /><br />For years I hated tomatoes, especially the really ripe, beefsteak ones...YUK! But I've learned to love them again.<br /><br />Bobby's dad was a wonderful farmer just like my dad.<br /><br />People would be amazed to know what all goes into tomato paste and/or catsup...lol. Happy New Year Sextant, glad you like the new masthead, it reminds me of what I looked like as a little girl, without the wings of course.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196096131750922174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-50009813145411191572011-12-29T23:03:17.088-08:002011-12-29T23:03:17.088-08:00Cool new masthead image. A real eye grabber!Cool new masthead image. A real eye grabber!Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-89581761237860093432011-12-29T16:08:53.891-08:002011-12-29T16:08:53.891-08:00It always helps to have a good work ethic. Not som...It always helps to have a good work ethic. Not something that is prevalent today in many people. They want to go to work, do the least amount of work possible, and then get paid big bucks! Good thing you learned early on how to do the right thing with the values taught to you by your parents! xo SueSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843513751203663201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-8608857192694886182011-12-29T14:42:10.581-08:002011-12-29T14:42:10.581-08:00That's such a beautiful example of parents ins...That's such a beautiful example of parents instilling life values in their children!<br /><br />I have immense appreciation for farmers. They are hard-working people that take out the good of the soil to feed the living people and animals. <br /><br />Your father, the farmer, is an inspirational figure. Whoever likes the fruit of the earth also likes people . He liked the crops liked his workers and his family. I can easily understand your being proud of him. May God give him good health!DUTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979375799258978432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-81235734689430795472011-12-29T14:30:28.099-08:002011-12-29T14:30:28.099-08:00The new video is totally cool and very explanatory...The new video is totally cool and very explanatory! I wonder how many cameras were sacrificed for "tomato view"? <br /><br />Man that had to be smelly! I didn't notice a tomato worm remover! Well I have heard that tomato products are rich in insect protein! What don't kill you can only be nutritious. <br /><br />Awesome! Thanks Alicia and Bobby!Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-22265183103457741922011-12-28T19:35:31.909-08:002011-12-28T19:35:31.909-08:00Pondside- I was very lucky. I tried to do the same...Pondside- I was very lucky. I tried to do the same thing with my kids. My daughter told me a few years ago that she never calls in sick because she remembers that I never called in sick. I was so proud...lol. Happy New Year to you!Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196096131750922174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-14266324089331207362011-12-28T12:02:00.648-08:002011-12-28T12:02:00.648-08:00Sextant - Yes, that machine was fascinating, I'...Sextant - Yes, that machine was fascinating, I'm glad I found such a great video online. Its amazing how it brings the crop off the field, vines and all then separates it. I wish I had learned more about how it all actually worked. I'm sure my dad would be able to explain it to me, in fact he would love it if I were to ask and then he would go on and on for hours!<br /><br />What made me ill was a combination, the smell, the texture of the stuff I was handling, the conveyor belt in front of me, the rocking and rolling of the machine...all of it. It was like being seasick, but I've never gotten seasick.<br /><br />My dad was a wonderful man, that is what makes his illness now so hard to bear. You see him doing things that are so out of character for him and you get upset with him and then you have to remind yourself that the person he is now is not the person he was all his life and even as I type this my eyes tear up and I want to cry. It's not fair.<br /><br />Wow, then you know what hell is...that foundry sounds horrible. And that is why OSHA is so stringent in the laws that they enforce. Can you imagine the horrible accidents that probably happened in that place? Molten aluminum splashing out? I don't think aprons, chaps and flaps are going to be much protection from that! I'm so glad you didn't end up working in a place like that. I can't imagine all your intelligence and wit being wasted in a foundry!<br /><br />I agree with you in that last paragraph. This world would be a much better place if all young people knew what hard work is. Granted there are a few that learn that early on, but for the most part parents pamper and spoil them and they think they should have a company car and a six figure income straight out of high school! C'mon! Get real.<br />Anyway...as always, just love your comments!Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196096131750922174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-39543696760882898932011-12-28T09:56:47.639-08:002011-12-28T09:56:47.639-08:00You are SO right - and you were lucky to have pare...You are SO right - and you were lucky to have parents who cared enough to instill in you a strong work ethic.<br />I spend a season on an asparagus picker and it was enough to keep me in university!!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567723504977931374.post-903458838220782492011-12-28T05:36:15.744-08:002011-12-28T05:36:15.744-08:00That machine was fascinating, but like you say, th...That machine was fascinating, but like you say, there would have to be a lot over ripened tomatoes. I imagine the stench to be horrific. What made you ill the motion of the machine in the dark or the stench, or a combination? <br /><br />My guess is that these tomatoes would be used for bulk tomato paste for sauces and ketchup. I used to ride past the Heinz plant in Pittsburgh when I was going to school. There was a rail siding with all these nasty looking tank cars that you would expect to contain some horrific chemical. They had written on the side Bulk Tomato Paste. "Nothing but the best choice vine ripened tomatoes." Yeah right! <br /><br />Your father was a wonderful man, it really must be painful to witness his illness now. What a valuable lesson he provide to you and your siblings. <br /><br />My introduction into the hellish world of various types of employment was a field trip to a foundry when I was in 9th grade. I marvel now that we were allowed in the place. Anyhow this place made casting for train air brakes. It was like being in hell. Dark, filthy, hot, and noisy. I can remember guys pushing molten aluminum around in these deep buckets suspended from an overhead rail. There must have be discontinuities in the rail because every now again the molten aluminum would splash out of the filled to the brim buckets. The guys wore heavy leather aprons, chaps, and flaps over their shoes in this impossibly hot room. Ventilation was a joke. Then the noise. Unbelievable. There were mold shakers, jack hammer like tampers, guys with muffler guns chipping off flashing, and other guys with pneumatic burring tools screaming. Thirty minutes in that hell hole convinced me that there were certain jobs that I would never seek...steel mills, foundries, and coal mines. I was very lucky to find a job as a test technician, and later engineer in a relatively clean machine shop / assembly plant. It was a great place to work, especially in test because we designed and built our own facilities. For working in an industrial setting, I was very fortunate. <br /><br />I think all young people should have a shot at working some of the crappy jobs in the world. I paid my dues working in a gas station for next to nothing, and four years in the military. The gas station had heat in the summer and the cold in the winter. Cleaning rest rooms, putting up with nastiness from the public. Nothing like working on a car in the winter up on a lift and having clumps of slush falling down your back, then go out and pump gas (this was back in the late 60s) for an hour out in the cold and have people complain that you didn't do a good job cleaning their windshield. Yep it is hard to get a windshield spotless in 10 F weather. Then we had people leave their cars to get washed on snowy days...then they would complain when you delivered the car and it had road slop on it. What the hell I supposed to do, put it in a sealed trailer and deliver it to their house. People are idiots and we had to treat them like they were royalty. Yeah the roads are slushy, its pretty hard to keep your car spotless after a two mile drive. But it teaches you humility, and hopefully the desire to treat a person making minimum wage as a human being. Unfortunately with the erosion of the middle class in America, I think we are going to find that we have royalty and a class of indentured servants to take care of their every need. Instead of working a crap job for a few years, one will get to work a crap job for their entire lives and honor the high class bastards that throw them a minor scrap of a wage for the privilege of getting to serve them. Its known as third world nation status.Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.com