re: #73 researchok
I added a second (even more moving, IMO) quote.
That’s precisely the one I’m talking about, the one about his father’s calloused hands. My dad was a carpenter by trade, so the big, calloused hands of men who do manual labor always remind me of him.
Those guys didn’t use contracts, their word & their handshake represented their reputation & honor. Knowledge of each other’s personal integrity was all the guarantee they required amongst themselves.