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A Thanksgiving Story About One of Those 47-Percenters

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CuriousLurker11/22/2012 1:12:01 pm PST

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.