Hello neighbors,

I'm CJ and a new member. I thought it would be interesting to post a fun topic like Jobs Your Grandparents Did and guess I'll get it started!

My mom's dad ran a middle-of-nowhere- Esso truck stop & General Store on Hwy 9 in north Louisiana.  Hunters would gather there for coffee or a NeHi and snuff.  He taught me how to count change back to 'neighbors' and when less fortunate neighbors came by they were able to take a carton of milk and loaf of bread - they signed their name in a little green 'Guest Book'. Behind the building he had a pond where you could catch your own, he kept some cattle and a grapevine.

My maternal grandmother was a grade school teacher and also tended a large community garden alongside the highway, downhill from the store. She grew all kinds of greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, okra, peaches, plums, and crazy looking gourds she painted and hung from the fence and sunflowers too.  On evenings and weekends neighbors would stop in and swap something and pick a basket full.

I think of them often though they're long gone and I'm nearly an old lady myself... I said nearly ;)

Hope you'll find time to share with everyone Jobs Your Grandparents Did.

Best wishes,

CJ