Back In The Day.......Waaaaaay Back....

[tramp bushler]

My great grand father logged and farmed in New Brunswick . He died at 42 of old age . Totally used himself up .

 

[Cody Colston]

. They were tough alright . But the "indomitabls spirit" thing is a bunch of horse puky . It's who they were and what they did . They could have been bums ect. But instead they chose to think , work and build a life for themsemselves and thier families . Most of them didn't live to be very old . .

Well, the spirit one assigns to them now is purely a subjective opinion, is it not? IMHO, anyone who chooses to "think, work and build a life for themselves" in spite of the difficulties is displaying an indomitable spirit. It has nothing to do with their character. Obviously your opinion is different.

In that day and time, everyone's life expectancy was much less than it is now. Logging was probably no more (and perhaps less) dangerous than working in a steel mill, coal mine, on a drilling rig, a skyscraper or any of the myriad construction jobs that required manual labor. 112 people died between 1931 and 1936 while constructing Hoover dam. Even now, for all it's high technology and safety standards, working on the flight deck of a modern day aircraft carrier is one of the more hazardous jobs in the world...even in peacetime.

Hard work, a short life expectancy and dangerous conditions were not unique to the logging industry.

 

[tramp bushler]

Nope .

 

[slowp]

However, my Scandihoovian Cowboy/Wheatfarmer ancestors lasted longer than most loggers. Correlation? No. Their saddles were built for staying on.