My beloved wife's parents live in the village. They worked for many years on the collective farm, and later the father-in-law worked as a tractor driver for the builders until his retirement, the mother-in-law worked on a well-deserved rest at school as a cook.
In addition, they used to have a large number of cattle. Cows, lambs, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese... All these animals had to be fed. Yes, for the winter he will prepare hay for a huge number of mouths. Now they are retired, they keep a goat and chickens. Health is no longer enough to work tirelessly.
So, coming to visit, I always tried to sneak away on a fishing trip, whenever possible. Because in the area where they live, the reservoir is very good.
once going on the next fishing trip, we talked with the father-in-law about this lesson. By the way, he does not like this process, considering it a useless pastime. We were talking about fishermen and the fact that they lazy. His arguments were as follows:
- Rarely bring fish home
- They disappear for a long time, no one knows where
- Run away from work anytime
- Alcohol abuse is quite common
- Make a hole in the family budget
And I countered his arguments in this way:
- Fishing is not always just a rest, lazy people cannot do that, you have to get up early in the morning
- It often takes many kilometers to walk or sail by boat
- Many fishermen go to "rest" only after all the planned work
- Going out into nature allows you to miss the "annoying" family
- Normal fishermen rarely drink alcohol ...
As a result, during the conversation, we came to the conclusion that the fishermen are not lazy, but GAMBLING people. Excitement pushes us for long hours of searching for the very trophy fish, which we dream of catching every time before fishing.
By the way, an old fisherman told me:
"In a person who is not fond of anything except work, they get "devils" pushing for bad deeds ...