I'm doing a bit of family-history research, what I find amazing is how the traits are passed down the generation. Take my great-grandfather on my father's side for example:
He was a Welshman, cobbler and sexton of his church (a parish near Aberystwyth). From my research, I discovered that his 30 year tenure was mostly punctuated by acrimonious disputes between himself and the parish on how much he was paid, him resigning several times on account of not being paid enough and him feeling undervalued. The parish records even report that he was paid 15 shillings to cut the grass on Church premises, which he didn't do
This is me to a tee - so wifey says anyway - I'm always getting into acrimonious disputes over money (especially pay), telling people to stick their rotten job, feeling undervalued and agreeing to do things but then not!
I can imagine the conversation back in 1908 when my great-grandfather was asked why he wasn't cutting the grass:
The Parish: So Dai, we couldn't help but notice that we've been paying you to cut the grass, but you don't seem to be cutting it?
GGF Dai: I didn't fancy it. Anyway, I don't see why I should cut the bloody grass when you don't pay me enough as it is.
The real kicker was his retirement speech to the parish, where he effectively sticks two fingers up at the parish and says: Thanks very much for the 30 odd years. I wouldn't call it a ball as such and I've come up against many opponents, but I think I did as good a job as any man could given the limited funds.
I've given speeches just like that!
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