Former teacher here who quit the profession twice. I watch this video and it was only towards the end. When I realize this was filmed in 2018, before the pandemic. So the pandemic made these issues even worse than he says. Good luck and Godspeed to all those out there and braving it in the classroom.

Chris what are your thoughts on the school shooting in Winder? I just listen to Head Coach Mike. Lord, to be in his shoes right now...God make him strong for these kids.

Guys and gals watch your videos; enjoying your channel. Kim

its hard to describe those days. my old uncles and aunts was around born 1900 or so. they just didnt have much. From what i seen they went to church. And a get together with a big meal with alot of pies. Dixie!

My brother has ALWAYS had a crew cut.

Chris, you have inspired me to look up some mill history from a town I grew up in, Chico Ca. Early history in northern CA involved lots of lumber mills. Forests were regularly logged and logs driven to lumber mills for processing. The grammar school I walked to in the 60's was near one that was long since shut down, but kids still went there to goof around. It was interesting. Karla in Cali.

Enjoyed listening to the good old days but it worked

Sadly most of the mills closed down in my state, very few left, it was good jobs for whole generations. When they close it can devastate the whole town, taxes, small businesses, restaurants.

Fun times.

I love these old memories. Our town’s backbone was (and still is) a paper mill. It was first established in 1846 and remarkably is still going strong. My dad worked for Mead Paper. In those days you could go to work there, put in your years, and at the end of your working years, you drew a retirement pension directly from the company…. No 401s or self investing like we have to do today…. Something you didn’t have to think about. Life was so simple. I remember as a kid when talks of a “strike” would bring terror to our hearts. Not only would loss of income affect your family, but the entire community of small businesses because the Mill was the source of income for so so many families and the trickle down of people with not as much to spend would affect the entire community. People sometimes joke about the odor that paper making produces, but employees say it is the smell of money.The Mill has expanded, sized down, and went through many name changes with buyouts through the years, but it is still manufacturing paper and a profitable strong backbone to our area, along with all the numerous new plants and businesses that have found their way here. Dad would be pleased to know that now his granddaughter is an employee there, 3 generations later.

I born in Chattanooga in the mid 60’s and 70’s. My momma lived in Rossville as a kid! Great memories!

Hi Chris, my husband and I enjoy your videos. We live over the TN Ga line, close to East Ridge but we have a Rossville ga address. I graduated from East Ridge high school.

Hey Chris, same type of memories for me too, except mine are with car factories here in Michigan. We still have some, but not like back in the day. 🏭

Thanks for the memories. I grew up in a little town in north Alabama,Carbon Hill. We had an Arrow shirt factory and before that we had a coal mine on each end of town. We had one Dr and he made house calls. My uncle was the barber. Yes, your video took me back to my childhood. Thanks.

Chris, did those towns have movie theaters? If not, where did the people go to see movies? Thanks for this interesting video.

Hey from St Louis 😎😎

Hey Chris! Enjoy your talking vlogs. You're right - things have sure changed, and things are about to change again in November I suspect ....Scary. But GOD IS IN CONTROL! 🙏💛🙏

Bananers for everyone!!!!!!!! LOL! Good times buddy. least this time we caught enough to make a video!. Cant believe you was able to catch the only glimpse we had of jaws. Good timing!

Did you ever watch Swamp People? No bananas in the boats. Bad luck. Looks like y’all are having fun.. Sure beats working. 😊❤

There is no 'right' or 'wrong' direction to whisk eggs...LOL You did a fantastic job.

Water is really calm for fishing. You’re smart to keep covered up, that sun does a lot of damage. Looks like a good time fishing.

I hear bananas are bad luck on a boat....if stuff happens, throw the plumber overboard...lol

what a picture at 1:00...Wow, I would print that out and submit to a calander for Sept ..great shot. Chris you are cracking me up.

So nice to see people enjoying retirement.

😂😂😂 You guys were having entirely too much fun 😂😂😂 But seriously, I wanted to see that shark 🦈 🎣

What do you do catch n release

Fantastic view

Glad you had good day on the water. Keep fishing and eat grits.

the bonus footage, looks a different boat.

What a beautiful day. The sky is gorgeous!

My son has been catching some slabs here in the East Texas area. We love crappie...best eating fish to me.

Hey Chris, man that fog was something else. To bad you didn't catch more fish. Just one of those days I suppose 😕

🇺🇸🙏🏻 I love to catch crappies. They will put up a good fight. But their mouth is so thin you can rip right through it. I do prefer cold water crappy for the texture. Looks like you’re having fun and that’s a good thing. Take care. Love y’all. ❤

Nice special effects!

Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night! Some of my fondest memories fishing with my dad were crappie fishing on the docks at Perry lake in Kansas. I have no doubt dad is catching slabs up in the heavens just waiting for me to cook them.

Looks like a nice quiet place to fish

I'm trying to figure out how crappie is pronounced croppie 🤔 Anyway, good luck catching as many as you want 🎣 😊

Hi Chris, IS Paul ok? Haven't seen him in a long time. Praying 🙏 everyone is safe and well. 😊❤

Wow that hatch is a nightmare!

What do they have to be 14 inches to keep them? Any limit?

How nice. Too bad you didn’t catch fish you could eat. ❤

Why is the alert popping up when I'm about to make a comment stating, no spam or self promo. Or be respectful, this happenes on the collard valley cooks channel ??

Fun time ❤

Wow, the fish are plentiful!!❤🎣🎣🚤 where are y’all fishing? Beautiful weather. My favorite hobby camping and fishing..❤

Awesome video Chris. Your folks are looking good. I was wondering how their doing. ❤❤

Yum!❤

Oh, how I remember all those federal and state regulations for testing. As an example, a student threw up all over a state test document. Could we throw that stinky, gross thing away in the trash? No. We had to put it in a plastic bag and return it with all of our testing documents. If we were one test short, we were in violation of laws. So ridiculous. Bureaucrats have no common sense.

Are y'all in the ocean ?

😂😂😂

Choppy and windy out there ❤