Hey Mike 
Now that I've exhaled and successfully removed myself from the confines of my over-stuffed arm chair, I'll see your sarcasm and raise you one fact. I come from a long line of prolific, but poor Irish immigrants who settled throughout the PNW, Idaho, Montana & Alaska beginning in the late 1800's.  My mother was the youngest of 9 Kelly children; three sisters, six brothers. Initially, they farmed in Idaho and parts of Montana, but were forced to scatter/relocate when my grandfather left my grandmother & 9 children in the proverbial dust of a failed farm. His abandonment forced the mother & 3 daughters to move to Spokane, Wa. while the 6 older brothers dispersed among a wide range of mostly rugged, unforgiving frontiers to provide what they could for their family. They were, boy to man; lumberjack to hunter; fisherman to builder: individually feisty, courageous & determined to respectfully utilize the lands bounty for the benefit of their family. I am my family....ferociously.