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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2018 5:08:55 GMT -5
mine was mowing lawns for an apartment complex for 2.75 per hour US dollars in 79' i was 14 i think....
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Post by Gene on Dec 5, 2018 6:00:51 GMT -5
mine was mowing lawns for an apartment complex for 2.75 per hour US dollars in 79' i was 14 i think.... 25 cent weekly allowance for cleaning my room, feeding the dog, taking out the trash. First real paid job with a paycheck: working in my dad's business.
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Post by dmmichgood on Dec 5, 2018 7:14:45 GMT -5
mine was mowing lawns for an apartment complex for 2.75 per hour US dollars in 79' i was 14 i think.... 25 cent weekly allowance for cleaning my room, feeding the dog, taking out the trash. First real paid job with a paycheck: working in my dad's business. picking strawberries, but first real job with a salary was half day cleaning an apartment for a couple who both had jobs.
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Post by CherieKropp on Dec 5, 2018 8:21:23 GMT -5
Working in a dime store for 50 cents an hour.
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Post by snow on Dec 5, 2018 12:04:48 GMT -5
Babysitting, but first pay check job was an assembly line that made pizzas for grocery stores. 1.75 an hour
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2018 13:03:11 GMT -5
In an ice cream factory "Bagging Rockets". Rockets were icy poles, they were tipped on a table, you put each one into a grease proof bag, then 50 in a box. After bagging green ones all morning, it was great to be doing red ones in the afternoon. 4 pounds for 40 hour week. $8.00 in todays currency 20cents per hour. Year was 1955.
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Post by Lee on Dec 7, 2018 23:26:41 GMT -5
I was paid for house chores. From 12 - to 17 I was encouraged to make money mowing lawns for neighbors.
Author Been Sasse's favorite way to make conversation is to ask this very question.
Kids need to be enrolled in work but the world weighs against that.
I struggled to get my kids to ride their bikes to school instead of making me drove them.
I struggled to get my kids to clean their rooms. One time I loaded all my son's sh- up in a trash can. He revolted by dumping everything out on the living room floor.
There's a thing though of delayed effects raising children. Today they complain of sloppy peers.
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Post by dmmichgood on Dec 8, 2018 0:38:24 GMT -5
I was paid for house chores. From 12 - to 17 I was encouraged to make money mowing lawns for neighbors. Author Been Sasse's favorite way to make conversation is to ask this very question. Kids need to be enrolled in work but the world weighs against that. I struggled to get my kids to ride their bikes to school instead of making me drove them. I struggled to get my kids to clean their rooms. One time I loaded all my son's sh- up in a trash can. He revolted by dumping everything out on the living room floor. There's a thing though of delayed effects raising children. Today they complain of sloppy peers. I walked to school, So did my husband. So did our children. And as I look out the window now, I see lots of children walking to school.
Most of the children in children's peer group had jobs, -like detasseling corn in the summer.
PS: How does "the world weighs against kids" being "enrolled in work" these days?
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Dec 8, 2018 1:17:57 GMT -5
Getting up at 4 in the morning to deliver milk in glass bottles. $1 a morning.
ps. Why do weaned humans still drink milk and that milk being from another mammal?
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Post by Dennis J on Dec 8, 2018 1:23:58 GMT -5
First 8-10 hour 5-6 day a week job was that of a fruit tramp a long way from home for $1.25 per hour less board and room at age 16. Before that I worked mowing lawns and doing small odd jobs for kind neighborhood elderly ladies. Parents didn’t believe in allowances.
Also grew up “poor” which helped being a worker, then later when excommunicated and disinherited. Learned at a very early age no matter how much I wanted to spend, there was always more to purchase. Was given a basket ball and hoop as a much wanted present. Years later I went home and saw it still stored in the garage, I guess to remind me I was not good enough as a lad to get help putting it up to use. Story of my life, never good enough except while working in the Military and Professionally.
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Post by Grant on Dec 8, 2018 4:15:23 GMT -5
Getting up at 4 in the morning to deliver milk in glass bottles. $1 a morning. ps. Why do weaned humans still drink milk and that milk being from another mammal? I love milk so please don't put me off it
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Post by ellie on Dec 8, 2018 6:10:21 GMT -5
I was paid for house chores. From 12 - to 17 I was encouraged to make money mowing lawns for neighbors. Author Been Sasse's favorite way to make conversation is to ask this very question. Kids need to be enrolled in work but the world weighs against that. I struggled to get my kids to ride their bikes to school instead of making me drove them. I struggled to get my kids to clean their rooms. One time I loaded all my son's sh- up in a trash can. He revolted by dumping everything out on the living room floor. There's a thing though of delayed effects raising children. Today they complain of sloppy peers. I walked to school, So did my husband. So did our children. And as I look out the window now, I see lots of children walking to school. The proportion of children walking to school in Australia and I believe the U.S. also has declined. There are too many exaggerated safety issues nowadays and kids a chauffeured almost everywhere to the detriment of their own health and independence.
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Post by snow on Dec 8, 2018 11:50:38 GMT -5
I walked to school, So did my husband. So did our children. And as I look out the window now, I see lots of children walking to school. The proportion of children walking to school in Australia and I believe the U.S. also has declined. There are too many exaggerated safety issues nowadays and kids a chauffeured almost everywhere to the detriment of their own health and independence. It's getting so bad here that if some parents do get their kids to walk to school alone they will get a visit from child and family services because someone reported them. A lot of parents in my neighborhood walk their kids to school if they can, but most are driven. I used to love walking to school with my friends. We got to talk and catch up before classes took over our days and then we got to vent about it on the way home lol...
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Dec 8, 2018 12:36:27 GMT -5
I walked to school, So did my husband. So did our children. And as I look out the window now, I see lots of children walking to school. The proportion of children walking to school in Australia and I believe the U.S. also has declined. There are too many exaggerated safety issues nowadays and kids a chauffeured almost everywhere to the detriment of their own health and independence. It's the same here in NZ. I live in a tiny town and I know parents who drive their children just a few hundred metres to school. all because of the bogey man. They ignore the statistic that most sexual crimes against children happen either in the home or by someone they know. eg, your friendly minister of religion. The consequences of insufficient exercise and a diet high on fizz and fat is lard on the arse and a reduced life expectancy. Life expectancy in the USA has already dropped because of the lard.
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Post by Lee on Dec 8, 2018 20:37:43 GMT -5
I was paid for house chores. From 12 - to 17 I was encouraged to make money mowing lawns for neighbors. Author Been Sasse's favorite way to make conversation is to ask this very question. Kids need to be enrolled in work but the world weighs against that. I struggled to get my kids to ride their bikes to school instead of making me drove them. I struggled to get my kids to clean their rooms. One time I loaded all my son's sh- up in a trash can. He revolted by dumping everything out on the living room floor. There's a thing though of delayed effects raising children. Today they complain of sloppy peers. I walked to school, So did my husband. So did our children. And as I look out the window now, I see lots of children walking to school.
Most of the children in children's peer group had jobs, -like detasseling corn in the summer.
PS: How does "the world weighs against kids" being "enrolled in work" these days? The rich socialistic class of people lording over the world today, I call them demons, want a dependent zoo. At my level it's expressed as whatever other parents do. If good-bad doting parents spoil their children, the bad-good parents face resistance when they impose expectations natural to a classless society, or less-classed society, call it work.
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Post by BobWilliston on Dec 8, 2018 20:52:01 GMT -5
Getting up at 4 in the morning to deliver milk in glass bottles. $1 a morning. ps. Why do weaned humans still drink milk and that milk being from another mammal? They made it illegal … and not because of the milk !!!
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Post by BobWilliston on Dec 8, 2018 20:54:54 GMT -5
The rich socialistic class of people . . . . You thinking of Venezuela, maybe?
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Dec 8, 2018 21:15:54 GMT -5
Getting up at 4 in the morning to deliver milk in glass bottles. $1 a morning. ps. Why do weaned humans still drink milk and that milk being from another mammal? They made it illegal … and not because of the milk !!! Some people are simply rotten spoil sports.
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Post by ellie on Dec 9, 2018 5:37:09 GMT -5
The proportion of children walking to school in Australia and I believe the U.S. also has declined. There are too many exaggerated safety issues nowadays and kids a chauffeured almost everywhere to the detriment of their own health and independence. It's getting so bad here that if some parents do get their kids to walk to school alone they will get a visit from child and family services because someone reported them. It's almost the same here. I'm happy with some laws like no smoking in cars with children but in other ways the nannying is over the top. The latest is a push to remove monkey bars.It would take all night to walk to school so I caught a bus but the social element was the same.
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Post by ellie on Dec 9, 2018 5:37:55 GMT -5
The proportion of children walking to school in Australia and I believe the U.S. also has declined. There are too many exaggerated safety issues nowadays and kids a chauffeured almost everywhere to the detriment of their own health and independence. It's the same here in NZ. I live in a tiny town and I know parents who drive their children just a few hundred metres to school. all because of the bogey man. They ignore the statistic that most sexual crimes against children happen either in the home or by someone they know. eg, your friendly minister of religion. The consequences of insufficient exercise and a diet high on fizz and fat is lard on the arse and a reduced life expectancy. Life expectancy in the USA has already dropped because of the lard. Taffic and crossing major intersections are something to think about if they apply but forget the bogey man.
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