tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post998168406615566302..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: When You Were A Kid, Did You Mow Lawns, or do Chores For Money? SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-60365329893592746752019-01-14T22:11:44.335-05:002019-01-14T22:11:44.335-05:00Babysat, milked dairy goats during the fair season...Babysat, milked dairy goats during the fair season and when the owner went on vacation, and mucked out the goat barn after it not bring done all winter.<br /><br />Got an allowance weekly, a dime of which was expected to go into the church plate on Sunday. From the age of 5 on was responsible for dusting the baseboards in the house, and sweeping down the cellar steps, and had to clean my bedroom every weekend, which had to pass inspection, before I could go and do anything else. (Mom was a drill sergeant in another life.) By the time I was 10 I was cooking breakfast on Saturday and Sunday and making $5.00/week. Which I saved to supplement my clothing allowance (bras and socks are considered clothes(!) as are winter boots and coats) But Santa could bring $$ towards a coat or boots. I learned how to manage money and to appreciate the value and benefit of hard work. I also learned to sew (if I paid for the materials, made it, and wore it at least once, Dad would reimburse the costs), cook basic foods, and how to clean house. Didn't hurt me any at all.Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-68591479657664994552019-01-14T12:05:00.588-05:002019-01-14T12:05:00.588-05:00Shoveled out horse stalls at a nearby boarder for ...Shoveled out horse stalls at a nearby boarder for .75 a stall and all the riding time we wanted. 1973Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10839439008984987493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-70595438839181034072019-01-14T10:48:39.687-05:002019-01-14T10:48:39.687-05:00Grew and sold green beans for 5 cents per pound le...Grew and sold green beans for 5 cents per pound less than the grocery store. (In addition to putting up enough to feed us and the neighbors, of course.) Mowed yards for $3 per acre.McChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243337792601085456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-30236321940959933592019-01-14T10:22:30.952-05:002019-01-14T10:22:30.952-05:00I started walking beans when I was about 11 for 1....I started walking beans when I was about 11 for 1.35 an hour. I also baled hay and cleaned out hog houses by hand, no skid loaders back then. The highest praise you could get from an adult was that you were a good hand or good help.tooldieguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06876588241514291518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-30838184410394210382019-01-14T08:12:05.620-05:002019-01-14T08:12:05.620-05:00I never got an allowance when I was a kid. Your al...I never got an allowance when I was a kid. Your allowance was bed and board. When I was really little I fed the neighbors old hunting dog and got paid $.10/week. Wish that I still had all those old silver dimes today. A few of them were Mercs. When I got a little older I spent a couple years setting pins at a Moose Lodge. The first year the rate was 9 1/2 cents per line(frame). The next year we got a raise to $.10. The big money was every other Friday when the traveling league would come in. A lot of the guys from the away teams would come in early to practice on our lanes. They'd roll quarters and halves down the alley to us to set for them. The best though, was the food on those nights. About half way through the evening someone in the league would run upstairs and grab a bunch of fish sandwiches and Cokes for us. I think I liked that better than the cash. I started making the big bucks when I was 15 years old working after school and weekends in a gas station. I was held to a bit under 40 hrs/week so they didn't have to pay minimum wage, which was $1.30/hr then. I think I got $1.00/hr. The next year our old manager, Scotty was in a really bad car accident and couldn't work anymore. They put me on full time after that and called me assistant manager. Big raise to minimum wage of $1.45 that year and $1.60 the next. Most of my money went into the bank to save up for a car. My dad said that if I wanted one that I had to buy it myself and pay for my own gas, repairs, insurance. That's the way pretty much everyone was brought up back in those days. It was almost unheard of that a kid would get a new car for a graduation present like today. That was only for rich kids who were very few and far between........... taminator013https://www.blogger.com/profile/02635084701986840255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-70280189308278199622019-01-14T05:31:10.505-05:002019-01-14T05:31:10.505-05:00I dug root cellars for neighbors, docked and shear...I dug root cellars for neighbors, docked and sheared sheep, herded cows, hauled hay, mowed my lawn and those of widows (for free) and at one point had a paper route... now I realize that I was a slave. Illegal aliens have taken a lot of the jobs that kids used to have and as you point out, parents are persecuted for doing what ours encouraged us to do.<br /><br />It leads to a generation of "pajama boys".LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-43479568688952650652019-01-14T00:35:39.801-05:002019-01-14T00:35:39.801-05:00Well, lets see. Chores for allowance. Mow lawn ex...Well, lets see. Chores for allowance. Mow lawn extra. That was 8 yrs old.<br />Moved to different town, had paper route with ~80 customers. Mowed half the lawns on the block. Took care of neighbors critters when they were away. Cleaned gutters, etc. Moved to the Country. Hauled hay, fixed fences, took care of neighbors livestock. Mowed lawns, Sprayed cherry orchard, picked cherries, pulled Tansey. Herded cattle, built and mended fence. Then I turned 18 and transitioned to being independant. Sarc on.Sarthurknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-45937518626696622492019-01-13T23:44:50.671-05:002019-01-13T23:44:50.671-05:00I once read a blog written by a 70 year old man. ...I once read a blog written by a 70 year old man. He posted a picture of himself at age 7, sent out into the woods with a gun to collect meat for the table. The picture showed a boy holding a gun and that evening's dinner, which still was wearing its fur.<br /><br />A major life activity of adult humans is trade, creating value for other humans. Welfare is a Skinner box that prevents this maturing process, forming personalities which are stunted.<br /><br />Darwinism says every possible agenda will arise by chance, and so some percentage of humans will always want to put you on boxcars to the camps. Your job as a homo sapiens sapiens animal is to have enough survival instinct and moral theory to reject and resist the 'keep humans infantile' movement. Sheriff's deputy should have been referred to defendant's lawyer who represents him, and the door not opened. "Good day, officer, my representative Spooner Esq., is on the speakerphone, please speak to him. Smile for youtube. [click]"<br /><br />The vampire myths say a vampire must be invited in before it can hurt you. There is political truth to this.<br /><br />Rumor has it the potential productive opportunities of children in the Nordic countries has been so banned that adults are mostly not having children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-71865435695035998722019-01-13T23:24:25.168-05:002019-01-13T23:24:25.168-05:00I grew up as a country kid so those jobs you menti...I grew up as a country kid so those jobs you mentioned were mostly for town kids. We would do neighbors chores if they took a vacation. Also filled in for hay, straw, and silage work. In the 50's nothing was wasted so we even pulled nails out of recycled lumber for contractors and farmers. Even picked up ear corn that broke off of corn stalks or left behind by corn pickers. Pulled weeds out of bean fields and detasseled corn. A kid could make some money if he had a bit of ambition.indyjonesoutherenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-13879852956515877842019-01-13T23:07:20.310-05:002019-01-13T23:07:20.310-05:00Wow......
I got an "allowance" that was...Wow......<br /><br />I got an "allowance" that was only given if I did the assigned chores. I also made money being the neighborhood "fix-it" kid.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com