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Post by carasdad on May 21, 2013 6:36:25 GMT -5
when i was 11 - 12 i fished golf balls out of the water hazard with a friend and sold them to the golfers for 50 cent each. 25 cent if they had any nicks. i don't know if you can count that as a job. we didn't work hard but still made good money for a kid. about $25 each every time we went. at 13 i mowed lawns, had 4 customers. was paid $5, $6, $10 and $25. hated cutting the $25 yard, it took me 3 hours. i gave that yard up when i got my honda spree.  my 1st job with a paycheck was washing dishes at a banquet hall at the age of 15 for $3.35/hr... meh $3.35? now that i think about it that $25 yard wasn't so bad after all. lol Golf Balls out of ponds..in Florida??? omg Sir...ever hear the term 'Gator Bait'... We did some training down there..in Dade County. Took a day off to go Bass fishing. I stood on the shore and kept hearing a 'pop' sound..and growl? Thought it was a stray cat. Looked down at my feet and it was a gator! Tossed my 70 dollar Shimano rod and ran like a lil girl to my car. They cruise through the water with no wake..never saw it coming...even a tiny minno leaves a wake. Talk about Stealth killers... |
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Post by ramblinman on May 21, 2013 7:01:14 GMT -5
Looked down at my feet and it was a gator! Tossed my 70 dollar Shimano rod and ran like a lil girl...  Golf Balls out of ponds..in Florida??? no, grew up in Michigan. |
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Post by hank on May 21, 2013 10:49:42 GMT -5
Hi
8 years old, farm hand making $1.25 an hour in 1971 until 1980 when i joined the US Navy
Take care and ride safely
Yours Hank
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Post by scooterelements on May 21, 2013 13:53:35 GMT -5
First job was at a pet shop across from my high school. started helping out for free when i was 15 and when i turned 16 i was hired at $300.00 a week.
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Post by dragonsparks on May 21, 2013 15:45:31 GMT -5
when i was 11 - 12 i fished golf balls out of the water hazard with a friend and sold them to the golfers for 50 cent each. 25 cent if they had any nicks. i don't know if you can count that as a job. we didn't work hard but still made good money for a kid. about $25 each every time we went. at 13 i mowed lawns, had 4 customers. was paid $5, $6, $10 and $25. hated cutting the $25 yard, it took me 3 hours. i gave that yard up when i got my honda spree. my 1st job with a paycheck was washing dishes at a banquet hall at the age of 15 for $3.35/hr... meh $3.35? now that i think about it that $25 yard wasn't so bad after all. lol Golf Balls out of ponds..in Florida??? omg Sir...ever hear the term 'Gator Bait'... We did some training down there..in Dade County. Took a day off to go Bass fishing. I stood on the shore and kept hearing a 'pop' sound..and growl? Thought it was a stray cat. Looked down at my feet and it was a gator! Tossed my 70 dollar Shimano rod and ran like a lil girl to my car. They cruise through the water with no wake..never saw it coming...even a tiny minno leaves a wake. Talk about Stealth killers... carasdad Thank you. I needed A good laugh. I bet your feet never touched the ground till you got to the car.   Truly Dave |
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Post by carasdad on May 21, 2013 16:20:57 GMT -5
Golf Balls out of ponds..in Florida??? omg Sir...ever hear the term 'Gator Bait'... We did some training down there..in Dade County. Took a day off to go Bass fishing. I stood on the shore and kept hearing a 'pop' sound..and growl? Thought it was a stray cat. Looked down at my feet and it was a gator! Tossed my 70 dollar Shimano rod and ran like a lil girl to my car. They cruise through the water with no wake..never saw it coming...even a tiny minno leaves a wake. Talk about Stealth killers... carasdad Thank you. I needed A good laugh. I bet your feet never touched the ground till you got to the car. Truly Dave O hellz no Dave...when I looked down and saw that gator..I out Moon walked Micheal Jackson to car.. I was so gone...last week don't even describe me.. at 5'8" 145lbs...gators call me MORSEL sir!.. On the bright side...Iraqui's found me a hard target to hit...but they did a few times. The Gunnery Sergeant yelled "Get down" so to we Native Americans..we thought that meant get up and dance... I think the Military really needs to clarify instructions better... |
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Post by oldchopperguy on May 21, 2013 21:42:56 GMT -5
Mine was building display plastic model cars for a hobby shop. I was 12...AMT Models ran monthly contests with some neat prizes for kids building their model cars. I got good at clean, dust-free, run-free paint, chopping and channeling, fabbing up full wire-harnesses and pipes, and fully working lights on the little 1:24 scale wonders. Drove the other kids NUTZ... LOL! I ended up winning the contests most of the time... (not that I was THAT good, the other entries were probably THAT bad... HeHeHe)... Anyway, the hobby shop said it was "demoralizing" to the other entries, and they needed a builder for display models. They'd pay me $100 a week to build the models by AMT, Revelle and Johan, and clerk in the store, if I'd quit entering my cars in their contests. My Dad had a GOOD job in a real estate office, making $ a week at the time!My Dad was proud as a peacock that his 12-year-old son was making more money than he was. Not all dads would be like that. He was VERY special.That was in 1957 and child-labor laws frowned on us little nippers working full-time. My Mom and Dad had to jump through hoops just to get me a Social Security number, and get the authorities and grade school to go along with it, but my teachers were sympathetic, and we got it done! Really made a difference to the family in hard times, and allowed me to save up enough to get a car AND a bike when I turned 16. Of course, you could get a GOOD used car for $75 and a good used Harley for $250... Gas was 20-cents a gallon and car insurance was un-heard-of... A man making $100 a week could own a modest house, a good car and raise two kids while mom stayed home and kept the little miscreants out of street-gangs... Those were good days.Ward and June Cleaver, and Ozzie and Harriet Nelson would have been proud.Work hard... Ride safe! Leo (not workin' so much anymore...) in Texas
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Post by dragonsparks on May 22, 2013 0:17:50 GMT -5
[replyingto=oldchopperguy]oldchopperguy[/replyingto]oldchopperguy You have a few year's on me Sir. But your absolutely right the world has sure changed.
Thanks
Truly
Dave
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Post by ernie1 on May 22, 2013 0:26:50 GMT -5
Golf caddy @ 13, soda jerk @ 15.
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Post by oldchopperguy on May 22, 2013 1:13:25 GMT -5
oldchopperguy You have a few year's on me Sir. But your absolutely right the world has sure changed. Thanks Truly Dave I'm 67, my Wife's 81 and my Grandma saw the Wright Brothers fly at Kittyhawk. Her Grandma saw Abe Lincoln. (My Wife's first "ride" to a back-woods Maine schoolhouse was a horse). She graduated to a Model A Ford in the forties, and didn't get a "modern" car until the mid 70's. A lot HAS changed since I was a kid; most for the worse, but some for the better. Back in "my day" a new family car cost $1,000 to $2,500 brand-new (unless you had VERY expensive taste) but, a new Vespa or Cushman Eagle STILL cost around $600 to $800. Same price in dollars as a new cheapie Chinese 150! And those old dollars from my youth are only worth 10-cents in today's bucks... EXCEPT on a Chinese scooter!Amazing!And, modern scoots are much better, and more fun to ride. Now, if I could only find my meds, maybe I could remember where I left my scooter...LOL! OOPS... Forgot! It's still apart in the driveway... Enjoy your youth... It doesn't last very long... Trust me on that one! Leo (aging like cheap, plastic-bagged wine in a cardboard box) in Texas |
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Post by JR on May 22, 2013 1:58:43 GMT -5
I was about 12, thought I was being hired just to mow a lawn, when I got done with that I was told to clean the pool filter, then he wanted me to use a belt sander on a broken diving board he was trying to repair, then one thing and then another. I probably would have liked it if I had been told at the start I was going to be the family yard man/whatever else they wanted done. All I knew was that I was asked to mow a lawn and he wouldn't pay me, kept wanting me to do one thing and then another, I got mad. Finally got paid and I think he paid me about 60 cents an hour.
The next job was a lot better and I knew up front what I was being hired for.
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Post by dragonsparks on May 24, 2013 5:44:31 GMT -5
Doug, Are you talking about your Dad??? Mine tried the same thing, His whole life...  Right up to the day he passed. God love him. I do.  Dave |
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