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Old 01-24-2011, 8:58pm   #21
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$1.85 hr working as a janitor at a private school when I was 14. I used to get off of my public school bus at the private school to go to work for four hours a day. Gave my paycheck to my mother to help pay the bills.
I hereby give you an official "attaboy" for that......
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:00pm   #22
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I guess it's just in your blood, isn't it. Any new fruit cams for us these days?
yup. I started with Citrus Fruits, Grapes, Tomatoes and Olives. Now It's all about the Stone Fruit and Table Grapes
and I make ALOT more lol. I remember when the freeze hit us on 90/91 We stood in line for hours while we waited for the food George Bush Sr sent us. I still remember seeing a military plane land that had food from the first Iraq war We were financially devastated.

I should have some new cameras come up in May
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:04pm   #23
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Eighty cents an hour working at a grocery store in 1955...
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:08pm   #24
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I think I was paid in clam shells.
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:08pm   #25
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$4.75/hr at a grocery store in 1993 when I was 16.
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:12pm   #26
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My very first job, at age 16, was that of a waitress in a Sweet William Restaurant owned by Isaly's . It was a union job, I started at $0.65 / hour and within 3 years I was up to $0.80 / hour. Of course I made tips but back in 1973 if you made $1.00 off of a table of 4 that was considered good tip.
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First job. Bus boy and banquet set up. i think 2.35 an hour back in 78-79 also had to lug ice around for bar. It helped my dad out too.


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$1.85 hr working as a janitor at a private school when I was 14. I used to get off of my public school bus at the private school to go to work for four hours a day. Gave my paycheck to my mother to help pay the bills.
Gave you some rep for that.
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:15pm   #28
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Started selling nickel bags to my friends at school in 6th grade, got a job in a pizza place when I was 15 for $5 and hour but it sucked so I quit after a month. Later I got a job on a farm baby sitting the migrants.
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:24pm   #29
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Stock boy for Ace Hardware, made $3/hr.
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:27pm   #30
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Threw papers for 2 years from age 11 - 13. As best as I recall, I lost money. My route was on the "wrong side of the tracks". From that to working as a farm hand for a buddy's dad. Pulled stumps and put up hay for $8/ day. Some of those days during hay season were 16 hours+.
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:28pm   #31
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First "real" job I earned $2.10 an hour fighting wildfires for the US Forest Service. Hazard pay and overtime bumped that up when I was actually on a fire.
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:28pm   #32
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Picking cotton ! Got 3 cents per pound and 12-14 pounds was about my limit for 4 to 5 hours as a 10-12 yr. old ... Moved up to 65 cents/hr by 1962 working in a radio/TV shop.
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:42pm   #33
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From age 8 to almost 16, I helped my grandfather on his huckster route. I did alright with tips.

I started at Bergey Tire in 1976 for a whopping $2.30 a hour. This was before the invention of "all season" tires. That meant when the weatherman said SNOW in the forecast, all hell broke loose


In 1977, Bergey's purchased a Goodyear in a neighboring town and I worked there on saturdays. They had gas pumps there and it rained every freaking saturday for 9 weeks straight. People would come up in a downpour, put the window 1/2" and want $2 worth of gas
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:44pm   #34
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Let me guess...two months later you traded that mini bike in on a different one.


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Old 01-24-2011, 9:44pm   #35
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$1.40 hour working in a Dairy Treet, then later on I went to work at a cotton gin and grain elevator for $1.25 hour (minimum wage was lower for agricultural workers.)
My first "Adult" job was $4.25 hour as a union apprentice plumber no benefits. A year later I went to work in a chemical plant for $4.02 and hour (but with full benefits.) That was 1973, later that year I got a .85 an hour raise, this was back during double digit inflation days. Within 3 years I was making $12.95 an hour and had less spendable income than when I made $4.02 an hour.
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:47pm   #36
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1.50 an hour working at a drive in restaurant
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Old 01-24-2011, 9:55pm   #37
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An an E-4 in the Army, I made $349 monthly. You do the math.
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Old 01-24-2011, 10:15pm   #38
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$3.65 an hour when I was 14 working 6-midnight as a bowling alley mechanic.
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Old 01-24-2011, 11:06pm   #39
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Let me guess...two months later you traded that mini bike in on a different one.
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yup. I started with Citrus Fruits, Grapes, Tomatoes and Olives. Now It's all about the Stone Fruit and Table Grapes
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Looking forward to new cams.

Cool history.
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