#3, growing up, when I was maybe 12, I planted strawberry plants in a huge field, in the exact same way. If I had to guess, there must have been 5-8 acres. It is hard for me to guess the area of land like that. I earned enough money from that to buy my first ham radio equipment. Later, I went back and helped weed the rows of the plants, using a hoe. I hated that part. Growing up in Michigan, in a rural type area, like most kids, I started working young. I was babysitting at age 11, and have been doing some kind of work ever since. Until I retired a couple of years ago. I did the usual things, hauling hay, mowing lawns, selling tickets at girls basketball games. But the job I held in high school was pumping gas for 2 years, 20 hours per week. That was the best job I ever had. Summer time, hot young women drove through our town headed for the beach, stopped in to get gas and directions,dressed in their bikinis. Great job for a 17 year old male.
pigpen - I live in northern Michigan also and am surrounded by Christmas tree farms. I've spend many days doing the exact same thing these boys were doing. Maybe even the same brand of equipment. I loved that job. Made a buck an hour plus great meals. It was great being outside and working with friends. I still live in the same area. Great times.
I never worked at the Christmas tree farms,although there were some in my small town of Hesperia. My parents bought a restaurant from some friends in town, and I washed dishes for fifty cents an hour for one summer, though. Plus I worked at a canning factory for a month. I hated that job. My wife used to spend her summers in Petoskey. My family would go to Brevort lake, in the UP. This is a beautiful state. pigpen51
Reminds me of a knuckleheaded reporter who used to report on snow conditions for KCRA Sacramento. His shtick was falling down in the snow. He doesn't go up the hill anymore. I think I just figured out why.
#3: Anyone check 'em for green-cards?
ReplyDelete#3, growing up, when I was maybe 12, I planted strawberry plants in a huge field, in the exact same way. If I had to guess, there must have been 5-8 acres. It is hard for me to guess the area of land like that.
ReplyDeleteI earned enough money from that to buy my first ham radio equipment. Later, I went back and helped weed the rows of the plants, using a hoe. I hated that part.
Growing up in Michigan, in a rural type area, like most kids, I started working young. I was babysitting at age 11, and have been doing some kind of work ever since. Until I retired a couple of years ago.
I did the usual things, hauling hay, mowing lawns, selling tickets at girls basketball games. But the job I held in high school was pumping gas for 2 years, 20 hours per week. That was the best job I ever had. Summer time, hot young women drove through our town headed for the beach, stopped in to get gas and directions,dressed in their bikinis. Great job for a 17 year old male.
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pigpen - I live in northern Michigan also and am surrounded by Christmas tree farms. I've spend many days doing the exact same thing these boys were doing. Maybe even the same brand of equipment. I loved that job. Made a buck an hour plus great meals. It was great being outside and working with friends. I still live in the same area. Great times.
DeleteI never worked at the Christmas tree farms,although there were some in my small town of Hesperia. My parents bought a restaurant from some friends in town, and I washed dishes for fifty cents an hour for one summer, though. Plus I worked at a canning factory for a month. I hated that job. My wife used to spend her summers in Petoskey. My family would go to Brevort lake, in the UP. This is a beautiful state.
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Thanks for the great belly-laugh I got from #1!
ReplyDelete#7- I've got to admit it, that BMX (bicycle mower cross) machine is pretty darn slick!
ReplyDelete6 Good stuff
ReplyDelete7 Why? and with a fucking helmet?
1- Kinda thinking this is a guy.
#8 - he really thought a snow bank created by a road plow would be soft? What a naif.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a knuckleheaded reporter who used to report on snow conditions for KCRA Sacramento. His shtick was falling down in the snow. He doesn't go up the hill anymore. I think I just figured out why.
Delete#6 .. Kuvasz or Great Pyrenees ??
ReplyDelete#1) Maybe get a good girdle and lose the glasses?
ReplyDelete#6--all dogs are lap dogs.
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