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tru

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4. I wouldn't mind

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:30 AM

Mar 2012

paying a kid as much as a lawn service, since I'd get the same result. But there are no kids in my neighborhood looking for work. In total contrast to when I was growing up, when kids, including myself, were always on the lookout for jobs cutting lawns, babysitting, helping with housework, etc.

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Now that I think about it, I used to mow lawns for as little as 50 cents. [View all] HopeHoops Mar 2012 OP

Hopefully you got of doing the old mow and go thing ... ... bayareaboy Mar 2012 #1

Gas wasn't $4.19 a gallon back then, either. Denninmi Mar 2012 #2

And to think that I can't afford a kid to do it these days! Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #3

I wouldn't mind tru Mar 2012 #4

I agree that kids are not out looking for jobs anymore, Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #5

disagree tru Apr 2012 #6