Koolau
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At age 9 ca 1956 my dad started paying me $.25/hour to do what I had been doing for free since I was 5 at the family business.
Unless I missed it in the thread, I'm surprised no one mentioned "de-tasseling" corn. My wife grew up in Nebraska and most of her family did it at one time or another.
Oh my I forgot about that. Sixteen years old cleaning a beauty salon in 1973. Today the smell of ammonia still gags me from a far distance.Eighth grade, around 1968, sweeping, mopping floors and cleaning. Mirrors at a hair salon. Inherited the job from my brother. 3 times a week for $12 dollars a week.
Unless I missed it in the thread, I'm surprised no one mentioned "de-tasseling" corn. My wife grew up in Nebraska and most of her family did it at one time or another.