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How much did you get paid to cut the grass as a kid?
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:09 pm
The going rate in my neighborhood in the early 80s was $5 a a yard. Maybe $10, if it was a decent sized yard. Took an entire summer to save up enough for an Atari and Defender cartridge.
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Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:10 pm to DaleGribble
$20
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:10 pm to DaleGribble
we didn't have grass when I was a kid
we mowed ROCKS
we mowed ROCKS
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:11 pm to Btrtigerfan
quote:
$20
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:11 pm to DaleGribble
$10
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:11 pm to DaleGribble
Most of the neighbors paid $20. My dad paid $5.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:11 pm to DaleGribble
By "the grass" I thought you meant my yard growing up.
I didn't get paid anything for cutting our yard. Got a little something if I didn't cut it, though.
I almost always cut it.
I didn't get paid anything for cutting our yard. Got a little something if I didn't cut it, though.
I almost always cut it.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:12 pm to DaleGribble
$20 (in 1990s dollars)
This post was edited on 7/10/20 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:13 pm to DaleGribble
It was part of the cost of room and board growing up for me.
My dad never mowed a lawn again after his first son turned 10.
My dad never mowed a lawn again after his first son turned 10.
This post was edited on 7/10/20 at 9:14 pm
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:13 pm to DaleGribble
In the 80’s, $5.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:14 pm to DaleGribble
more than it cost to hire central americans
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:15 pm to DaleGribble
My dad said get your arse outside and cut the grass and your grandparents for free, and I’m female.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:16 pm to DaleGribble
$5
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:17 pm to DaleGribble
Paid? I didn’t have a say in the matter or any leverage in the “negotiations”.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:17 pm to DaleGribble
$15 in early late 90s/early 2000s to cut neighborhood yards. I had to cut mine for free, as I was using my dad's lawnmower equipment for other people's yards.. Friend and I mowed yards together and split the money. Idea was that we could knock out yards so much quicker that we'd make more money. But, being dumb kids, didn't think about the fact that we wouldn't get tons of yards. Took me a long damn time to save up to buy a PlayStation but I got halfway and my parents finished the other half for me.
This post was edited on 7/10/20 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:18 pm to DaleGribble
I only cut my own yard.
I got paid 0.00
I got paid 0.00
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:20 pm to tigergirl10
quote:they mustve known you were going to have to work for a living
My dad said get your arse outside and cut the grass and your grandparents for free, and I’m female.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:20 pm to DaleGribble
$3.50
Per square foot
Per square foot
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:22 pm to DaleGribble
Food, clothing & a roof over my head
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