Thread: My boy is going out into the REAL world

Great stuff it will do wonders for him, I remember my first job 70 hours a week pumping fuel for $150

Good luck to him

Adam

That is fabulous, it's great that a kid has enough get up and go these days i believe it's a rare thing good on him.
In my day i never got pocket money and earn't 350gbp a week delivering papers (crappy job in winter-in the old country) and i think the weekend rate was a whopping 2.50
It would appear that kids today just have their hands held open, and in some cases would be prepared to sue the 'olds' for lack of payment for breathing!

Ahhhh,, Good on him,,
I used to do a milk run,,, delivering to houses and a couple of shops,,, not bad work, keeps you fit and healthy, and a few good perks along the way,, Just wish I'd had the guts to buy it when I had the opppirtunity,, but, as a 21 y/o, I think I had a few other things of greater importance going on,,

Its good for kids to start earing their own money, I started at 12 years old doing a paper round 6 days a week starting at 5.30am each day, did it until the day I started my apprentaship 3 months before turning sixteen.
Give him a pat on the back from me
cheers
blaze

Good!

John

seems like only yesterday he was riding his BMX---


"Hi Guys
Friday was our RDO,the local blue light disco people and the shire organised to do a working bee to build the local kids a BMX track as there is very little for kids to entertain themselves at.We carted 60 odd truckloads of dirt and finished it off saturday morning turned out "wicked" as many kids said.
My boy spent all of sunday watching bathurst,he loves his FORD V8 supercars.Soon as the race was over he raced down to the track to put a few hot laps in.Not 10 mins later a couple of his budies were knocking on the door saying we better come and help Lindsay because he had a big stack.
He got a trip to hospital in the ambulance and a night stay along with a mouth full of stitches.He is one sore boy with gravel rash up 1 side of his face.

Andrew"


11th Oct 2004

good one. how old is he??

my first jobs were splitting rings, and trapping possums ( when there was a bounty) easy to make 50-70 bucks a week in 1977. but sheesh it was hard, checking traps before school 5 mile trap line, then dressing after school. weekends spent splitting, i remember the first day, blisters and i couldn't open my hands.

Good on him. He is off to a good start.

I started full time work at 15 and earnt 30 shillings a week ( 3 dollars ).
I was rich !!
With my first pay I bought myself a pair of socks and my Mum a bag of lollies, Gave her 10 shillings for board and opened a bank account.
I already owned a 1949, 500cc AJS that I rode everywhere.
I saved hard and bought an unregistered 1928 Pontiac Tourer, to drive to
work when it was raining. It remained unregistered for the next 4 years.

Cheers.