My first real job came after my junior year in HS with a boat company. I got paid $1.85 ($13.11 in 2022 $) an hour in 1972 to run a motor boat around said river as a boat tester. I had a college guy as my nominal partner and 'supervisor'. All our gas was provided. We were allowed 5 minutes an hour to swim. If a thunderstorm blew up we could tie up at either of our parents houses and still got paid.
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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)