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To: MrPiper

When I was 16 I worked the wheat harvest in the Texas panhandle. I ran a combine 18 hrs/day. Had to grease it every morning before getting started. I don’t remember for sure but I think I was paid $1.50/ hr. This was in 1959.


52 posted on 07/04/2007 6:11:47 AM PDT by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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To: antisocial
When I was 16 I worked the wheat harvest in the Texas panhandle. I ran a combine 18 hrs/day. Had to grease it every morning before getting started. I don’t remember for sure but I think I was paid $1.50/ hr. This was in 1959.

I don't know who is running the combines now, but in those days, college students considered working the wheat harvest to be a good summer job. Given the chance, I believe that would still be true. Imagine--Americans doing the job illegals shouldn't do.

101 posted on 07/05/2007 6:51:21 PM PDT by Cracker Jack (If it weren't for the democrats, republicans would be the worst thing in Washington.)
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