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[1sum41]

I picked 1100 lbs of pecans this weekend. got payed 150$ and being 16 thats enough money for two weeks!

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[Banshee7]

Gotta learn to be conservative.  $150 could last me a day.  Oh wait, that's not conservative...

[1sum41]

it was alot of hard work. you would understand if you had to harvest pecans off the trees.

[Ruler2]

You doin it by hand? You'd be a little underpayed if that was the case 

[EskimoJoe]

You doin it by hand? You'd be a little underpayed if that was the case 

A LOT underpaid 

[uptown]

WTG Sum! Getting out there and making a few honest bucks is always rewarding. I used to make some of my money that way too when I was a kid.  

[Banshee7]

it was alot of hard work. you would understand if you had to harvest pecans off the trees.

Why would you harvest them OFF of trees instead of picking them up after they fall?  I realize it was a lot of hard work, as last year was a bumper crop for pecans in our area (which also made for some great Crow hunting).  We harvested a few hundred pounds off one tree.  And please, don't pull the "you would understand" thing

[texasmom]

nice job! I hope you buy something nice for yourself.

We have our kids pick them off the ground... not off the trees... and they usually don't get paid other than their 'regular' chore money.

[Banshee7]

nice job! I hope you buy something nice for yourself.

We have our kids pick them off the ground... not off the trees... and they usually don't get paid other than their 'regular' chore money.

This is going to sound weird, because I'm 17, but I don't believe in "chore money."  Getting paid for something you're supposed to do.  The food and clothing parents provide should be enough "payment."  But, I can see where giving them the money could creative somewhat of an incentive to work and create a work ethic.  My parents did it the hard way--if I wanted money I had to make it doing odd jobs here and there.

[vorticon]

A LOT underpaid 

looks like a decent wage for dumb labour to me.

[Banshee7]

Roughly 13.6 cents/pound...

[Ruler2]

This is going to sound weird, because I'm 17, but I don't believe in "chore money."  Getting paid for something you're supposed to do.  The food and clothing parents provide should be enough "payment."  But, I can see where giving them the money could creative somewhat of an incentive to work and create a work ethic.  My parents did it the hard way--if I wanted money I had to make it doing odd jobs here and there.

At least you HAD a way to make money in your family, I could rebuild the house and all I would get would be a wtg or ty,lol.  But I got other ways, I can cut grass, fix stuff,build PCs,etc...

[Banshee7]

At least you HAD a way to make money in your family, I could rebuild the house and all I would get would be a wtg or ty,lol.  But I got other ways, I can cut grass, fix stuff,build PCs,etc...

That's basically what I was saying.  I never got any money from my parents.  They paid me with food, shelter, etc...  The odd jobs I had to do were for other people.

[vorticon]

Roughly 13.6 cents/pound...

or around 10 bucks a hour tax free, assuming a standard 8 hour day with 30 minute lunch breaks...

so yeah, i'd say its a decent wage for a highschool kid.

1100 pounds ain't much, maybe 13 - 14 sheets of 3/4 inch form ply...i've moved more than that in a hour and only got $14 to show for it...