Subj : Re: AI actress Tilly Norw
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Mon Oct 13 2025 08:32:46

RM>> The other thing is, in most areas there are jobs that require very
  >> little equipment or education that these days seem to pay ridiculously
  >> well because working people don't want to do it themselves, or have
  >> gotten too old to do it.

MP>I have not checked into it, but someone I know who was looking for a part
  >time job learned that the local Kroger's (grocery chain) is looking for
  >stockpeople at ~$18/hr starting pay.

Yes, and that's a fairly regular type job. Doing 'grunt work' type
things seems to pay very well these days, although you can't do
that your whole life since it often involves some heavy work.

But I think even allowing for travel (walking) time between calls,
a kid could buy a push lawn mower in the city and probably make
$40 or $50 an hour cutting lawns after school.

RM>> I remember my mother trying to find a highschool kid who would
  >> cut her grass. She was quite willing to pay $35 for what should
  >> take 30 minutes to do, and it was hell trying to find anyone to
  >> do it. In winter it would be clearing snow from walkways.

MP>In the 1980s, when I was one of those kids, I would have been real pleased
  >to get $35 for a half-hour grass cutting job.  I usually charged between
  >$7-$10.  :O

Ha.. Not quite the same thing but I remember when I was about 12
taking on cutting the grass at home for an extra 75 cents a week
on my allowance..  This was on a small hobby farm we had with close
to an acre of grass around the house to cut with a push mower.

Push as in a gas engine mower but not a riding tractor/mower.

I remember cutting my grandfathers small lawn using a true push
mower that had no engine, the spiral blades spun as you pushed it.

I didn't want to confuse it with that type..  B)

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