Subj : Re: AI actress Tilly Norw
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Oct 11 2025 10:27 am

> 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.

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.

> 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.

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

Mike

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