On Sat, 01 Jun 2019 08:43:14 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>jmcquown wrote:
>> My parents didn't pay me or my brothers to mow the lawn or do chores
>> when we were kids.
>
>If I wanted to get my weekly allowance I had to do chores. I had
>4 chores.
>
>I was the official grass cutter, taking out the kitchen trash
>once or twice a day, taking care of the dog (Collie), and the
>official remote control for the tv at night.
>
>Taking care of the dog was my pleasure, not really a chore.
>Taking out the trash was easy enough...empty kitchen trash right
>outside the kitchen door into the trash can (no bags then)
>Cutting the grass once a week was the big one.
>We always had huge yards and most years in one place it also
>featured several steep parts. A 4 hour job with a push mower.

Four hours with a push mower couldn't be much of a lawn

>My chores earned me way under minimum wage at the time. I though
>they had child labor laws back then, dammit.