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Keeping the outside yard (20'x20') cleaned up and failing at growing grass. Every time I got a nice lawn going, we'd trample it down playing on it....
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When I was old enough to be safe I mowed the lawn/raked and the usual help out around the house stuff. During the winter I ran our snowblower and hand shoveling in the brutal winters Northern NY got in the 60s. Dad owned 2 houses on a corner lot so with the parking area and sidewalk there was a lot to do. It was our business (funeral home) and dad was a stickler on keeping it well maintained.
When free I worked the door and helped arrange the cars for the funeral procession to the church and cemetery. As dad was useless on mechanical things I worked with a family friend and did a lot of work on the second house (Two family) Learned enough at that theirs no way in hell would I invest in rental property! I could have taken over the business but I just did not dig it. Worked as a laborer for a few years and many years as a pipefitter/welder) |
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Being a punching bag for two older brothers. I took this job very seriously.
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Cutting the lawn, weeding, taking out the trash, keeping the basement and garage clean.
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Everything. From mowing the lawn, trimming the hedges, painting, home repairs, grilling meat on the BBQ, etc. Single mom, and a useless brother who played with dolls. So I was the man of the house. Mowed neighbor's yards and pulled weeds, hauled trash, etc. for extra money for my model airplane and mini-bike hobbies. And to buy ammo for my airguns.
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I was an only child. I did the snow shoveling until Dad got a snow blower then HE WANTED to do it. I cut the grass. I WANTED to do more as my Dad worked like 60 hrs a week. But certain things he WANTED to do as he was fussy about the house the yard etc. I always enjoyed hard work and seeing the results -
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All yard work.
The rear of the back yard was a buncha scrub trees, briars, and thick honeysuckle vines, and it was decided that it would be a good spring break job for me to clean it up when I was around 13 or 14. That idea had to be squashed immediately, I told mom I could do it in one day. A can of lighter fluid, a little gasoline, and some old clothes and rags, and an area about 100 x 30 went up in a flash. Using a lawn mower/machete was never mentioned. I got in major trouble. I didn't see why, the job got done. |
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Shoveled snow in So.Cal when we had Global cooling.
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I lived on a VERY steep hill top, one house to the right or left was a 45* down sloap street with houses on each side.....and so I mowed lawns, and did minor work for a kid during summer......and as years went by, I started fixing what was current production electronic gear....radio/TV's sideline to start from around the neighborhood, then to doing it full time.....
one summer on a visit to my cousin's place in Cleveland Ohio, then an 8 hr trip from Wash DC region.....my uncle who was an EE for ATT, he had me replace the pix tube and repair his TV in the living room.... so I did, my Dad and he were impressed.....talking mid 60's time frame.... |
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Cutting the grass with a Sears push mower,shoveling snow with a shovel,and anything else I was able to do to help.
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I was the voice operated remote control for the tv.
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On Saturdays every morning, we weren’t allowed outside to play until we’d cleaned one room in the house…..
I’ve been taking out the trash my entire life. If only Dead Karon would fit in the dumpster…. |
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Not really sure of your goals or really the purpose of such trolling? Did I somehow upset you? I’m seriously unaware? Who are you and WTF is your problem? |
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Take out the trash
Cut the grass Clean the pool Feed the dogs and poop pickup Tend the garden Shovel snow Help dad with oil changes and brake jobs etc Wash the cars This in addition to working as a carpenter’s helper on weekends and several days a week in the summer. The chores began as young as I can remember, maybe 5/6 years old. The carpenter work began at 8 years old. I have been working pretty much my entire life. Probably why at 64 I keep going. It’s odd to most people but I don’t know any other way. And yes it is slowly killing me. |
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Always sad to see some poster here who’s raison d'être seems to be just to troll another member. Not the first and I’m sure not the last
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We had to keep our rooms clean. We had chores on Saturday like cleaning different rooms in the house or dusting or helping with the garden or flower beds. We had normal chores like taking out the garbage. In the summer, we took turns vacuuming the pool.
My mom was a stay at home mom when we were younger, so the house stayed clean. The expectation was that we cleaned up after ourselves and kept it that way. Our chores were whatever needed to be done. We did help out with making dinner, too. My dad was particular about the lawn. We weren’t allowed to mow it. ![]() |
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