Name a chore...
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Aunt Bea
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- Near Mount Pilot
When I was a kid our trash compactor was a burn barrel out behind the house.
It was a real right of passage moment when you were responsible enough to go out and burn the trash on your own.
peramangkelder
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- Location
- Fleurieu Peninsula South Australia
and would get yelled at if you spun that dial too fast.
emptying and refilling ice cube trays.
at beginning of each year, i would take in a few dollar store ice cube trays and some kind of container to dump them into for freezer in faculty lunch room. within a week, i came in to empty ice trays and empty container! GRRR! i wrote a rather nasty (no cussin') note about refilling and put it in the freezer. a co-worker said... but what if it was the principal or superintendent left trays empty? my reply... then i would know exactly who to speak to.
at beginning of each year, i would take in a few dollar store ice cube trays and some kind of container to dump them into for freezer in faculty lunch room. within a week, i came in to empty ice trays and empty container! GRRR! i wrote a rather nasty (no cussin') note about refilling and put it in the freezer. a co-worker said... but what if it was the principal or superintendent left trays empty? my reply... then i would know exactly who to speak to.
Lashann
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- Location
- Ontario Canada
In the summer I helped out at my grandparents farm by selling fresh veggies at their roadside stand.
hollydolly
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- London England
I agree. I one had a 23 year old work for me who informed me proudly that she'd never folded a sheet. When I asked her how she made her bed, she looked at me aghast and said she'd never 'made' a bed, she got out of it, and back in it, in the same state..Mopping if you can believe this. I once worked with a young man who had never learned to mop. I could not believe it. How will these children ever learn to care for themselves or their homes?
Another one I knew in her 20's..couldn't do simple mental arithmetic.. I mean 2 +5 + 8...type of maths.. . I thought she was playing around , but no..she'd always been taught at school to use a calculator
Hmmmm....I'm not surprised the girl struggled, Holly, bloody 'ell, 2 + 5 + 8, you'd 'ave to be a scientist to know that?I agree. I one had a 23 year old work for me who informed me proudly that she'd never folded a sheet. When I asked her how she made her bed, she looked at me aghast and said she'd never 'made' a bed, she got out of it, and back in it, in the same state..
Another one I knew in her 20's..couldn't do simple mental arithmetic.. I mean 2 +5 + 8...type of maths.. . I thought she was playing around , but no..she'd always been taught at school to use a calculator
Pappy
Living the Dream
Using an outhouse...cold days were the worst.
Delivering newspapers seven days a week.
Ushering at a movie theater.
Selling Pages seeds.
Delivering the Grit newspaper once a week.
Delivering newspapers seven days a week.
Ushering at a movie theater.
Selling Pages seeds.
Delivering the Grit newspaper once a week.
Lewkat
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- New Jersey, USA
Yes, ironing. I hated doing it but was always pleased with the outcome. Also scrubbing the kitchen floor on my hands and knees. When I reached a certain age I told my mom either she settles for mopping or to do it herself. Got the mops.
hollydolly
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- London England
I still wash the kitchen and bathrooms floors on my hands and knees...
When I was a kid we used to have to polish the linoleum floors with lavender polish, then my mother would tie rags to our feet so we could skate around and buff it up to a shine
JimBob1952
Senior Member
I was a spoiled child and didn't do chores. But...
Does anybody remember Wite-out? We used to use it to correct mistakes on typewritten documents. You would paint it over, then retype.
Does anybody remember Wite-out? We used to use it to correct mistakes on typewritten documents. You would paint it over, then retype.
JaniceM
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- still lost between two shores..
and changing typewriter ribbons.. with the ink getting smudged all over your hands
hollydolly
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- London England
I remember it very well. It's known as Tippex here, and I'm sure I still have a bottle in a drawer somewhere
JaniceM
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- still lost between two shores..
and also the sheets of carbon paper when needing to make copies of something.
And if your mom was anything like mine, Sunny, she put you to work changing those very same diapers.
CinnamonSugar
A Quiet American
Count change back to customer at the checkout