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Posted by trw on January 28, 2007 at 10:01:55 from (69.77.248.75):
In Reply to: Your First Big Time posted by TGIN on January 28, 2007 at 05:03:26:
I don't remember the actual first time I drove a tractor by myself. I would guess 5-6-7 yrs. old, Sometime in that age I would guess. I grew up on a farm, and still live on the same farm, that was homesteaded by my great-grandfather. It has never been owned by anybody but our family. Anyway, back to "first-times". Isn't it amazing how years ago, kids that were less than 10 years old would and could do actual work. Now the government and some parents won't let them work until 16 or even 18 years old. I remember a few years ago, a nice young man, he was in high school, helped in the summer at the local high school, but since he wasn't yet 16, he couldn't climb on a ladder! And we wonder why so many kids are in trouble these days? Let them get a job and learn some responsibility!!
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