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      09-18-2024, 09:25 AM   #8867
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While you're on my lawn, would you mind pushing the mower around? Finding a reliable neighborhood kid to mow our lawn for a dollar is getting difficult these days.....
One dollar? Sorry...My fees went up last March although you can make me an offer I can't refuse.

And don't say $2.
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While you're on my lawn, would you mind pushing the mower around? Finding a reliable neighborhood kid to mow our lawn for a dollar is getting difficult these days.....
I can’t remember the last time I saw a kid pushing a lawn mower. In fact,
I can’t remember the last time I saw a kid doing ANY type of yard work. 🤔
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      09-18-2024, 10:58 AM   #8870
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One dollar? Sorry...My fees went up last March although you can make me an offer I can't refuse.
My offer was pretty generous. I can hire Philosophy PhD's here for fifty cents any day, but have to teach them how to work a lawnmower first.

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And don't say $2.
I'm paying in US dollars, so $2.00 is probably enough to buy the CN Tower these days.

Speaking of old, you know that you belong in this thread when you remember seeing the CN Tower being built (over 10 years before LJ was born).....
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      09-18-2024, 02:43 PM   #8871
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I can’t remember the last time I saw a kid pushing a lawn mower. In fact,
I can’t remember the last time I saw a kid doing ANY type of yard work. 🤔
My gardener brought his 12yo son to be his helper this summer. He mostly cleaned up after his dad but he mowed the lawn a few times as well. Good kid.

Also, my neighbor to the north of me has his kids do the yard work all the time. Not all kids are lazy good-for-nothings.
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I can’t remember the last time I saw a kid pushing a lawn mower. In fact,
I can’t remember the last time I saw a kid doing ANY type of yard work. 🤔
I actually saw one of the neighborhood kids pressure washing driveways to raise $ for a non-profit they created to teach younger kids robotics.
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....I got a perfect score on this list so I guess I'm old.

Wait, there's more!

What makes me really old is the fact that both of my children got a perfect score on this list too.
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....I got a perfect score on this list so I guess I'm old.

Wait, there's more!

What makes me really old is the fact that both of my children got a perfect score on this list too.
I missed one; no MySpace account.
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I missed one; no MySpace account.
Same here! I still use my AOL e-mail address today, too.
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Me too. But once in a while I still write a check so I suppose that’s not helping my score.
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....I got a perfect score on this list so I guess I'm old.

Wait, there's more!

What makes me really old is the fact that both of my children got a perfect score on this list too.
That first item, the rotary phone, was a horrible memory for me back in 1967. My girlfriend at the time had a phone number that that ended in 57990. So, for those who remember rotary phones, dialing 9s and 0s took forever since it was all the way at the end. More frustrating was when you screwed up and had to start over (beer may have been involved). It took forever to dial my girlfriend's number. It was almost reason enough to break up with her and get a girlfriend with a "shorter" phone number. Well, I stuck it out and I'm glad I did. We got married in '72 and just celebrated our 52 year anniversary.
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We got married in '72 and just celebrated our 52 year anniversary.
Congratulations! That's gotta be one of the longest marriages here.

We got married in 1975 and just celebrated 49 years together last July.

I think 3798j or 3.0L may have the longest here (not sure, though).

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Congratulations! That's gotta be one of the longest marriages here.

We got married in 1975 and just celebrated 49 years together last July.

I think 3798j or 3.0L may have the longest here (not sure, though).
My honey and I met 60 years ago, while in high school. Been married 55 years.
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Congratulations! That's gotta be one of the longest marriages here.

We got married in 1975 and just celebrated 49 years together last July.

I think 3798j or 3.0L may have the longest here (not sure, though).
No, not me...was an accomplished bachelor...until age 34...now celebrating just 41 years of marriage.
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No, not me...was an accomplished bachelor...until age 34...now celebrating just 41 years of marriage.
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