Comments on: Spotlight on Me http://forestonfinance.com/spotlight-on-me/ Planting little money trees since 2008 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:52:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Forest http://forestonfinance.com/spotlight-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1260 Forest Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:36:29 +0000 http://forestonfinance.com/?p=947#comment-1260 Yeah, I always buy those little baby carrots but then I never get around to eating them and they end up slimy. It's a sad fate for such a cute little carrot. Yeah, I always buy those little baby carrots but then I never get around to eating them and they end up slimy. It’s a sad fate for such a cute little carrot.

]]> By: WellHeeled http://forestonfinance.com/spotlight-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1259 WellHeeled Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:32:23 +0000 http://forestonfinance.com/?p=947#comment-1259 Slimy carrots?? Slimy carrots??

]]> By: Forest http://forestonfinance.com/spotlight-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1258 Forest Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:21:41 +0000 http://forestonfinance.com/?p=947#comment-1258 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detasseling Basically you walk through a cornfield all day under the blazing sun and pull off part of the plant. Repeat. About as manual as manual labor gets. And did I mention corn leaves are really sharp? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detasseling

Basically you walk through a cornfield all day under the blazing sun and pull off part of the plant. Repeat. About as manual as manual labor gets. And did I mention corn leaves are really sharp?

]]> By: paranoidasteroid http://forestonfinance.com/spotlight-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 paranoidasteroid Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:17:36 +0000 http://forestonfinance.com/?p=947#comment-1257 Do I want to know what corn detassling is? The other comments are making me think the answer is no. Do I want to know what corn detassling is? The other comments are making me think the answer is no.

]]> By: Jenn @ Paying Myself http://forestonfinance.com/spotlight-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Jenn @ Paying Myself Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:28:14 +0000 http://forestonfinance.com/?p=947#comment-1256 At home the only rules were that you had to have a social insurance number and be tall enough to see over the corn. A lot of people did it before they were old enough to get a "real" job. At home the only rules were that you had to have a social insurance number and be tall enough to see over the corn. A lot of people did it before they were old enough to get a “real” job.

]]> By: Forest http://forestonfinance.com/spotlight-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 Forest Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:19:51 +0000 http://forestonfinance.com/?p=947#comment-1255 Great story. I did it when I was 13...I wonder if there is a reason they use such youngsters. ;) I lasted one whole summer and the next year I signed up but only lasted a day. I think I was making $4.25 an hour and it just wasn't worth it! Not sure I'd ever run into anyone else that had ever corn detasseled, so thanks for leaving a comment. Great story. I did it when I was 13…I wonder if there is a reason they use such youngsters. ;) I lasted one whole summer and the next year I signed up but only lasted a day. I think I was making $4.25 an hour and it just wasn’t worth it! Not sure I’d ever run into anyone else that had ever corn detasseled, so thanks for leaving a comment.

]]> By: Jenn @ Paying Myself http://forestonfinance.com/spotlight-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 Jenn @ Paying Myself Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:17:11 +0000 http://forestonfinance.com/?p=947#comment-1254 Wow! I thought only kids from Southwestern Ontario corn detasseled! I did it for one summer when I was 12. It was horrible! So hot and wet and the corn rash... And we (my sister and I) once woke up to go to work to find maggots in our muddy shoes! At the end of it I think I lasted maybe 3 weeks before I didn't make the cut when they were shrinking the crew. I made enough money to buy a bike that I rode to school almost every day for seven years. It was almost worth it. If all else fails, it makes a great party story (I'm known to explain it using a few shot glasses and beer bottles). Wow! I thought only kids from Southwestern Ontario corn detasseled! I did it for one summer when I was 12. It was horrible! So hot and wet and the corn rash… And we (my sister and I) once woke up to go to work to find maggots in our muddy shoes! At the end of it I think I lasted maybe 3 weeks before I didn’t make the cut when they were shrinking the crew. I made enough money to buy a bike that I rode to school almost every day for seven years. It was almost worth it. If all else fails, it makes a great party story (I’m known to explain it using a few shot glasses and beer bottles).

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