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Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding
Child labor laws. You’ll have to explain those to me. It’s rural Texas in the late 60s. Progressive policies never did get there. I’m sure you remember. Got manual labor that needs doing? Got kids? Problem solved.
Once dad figured out that I could hold a wrench, I became the tractor mechanic.
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Oh, yes, as a child on a farm, I spent many hours hand hoeing weeds out of the ends of corn fields, and anywhere else the cultivators couldn't reach.