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> "Viva" privacy.net> wrote in message
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>> "LilPeach" <{lilpeach}@zhonka.net> wrote in message
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>>>> My first paying job was babysitting and I was paid 50 cents an
>>>> hour...which I spent on lipstick and movie magazines.

>>>
>>> My first job was babysitting too. I started at the age of 12 @ $0.50 per
>>> hour but by the time I was 16 I was making $5.00 per hour and had a
>>> waiting list. If I could not personally do the job, I had two sisters and
>>> a brother well qualified but at a lower rate of $2.50 per hour. This was
>>> a lot of dosh for the mid-60s. I've run into grown former charges at the
>>> grocery and other places around town. It can be rather humourous when
>>> that happens.
>>>
>>>

>> Wow Peach, you were a better business woman than me! I didn't care what
>> they paid me, I just wanted to get out the house for a little while.

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> I grew up Catholic, Viva...therefore my client base were LARGE families.
> Usually I had 4-8 kids to watch for that kind of money.
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> And I *did* want to get out of the house...we had no TV at home!