Meshi's instructions are too complex and needlessly convoluted.
1. Look at your children; are any of them 12 years or older? If yes, make them mow lawn. If no, proceed to step two.
2. Look for neighborhood children 12 or older.
3. Open wallet, remove $10 bill. Wave it at child, tell them it's theirs as soon as the lawn is mowed.
4. Pour drink.
5. Watch child toil for $10.
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Uhhh...I was never taught, and never really needed to learn. I should though. LOL!
/shrug
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Caitsith.Zahrah said: » Uhhh...I was never taught, and never really needed to learn. I should though. LOL! /shrug
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seconded... and I don't see mrs. mosin breaking her neck to get in here to defend him either... she's probably giving us that look that says "see what I have to put up with!?" and I am giving her the conciliatory head nod of "yup...he's a *** all right..." you should buy her some flowers on the way home from work and then give her a foot massage...
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Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Meshi's instructions are too complex and needlessly convoluted. 1. Look at your children; are any of them 12 years or older? If yes, make them mow lawn. If no, proceed to step two. 2. Look for neighborhood children 12 or older. 3. Open wallet, remove $10 bill. Wave it at child, tell them it's theirs as soon as the lawn is mowed. 4. Pour drink. 5. Watch child toil for $10.
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Asura.Dameshi said: » But if you do that, the children won't take you seriously when you tell them to get off your lawn. They will when you start winging them with paintballs or similar non-lethal-yet-painful projectiles. They've got to learn about the adult concept of "right place, wrong time" eventually...
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Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Meshi's instructions are too complex and needlessly convoluted. 1. Look at your children; are any of them 12 years or older? If yes, make them mow lawn. If no, proceed to step two. 2. Look for neighborhood children 12 or older. 3. Open wallet, remove $10 bill. Wave it at child, tell them it's theirs as soon as the lawn is mowed. 4. Pour drink. 5. Watch child toil for $10.
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Lakshmi.Flavin said: » Caitsith.Zahrah said: » Uhhh...I was never taught, and never really needed to learn. I should though. LOL! /shrug Right? LOL! The run-down: Dad. Brother. Dad. (After my brother went to college, I, admittedly, worked the allergies angle pretty damn hard for a couple of years.) Campus. Rented. (Lawn service paid for by landlord.) First house. (BF. Post-break-up, I hired a lawn service. New love-butt good with hired hands.) New house. (Lawn service, but I really think I should learn at this point. :/)
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Anna Ruthven said: » Don't start at $10, start at $5, work your way up to $10. I used to get $5 twenty years ago. $10 seems fair. I'm crotchety. I'm not a monster. Or, in the paraphrased words of Seth Gecko, "I'm a ***, but I'm not a ***' ***."
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Lakshmi.Flavin said: » Caitsith.Zahrah said: » Story slam you say!!! Hoppy is a Habsburg... so she probably can't see the help from her rapunzel tower...I'll have PARKER fetch her some opera glasses and hold them up so she can watch the people do some work...if it's not too tedious.
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Caitsith.Zahrah said: » Rented. (Lawn service paid for by landlord.) That's my situation right now, but the lawn service pisses me off so bad. Why can't they do their work during the day while normal productive members of society are also working? Nooooo, they come in the evenings and have the gall to give me dirty looks when I am in their way, trying to grill my *** dinner.
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Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Asura.Dameshi said: » But if you do that, the children won't take you seriously when you tell them to get off your lawn. They will when you start winging them with paintballs or similar non-lethal-yet-painful projectiles. They've got to learn about the adult concept of "right place, wrong time" eventually... Pay the child $10 for first mow. If job is done well, tell them it will be more next time. Now this will get them to do it well. Next time, use a different child, pay them $15 dollars with no bonus incentives. Word will get around that you paid the scab worker more than the base worker. This will make the base worker angry/jealous, but ultimately they will want the increased pay. Said child will now actively attempt to mow your lawn. Now you accept and pay the child $12. They may question you, deny that you know what they're talking about. They will now go back to the $15 child and say they're lying. This will cause an argument. Now both children will want to mow your lawn. They will compete. This is when you bring in a third child. Pay the child $20. Next thing you know, you have just created a competitive mowing job market in your neighborhood. Now you can name your price and watch them fight over mowing your lawn. Profit.
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Asura.Dameshi said: » they won't want to mow your lawn again. Clearly you don't know how unskilled, untaxed labor works. Who else is going to give them better-than-minimum wage, tax-free, for less than an hour's worth of work? They'll learn to come when they're needed and that's all. Also, your plan isn't as fun.
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Seraph.Ramyrez said: » Asura.Dameshi said: » they won't want to mow your lawn again. Clearly you don't know how unskilled, untaxed labor works. Who else is going to give them better-than-minimum wage, tax-free, for less than an hour's worth of work? They'll learn to come when they're needed and that's all. Also, your plan isn't as fun.
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Caitsith.Zahrah said: » I'M A "JOB CREATOR", NIK!!! :P I like hiring older white guys that look like they lost their life savings in the housing market collapse and spent what little they had left on one of those lawn fertilizer ATV deals...and then firing them for putting ruts in my yard. /sips coffee
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story time
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There's an Dues Ex-Machina movie?
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Caitsith.Zahrah said: » There's an Dues Ex-Machina movie? I kinda felt bad for the girl sitting besides me, as I dozed off a lot till the 2nd half of the movie.
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naa.
I asked for monday off to go amiibo hunting. did score my loot, but had 4 hrs to kill. I sneak in 2 sausage muffins (11am)
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Bismarck.Misao said: » naa. I asked for monday off to go amiibo hunting. did score my loot, but had 4 hrs to kill. I sneak in 2 sausage muffins (11am) I was at a family gathering and they were going to see a movie. I couldn't make it, so they decided to see a later showing. They were already at the theater so they did what any good American would do; hung out in the parking lot drinking booze which were stashed in the trunk of a car while peeling shrimp. I don't even remember which movie it was, I just remember it was in IMAX and there was shrimp.
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nice.
my friend and me (before he got married... the jerk) used to sneak in bag of chips, cheeseburgers and drinks, and THEN we'd sneak in to a 2nd movie. also here is the YT vid I promised before YouTube Video Placeholder
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Wow, that was a close finish.
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In HS we used to do the same. We went to the gas station beforehand for provisions. I think it was more "Let's see if we can get away with this!"
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They've never checked to see if anyone was sneaking anything in when I've gone lol
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Had to google wtf a sausage muffin is lol, looks like a tiny hamburger
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Bismarck.Dracondria said: » Had to google wtf a sausage muffin is lol, looks like a tiny hamburger We in this country have an affinity for breakfast sandwiches. It's generally considered to be an English muffin with a round sausage patty, an egg cooked through to fit the muffin, and a piece of cheese. They're quite tasty. I personally like to leave the yolk just a little bit runny and let it provide a bit of a sauce element to the sandwich, and I'll also give it a dash or two of hot sauce most days. Ham, bacon, or -- if you're feeling fancy -- tender steak are also tasty substitutes for the sausage.
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They're pretty good. Egg McMuffin (McDonald's in general) was a "once in a blue moon treat" for take your kid to work day.
I used to love Egg McMuffins! That craving is a double-edged sword now. McDonalds in general...In and out in thirty minutes. It can hardly be called a meal.
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