Detasseling Starts Today

StormnClone58

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Jan 24, 2008
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I just got back. I get paid 8/hr since its my first year.

do you mind saying who you work for ... they guy i worked for was very shady and i didn't go back the following season ... i know i was getting robbed on my wages but it was quick cash for someone who needed money but didn't want a real job ...
 

Cycofan1

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do you mind saying who you work for ... they guy i worked for was very shady and i didn't go back the following season ... i know i was getting robbed on my wages but it was quick cash for someone who needed money but didn't want a real job ...

Jeff with Borst, don't know last name.
 

clone99

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Sep 14, 2007
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did it for three summers starting when i was 13 or whatever the legal detasseling age was, pretty sure it was a year or two less than for a real job, I think I mad like 3.75 an hour the first year. the last year was the floods of 93', after that I had my drivers liscense and got sick of walking through waste deep water in every low spot in every field that year.

I still laugh when I see my income on my Social Security Statement for how little I made for how much work it was.
 

ISUboi12

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I think you have those flipped. Pollinating is a bag and a paper clip ...

No chance. Pollinating is when that **** is falling out all over your body burning and stinging in the summer heat. Detasseling is while no pollen is falling, used to enjoy that part.
 

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