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   Adam Nedens(Snoopster) said, 4 months ago

   Nice take, Charlie, should be enough for a Pay Day.
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   Linux0s said, 4 months ago

   Actually that was some tremendous haggling.
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   somebodyshort said, 4 months ago

   Back in the days when this was drawn, probably not a bad price.
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   paha_siga said, 4 months ago

   Does he even have an idea what $85 means, or is it all just words for him?
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   Jo Clear said, 4 months ago

   I dont know, it’s a lot of work for that little pay even in those days Charlie…
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   gmartin997 said, 4 months ago

   When I was his age, back in the days of Methusaleh, 50c was a lot of money for a kid, but a dollar was better. I mowed lawns for a dollar when I was 11.
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago

   fifty cents in 1965 was about 2.50 now.
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   Citizen GROG! said, 4 months ago

   $85? You can buy a lot of kites for $85, CB.
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   K.C. Fahel said, 4 months ago

   Two teenaged boys approached my husband and me, asking if they could shovel our driveway. We asked for a price, and they said, “We’re just bored; we’ll do it for free.” We paid them anyway.
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    Jeo Bascon said, 4 months ago

    another day another cents
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    dheine1971 said, 4 months ago

    So much for making $85 for shoveling sidewalks even in 1966, Charlie Brown.
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    Macushlalondra said, 4 months ago

    My brother and I charged by how long the sidewalk and driveway were. If they wanted a full job it would cost more. Funny now I don’t remember what we charged. Usually a buck or two I guess. This would be the late 60’s.
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    Felix The Cat said, 4 months ago

    @somebodyshort

    A very good price in those days, when we had “dimestores” instead of “dollar stores” and “Five Below”.
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    EricPost said, 4 months ago

    The minimum wage in 1966 was $1.25/hr or 62.5 cents per half hour. Assume he took half hour to shovel it, he was making 12.5 cents or 20% less than minimum wage.

    The federal minimum wage today is $7.25/hr or $3.625 per half hour.

    20% less would 72.5 cents less than minimum wage.

    So that is like doing it for $3.625 – 0.725 = $2.90 today.

    Assuming he does it in one half hour.
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    krisjackson01 said, 4 months ago

    Yeah, that’s about what I used to get in those days. I remember looking at my old man’s pay envelope about 1960. He got $79 that week.
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