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Good News

Rhiannon12866

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6. Awwww! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful story!

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 3, 2019, 04:39 AM

Apr 2019

I think I have something in my eye right now... And I know about inflation - that was a lot of money back then! When we were little, babysitters charged 50-cents an hour. And I made $1.80 an hour at my first summer job back in the '70s - then it went up to $2.30!

Thanks so much for passing on your story. It's going to stick with me for quite awhile...

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13-year-old boy does yard work, trades in Xbox to buy his mom a car [View all] Rhiannon12866 Apr 2019 OP

This is the kind of role model our country needs. List left Apr 2019 #1

That's why I posted this, we've had too little "Good News" lately Rhiannon12866 Apr 2019 #2

Oh gosh! How much he must love and respect his mum thx for posting Thekaspervote Apr 2019 #3

I know, what an amazing kid! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2019 #4

Oh, my. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #5

Awwww! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful story! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2019 #6

My story has more than one moral. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #7

A good man Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #8

Does no one else find this story sad? BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2019 #9

We were poor not more than a few years ago and janterry Apr 2019 #10

The Kid didn't lose! Mopar151 May 2019 #12

K. and R. Great Post...Thank You for posting... Stuart G Apr 2019 #11