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I once took my grandson out to work when he came up to stay with us. I was rotavating a client's  large garden, removing tons of rocks, rolling then re seeding. He asked if he could help me, cheap labour thinks I, after about an hour of filling the barrow with stones he started to slow down. I told him to put his back into it and not be lazy. He replied "But I'm only little,  Grandad", he was six years old. I realised  I would be in the crap when we got home and he mentioned it to my wife that he had a Slavemaster for a grandparent. Into the van he went with a bag of sweeties and a promise that next time it would be easier, also don't tell Granny. Little rat did. 

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I gave my daughter a milling job at the yard.
She was terrible.
Couldn't even lift an 880 with 56" bar and mill.
My advice:
Never employ a 9 year old girl.
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13 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

I gave my daughter a milling job at the yard.
She was terrible.
Couldn't even lift an 880 with 56" bar and mill.
My advice:
Never employ a 9 year old girl.
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Tut tut.  I don't know, kids of today.

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1 hour ago, Rough Hewn said:

I gave my daughter a milling job at the yard.
She was terrible.
Couldn't even lift an 880 with 56" bar and mill.
My advice:
Never employ a 9 year old girl.
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You're not feeding her right and get her on steroids as soon as you can, think of the children man?

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17 hours ago, Stubby said:

Sent my 8 year old daughter up the chimney once ....?

Just remember where you put the tv remote next time Mr Stubby! K

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I like that hes getting out of the house, an hopefully getting a good work ethic into him, its just now what I want for him for the rest of his working career

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I remember my lad, probably only seven or eight at the time, telling a new groundsman to wait, "Dad'll be dropping that branch next, don't go under til he's done it"

 

Think the new groundsman was a bit bit peeved though, when asked if he'd screwed the gate shut properly before sending up a re-fueled saw! He always was a bossy little bugger.

 

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