We always called her Aunt Arlene, so I guess that makes her family. She always shows up for the Hadley family reunion, so she must think she's family too.
Back to my first job. Jesse was talking to my Mom one day and mentioned that he was looking for someone to disc his wheat field prior to planting. I was about 9 years old, and my Mom thought I was big enough to drive a tractor and pull a disc. I had used our old John-Deere MT disking the 10 acre corn field at Uncle Elmer's, so I guess it was a natural assumption. I must have done alright, and Jesse paid me $0.75 per hour. I thought I was getting rich.
Jesse is long since gone, but I still appreciate his confidence in my abilities, or at least his trust for my Mom's confidence in me. Having an Aunt Arlene probably didn't hurt anything either.
Back to my first job. Jesse was talking to my Mom one day and mentioned that he was looking for someone to disc his wheat field prior to planting. I was about 9 years old, and my Mom thought I was big enough to drive a tractor and pull a disc. I had used our old John-Deere MT disking the 10 acre corn field at Uncle Elmer's, so I guess it was a natural assumption. I must have done alright, and Jesse paid me $0.75 per hour. I thought I was getting rich.
Jesse is long since gone, but I still appreciate his confidence in my abilities, or at least his trust for my Mom's confidence in me. Having an Aunt Arlene probably didn't hurt anything either.
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