Dawg Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 I was in the yard mowing this past Sunday. My son (9) is walking around in the yard so I ask him "You want to make some money?" We are going on a vacation to Colorado in a couple of weeks so I figured I would give him the chance to make a little spending money. He says yes of course. So I tell him I will give him 25 cents for every pine cone he picks up out of the yard. I figured he would pick up 25 or so and call it good beings he doesn't like to do much of any physical labor.....like his dad . I kept on mowing and when I was done, went over and seen he had a wheel barrow full of cones. So we begin to count..............207 was the total. $51.75 for about an hours worth of work. He's a happy camper......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronS Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 LOL, that's awesome.....smart kid! Enjoy your vacation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinch314 Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 LOL good story! You ought to be proud that he took the initiative. Yea my parents told me when I was 7 that I would have to save my allowance to buy me the bicycle I wanted. Well I figured that would take too long so I sold rocks to anyone that come up to the house and then tried to leave the house without buying a rock for $1. Mom was mowing by the cattle guard when she came upon my stash of $67. Yep I had some explaining to do but I did get my bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Haha can I come over and pick up pine cones too? Sounds like a smart kid. Great story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Still hiring??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Holy smokes! Lucky you didn't say I'll give you a dollar for every one. That's too funny, $51.75/hour at 9 years old, he's doing well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goinghuntin Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 What are the benefits like Corey??? I may be submitting my app tomorrow Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 LOL Real smart Corey lol. Can i come pick some up next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 I'll be over in 5 minutes. You shake your boy and hopefully some will rub off on mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Holy smokes! Lucky you didn't say I'll give you a dollar for every one. That's too funny, $51.75/hour at 9 years old, he's doing well. He's gonna be tryin to pick up everybody's pine cones for that kinda $ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TennesseeTurkey Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 LOL too bad you have to pay him LOL ....... You cant tell him that and not pay him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted June 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 I'd say y'all could come on over and pick em up.......but there ain't none left on the ground!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 guess he got you good hehe :yes: smart kid :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrswtnhunt Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 I'd say y'all could come on over and pick em up.......but there ain't none left on the ground!! That is too cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TennesseeTurkey Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 If he were REAL smart he would climb up the tree at night and knock a butt load of them on the ground OR take the ones already picked up and throw them back out again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 If he were REAL smart he would climb up the tree at night and knock a butt load of them on the ground OR take the ones already picked up and throw them back out again LOL! Yeah, dump the wheel barrow when dad's not looking and get another $51.75. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobbly_Alaska Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 LOL to funny, my folks made a similar mistake with baling twine once with a couple of neighbor hood kids, .05 each... she should have told them to stay out of the hay barn LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 If he were REAL smart he would climb up the tree at night and knock a butt load of them on the ground OR take the ones already picked up and throw them back out again I bet he already shook the tree and got them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 I get a good laugh just thinking about you standing there having to count all 207 of them things haha... 103, 104, 105....dang it....106, 107, 108....omg..... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 I get a good laugh just thinking about you standing there having to count all 207 of them things haha... 103, 104, 105....dang it....106, 107, 108....omg..... :D Or it could be, 122, 123, 124, 12...... Wait where were we? Grrr 1, 2, 3 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted June 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 Oh there wasn't any miscounting, he made sure of that lol. The higher we counted the bigger his eyes got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 LMBO! That is hilarious!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Archer 01 Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 Hey Corey, any time you need some more pine cones picked up I will be right over, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 Heck, I'd have done it for a dime apiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 That is pretty funny Corey. Our oldest would probably have been climbing trees and plucking them off too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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