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In response to "I tried picking tomatoes in the summer. The heat did me in. Luckily I didn't make it to the snakes and rats. It's brutally hard work. -- nm" by jnine

I set irrigation lines. One day the farmer got a call from another farmer down the road. He gathered all the Mexicans and gave them extra money and

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Aug 8 '17, 17:38

sent them off to Boise for the day.

About three hours later, INS showed up. They asked him where his crew was. He said "out there, working". They said essentially "You run this entire farm with high school kids? Bullshit" He said "Do you see anyone else working here?" They left.

I realized I was getting paid well to be cover.

btw, if anyone gets snippy, back in those days it was all Mexicans - we didn't have Central American immigrants there back then

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And did everything cost a nickel? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 8, 17:48 3
- it was a quarter -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 17:49 2
  - It was good pay if you were a high school kid looking for summer money, but if you were trying to live on it to support yourself or a family, forget - jnine Aug 8, 17:51 1
    - word -- nm - crash davis Aug 8, 17:52

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I set irrigation lines. One day the farmer got a call from another farmer down the road. He gathered all the Mexicans and gave them extra money and

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