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Offline gertbysea

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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #45 on: October 18, 2012, 06:11:12 am »
I never got pocket money. I started babysitting at  10 earning  50 cents an hour. I used to charge 60 cents an hour for teaching lazy kids to read or learn their times  tables. Do they still do times tables at school?

I had a base rate for baby sitting but added 10 cents and hour extra for each value added task.  I had a chart and hand wrote a menu . No photo copier in those days. I used to make good money. The best was when  the kid went so sleep doing his maths  and I could watch TV.

I charges $15 for cleaning  and polishing a car. Huge money then but there was a lot of chrome to polish and the cars were pretty big .

I also had a paper run at 12 and always took the paper to the door. Especially useful to the subscribers when the SNOW was nearly over my head.Big tips. My sister and I did very well over the years. Our brother 10 years younger than me .........not so much. By  then our parents could afford to spoil him and he never had to hustle.

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Gretchen in Cairns, Australia

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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #46 on: October 18, 2012, 06:13:41 am »
Gert yes they still learn times tables  :D :D
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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #47 on: October 18, 2012, 06:33:23 am »
Quote from: Halex on October 17, 2012, 07:31:37 pm
Tooth fairy, dh started this off with $10!!!!! So cp gets $10 a tooth!! Way too much.
H :)

Some kids would pull their own teeth to get that amount from the tooth fairy Hally  :o
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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #48 on: October 18, 2012, 07:12:39 am »
Both my kids lost a tooth while we were in Malaysia. The Malaysian tooth fairy pays 10 ringgits (about $3), which is more than the Ozzie one does! They didn't spend their ringgits while we were there, but they love having foreign money to show their friends.
We don't really do pocket money, I'm too forgetful. Every now and then I'll give them a gold coin and call it pocket money which keeps them happy.
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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #49 on: October 18, 2012, 07:25:30 am »
At 15 yrs old, I got my first job in a nursing home. I delivered the morning teas and was a kitchen hand basically.
When the Matron heard I wanted to be a nurse, she had the staff train me to do showers/washes, feeding, cleaning the pan room.
Didn't need police clearances, AIN training etc. My title was Nurses Aide.
My hourly rate was $3.95 an hour.
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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #50 on: October 18, 2012, 07:50:15 am »
That was one smart matron. Couldn't be done today.


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Gretchen in Cairns, Australia

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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #51 on: October 18, 2012, 07:56:06 am »
Absolutely Gert. I was taught very good basic nursing care and that is something lacking in the younger, uni trained nurses today.
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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #52 on: October 18, 2012, 08:34:58 am »
Wot? Hands on nursing! Empty bed bans? Touch a patient never mind a dirty willy?   Didn't go to uni to learn to do THAT!

Mind you mcmich we don't do bedpans  in the operating theatre and the willy's had better be clean!

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Gretchen in Cairns, Australia

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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #53 on: October 18, 2012, 08:41:44 am »
LOL, Gert. I gladly do the bedpans. Hate urologly - willys (dry wretching).
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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #54 on: October 18, 2012, 08:51:06 am »
 ;D  ;D ;D
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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #55 on: October 23, 2012, 08:18:35 am »
Quote from: Halex on October 17, 2012, 07:31:37 pm
Mcmich, what have you decided? Is a hard one.

H :)

DSD moved in on Saturday and she is paying $60 a week board. As I did for my children I will give her back half when she moves out.
I have hardly seen her though as she has a new beau. I've met him twice and he seems very nice. DH hasn't met him yet.  :)
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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #56 on: October 23, 2012, 08:22:47 am »
Teenagers... :-))
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Re: How much to charge for board?
« Reply #57 on: October 23, 2012, 08:50:46 am »
Quote from: mcmich on October 23, 2012, 08:18:35 am
Quote from: Halex on October 17, 2012, 07:31:37 pm
Mcmich, what have you decided? Is a hard one.

H :)

DSD moved in on Saturday and she is paying $60 a week board. As I did for my children I will give her back half when she moves out.
I have hardly seen her though as she has a new beau. I've met him twice and he seems very nice. DH hasn't met him yet.  :)

I generally only see my DD when she comes in for dinner, she leaves for work at 5.15am comes home about 3.30 has a nap then dinner then back to her room  ;D
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