I picked strawberries every summer growing up. Of course, in Oregon, it is usually as much about dealing with rain and mud as it is blinding sun. But the back ache and leg cramps for such a small amount of money...yeah, not much fun for sure.
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > actually... I used to like in Watsonville. Where strawberries come > from. A couple of the guys told me they were pretty proud of my kid > for trying to do it, and amazed that he lasted a month. Apparently > that was essentially unheard of. See, you have to wear 3-4 layers of > clothing to protect your arms, and this is in the summer so then you > need to hydrate. James has taking 2-3 gallons of water to work with > him. And coming home wiped out. This is a healthy teenager who works > out. > > And actually... > > Most of the illegals who were doing this lived in camps by the river > so they could feed their families back home. And didn't get paid half > the time. > > My attitude is, exactly how is their presence here hurting me? They > are people, doing the best they can. > > Dana > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > How do you know this for sure? Did you walk around asking Americans if > they want to work 12-14 hours picking strawberries? > > > > > > On Nov 12, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> sound nice but very few Americans are willing to do 12 to 14 hours of > >> backbreaking labour a day. Have you ever tried picking 10 acres of peas > for > >> instance or an acre of peach trees? I did both for a couple of weeks > when I > >> was a lot younger. It was agony after a couple of hours. Its ugly > >> backbreaking labour. > >> > >> As I said unless we're willing to pay considerably more for considerably > >> less food, then its not going to happen. > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368558 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
