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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Gene GeRue wrote:
> We Wisconsin boys know about stone boats. One of my first big-money  
> jobs was picking stones for a neighbor. Five bucks a day.

That must have been the going rate.  Tj's scout leader, who was about 
your age, recalled that he, too, picked stones for $5/day.  Practically 
all the building stones used in this county and probably neighboring 
counties were resourced from my area...Rock Creek..
--
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will 
not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius 
will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the 
world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone 
are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve 
the problems of the human race"

~ Calvin Coolidge