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On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:05:31 -0500,
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On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 19:53:39 -0500, wrote:

You had a job!

Yup $435 a month and don't spend it all in one place ;-)

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What year was that? In 1965 I had a summer job with Western Electric
installing central office telephone equipment in Binghamton, NY. With
over time and allowances was taking home over $200/week - thought I'd
died and gone to heaven. It was not easy work but it sure paid well
for a summer job in the 60s.

This was 66 and you must have gone to heaven.
IBM was underpaying me but the manager was smart about it. He gave me
a little raise every few months for a couple of years instead of just
giving it to me all at once.
They didn't actually pay me right until they got the request for a
reference from the Maryland State cops.
Suddenly I started making some money.