Mike, when I was 7-11ish, that 60-cent candy bar cost me a nickel. I earned that nickel and whatever else I could get. Most of that "whatever else" came from raising tobacco (with my uncle's supervision). Now there's a job that
earned every cent from really, really hard work.
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It depends on whether we're making money or losing it. I expect we are talking much less than we used to.
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Mike, when I was 7-11ish, that 60-cent candy bar cost me a nickel. I earned that nickel and whatever else I could get. Most of that "whatever else" came from raising tobacco (with my uncle's supervision). Now there's a job that earned every cent from really, really hard work.
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