[nozzlegear]

> This sounds quite sinister but it was a common summer job in Iowa for teenagers. You could make enough in a summer to buy a used car.

Yeah, I got my first job working on a family dairy when I turned 14. It was tough work, especially having to wake up at 3:30am on the weekends to go work outside in negative temperatures over the winters. It did help me purchase my first car and other things that my friends either couldn't afford or had to have their parents buy for them.

[mmooss]

Is dairy work in Minnesota the same as picking watermelons in the desert? These are all different jobs, not really comparable.

[AnimalMuppet]

Outside in negative (i.e., below 0 F) temperatures at 3:30 in the morning? That's a lot like picking watermelons in the desert, except in the opposite direction. Cold rather than hot, but still quite dangerous conditions.