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When was this out of interest? And why did you do it? My back-of-an-envelope maths tells me your family worked for approximately £2 per hour, though I imagine
by ace32229 3y ago
When was this out of interest? And why did you do it?
My back-of-an-envelope maths tells me your family worked for approximately £2 per hour, though I imagine if this was a few decades ago that would be worth a lot more.
- ivanjermakov 3y agoIt was from mid 80s until 2015. In the early days, living was pretty poor and having a stash of food was neccesary. Later, since 00s, it was probably more of a psychological inertia to continue, although planted volumes were reduced quite a bit. I think your math is skewed to a higher end because there potato is (and probably was) significantly cheaper than in US or EU (today it is ~4 times cheaper, 0.7$/kg). Even though, considering todays mean salary there (5$/hr), 2$/hr is not that bad for such job...
- ace32229 3y agoSuper interesting, thanks for telling :) Where in the world was this?
- ivanjermakov 3y agoBelarus