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It says she died at 105 and spent almost a century fishing for lobsters. I doubt she was catching many at the age of five.
by nephihaha 9mo ago
It says she died at 105 and spent almost a century fishing for lobsters. I doubt she was catching many at the age of five.
- defrost 9mo ago* Fishing's not catching, * I just pulled up a family video of several kids, mine, my siblings, friends, making commercial marbles for sale pulling glass from a furnace and rolling them on a bench, using optic moulds, canes for decoration, etc .. at the age of five. Sure, we weren't running them like chimney sweeps or coal mine donkeys 24/7 - that's what they wanted to do for pocket money - make their own, how ever many, and sell them.
- nephihaha 9mo agoI doubt she was doing much in this direction until at least the age of eleven and even then...
- defrost 9mo agoI can't say either way, having never met her. I can say that Sandy over the road (now deceased, made it to 94) was hitching bullocks to sled a water tank to a spring and back every morning setting out at 4am from the age of five or so - both his parents died of influenza just a few years later. My own father, (still alive, born 1935) was shooting and trapping rabbits at that age to feed the family.
- barry-cotter 9mo agoDepressing to realise that soon most people will not even have second hand experience with children being useful.
- cucumber3732842 9mo agoIn the days before OSHA there was a lot of stuff on a lobster boat an 8yo can be tasked with.
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- rubzah 9mo ago> Fishing's not catching Sounds like something from an MLM seminar. "Telling's not selling!"
- tokai 9mo agoShe started working at the age of 8. Which we both know from reading the article.
- nephihaha 9mo agoI doubt she could do much at eight either. Maybe tie some knots.
- quesera 9mo agoThere are many small tasks to be performed on a lobstering boat, especially back in 1929. An 8 yo could absolutely perform many of them. But sure, it's highly likely that she headed out with a parent or older sibling initially. This doesn't seem controversial or worth making quibbly points over.
- simonw 9mo agoPresumably that's why they said "almost a century" and not just "a century".
- jpk2f2 9mo agoFrom 8 to 105...97 years. I'd say that qualifies as "almost a century".