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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    #2651

    Surprising results when expressed as a multiple of minimum wage.

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    • MikM Offline
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      A lot of missing cities there. No west coast.

      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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        Right but some of those cities have a very high minimum wage. SF has a minimum that is 264% of Austin. So you’d need a $3900 rent to be equivalent.

        Actual average rent is 3655, per Zillow.

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          Same old argument, not all jobs are meant to be careers or primary income for adults.

          The Brad

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          • MikM Offline
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            alt text

            The Ice-Cutters of the Great Lakes

            Before the era of refrigeration, the harvesting of ice from the frozen Great Lakes was a massive, brutal industry. Each winter, crews of ice-cutters would venture onto the thick ice of lakes like Michigan and Erie. Using horse-drawn plows and massive saws, they would score the surface into a grid and cut huge, crystal-clear blocks. Men like "Big Jim" O'Malley, a foreman from Chicago, led teams that worked in sub-zero temperatures and blinding snow squalls, their beards frozen solid with ice. The blocks were then transported to massive, insulated ice houses lining the shores, where they were packed in sawdust to last through the summer. This ice would be shipped on specially designed ice barges to cities across the Midwest, preserving food and cooling drinks. It was dangerous work; men could easily slip into the freezing water or be crushed by shifting ice. O'Malley's saying was: "We're not just cutting ice; we're harvesting winter to make summer bearable." The industry vanished with modern refrigeration, but for a century, it was a vital part of the national economy.

            "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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              I read about the ice trade before. They would ship ICE from the northeast US to colonial India. Crazy stuff.

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              • MikM Offline
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                You wonder what the shrinkage would be.

                "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                • jon-nycJ Online
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                  This is less interesting for the weight change than the physical change he goes through so quickly.

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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    This is less interesting for the weight change than the physical change he goes through so quickly.

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                    @jon-nyc it’s astonishing how quickly they mature. We’ve had four sets of robin chicks hatch in our yard this year and secretly watching them go the through the surprisingly fast process was really interesting.

                    And yes, I’m old and boring now.

                    I was only joking

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                    • MikM Offline
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                      We're not boring, we're just interested in more pastoral things. Plus we can't do all the really fun shit we used to anymore.

                      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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