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Demovictory9

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4. almost all... it's unbelievable manual job. a citizen tried out the job for a tv show.. bag on shoulder, on ladder

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 17, 2025, 06:33 PM

Mar 2025

huge bag. standing on ladder... pudding oranges in bag at breakneck speed until bag weighs as much as the bagger.

the orange grove workers watched with a smile, knowing the citizen couldn't (and wouldn't) do it.

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Florida orange groves being in $9 billion a year and 45,000 jobs. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #1

one wonders how many of those jobs are performed by undocumented persons nt msongs Mar 2025 #2

I wondered the same. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #3

almost all... it's unbelievable manual job. a citizen tried out the job for a tv show.. bag on shoulder, on ladder Demovictory9 Mar 2025 #4

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people goin there cuz they know FEMA will bail them out post hurricane.....NOT lol msongs Mar 2025 #8