Potato picking and planting was my first jobs....as a youngster in Prince Edward Island, Canada, which has the world's best spuds, of course. We indeed went back to school a couple of weeks early in September, to have the time to help in the later harvest.Farmers were King, and nobody complained.

I was paid $2.50 a day, and was glad to get it. It paid for my first bike at Canadian Tire, a CCM.

It was sure challenging on the back...real hard work. But, I am no worse for it.