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My english teacher had a book named, "Help Mommy! There are Liberals under my bed!" and that was the subject of the story. I dont really consider myself to belong to a specific political party, but I found it funny nonetheless.
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Did you have Lemonade Stand when you were a kid?
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My english teacher had a book named, "Help Mommy! There are Liberals under my bed!" and that was the subject of the story. I dont really consider myself to belong to a specific political party, but I found it funny nonetheless.
We were forced to play the rather silly Lemonade Stand "game" on the school's Apple ][ computers if that counts. It was meant to teach you about simpl economics, but instead it taught me how b-o-r-i-n-g (not to mention hidesouly slow) some computer games are.
Hey! I used to enjoy playing that
For those who missed out in real life, there have been various Lemonade Stand games around for years, including web-based ones. No need to get lemon juice and sugar on your fingers to practice becoming a junior businessperson.
Didn't really need to buy anything when I was little, I just didn't really want that many things.
Besides, lemonade stands just don't work in my neighborhood. Big cities = lemonade stand fails.
Besides, lemonade stands just don't work in my neighborhood. Big cities = lemonade stand fails.
In my hood we had an orange juice stand for all the homies and playas. They would get a cup and continue on their way, "Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice"
Snoop would've been proud.
Snoop would've been proud.
I went to a mixed boarding/day school and used to make all my money selling candy, comics and toys to the boarders. They were only allowed to visit the shops on weekends, whereas I was a day student with unlimited access to the shops. I rented several lockers off fellow student to keep my stock and used to clear the equivelent of about $500 a month pure profit. However my whole world came crashing down when a teacher found out about my little enterprise
I know a guy who, when he was 12, started up as a web-host reseller and built websites for people for $25 a month. Mind you this was at least 10 years ago -- resellers and inexpensive web hosting companies were less popular then (as were 12-year-old web whizzes!). Lots of community centers and other "small-time" businesses were happy to support an enterprising young man. He even wore a little suit when he met with his clients.
I have never seen a lemonade stand, lol. I used to have to mow and helped my grandpa on the farm though. When I got older ~13 I had to help set up barbed wire fence for farmer's pastures. Probably a little tougher than pouring liquid.
Well, I had a virtual lemonade stand. Does that count? A few summers in the mid 80's, I took a computer class during summer school. We would sometimes get to play a lemonade stand simulation "game" in between boring typing lessons and the learning of other computer skills. I can't remember if it was on the Commodore64 or the Apple II (The pre-Macintosh Apples eventually replaced the Commodore64's at my school).
I fondly remember the game, though. Essentially, there would be a weather forecast for the week (or next day?) and you would pick how much supplies you would purchase (lemons, sugar, cups, etc). If the weather ended up being sunny and warm, you would sell more lemonade. If it was rainy or cooler, you would sell less. The better you could estimate lemonade demand due to the weather forecast and purchased supplies accordingly, the more profit you would make. I think you could also make the lemonade sweeter or more tart...but don't fully remember that. Anyhow, I was pretty good at the game and made a great bit of virtual money.
I fondly remember the game, though. Essentially, there would be a weather forecast for the week (or next day?) and you would pick how much supplies you would purchase (lemons, sugar, cups, etc). If the weather ended up being sunny and warm, you would sell more lemonade. If it was rainy or cooler, you would sell less. The better you could estimate lemonade demand due to the weather forecast and purchased supplies accordingly, the more profit you would make. I think you could also make the lemonade sweeter or more tart...but don't fully remember that. Anyhow, I was pretty good at the game and made a great bit of virtual money.