A hole in one by their pick paid $50.
And some days somebody else's picks pay off handsomely.
Orange- and grapefruit-picking pay slightly better, but the hours are longer.
Still, it will most likely be years before the company will know if Mr. Tisch's picks pay off.
When we get there, there are lots of young men standing around with brand-new blades and picks, paid for by the Americans.
"You got to pick one – pay your medical bills or pay the mortgage," he said in a 2010 CNN interview.
North of the border, meanwhile, our Canadian friends are preparing for the introduction March 1 of what's being called "pick and pay," a new system that will allow pay-TV subscribers to receive only the channels they want.
("I'm so popular with the security guards at the Pick & Pay that my criminal white friends have started using me as a decoy").
At World Savings, the loans were called "Pick a Pay".
This month, Nedcor announced a tie-up with Pick'n Pay, a supermarket chain.
Its main tenant is Pick n Pay, a long-established retailer in South Africa but a recent entrant to Zambia.
