a little history

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if you want to read a cool story about this go to the soapbox

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[Andre]

Nice thanks. /ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wavey.gif

Wonder what those stubs would look like 50 years later?
Most kids I see delivering papers now are coddled, driven around by their parents, and can't go out if the weather too severe.

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[Xzavia]

LOL...I'm one of those parents that "coddles" my son often. Have you seen what these kids nowadays are expected to deliver???

Forget trying to ride a bike and carry the papers everyday! And if you are big enough and strong enough to manage it look forward to back pain sometime in the near future.

Two days a week my son delivers "flyers and whatnot" to everyone that "isn't" a subscriber to the paper, as well as his regular papers. There's no way in hell anyone can expect a ten year old to lug all that stuff (that they expect delivered) in his bag.

P.S. I remember helping deliver papers back in public school, the boy I helped had some sixty some customers and the papers/flyers were nothing compared to the "advertising" they send out nowadays!

Pretty neat collection stub, I remember when they had to punch a card just not those ones. LOL..I'm not THAT old!

[Andre]

When I started delivering Shoppers News:
I had 280 homes on a rural route.
It took me two days to deliver them on bad days.
By the end of my second year I had 320 homes.
This included flyers and Sears Catalogues.
I made 3-5 bucks a week.
In 1974 that was <s>pretty good</s> slave wages.
I got my butt literally kicked if I was a day late.
Draconian sure, but I still have a great work ethic.

[Babzz]

I had two paper routes in timmins. I remember carrying those bags in the middle of winter... brrrrrrrrr

I had a nick name for most of the houses too.. One I remember is vicious dog with short legs.. /ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rofl.gif

[Andre]

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[The Piper]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Andre</div><div class="ubbcode-body">When I started delivering Shoppers News:
I had 280 homes on a rural route.
It took me two days to deliver them on bad days.
By the end of my second year I had 320 homes.
This included flyers and Sears Catalogues.
I made 3-5 bucks a week.
In 1974 that was <s>pretty good</s> slave wages.
I got my butt literally kicked if I was a day late.
Draconian sure, but I still have a great work ethic. </div></div>

Uphill as well I'm guessing?