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DEbluedude

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10. My first job.

Reply to Tom Yossarian Joad (Original post)

Sat Jul 9, 2022, 05:36 AM

Jul 2022

Daily after school. I could nail a porch from 50 feet with no problem. And Sundays & Thanksgiving, phew! - five bags, one on each shoulder and three in a wagon. Lots of rubber bands.

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A little OT but... I've done something in my past that I doubt will ever be done again. [View all] Tom Yossarian Joad Jul 2022 OP

You might be surprised. We very well might need to fire up the printing presses again Thtwudbeme Jul 2022 #1

And you weren't arrested for littering or vandalism? Lil Liberal Laura Jul 2022 #2

LOL! Tom Yossarian Joad Jul 2022 #4

Thanks for that memory. Do you remember Grit newspaper? KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2022 #3

Oh God, yes! Advertised in the back pages of so many comic books. Tom Yossarian Joad Jul 2022 #5

Oh my - Grit- I remember it! hauckeye Jul 2022 #15

I did the same RickHworth Jul 2022 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author RickHworth Jul 2022 #7

Those were the days... calimary Jul 2022 #8

my friend, we thought they'd never end! MyOwnPeace Jul 2022 #11

That was my start as a working person. multigraincracker Jul 2022 #9

My first job. DEbluedude Jul 2022 #10

We would visit my friends uncle in the corner tavern Crazyleftie Jul 2022 #12

I still have one of those bags The Jungle 1 Jul 2022 #13

Yup. Joinfortmill Jul 2022 #14

I had... myohmy2 Jul 2022 #16

I was 12. Newark (NJ) Evening News. Large circulation with many advertisers. 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #17

Delivered the Atlanta Consitution SouthernDem4ever Jul 2022 #18

"The paper holds their folded faces to the floor, and every day, the paperboy Roisin Ni Fiachra Jul 2022 #19

I remember reading about an elderly Texas couple Skittles Jul 2022 #20