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myohmy2

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16. I had...

Reply to Tom Yossarian Joad (Original post)

Sat Jul 9, 2022, 07:00 AM

Jul 2022

...a route myself delivering the local paper instead of the big Chicago paper...

...the Chicago paper was early morning, mine was afternoon...

...but with the local paper I had to 'collect'...shaking quarters out of people once a month was challenging...

...but then again there was that rare $5 tip at Christmas...

...I always hit the porch...

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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