I hated my paper route. I can still remember sitting in the snow on the corner folding papers at 630 am on a Saturday at age 13. Looking back it taught me a great deal.https://twitter.com/LAppiah/status/1337915922175172608 …
I loved my paper route of the Detroit News. It was only way i got a little cash to save and to spend on things my parents couldn’t afford.
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I loved delivering the Washington Post with my sister in the summers with our two red wagons.
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Same here! I delivered a local newspaper as a kid. After school route. Saved for a commodore 64 and a Nintendo that I purchased at children's palace in 88 and 90.
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I delivered the Danbury News-Times for five years from 11-16 as a kid. I rode my bike (or walked) in the heat, snow & rain seven days a week. I am forever thankful for the opportunity to make & manage money. I cannot even count the number of comics I purchased with my earnings.
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I grew up in the 50's and 60's...my folks wouldn't let me have a paper route being a girl. So I made my own paper (one page mimeographed) and distributed it in my hood. Didn't make any money - but everybody wanted to be mentioned in my weekly report! LOL
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I love that so many younger people will now Google 'mimeographed'
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I had a Detroit News route too and also sub'd for my friend on his Free Press Route, That goes way back but enjoyed that cash. Bought my Beatles albums with it.
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Me too. 52 papers/day, 6 days/week, and I had to be done by 6am. Last paper went to my dad. On my bike, year-round, in WI. The only time I’d get a car was when it was 0F of colder. Almost 4 miles in total. Loved the time of solitude and hearing the beating of my heart.
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I used to deliver the Flint Journal.
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