Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
- Location
- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
I can remember one Christmas getting about £90 in tips, bearing in mind this was the late 80s that was a fair stack of cash!
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I just remembered. I once found a £5.00 note one morning whilst delivering papers.
I was the richest man alive too.....
I asked my dad if I could spend it at the toy shop (a local toy shop too) and he said yes.
I bought a Hornby articulated car transporter with 6 cars on.
It was brilliant. Except my dad kept on playing with it. I had to wait ages before I had a go.
Also had change for some sweet's and comics (Whizzer & Chips, Shoot and one of those small War mags that was mentioned in a previous thread)
I was the richest man alive too.....
I asked my dad if I could spend it at the toy shop (a local toy shop too) and he said yes.
I bought a Hornby articulated car transporter with 6 cars on.
It was brilliant. Except my dad kept on playing with it. I had to wait ages before I had a go.
Also had change for some sweet's and comics (Whizzer & Chips, Shoot and one of those small War mags that was mentioned in a previous thread)
Melonfish
Evil Genius in training.
- Location
- Warrington, UK
Oh man, paper rounds. heh, Dodgy old solid steel BMX that weighed more then an elephant, cycling round at 7 in the morning getting spider lines across your face!
i remember my hair gel freezing one morning so i litterally had frosted tips in my spiked hair.
many mornings we'd be there before the shop staff and take delivery of the papers and the bread. the bread guys were epic and used to give us packs of freshly baked muffins between us.
sundays were hell with the amount of papers and pullouts in there. and one guy who got his weekly jazz mag (i always delivered it!)
used to love my old paper round. sometimes on saturday (pay day) me and a m8 would get a can of coke and a mars from the manager because we never missed a house and were always finished in a flash!
we'd then take out bikes and cycle the 4-5 miles to warrington and spend out hard earned cash playing laser quest all day
pete
i remember my hair gel freezing one morning so i litterally had frosted tips in my spiked hair.
many mornings we'd be there before the shop staff and take delivery of the papers and the bread. the bread guys were epic and used to give us packs of freshly baked muffins between us.
sundays were hell with the amount of papers and pullouts in there. and one guy who got his weekly jazz mag (i always delivered it!)
used to love my old paper round. sometimes on saturday (pay day) me and a m8 would get a can of coke and a mars from the manager because we never missed a house and were always finished in a flash!
we'd then take out bikes and cycle the 4-5 miles to warrington and spend out hard earned cash playing laser quest all day
pete
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
I used to do the milk in the morning and the evening leader newspaper inthe evening. can still remember the paper round now. if we collected all the money we got an extra £5 a week so it was worth using a couple of quid from your tips to pay if you missed somebody one week. one guy fell about 5 weeks in arrears and when i caught up with him he asked what it was and i told him what i had done and he gave me double !!!
My best customer was a lovely old lady in sheltered accomodation called Mrs Shone, she went on holiday to her son in Devon and forgot to cancel the paper so i saw them mounting up after 2 days and i went to the police station as i thought she might be lying on the floor unable to move. the police contacted the warden and she called the family to say she was going into the flat to check and it was mrs shone who answered the phone. when she got back she tried to give me £50 for thinking about her welfare. I told her i couldn't accept it but if she wanted to give it to RNLI she could. she always gave a good tip after that.
a 5 mile route and it took about an hour to do then i could go out on a decent long route . was a thin as a rake then .
My best customer was a lovely old lady in sheltered accomodation called Mrs Shone, she went on holiday to her son in Devon and forgot to cancel the paper so i saw them mounting up after 2 days and i went to the police station as i thought she might be lying on the floor unable to move. the police contacted the warden and she called the family to say she was going into the flat to check and it was mrs shone who answered the phone. when she got back she tried to give me £50 for thinking about her welfare. I told her i couldn't accept it but if she wanted to give it to RNLI she could. she always gave a good tip after that.
a 5 mile route and it took about an hour to do then i could go out on a decent long route . was a thin as a rake then .
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
Not THE Esplanaide in Greenock/Fort Matilda?
Ok, maybe not.
Boys in bikinis? Where the HELL did you grow up?
I can't remember what my first bike was that I used on my paper rounds, some generic blue steel framed single speed. Then I got a Raleigh 20; it had hub gears (2 or maybe 3) and a rear pedal brake. It was rubbish for papers in honesty, lacked stability when loaded up but did the job for a few years. Then I got a Raleigh 5 speed racer. Drop bars and down tube shifter, I thought it was just the best thing ever. Put a rack on it and I was away.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Gawld yes...pape rounds. I only remember not walking over peoples lawns (i had to walk my round)...but i definately do remember my bad back which is the result of a heavy heavy paperbag. 40 years of back pain, all started at circa 14 or 15. Never put two and two together until i remembered when it started, what i was doing and how heavy it used to be.
Frikkin paper round
It ruined my back.
Frikkin paper round
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