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Originally Posted by floydpink
I tell my kids about riding my bike through rain and snow on my bike with bag strapped on filled with newspapers and making 2 trips on Sundays due to the size of the papers.
My mom only felt sorry and drove me on a very rare occasion of a blizzard.
I knew all my neighbors by name and for a 12 year old, the money was pretty good.
My newspaper route, shoveling snow from driveways and hot walking horses at the racetrack after they ran excercises at 5 am, I believe, gave me the work ethic I carry today in my 40's and probably explains why I feel that today's youth is lazy and has no idea what growing up really means...
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Here! Here! Brother!! Preach it!!
