[ifinnegan]

Great post.

I was just talking about what this was like with my 12 year old son earlier today. He wants to make some money, but there aren’t any paper routes any more and no yard work either. Illegal aliens do both those jobs now.

It would be harder to do a paper route now as less and less people take papers. I did an afternoon route in the summers. On my 10 speed. Most houses took the paper. Now it would be few and far between.

Inserts. Hated those inserts.

[mountn man]

I had 2 lawn mowing jobs because of my paper route.

[Hot Tabasco]

but there aren’t any paper routes any more and no yard work either.

I don't know about that.......I don't know where you live but I would think your kid would be able to score some neighbor lawns by undercutting the cost of whatever landscaping that is doing the work......