[ErnBatavia]

My Mom would get so pissed at me wearing out my sneakers, which I needed to use for bicycle brakes......I had those same newspaper bags which added so much weight that the bike's built-ins wouldn't last a week.

Being the youngest and newest carrier, I drew the "hill route"...

[TADSLOS]

I delivered on base housing at Vandenberg AFB. Murray bike and bags on the handlebars. I had a route that supported a couple of hundred subscribers. Small local newspaper (Lompoc Record) but it put a little spending money in my pocket and provided me an early education in work ethic, being responsible and dealing with customers. Pretty heady stuff for a 10 year old at the time.