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Squaredeal

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16. I hope that your parents gave him a tip

Reply to BidenRocks (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:26 PM

17 hrs ago

That took extra time to that of just putting the paper in a box on the street or tossing it on a porch. At that time, newspaper boys earned 2 to 2-1/2 cents per delivery (5 cents for each Sunday paper) plus collecting weekly and being responsible for paying for the deadbeats.

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How many are old enough to remember [View all] HAB911 21 hrs ago OP

Nice adaptation. We had some that were cylindrical. For the paper I eventually went to work for us an adult. Walleye 21 hrs ago #1

Great Beringia 20 hrs ago #2

Now *that's* how you recycle! Deuxcents 20 hrs ago #3

How cool is that??? I remember back in the day, the mailbox and newspaper box under it. niyad 20 hrs ago #4

I still have that combo..but the local newspaper is no more,alas. BattleRow 19 hrs ago #6

Alas, the daily fishwrap here is still extant. niyad 18 hrs ago #10

Yep! Those boxes used to be everywhere. Diamond_Dog 19 hrs ago #5

what a great use for that paper tube! RainCaster 19 hrs ago #7

I hadn't thought of those in years Auggie 19 hrs ago #8

Our paperboy would drop it inside the screen/storm door. BidenRocks 18 hrs ago #9

I hope that your parents gave him a tip Squaredeal 17 hrs ago #16

Have one next to my mailbox. Still gets used occasionally for larger envelopes orders Cheezoholic 18 hrs ago #11

We had the paperboy on a bike hurling the paper up to the porch... Beartracks 18 hrs ago #12

I hope your paperboy's aim was good enough for close enough! I had a route growing up. George McGovern 17 hrs ago #17

cool! Kali 18 hrs ago #13

Love the remodeling into a bird condo! debsy 17 hrs ago #14

The HOA where my now wife once lived was told newspaper boxes weren't allowed. Squaredeal 17 hrs ago #15

OMG, a woman after my heart HAB911 9 hrs ago #19

Excellent job HAB911. Nowadays your project would be called "repurposing and rehoming". But you fixed it up nicely. George McGovern 16 hrs ago #18