We don't get papers delivered but some of our neighbours do, I happened to be looking out of the window just now and noticed that the paper boy gets driven around by his mum in a nearly-new BMW.
That seems to be missing the point on several levels.
The Paperboy
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Yeah, I've seen the paperboy that comes in our way driven around by his parents.
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I bet the newspapers aren’t as heavy as they used to be, too. I remember the Sunday Times 25-30 years ago being reading matter for the whole week.
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I had a Sunday paper round in the 80s, with ones like the Times and telegraph you had to put them through a bit at a time as you couldn’t fold them to go through a letterbox!
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Snap.
Shop owner took me round the route for the first 2 weeks in his car. It was a brand new Mazda and if I pulled the door closed he’d ask me to stop slamming it. So I’d be more gentle and it wouldn’t close - bing bong bing bong. Close it. “Don’t slam it”. Repeat.
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The Sunday round was a killer in the late 80's. Needed 2 bags so had to walk it as not safe on my bike with them criss-crossed over shoulder
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I had 2 bags also, but the shop owner dropped the 2nd one half way through the round