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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.

Yeah, I've seen the paperboy that comes in our way driven around by his parents.

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.

Jobbo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:29 am 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.

It still perturbs me when people say this and I realise it now means "turn of the millenium" not 1985.

Jobbo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:29 am 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.

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!

Zonda_ wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:28 am
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!

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.

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

I had 2 bags also, but the shop owner dropped the 2nd one half way through the round