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To: SmoothSail who wrote (23351)	6/20/2017 1:22:40 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23934

Newspaper delivery for a weekly, probably 12 at the time. All houses on both sides of a Seattle arterial, just over a mile. All for the munificent sum of 85¢ a week.

To: SmoothSail who wrote (23351)	6/20/2017 6:26:57 PM
From: dacoola	1 Recommendation Recommended By SmoothSail Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23934

Through a family friend I got a job as a bag boy at Purity Markets (a popular chain in the Bay Area then). I was 14 and the youngest member of the Retail Clerks Union. At 17 I became a checker...no scan bars back then. Prices on cans were written on the top with a grease pencil... Produce was weighed at the check stand. I will never forget my Dad's temper tantrum when he found out that he could no longer declare me as a Dependent to the IRS.

To: SmoothSail who wrote (23351)	6/21/2017 1:40:22 AM
From: Alan Smithee	1 Recommendation Recommended By SmoothSail Respond to of 23934

Mowing lawns when I was 12. By the time I was 14 I'd progressed to working for a farmer, mending fences and painting barns. Worked for another farmer feeding the dry heifers in the winter and making hay.

To: SmoothSail who wrote (23351)	6/21/2017 9:33:12 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23934

Mowing lawns as a young teen or maybe a late pre-teen. Don't remember the exact age. Then a paper route. My first job with a pay check was bagging groceries. That was also my first job I got fired from. I was with my family about a 5 hour drive from home and my job. My mom got sick and didn't go home that day. I called in that I wouldn't be able to make it. Actually let them know the day before, but got fired anyway.