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[The Gipkik]

[Underwaterbob]

I sold nightcrawlers, $1 a dozen. Go outside after dark on a rainy day and they were all over the lawn. You have to be careful with the flashlight though, if you shine it directly on them they scoot back into their holes.

[bluelake]

Just before I was 12, I had a paper route; however, it didn't last long for various reasons (including the handler siphoning off funds from my collections, so I ended up OWING money to the paper).

When I was a teenager, I worked for my father in his business (signs). I did lots of 3D jobs that teenagers probably would not have been allowed to do in a non-family business. In my senior year in high school, I received work-study credit working in my dad's business.

[djsmnc]

I made necklaces and sold them to girls. I also bought candy in bulk and sold small amounts of it at a premium rate during lunchtime until the school started cracking down on my biz. Later we all just ended up flipping bags of the green stuff.

[UknowsI]

[flakfizer]

I did the paper route, as eamo said, the pay was pretty poor considering the time it took. I also collected cans, shoveled driveways, mowed my grandma's lawn and even sold pears from my grandma's tree door to door.

P.S. Not to be a jerk, but the word is actually "remuneration" which seems oddly counter-intuitive as "renumerate" sounds like it comes from numeral or something.

[eamo]

[Sector7G]

When I was around 7 or 8 years old back in the 60's, I would shine my dad's work shoes for 25 cents a pair. When I was around 12, I would mow lawns- $3 bucks for about 1/4 acre, eventually raised to $4.

[seonsengnimble]

I did random chores around my house for an allowance. I also watered plants and/or pets when neighbors went on vacation. I tutored,babysat and shoveled snow.

[D.D.]

I used to charge 10 bucks for a lawn and give my friend 5 to do it. Even did this with my own house. Had papers to deliver but that was 6 days a week, so I quit. Did kfc a t age 15 which was 6.55 an hour when all other jobs were 3 bucks.

[seoulsucker]

I did professional theater and some commercial modeling. By the time I was in 5th grade I had 90% of the G.I. Joe collection. Never could get my hands on everything, though.

[Panda]

I gave out business leaflets on the street for a pornographic phone service...

Me and another two girls went there to ask if they needed operators since we saw the ad ( we didnt know what the operators should do though), they looked at us and said we were too young.........and were going to turned us down, but later the boss said we could help to give out the leaflets.

So we earned 10 bucks each for giving out leaflets for a whole day, big money for us....although much lower than being an "operator".

[Zulethe]

Back in '78 when I was ten, I had a paper route and I was raking in the bucks.

This guy in charge of the local routes often had people not show up for their routes so he was responsible for getting them done.

I was fast as lightning back then and could finish a route in record time.

He would usually knock on my window at about five in the morning three times a week and would pay me 20 dollars for each extra route I completed.

Most days it was only one route, some days it was two, and occasionally I had three extra routes.

Can you imagine a 10 year old kid back in America in 1978 pulling in up to 60 dollars a day?

I was living the high life. My family was rather poor and from then on I bought my own clothes, food etc...Two years later when I discovered girls, I was the most popular dude out there cause I had the bucks to wine and dine them.

[bluelake]

[Murakano]