There very first job I had was collecting newspapers from neighbors’ trash and bringing them to the paper recycling where we would get a few bucks a truck load. As a child, in the summers I cut grass, in the fall I raked leaves and in the winter I shoveled snow from morning to night. If it snowed I could stay busy non-stop just like the snow plows. I had tried a newspaper route but found it way too much trouble for the return on investment. I always had my own money to buy my own clothing and bicycles.