"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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Sylvain wrote:
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:

Are there still places that use kids for paper routes anymore?

there is tough competition: what I was distributing was not the
morning paper, but essentially junk mail (''free'' paper loaded
with ads); nowdays, the local postman does it as part of the
normal route (brings a little extra I am told). Killed the
business as far as I was concerned.

--Sylvain

The USPS employee is delivering the "Penny Saver" at the same time as his
mail route? This has got to be against dozens of postal service
regulations.

Depends on the agreement between the paper in question and the USPS. Lot's
of deals cut for blanket distribution through the USPS these days.
Advertising mail is by far the biggest part of there deliveries today.