ONE OF MY FIRST "REAL JOBS" WAS A PAPER ROUTE IN EARLY FIFTIES. AT AGE 12, I WAS DELIVERING RX PRESCRIPTIONS FROM THE HALL DRUG STORE ON MY BIKE. IT WAS AN EVENING JOB, FROM ABOUT 6PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THERE WAS NO LIMIT TO THE RADIUS IN MOST CASES. A FIFTY-CENT TIP WAS CONSIDERED GOOD FORTUNE. I LATER BECAME A SODA JERK FOR THE SAME DRUG STORE AND MADE THOUSANDS OF MALTS AND SHAKES IN THOSE CHROME CONTAINERS WITH THE GREEN CERAMIC ARMS. CHERRY COKES AND LEMON COKES WERE HOT. SOME OF THE GIRLS WERE PRETTY HOT TOO; I RARELY HAD TO MIX THE MALTS WITHOUT AT LEAST ONE OR TWO PRETTY YOUNG LADIES SWEET TALKING ME FOR A FREEBIE. AND THEN,THERE WAS THE SUMMER WHEN SHIRLEY STOPPED IN AND STAYED ALMOST ALL SUMMER. WOW. GREAT MEMORIES. MORE ABOUT THE "LIFE AND TIMES OF A SODA JERK IN THE 1950S" LATER. OR PERHAPS I WILL DO A FEATURE IN A BLOG. SUGGESTIONS? ANY MEMORIES TO SHARE?
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