Green Final

[Edwin Starr]

Anyone on here old enough to remember the Green Final?

Brilliant for amateur sport for football athletics cricket and rugby .

 

But best of all was the reporting of the Aberdeen games .

Would be good to get another sporting paper that serves the North East.

 

[Edwin Starr]

Just now, Sooper-hanz said:

Never going to happen Buc in these times of instant information. 

Fair point mate.

[johnstrac]

Loved the Green Final.

[Fridge]

Was fucking ace

Delivering them on a Saturday while avoiding drunken wife beaters and potential child molestors.

£14 though. Yass when you’re a young loon.

[daytripping]

3 minutes ago, Fridge said:

Was fucking ace

Delivering them on a Saturday while avoiding drunken wife beaters and potential child molestors.

£14 though. Yass when you’re a young loon.

No one got 14 quid for delivering the green final. 

[Fridge]

1 minute ago, daytripping said:

No one got 14 quid for delivering the green final. 

I fucking did. Garthdee.

Nae showing my payslips incase @taxman is looking in 

[Redforever86]

3 minutes ago, daytripping said:

No one got 14 quid for delivering the green final. 

No I done it a few times as an extra on top of my usual EE round. £6/7 max I recall for the Saturday early evening. And I’m younger than fridge. EE weekly round paid around £17+ tips then. 
 

Edit to add and I’m younger than fridge so he’s talking shite. 

[dazzy_deff]

4 minutes ago, daytripping said:

No one got 14 quid for delivering the green final. 

I usually made between £15-£20 every Saturday, sometimes more though. Whitestripes, full of proper working mannies.  Usually got a couple of extra for the mains too. About 60 papers all in if I remember right.

About £60 a week between my Evening Express and Green Final runs as a 13 year old.

[dazzy_deff]

Just now, Sooper-hanz said:

Lot of money in them days. 

Only talking late 90's/early 2000's min. I'm nae a fossil like you.

[Fridge]

10 minutes ago, Redforever86 said:

No I done it a few times as an extra on top of my usual EE round. £6/7 max I recall for the Saturday early evening. And I’m younger than fridge. EE weekly round paid around £17+ tips then. 
 

Edit to add and I’m younger than fridge so he’s talking shite. 

Nae sure how you know me or my age but I have zero reason to lie that I got £14 for doing the papers.

[daytripping]

I was 7 quid, 7 mornings, 6 nights, in all fucking weathers. Sunday morning was usually 2 bags, papers too heavy.

I feel fucking old reading you guys had it easy, I used to load the papers in the storeroom of the shop though,  I robbed it mercifully, boxes of chocolates, condensed milk for fishing trips, porn and car mags. Girls on the counter were the same age as me, 10 pack of fags on my way out. Seems like yesterday.

Loved wee Alikie.

[daytripping]

3 hours ago, Edwin Starr said:

Anyone on here old enough to remember the Green Final?

Brilliant for amateur sport for football athletics cricket and rugby .

 

But best of all was the reporting of the Aberdeen games .

Would be good to get another sporting paper that serves the North East.

 

You'd have to call it the old firm times to get sales these days.

[Ten Caat]

Sadly the Green Final wasn't on sale in 70s/80s Glenrothes.

We had to make do with the Sports Pink, on sale in Glenwood chipper by 5.45, sometimes even by 5.30. Always astounded me they got it out so quickly, always made your fish supper taste even better if the Dons had pumped one of the OF an hour earlier.

[dazzy_deff]

39 minutes ago, daytripping said:

I was 7 quid, 7 mornings, 6 nights, in all fucking weathers. Sunday morning was usually 2 bags, papers too heavy.

I feel fucking old reading you guys had it easy, I used to load the papers in the storeroom of the shop though,  I robbed it mercifully, boxes of chocolates, condensed milk for fishing trips, porn and car mags. Girls on the counter were the same age as me, 10 pack of fags on my way out. Seems like yesterday.

Loved wee Alikie.

Doing it for a shop is where you went wrong. We would collect from a wifie's house and collect the cash ourselves. Most of the earnings was tips. Golden nugget, keep the change for a 26p green final thanks very much  

[daytripping]

19 minutes ago, dazzy_deff said:

Doing it for a shop is where you went wrong. We would collect from a wifie's house and collect the cash ourselves. Most of the earnings was tips. Golden nugget, keep the change for a 26p green final thanks very much  

Used to get a fiver tip at xmas from a helicopter pilot who lived in a big house just across from the shop, had me dancing and clicking my heels for a week. 😂

I  didn't mind the job, gave me a good work ethic. Something the immigrants and blakes should take a lesson from, all white paper deliverers round my way.

[Don Fonte]

Also delivered the Green Final as a loon.  Got no fucking recollection of how much I got paid though.

Did the morning papers Mon-Fri and Sunday for a bit.  Sure just doing the Sunday paid almost as much as the Mon-Fri.

Used to put a Xmas card through all the doors about a week before Xmas.  The Xmas cards received back with tips in were mucho lucrative.

[daytripping]

Honestly a true story. I was once asked out of a class in school in academy and asked by 3 geeks if I was being abused by my parents, it all came from my hands being manky black from the papers, they thought i was dirty all over. I was delivering in the morning before I went to school. My mum went fucking ballistic on them after. 😁

[daytripping]

19 minutes ago, Don Fonte said:

Also delivered the Green Final as a loon.  Got no fucking recollection of how much I got paid though.

Did the morning papers Mon-Fri and Sunday for a bit.  Sure just doing the Sunday paid almost as much as the Mon-Fri.

Used to put a Xmas card through all the doors about a week before Xmas.  The Xmas cards received back with tips in were mucho lucrative.

Had you down as a man of wealth, new bmx every xmas, watching the poor kids delivering papers while slugging your soda stream bottle.

[Don Fonte]

2 minutes ago, daytripping said:

Had you down as a man of wealth, new bmx every xmas, watching the poor kids delivering papers while slugging your soda stream bottle.

Not at all Dayts.  And gotta learn the importance of hard work while you're young.

My wee one will be getting a job when she's old enough (which isn't too far away) to learn exactly the same.

[daytripping]

4 minutes ago, Don Fonte said:

Not at all Dayts.  And gotta learn the importance of hard work while you're young.

My wee one will be getting a job when she's old enough (which isn't too far away) to learn exactly the same.

My wee one is on a never ending university career, left school at 16 and worked for a year as a waitress in a hotel, wised up and went back to school. Think she'll do ok in life, has learned the lesson about menial work. Graduates in the summer. Police is an option to her which is a mild worry.

[Don Fonte]

4 minutes ago, daytripping said:

My wee one is on a never ending university career, left school at 16 and worked for a year as a waitress in a hotel, wised up and went back to school. Think she'll do ok in life, has learned the lesson about menial work. Graduates in the summer. Police is an option to her which is a mild worry.

Get her away from that police idea, no good will come from it.

My wee one wants to be a vet, sure that's about 6 years at uni.

[Don Fonte]

Just now, Sooper-hanz said:

OnlyFans?

Hahaha. I'll take a 50% cut of all takings.

[Fridge]

2 minutes ago, daytripping said:

My wee one is on a never ending university career, left school at 16 and worked for a year as a waitress in a hotel, wised up and went back to school. Think she'll do ok in life, has learned the lesson about menial work. Graduates in the summer. Police is an option to her which is a mild worry.

What is her “expertise’ Sure there will someone on here that might be able to give her a foot in the door.

Fuck working for the police, especially as a young lassie.

[daytripping]

1 minute ago, daytripping said:

My wee one is on a never ending university career, left school at 16 and worked for a year as a waitress in a hotel, wised up and went back to school. Think she'll do ok in life, has learned the lesson about menial work. Graduates in the summer. Police is an option to her which is a mild worry.

Her best pals mum works in the police, she told me every second Saturday she'd have to hold in her chuckle as the match day meeting was held, my pic along with others was on display of people to look out for. She knew I was a softie at heart, had no place in the line up. Good guy.

[Simply Red]

Delivering the Green Finals on a sat tea time was a pain in the arse. 
Iirc id be out at dinner time delivering evening express’ then have to go back a few hours later for the GF’s. Sunday mornings punching all the sunday papers with their supplements which were too big for most letterboxes, thru the letterboxes. 7£ a week

[daytripping]

6 minutes ago, Fridge said:

What is her “expertise’ Sure there will someone on here that might be able to give her a foot in the door.

Fuck working for the police, especially as a young lassie.

Doing a legal and business coarse. Weirdly the part she's enjoyed the most has been the health and safety side, tried tagging buff but couldn't find him. Anyone looking for a very smart intelligent girl to hire in the summer please PM, she's not like me, she's really nice. All offers open.

[Fridge]

10 minutes ago, daytripping said:

Her best pals mum works in the police, she told me every second Saturday she'd have to hold in her chuckle as the match day meeting was held, my pic along with others was on display of people to look out for. She knew I was a softie at heart, had no place in the line up. Good guy.

Reminds me of a ridiculous situation I ended up in outside a bar in Tynecastle. Zero reason to get pulled over.

We need to take a photo of you. Why? We know who you are. So why do you need a photo then, what’s my name? Scumbag police when I was on my own and causing no trouble.

[Edwin Starr]

18 minutes ago, Don Fonte said:

Hahaha. I'll take a 50% cut of all takings.

😁

Haha Don the businessman.

[Don Fonte]

6 minutes ago, daytripping said:

Doing a legal and business coarse. Weirdly the part she's enjoyed the most has been the health and safety side, tried tagging buff but couldn't find him. Anyone looking for a very smart intelligent girl to hire in the summer please PM, she's not like me, she's really nice. All offers open.

@The Boofon

[daytripping]

I ripped the observer on many occasion, why would people order that then complain it was ripped. Go to the shop you lazy cunt.