What did do as a kid to earn money ?

couple of things allready mentioned

my parents did a lot of scuba diving and some of their local dives were right next to the golf course, so i would swim and snorkle in there and pick up the balls, sell them back to golfers


also had a few paper routes (think i mentioned that before) and by 14 i had a steady gig at a local shop, spend 4-6 hours each saturday sweeping and cleaning