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Topic: Okla. thinking of new gun law
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Leonard
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posted May 21, 2018 07:19 AM
Paper boats? Never thought of that? We would float popsicle sticks for blocks, around various dams we built along the curb. Pretty serious stuff. I never saw a California storm drain in Minnesota, they had flat, cast iron grids, 2'X2' that we could easily block with leaves. In fact, I don't ever remember seeing street sweepers, I think everybody kept their own curbs clean but in those days, we would rake leaves into a pile and burn them right at the curb. Green bins were unknown. I never saw a crosswalk either until moving to the Land of the Fruits and Nuts. Kids actually crossed the street without the aid of such high tech innovation. We also played baseball in the street, I never did that in California.
I never thought to ask permission to ride my bike 10-20 miles from home, when I was 10 or 11. My mom never knew where I was, until supper time. My personal nature preserve was the golf course a block away. All winter, it was deserted, belonged to me. Gamefish were mostly carp, pretty big ones; I never caught a one pound carp? Swamps were common, frogs, toads, tadpoles and garter snakes.
I really don't think kids today get the same enrichment from games on their smartphones? I wouldn't trade my youth with the current crop.
From Down Memory Lane,
Good hunting.
El Bee
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