Back in my day as a kid
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Broke 700 windows out of the junior high school, threw large bags of leaves in front doors of fraternity brothers house and watch them come out like cockroaches and out ran all of them. Remember I was young! Road motorcycles as a young teen all over northern part of state with no license. Would get dropped off 25 miles up river and float in tubes all day to pick up spot. I don’t think parents would let their kids do that nowadays. Never had a boring day in my life, but I’m not A boring person either.
Play baseball five nights a week. Rode bicycles hundreds of miles every week. Typical hooligan juvenile Activities... then grew up. Was mad at the world as a youngin due to dad getting killed in construction accident.
Play baseball five nights a week. Rode bicycles hundreds of miles every week. Typical hooligan juvenile Activities... then grew up. Was mad at the world as a youngin due to dad getting killed in construction accident.
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I was a city kid. We did all the things kids do. 
But summers, in the city were too hot. Always looked forward, to going to my Aunt and Grandparents house, in the country. 
My cousin married a Dairy Farmer. Spent many hours, doing farm work. It took awhile, but got used to the smell.
But summers, in the city were too hot. Always looked forward, to going to my Aunt and Grandparents house, in the country. My cousin married a Dairy Farmer. Spent many hours, doing farm work. It took awhile, but got used to the smell.
Junky
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I was a city kid. We did all the things kids do.
Your cousin or the farm????
Thunder80
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The same here. Growing up walked to school, rode my bike all over. We almost never locked our house, leave the keys in the car. Such a change. Camped out with friends, roll out the sleeping bad anywhere. Dinner was at 6 P.N. had the evening news on. Summertime the sun didn't go down till 9 P.M. play ball till we could not see the ball. The good old days, when kids knew how to play and get along - any color, any age.
Same here. Growing up walked to school, rode my bike all over. We never locked our house the front door was always open and anyone could just walk in the screen door, Windows down and the keys in the car. Camped out with friends bomb fire sleep on the dirt with some kind of cover or sleeping bag . Dinner was at 5 P.M. The evening news on after dinner went back out too play more Mom would call out it's time too come in and take a bath and we would ask can we stay out a little longer. Those were the good ole days.
Pretty much the same with me, have to add picking up pop bottles all over town. I grew up in north Missouri and we did all the winter stuff too, great hills for sled riding, ponds and lakes for ice skating. Made a little money with my snow shovel. Got a pair of skates one christmas as I was opening the box I realized we were in the midst of a rare ice storm. I put on my new skates and skated on the streets and sidewalks. Instead of going around close to home I went in a pretty much straight line and went uptown to empty streets and stores. Would pull myself along from one parking meter to the next. Got so tired that I wished I had brought some street shoes. Sure got tired of snow I think it snowed more back then. Ran Schwans routes for 4 winters then moved to NC.
I forgot to mention the paper drives. I used to go to all of the neighbor's houses a couple of times a year with my wagon to collect all of their old newspapers that they saved for me, then tied them up in neat stacks with string and get my Dad to take me down to the recycling center for some spending money.
Thanks Randy, now I'm hungry 
55Brodie
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Looks like schnitzel to me, Pop.
Thunder80
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At one time there was a place in Des Moines, Douglas Ave -- " Porkys " Friday and Sat night bring your car, local show. They had great " Tenderloin's ". I took my 58 Yeoman - 2dr wagon down. I met a guy that had a 58 Chev conv, -same color, Yes his was a 6 / auto. His was all originak, looked great sitting side by side, the cheap wagon and the high dollar Impala. Both were Cashmere Blue. Like a baby blue. This guy told me Chev made about 300 impalas with 6 cyl in them. I am looking, Thanks for the talk about good food.