On 12/15/2010 12:11 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Dan wrote:

On 12/14/2010 5:57 PM, Jim Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:20:11 -0500,
wrote:

Dan wrote:

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I also live on the Gulf Coast, near Destin. We get snow every few
years. I grew up in Massachusetts, we had snow and hills. You are just
deprived. Walking barefoot to school, uphill, both ways, builds
character.


Talk about deprived. We had only ONE way to walk to school. :-)

Ed

Initially I had to run across the C&O service depot yard tracks, fast
enough that the yard dicks couldn't catch me... or walk an extra two
miles around by road.

But, as soon as I turned 16, I got a car (1950 Nash :-), and drove to
high school.

...Jim Thompson

I came from a poor family, we had a used brachiasaur.


I'll bet it was a real bitch finding spare parts for that dinosaur!




Duct tape, old bean, duct tape.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired