Originally Posted by
rachel120
I really hate to be one of those "uphill, in the snow, both ways" people, but when I was going to school the buses wouldn't pick up anyone who lived less than one mile from the school, hardly anyone's parents weren't working and could drive a kid, there were no crossing guards...and yet we survived. Why do today's little precious snowflakes need crossing guards and buses just a few blocks from the school and all this chauffeuring?
Yup, some of the most fun I had as a kid was the walk to school, figuring out how to get there dry in the rain, and generally making trouble in the woods next to school.
Originally Posted by
northtexasbiker
No bike helmets either. In fact you would have absolutely no chance at a social life if you wore a bike helmet as a kid where I grew up.
Mushroom Head!