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To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (169729)	11/15/2008 11:36:51 AM
From: Augustus Gloop	Respond to of 225578

Off to hoops practice

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (169729)	11/17/2008 1:13:57 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Yes, I was pulling your leg....I too think let kids be kids in the short time they have to be a kid. Enjoy him all you can, because once he is about 13-14, he will want to be with his friends more and more....not that he doesn't love you, but it is just a natural learning how to fly. You know Gus...I just thought of something as I typed that. My Dad always made the entire family go on a Sunday car ride...for at least 4 hours, we were expected to be in the car, ready to go and NOT a single complaint was tolerated! The we would always drive right past something my siblings and I thought would be most interesting....we were in the car and riding all right. Granted we did see quite a bit of the surrounding countryside.... BUT what I just realized was, it was in the 50's when that was happening. They didn't have a good deal of extra money, and did have several of us kids.... I'm sure he didn't want to say that to us, so we all made a joke of it, and sometimes did grumble about it.... Bless their hearts...what they were doing is really just giving us "family time" and a captive audience at that. They were advanced for their time, and we didn't realize it...<grin>!! This brings back some memories.....maybe for some of you too... But the really unique attractions of Route 66 were never to be found in Williams or Kingman anyway. Nor in most other established cities along the way. No, the things that really fire the nostalgia rockets of baby-boomers are the things that were important to us kids in the fifties and sixties. What I remember about driving Route 66 were the side shows (See Deadly Rattlesnakes & Gila Monsters at Sam's House of Reptiles!). And the endless progression of signs (Only 175 Miles to World Famous Desert Mummy Museum). And the Ice Cream!! Oh, the ice cream. Even ten miles is a really long way to go, riding in the car with your parents - a hundred miles in the back seat with your baby sister whining and your older brother pounding you on the shoulder whenever Mom wasn't watching, and the hot air blowing through the open windows (with the damp washcloths tied up in an attempt to make it a little cooler) can be pure murder on a kid. There just has to be an ice cream place up ahead… Can we stop?... Please?... Huh?... Oh Puh-leeese??? ellenjaye.com ellenjaye.com