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To: SmoothSail who wrote (189608)	1/9/2010 3:20:51 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

There were only a few types of cars, so we could name the make and model of each. One of the cereal companies included baseball-like cards of airplanes, so we could name all planes too. TV was black & white but not that many programs worth watching, so we were outside roaming around making our own mischief. And we had the freedom to go anywhere our bikes could take us. My grandpa was a county farm extension agent. I could name all the tractors by sight. As for TV, we didn't have one until I was about 6. Had to ride my bike down the road to the poor neighbors house. The lived in what amounted to a shack, but had TV.

To: SmoothSail who wrote (189608)	1/9/2010 11:03:39 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

It was truly a wonderful time, wasn't it? Kids today would be so fortunate if they had the same experiences we did...played outdoors as much as we could...played Red Rover and Kick the Can in the street, moved when a car came, hide and seek was always a favorite...skated on old city sidewalks with huge old trees lining the street, and the roots making the sidewalks 'bumpy' for extra thrills (and skinned knees)... I'd forgotten about the cereal boxes until you mentioned them...We COULDN'T wait to finish a box of cereal so we could send in our money (we earned our 10-25 cents every time) to get whatever little game, or trinket .... We girls played with dolls forever, the boys played with cap guns, and sometimes all of us would take the caps, separate each one, and smash rocks on them to hear them make loud BANGS....luckily, none of us ever was hurt doing that little trick. We did have freedom, all of us, but in a somewhat limited way. We had to tell our Mothers where we wanted to go, she OK'd the trip before we were allowed to go, and woe to us if we weren't there if she called for us....We felt free as birds with our bikes...but even in the 5th grade, we were only allowed to go the mile or so each way to the nearest Library. I didn't let mine do that at the same ages, because the times had become much more dangerous...more cars, and more weird people wanting to take kids.