08-07-2003, 02:47 AM
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So Fucking Banned
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Dis
Posts: 4,751
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Originally posted by Gemini
My brother and I were more afraid of disappointing our Mom, but yep, she had a paddle ball paddle that was used a few times.
Our school district had NO buses (tho small it was 1.5 miles to school) and amazing enough, there is a HUGE hill to get there. Going up was easier than sliding down it.
We shoveled the walks AND drive for a buck and did 10-15 at a time.
I was 42 before I ever pushed a real gas powered mower. (Rode a tractor when I was with my last ex but that was an acre lot) but never had a push mower with an engine. We pushed the old rotary mowers growing up.
If we cussed and the neighbor lady heard us, she fanned our hineys and sent us home where our Mother already knew about it and had the paddle out for a second round.
We behaved. Call the law on our parents? Oh Lordie. We'd have gotten it 10 times worse once the cops were gone. Oops, Police... we weren't ALLOWED to call them Cops. And the Police would have said to fan our tails as well.
But back then, the boys that carried knives used them for cutting string and such. Guns? Only Policeman had guns outside usually. Some people had them to hunt or for protection, but 5 of 6 kids didn't carry them.
We were excited to have a slumber party or to camp in the back yard! And no, our parents KNEW we'd stay in the yard without watching us all night. Why? Because we were supposed to.
The missing word...
RESPECT
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