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we were also neighborhood engineers at 10-12 yrs of age, Boy
Scouts were more a man than most men today..we were bomb
experts for a week during the 4th, in the midwest we had fireworks that would level a house or flatten your face, we would build
and race anything--with or without engines, no safety gear at all..
We definitely had our own justice system and neighborhood watch...
kids and adults knew something would be coming their way if
they F'd around, this was before the softies invented their version recently.. we were in caves or in rivers and in great danger and
then home at dark for feeding time. Yes we are different and not
afraid, want to find out?

Today is my 60th birthday and the unspoken rules (after they were explained in detail one time to all us kids) they've never been forgotten. You knew you had to be home before those street lights were on. When you saw them start to blink, you rode like the wind, sometimes with your arms straight out, peddling only (cause we were just that good) but boy did we peddle!

You'd coast up that driveway, jump off and say "I'm home! I made it in the yard before the lights were full on!" (Panting, out of breath, then jumping those 3 front concrete steps into the front door or through garage. My mother was always home, big dinner at 5, then you got to go back out to one more time!

Sunday morning TV was Audie Murphy/Cowboy movies, wrestling, or Ultra Man/Speed Racer and guess what? YOU WATCHED THEM AND LOVED THEM, NO BITCHING! It was what it was! I loved it!