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Originally Posted by 944Larry
Welcome to the 21st century there Baz. What tickled me was the "unsupervised" play. Coming up in the 50's and 60's I never remember mine or any of my friends parents ever supervising us. We came and went as we pleased but did have to be home for meals and curfew at night. Around the age of 11 or 12 we all got 22's and engaged in a Mississippi Delta favorite pastime, snake hunting. We were given through and strict training on the use of the guns before being turned loose. None of us ever got shot. All politically incorrect now.
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Good point as usual Larry....my brother - 11 months older - and I and our buddies used to raise hell around our neighborhood on our own while still in grade school. We rode our bikes all over the place...heck we'd ride as far as our legs would take us! Climbed (and fell out of) trees, played army, football, baseball, kickball, you name it. Dad was overseas or at work and Mom was at home doing domestics. We came home for dinner - caught hell for whatever clothes got destroyed and mud tracked in the house...had a nice dinner, did the dishes or took out the garbage, then homework and TV and then sack time. And if a neighbor had any concerns they would speak to my folks...not a frickin' cop!
It's a different world we live in now - that's for sure...
