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In reply to the discussion: The Last Generation of Kids That Played Outside [View all]Javaman
(62,442 posts)57. Bug man truck?
is that like skitching? (which was the really stupid practice of holding on to the rear bumper of a school bus, when the streets were iced over to "slide" as the bus drove)
I was originally from Hicksville. How about you?
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I wouldn't come home all day long, except maybe lunch. but then I would be out again.
Javaman
Nov 2014
#25
when you said, "kill the guy with the ball" I had to look where you were from...
Javaman
Nov 2014
#46
Yep. It was just a new style of reporting at the time that suddenly magnified the fear.
Brickbat
Nov 2014
#28
Magic card game. Once when my son was sorting his cards on a train, a woman approached us and
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#66
My wife and I live in a 1,000 home subdivision were hundreds of children of all ages live.
ladjf
Nov 2014
#22
Then again, playing outside is no guarantee that a child will grow up to be creative.
surrealAmerican
Nov 2014
#30
if this were fully true, profession sports would be waning, but they are not. kids still get out...
yawnmaster
Nov 2014
#31
The iPad wasn't created by a generation or by collective experience but rather
GreatGazoo
Nov 2014
#32
Believe it or not, it was quite possible to sit inside 365 days a year without AC.
jeff47
Nov 2014
#69
Building tree houses, feeding the animals with dad, play "farmer" with my brother and his toys
jwirr
Nov 2014
#42