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Old 04-13-2007, 10:59 PM   #1
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I remember walking to school thru the snow, up hill both ways.....bare footed, and coming home to paint the roof....

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Old 04-13-2007, 11:12 PM   #2
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I remember riding my bike to school (about 10 mi.). We didn't get much snow in the Bahamas and we didn't wear shoes most of the time. As a kid, I could run through a field full of sandspurs barefooted.
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bahamas???
your killing me teetor...

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addict, in the hills of connecticut.....
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I remember walking to school thru the snow, up hill both ways.....bare footed, and coming home to paint the roof....

Didn't know that it snowed on hills in Florida
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Old 04-14-2007, 06:54 AM   #5
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...yeah these days kids dont have to walk, their mom is chauffering them in her oversized SUV (soccerball magnet included)

...and it's downhill both ways with a strong backwind and nike's on their feet

playing with their ipod in the back seat, just waitin' to get home to download more tunes of the internet, aka...newspaper for kids
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...yeah these days kids dont have to walk, their mom is chauffering them in her oversized SUV (soccerball magnet included)

...and it's downhill both ways with a strong backwind and nike's on their feet

playing with their ipod in the back seat, just waitin' to get home to download more tunes of the internet, aka...newspaper for kids
LOL aint that the truth
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