Odd thing...all the little side roads in this area has the kids getting off the bus on the main drag and walking home every day...Rich new subdivision ..one street , half a mile or more long...Bus takes them right to the door...Odd, huh ? Our street is a half mile long, with a good turnaround at the end......Kids walk.....Most parents drive the kids up to the bus and go get them...I know theres more danger from perverts, but think they could all go together and be safe, out here in the country. Theres houses at the bus stop where they could go if trouble hit. Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:38:21 -0800 Emma Roses <roses4831@msn.com> writes: > > When I was in High School, they said we lived just inside the > district that we couldn't ride the school bus, so we had to walk. I > was friends with a girl that lived just across the street from me > aso we always walked together. As we got closer to school, we met > other friends along the way so we would have quite a group of us by > the time we got to school.I always thought we walked at least two > miles, maybe more when I was walking it. But like you, I measured > it later by the car and it was just over a mile. We never thought > too much about the distance when we were walking it because of > meeting so many friends along the way. After the first short > distance, we had sidewalks to walk on so it wasn't like walking in > the country. Yep, we walked it in the rain too. We put a bandanna > on our heads and carried our books in our arms and never thought > anything about it. That was before backpacks.Emma > > > To: dwsbgs@centurytel.net; memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:52:37 -0600 > > From: askgranny@juno.com > > Subject: Re: [ML] Rabbit 'gums', etc.. > > > > > Who walked to school ? We ran and played nearly all the > way...Played till > > school started, played at first recess, after we choked down out > lunch, > > and again at second recess...Play all the way home, do all the > chores, > > happily eat whatever Mama had fixed for supper and slept like > little > > angels...Different from today...By the way, I measured that > distance on > > my car after I grew up.... > > > > Jeannie T > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ____________________________________________________________ Globe Life Insurance $1* Buys $50,000 Life Insurance. Adults or Children. No Medical Exam. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d4114bfed4c9b320em06duc

I can remember we always had to walk to school when we lived in the country. Some places not to far to walk but two places it was a little over a mile. But our only form of transportation was walking so it never bothered us. But one place we lived we only had to walk maybe three quarters of a mile. But we got early snow so no snow shoe's and we did not get them till dad's va check came ca 5 to 8 days later. But dad always made sure we did not get cold he wrapped our feet in gunny sacks. Some laughed at us while others thought it was pretty good thinking. So no matter the era people laughed and others found good out of it because i used to get hurt so easy and as i got bigger i got meaner. Viola.