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hollibomb t1_j6pvz5w wrote

My dog is not going to like this lol

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very_olivia t1_j6q6ezr wrote

do yall think tony petrarca will live forever

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Xalenn t1_j6qy9aw wrote

My dad actually did have to walk uphill both ways ... He walked uphill from home in the morning, then uphill to his uncle's house after school. Sometimes there was snow ...

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Dopey-NipNips t1_j6rdc24 wrote

Replying to SaltyNewEnglandCop (#1,694,512)

I'm a hvac man I'm going to make me some money this weekend

Plan is to hit 40 hours on Thursday then Friday Saturday Sunday overtime get an extra $1500 in my pay check

"didn't I say you should fix this the last time I was here?" all weekend long

Order your oil now people if you call me for a prime on Saturday its a $150 call out fee

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RI-Transplant t1_j6s2kil wrote

I’m from Iowa. The worst winter I remember there it didn’t get above zero for three weeks. Lots of -30 for lows. Everybody has block heaters on their engines and water lines are wrapped with electric tape to keep them from freezing. The only thing we had going for us was that we didn’t live in Minnesota or the Dakotas, they were always colder.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j6s4n1k wrote

I've heard they're already planning on not having school because these wimpy kids can't deal with it!

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FrequentAnnual1262 t1_j6sy9be wrote

I was a kid in the 50's and walked to school every day. Mom was busy taking care of younger siblings. No school busses. In grammar school it was 2 miles round trip, in HS it was 4 miles round trip.

No big deal, we just did it... we weren't barefoot, we did wear galoshes in the snow & rain.

Later had a paper route and never missed a delivery.... it was what it was.

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left_based_diet t1_j6t64xl wrote

Replying to Xalenn (#1,694,456)

I’d do anything for kids to be able to walk to school again. I know it was seen as a bad thing back then, but imagine if it was safe enough / close enough so that kids could get to school independently and walk with their friends?

“Walk with me, Suzy Lee

Through the park and by the tree

We will rest upon the ground

And look at all the bugs we found

Safely walk to school without a sound”

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Pvdsuccess t1_j6tczli wrote

We walked 2 Mike's no matter what the weather. So 4 miles a day.

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degggendorf t1_j6tf1bp wrote

Think you're going to turn on your heat for this?

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citrus_mystic t1_j6tlgmn wrote

Replying to Proof-Variation7005 (#1,695,417)

Folks may not have had as many problems with subjecting children to frostbite conditions in the past, but that doesn’t mean that those kids didn’t grow into adults and realize how fucked up that was to do to kids.

”For example, for someone outside when the temperature is around five degrees and the wind is at 35 mph, frostbite can set in after about 30 minutes. If the temperature drops to -5 degrees with the same wind speed, frostbite can set in in about 10 minutes.”

Regardless, I don’t think that frostbite burns and kids losing the tips of their noses, ears, fingertips and toes is the solution to what you deem wimpy children.

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citrus_mystic t1_j6to8ao wrote

Replying to Proof-Variation7005 (#1,697,542)

Fair. Woosh; that went right over my head.

Apparently I’m not the only one who mistook your joke as a genuine comment though, so at least I’m not alone in my lack of observation skills.

(Edit- I will note that it’s safe to say we’ve all read people make similar complaints like that in earnest on here)

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PhanBeasts t1_j6to9yx wrote

my old boss once said "i had to walk to school uphill both ways in 8 inches of snow in 100 degree weather"

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gaiusjozka t1_j6tr5a1 wrote

Fun science experiment, it might be cold enough to blow bubbles and they will freeze. When you break them, they shatter!

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sandsonik t1_j6u2i2t wrote

I really did have to walk to school uphill both ways.

Mind you, there was a downhill both ways too. So from home, up a hill then downhill to school. Same on the way back.

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