Maybe Wendee has a point as attested to in the following,
but I'm afraid it's too late. I do remembr some of those
days.
Wayne
>> Paul Harvey on Dirt Roads
>>
>> Dirt Roads
>> What's mainly wrong with society today is that too many Dirt Roads have
>> been paved. There's not a problem in America today, crime, drugs,
>> education, divorce, delinquency that wouldn't be remedied, if we just had
>> more Dirt Roads, because Dirt Roads give character.
>> People that live at the end of Dirt Roads learn early on that life is a
>> bumpy ride. That it can jar you right down to your teeth sometimes, but
>> it's worth it, if at the end is home...a loving spouse, happy kids and a
>> dog.
>> We wouldn't have near the trouble with our educational system if our kids
>> got their exercise walking a Dirt Road with other kids, from whom they
>> learn how to get along.
>> There was less crime in our streets before they were paved.
>> Criminals didn't walk two dusty miles to rob or rape, if they knew they'd
>> be welcomed by 5 barking dogs and a double barrel shotgun. And there
were
>> no drive by shootings.
>> Our values were better when our roads were worse! People did not worship
>> their cars more than their kids, and motorists were more courteous, they
>> didn't tailgate by riding the bumper or the guy in front would choke you
>> with dust & bust your windshield with rocks.
>> Dirt Roads taught patience. Dirt Roads were environmentally
>> friendly.
>> You didn't hop in your car for a quart of milk you walked to the barn for
>> your milk. For your mail, you walked to the mail box.
>> What if it rained and the Dirt Road got washed out? That was the best
>> part, then you stayed home and had some family time, roasted marshmallows
>> and popped popcorn and pony rode on Daddy's shoulders and learned how to
>> make prettier quilts than anybody.
>> At the end of Dirt Roads, you soon learned that bad words tasted like
>> soap. Most paved roads lead to trouble, Dirt Roads more likely lead to a
>> fishing creek or a swimming hole.
>> At the end of a Dirt Road, the only time we even locked our car was in
>> August, because if we didn't some neighbor would fill it with too much
>> zucchini.
>> At the end of a Dirt Road, there was always extra springtime
>> income, from when city dudes would get stuck, you'd have to hitch up a
>> team and pull them out. Usually you got a dollar... always you got a new
>> friend... at the end of a Dirt Road.
>>
>> Paul Harvey
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