And I had to walk to school every day, 6 miles each way, up hill both ways,
in snow up to my chest even in May, with only tennis shoes with holes
stuffed with newspaper.  The school did have a coal heater, although most of
the time the school couldn't afford to buy any coal.  yada, yada, yada.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of James Reynolds
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 2:59 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re[2]: Ancient Wisdom
>
>
> Boy.Consider yourself lucky... Certainly wish I had had a shoebox
> to play with
> when I was a wee pup.... I had to use Sticks...rocks...are what
> ever I could
> find!  :-)
>
> James
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject:    Re: Ancient Wisdom
> Author: [log in to unmask]
> Date:       11/3/98 5:06 PM
>
> Stuart Pierce wrote...
>
>                 The key to this is IMAGINATION. That's what's lacking in
> today's advanced
>         technological world. I recently ran across a PC game called Army
> Men,
>         fashioned after the green and tan army men we used to
> play with as a
> kid.
>
> "Green and tan army men we used to play with as a kid"...luxury!
> When I was
> a lad, we only had a shoe box to play with and we were grateful for that!
> And it was full of holes! 15 of us used to share that, but we were happy.
> Tell the young people that today, and they won't believe you!
>
>
> Many thanks
>
> David
>