--- Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou
<dougnad@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>
> When I was little, everybody drove 2wd sedans
> instead of SUVs,
> AND they didn't dump 100 tons of salt on the roads
> every time
> a bit of snow fell, AND all-season radials had not
> been invented,
> AND winters were colder!
AND we all walked 10 miles to school, uphill, BOTH
WAYS! ;-)
> I wondered how anyone made it through the winter
> then!
Growing up in Pittsburgh, PA, we always had at least
snow tires on (some poeple had studs-remember those?),
and chains in the trunk. Life also moved at a slower
pace, people were not in such a hurry and there were
fewer accidents. Teenagers also had to EARN the right
to borrow the family car, and there were fewer
youngsters on the road. Times have changed since
then, not all for the better.
Tim
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