When I was a kid, it was only a half mile to school. The problem is we had to go home for lunch.
It was a Catholic School and every morning before class we went to mass. So on First Friday, we went to mass received communion, came home, had breakfast went to school back home for lunch then back to school and then home again after classes.
Most of the kids were physically fit in spite of the fact we did not have gym or even reces
I had it pretty good. We lived about 20 miles out of town and we had a car pool with other high school families. One of the families lived quite a lot farther away and on our way home their dad would occasionally land his small plane on the highway in front of us and pick his kids up instead of meeting us with his car.
I can identify with the comic but my father lived in Iowa so no up hill both ways. On the other hand, I had to walk a mile down hill on the side of a road that was always frost-heaved (crunched a lot) and it (seemed like) was always -12 °C (10°F). Except in the late spring when it was 90°F.
eromlig over 2 years ago
But is he barefoot?
jasonsnakelover over 2 years ago
One time I was standing 6 miles tall.
Concretionist over 2 years ago
Why when I was young (dirt hadn’t yet been invented), we had to SWIM to school and then grow legs!
JamieLee Premium Member over 2 years ago
LOLOLOL
dflak over 2 years ago
When I was a kid, it was only a half mile to school. The problem is we had to go home for lunch.
It was a Catholic School and every morning before class we went to mass. So on First Friday, we went to mass received communion, came home, had breakfast went to school back home for lunch then back to school and then home again after classes.
Most of the kids were physically fit in spite of the fact we did not have gym or even reces
Alberta Oil Premium Member over 2 years ago
Wuss.. Snow is only up to his knees.
wongo over 2 years ago
It’s supposed to be snowing and in the dark.
WCraft Premium Member over 2 years ago
He must live in the Ozarks.
Ed The Red Premium Member over 2 years ago
He should be smiling. The phrase always ends with, “And we liked it that way!“
Zen-of-Zinfandel over 2 years ago
Exercise like snowbody’s watching.
oldlady07 Premium Member over 2 years ago
I had it pretty good. We lived about 20 miles out of town and we had a car pool with other high school families. One of the families lived quite a lot farther away and on our way home their dad would occasionally land his small plane on the highway in front of us and pick his kids up instead of meeting us with his car.
xSigoff Premium Member over 2 years ago
I can identify with the comic but my father lived in Iowa so no up hill both ways. On the other hand, I had to walk a mile down hill on the side of a road that was always frost-heaved (crunched a lot) and it (seemed like) was always -12 °C (10°F). Except in the late spring when it was 90°F.
mpolo11 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Very good.
petermerck over 2 years ago
Is that after he fed the chickens, slopped the hogs and milked the cows?
oakie817 over 2 years ago
i googled it…between 5th and 8th grade had to walk 1.6 miles to school in Providence, RI, but it was not uphill
tee929 over 2 years ago
…and home for lunch!
Altar_Ego over 2 years ago
with a hot potato in each pocket to keep my hands warm… which we then ate for lunch..
Baucuva over 2 years ago
Rode the bus for years.
christelisbetty over 2 years ago
Grandmas had to do it wearing skirts.
Asharah over 2 years ago
My mother grew up in Montana. She said they never had snow days. I said “well your father had a bobsled.”