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PBC_Democrat

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3. Same here, but in the 60's and early 70's

Reply to wasupaloopa (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 17, 2018, 09:53 PM

Dec 2018

By today's dumb-ass rules our parents would have been a ton of trouble with Child Protective Services.

In 1970 I was given a Yamaha 125 ... way cooler than my friend's mini-bikes. I would blast out of the yard in the morning and only come home for lunch and gas. BTW, I was 15 and no license.

We're robbing kids of the opportunity to learn, make mistakes and learn from them, and just explore the world.

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When I was a kid in the 50's my mom put us out of the house wasupaloopa Dec 2018 #1

Same here question everything Dec 2018 #2

Same here, but in the 60's and early 70's PBC_Democrat Dec 2018 #3

same here KT2000 Dec 2018 #4

"I was raised free range" is not a valid argument. JayhawkSD Dec 2018 #5