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Re: predigested pap (was Re: Star Destroyer
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Thu, 7 Nov 2002 00:54:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John P. Henderson writes:
> The key element to the old walking-to-school-in-snow story is that it also
> involved going uphill *both* ways. ...Something that I *did* have to do
> when I was younger...
Hey, I *technically* used to have to do that back in Elementary School!
(ah those were the days, why I remembe...
Wait a sec, I'm starting to sound like you guys! : ))
You see, we lived at the top of the hill, so you walked downhill halfway,
and then the school was on a hill, so you had to walk uphill,
and then vice versa.
Oh, and I'll never forget the time when I slipped on the ice : (
> As for backpacks, I was one of the dorky kids who realized very early on how
> a backpack is far easier to carry then the gym-bags that were so popular in
> my day. I was often teased by my classmates for it, since it wasn't cool.
> Ironic that today's youth uses backpacks so much that they are now produced
> almost exclusively. I guess I am a trendsetter! :)
>
> -H.
Gym-bags???
Did you have contests doing weight lifting with them?
Well, at least people in your age didn't have the pain right
between the shoulder blades after carrying a backpack with
*4* textbooks, a binder, 3 folders, and a gym uniform.
(and a few sticks of gum if you want to count that too : ))
So if you came up with the idea, then you suffered the pain,
so I salute you. (mocky salute) : )
I put too many smileys in this, didn't I? : )
Hasta la Vista, Sean
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| (...) A-heehee! ...Hey wait, are you saying I'm old?? ;o (...) Yeah, that was basically what I had, except there was a yellow school bus mixed in there somewhere too. As for the ice, that added to the fun. My parent's driveway is about 900 feet long (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) The key element to the old walking-to-school-in-snow story is that it also involved going uphill *both* ways. ...Something that I *did* have to do when I was younger... As for backpacks, I was one of the dorky kids who realized very early on (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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