Posted by Phil on November 28, 2002, at 20:05:00
In reply to Re: Please read if you're over 40...or under : ), posted by Deb R on November 28, 2002, at 8:49:01
Why are you guys so far away? I'd love to go to Australia. Horse and cart milk deliveries and tin roofs.
Those were all great.
Ahh, the memories. I remember the first time I saw two dogs 'stuck'. haha I wasn't very old and had lots of questions. It was a medium sized male and small female dog. Talk about belly laughter.
The meanest dog in town was the Steindorf's. I went to school with their son who still lives there with his wife. They had a huge black dog and while most dogs protected their own boundaries, when Steindorf's dog saw you 4 blocks away, he was coming! When the 'banana seat' bikes came out, my friend Joe and I(on the same bike) were being chased by this beast. Joe was in charge of peddling but was laughing too hard to peddle. I was on the back trying to kick the dog and calling Joe every cuss word I knew-which was every one. Joe was a great friend, I loved that guy. Later that summer, Joe and I were at the new high school. It had this one long sidewalk that opened to a grassy area and was 12" high. We would get up a lot of speed and go flying off this deal...it was real fun! Joe went off on the banana bike, hit the edge, pulled up, up, oh shit! He landed on his back. We were laughing so hard we were crying. I don't know if we were tough or too dumb to get hurt. Big city kids had fun things to do, we had to invent things.
My friend Joe died in a motorcycle wreck at 21. I had originally showed him how to drive one. I hadn't seen him in a year and I was crushed. I guess today, I really miss him. Sorry...damn.
It all just kind of hit me again.Phil
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