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To: Mad Dawgg; tx_eggman

I grew up in a small town (3000) in the Texas Panhandle. The thing I remember most was that everyone was in your business. I probably had 5 moms, and at least 3 dads. You couldn’t pull any crap because your parents would know about it before you got home.

I also remember, even as a small boy, 8 or 9, having the rule “be home before the street lights come on”. I may go a full weekend without seeing my parents. Somebody’s mom would feed us, and someone would let us sleep over.

We also roamed the county. I used to hike down the railroad tracks for miles. No cell phone, no contact. If I would have been snakebit or kidnapped, no one would have known about it for days.

But I always seemed to make it home before the streetlights came on.


7 posted on 12/07/2016 9:24:43 AM PST by SpinnerWebb (Winter is coming)
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To: SpinnerWebb

In small towns you can get help from complete strangers. And people do business on the “honor” system so all you need is your word.


8 posted on 12/07/2016 9:27:02 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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