If growing up this way was so good; how come we have destroyed the country?
Fireworks are not mentioned.
Cutting shotgun shells to get the powder out for fun projects isn’t mentioned.
Calcium carbide cannons not mentioned.
Building a go cart from a bad lawn mower isn’t mentioned.
I could go on, and on and on.
Chemistry sets, electronics set as presents.. Driving your parents car...at 12....
We used to build rafts and wait for the creek to rise and float a few miles. Ever gig? Got my first gun at eight years old and started hunting soon after. Walked to school dodging coal trucks and crossed the creek on rocks after the swinging bridge washed out. Put rocks in our snowballs if we were throwing at someone we didn’t like. When I was 12 blew a tree down with half a stick of dynamite, got in a little trouble for that one. Worked for my dad in our mines and hauled house coal for extra pocket money. I did it all and then some. Hell raising was our past time. Then I discovered girls and women.