[Cboldt]

I bicycled to the local pharmacy, was probably 10 or 11 years old, and asked the pharmacist for a pound of potassium nitrate. "What are you going to do with that?" he asked. "Make gunpowder" I answered. And I left with my pound of potassium nitrate. And I made gunpowder.

After a particularly nasty cut from sliding down a metal pole (nothing real serious, just blood, no stitches), mom made an appointment at the doctor for a tetanus shot. I bicycled myself to the appointment. Nobody batted an eye at unaccompanied 10 year old showing up at the doctor's office for an appointment.

[1010RD]

I was bit by a dog, took the bus to the hospital with my little sister who I was babysitting, got stitched up and went home by bus all before my folks got home from work.