Back in my glorious yute, it took more than that to confine us to the inside.
A slight break in the weather and it was outside with a stern (UNHEARD) ... Put on your rubbers and get back in here if it starts again....(think early 1950s, put on your rubbers had a much different meaning to us ‘younguns’)
OR going out and shoveling the baselines so we could have a ball game with a water drenched ball wrapped in black tape (When duck tape got real popular, it was good for that project but I don’t remember doing that)
Yes, i grew up right in chicago and the neighbor kids would come to the door and yell out Yoooooooo!Niiiiiiiiiiiiick! Snow or rain!!!!!!!