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[Thom Singer <ntsqd@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Dirt Roads
> by: Paul Harvey
> 
> What's mainly wrong with society today is that too many Dirt
> Roads have been paved.
> 
> There's not a problem in America today, crime, drugs, education,
> and divorce, delinquency that wouldn't be remedied, if we just
> had more Dirt Roads, because Dirt Roads give character.
> 
> People that live at the end of Dirt Roads learn early on that
> life is a bumpy ride. That it can jar you right down to your
> teeth sometimes, but it's worth it, if at the end is home...a
> loving spouse, happy kids and a dog.
> 
> We wouldn't have near the trouble with our educational system if
> our kids got their exercise walking a Dirt Road with other kids,
> from whom they learn how to get along.
> 
> There was less crime in our streets before they were paved.
> Criminals didn't walk two dusty miles to rob or rape, if they
> knew they'd be welcomed by 5 barking dogs and a double barrel
> shotgun. And there were no drive by shootings.
> 
> Our values were better when our roads were worse! People did not
> worship their cars more than their kids, and motorists were more
> courteous, they didn't tailgate by riding the bumper or the guy
> in front would choke you with dust & bust your windshield with
> rocks.
> 
> Dirt Roads taught patience.
> 
> Dirt Roads were environmentally friendly; you didn't hop in your
> car for a quart of milk you walked to the barn for your milk. For
> your mail, you walked to the mail box.
> 
> What if it rained and the Dirt Road got washed out? That was the
> best part, then you stayed home and had some family time, roasted
> marshmallows and popped popcorn and pony rode on Daddy's
> shoulders and learned how to make prettier quilts than anybody.
> 
> At the end of Dirt Roads, you soon learned that bad words tasted
> like soap.
> 
> Most paved roads lead to trouble, Dirt Roads more likely lead to
> a fishing creek or a swimming hole.
> 
> At the end of a Dirt Road, the only time we even locked our car
> was in August, because if we didn't some neighbor would fill it
> with too much zucchini.
> 
> At the end of a Dirt Road, there was always extra springtime
> income, from when city dudes would get stuck, you'd have to hitch
> up a team and pull them out. Usually you got a dollar...always
> you got a new friend...at the end of a Dirt Road!




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TS
Ventura, CA

"Teach you all I know and you're still stupid."
-- Howdy Lee

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