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PEOPLE PAGE
pp13.
LET US ALL REJOICE! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
RE: Dirt Roads...
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Dirt Roads
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, divorce, delinquency
>that wouldn't be remedied,
>if we just had more Dirt Roads,
>because Dirt Roads give character.
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>People WHO 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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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...
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>at the end of a Dirt Road.
>
>Paul Harvey
KINDLY CONTRIBUTED BY
DR.DAN
AND NOW, THE LIGHTER
SIDE OF DIRT ROADS. . .
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