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haele

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13. Actually, I spent 4th grade on in Seattle - lots of hills...

Reply to FoxNewsSucks (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 17, 2025, 03:59 PM

Aug 17

So yeah, I walked "uphill" both ways - home was on one hill, Elementary School and Middle School were both on different hills.
The few times it did ice over or snow, you avoided the main streets...streets were like an ice rink.

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To hear my parents tell it, [View all] Ptah Aug 16 OP

They also took the same route Home BOSSHOG Aug 16 #1

and, as I told my kids, it was uphill both ways slogging through the snow in the middle of the hottest summer ever. Wonder Why Aug 16 #3

But they're not... 3catwoman3 Aug 16 #2

I once told that to a 14-yo who was very smart and asked how FoxNewsSucks Aug 16 #4

Show them that MC Escher drawing. viva la Aug 16 #7

Actually, I spent 4th grade on in Seattle - lots of hills... haele Aug 17 #13

Yes, i remember it like that. Srkdqltr Aug 16 #5

LOL! some_of_us_are_sane Aug 16 #6

That can't be right; they are wearing boots. LoisB Aug 16 #8

I told them my bus was a 4-wheel-drive Suburban to get us to school in the snow in Colorado. rickyhall Aug 16 #9

And going home ... aggiesal Aug 17 #10

My aunt told me how they got to school in the winter. Delmette2.0 Aug 17 #11

Years ago I saw a female Japanese comedian who said when she complained to her grandmother about walking to school in Floyd R. Turbo Aug 17 #12