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hlthe2b

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1. My sister and I (both quite young--probably 5 and 8 yo) would walk across town (small town)

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Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:36 PM

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playing in the puddles and skipping along the sidewalks. We would walk quite a way to the drug store and the church we attended "bible school" and then home. No way would one do that today--even in that same small town, adjacent as it is to a much larger city.

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Speaking of Girl Scout cookies. I remember going house to house for people to order by myself. How society has changed. [View all] debm55 Saturday OP

My sister and I (both quite young--probably 5 and 8 yo) would walk across town (small town) hlthe2b Saturday #1

Thank you very much for sharing with us. hlthe2b. Yes, we walked all over the place. debm55 Saturday #2

I made both of my daughters go up to my office in person to sell Girl Scout cookies LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #3

That is great. LetMyPeopleVote. When I taught I constantly had other teachers selling their kids hoagies, pies, popcorn, debm55 Saturday #4

I walked my daughters around our neighborhood to sell GS cookies. Dulcinea Saturday #6

Thank you very much, Dulcinea. debm55 Saturday #7

Built and flew small gas powered airplanes in my early teens MichMan Saturday #5

Yep, sounds familiar. Thank you MichMan. debm55 Saturday #8

I sold Girl Scout cookies door to door for 50 cents a box. GentryDixon Saturday #9