On 4/27/2010 8:42 PM, Jinx Minx wrote:
> "Terry Pulliam > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:53:32 -0600, >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Where do you live? Not many places are still safe to turn kids loose.
>>>
>>> Do you read the newspaper? It was very safe in my children's day.
>>> Not today. There are too many people out there searching for kids
>>> to molest and feeling entitled to do so.
>>
>> The neighborhood where we moved last month is practically a throwback
>> to when I was growing up. The kids play outside - a lot of street
>> hockey and basketball in driveways seems to be the predominate outdoor
>> activity. And even the DH was surprised at how friendly the neighbors
>> are. He's lived in SoCal for 40 years and says this is the first time
>> neighbors have come around to introduce themselves - even brought
>> houseplants and cookies. Heck, I almost keeled over when I realized
>> that the music I was hearing came from an *ice cream truck*!!! Hadn't
>> seen an ice cream truck in *years*
>>
>> Heck, I seem to be married to the scariest thing on the block: a
>> lawyer!
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> Call me weird, but I'm afraid of ice cream trucks! We didn't have them in
> my bucolic neighborhood growing up and all the ones that circle around where
> I am now are half dilapidated and driven by creepy looking old men.

Weird. My female cousin put herself through college driving a Good
Humor truck.