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Hi Dave
I remember similar early summer days in Melbourne as kids. We didn't go to school barefoot (a bit more cultured in Melbourne) but once we got home from school we immediately took off our shoes and ran barefoot on the black bitumen road (impregnated with gravel!) to harden our feet ready for the summer holidays when we didn't wear shoes. Like you, I too am now a tenderfoot and can't walk barefoot on pebbles any more! Cheers John -- John Varigos Melbourne, Australia __________________________________________ To email me remove "usenet." from my email address. "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:00:28 +0100, Reka wrote: In article , says... ~I seem to have been asleep for much of this thread - probably because I'm way ~past Kye's "nearly thirty". But everyone else is doing such a good job I think ~I'll just sit back & enjoy it, despite what seems to be Reka's attempt to drag ~me in. Hmmph! I'm not dragging anyone. It's just that the usually the older generation "brags" about the walking through the knee-deep snow (or apparently in your corner of the world, the dry, hot barrens) all the way to school... My primary school was only half a mile up the road (black bitumen). So I walked to school, home for lunch, back to school, & home in the afternoon. Townsville was hot enough that we all went to school barefoot. Have you ever tried walking barefoot on bitumen at noon in a tropical summer? We all developed soles like old leather. Even when we went to high school (& wore shoes & socks and a *tie* - oh the culture shock!) the shoes came off as soon as we got home. At 17 I spent a couple of weeks in hospital, and my feet peeled! About 1/8 inch of horny callous peeled off both soles. I've been a tenderfoot ever since. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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