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The old ones are. the best.
Growing up all snow removal was by shoveling. I have photos which show 6' high snow banks. My Mom used to go out to shovel so my Dad could get up the driveway when he came home from work. We kids loved the high banks because we could make snow caves. As we got older, the shoveling became our responsibility. The parents didn't get a snowblower until after I left home. Here's one of my Dad.
As a teenager, catching the school bus was an adventure in the winter. We had weeks of -20ºF and the bus stop was at a corner about a 1/4 mile from the house. The bus wouldn't wait if you weren't there so it was necessary to stand in the cold and wind. Those of you who are older will remember the polished cotton pants that were fashionable then; thin enough to read through and if you had phys. ed. , you wouldn't be caught dead in long johns. I learned how to swear standing on that corner. I wised up and started riding in with my Dad. He would drop me off about two miles from the high school and I would run the distance. The fronts of my legs would be so frozen by the time I reached the high school that they would burn for an hour. Cool dudes didn't wear caps then. Certainly not one with ear coverings.
All the manual training classes in high school were held in a different building about a 1/2 mile from the high school and all those taking classes had to hoof it to and from and not be late for their next class.
There was no such thing as shutting down school for snow or cold weather back then and any parent would think it insane to drive the car out the the road so the kids wouldn't have to wait in the cold.
Mike
