Illinois Chapter March 2018 BS Thread
Mar 3, 2018 | 09:06 PM
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This Winter hasn't been too bad except for the sub zero temperatures.
Mar 3, 2018 | 09:08 PM
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I agree it hasn't..
We have had more than 10" though...
Mar 3, 2018 | 09:11 PM
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I can remember as a kid we use to get 20" from one storm.
Mar 3, 2018 | 09:16 PM
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They always seemed bigger back then...LOL
Mar 3, 2018 | 09:19 PM
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They always seemed bigger back then...LOL
Maybe because we were shorter!
Mar 3, 2018 | 09:24 PM
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That probably had an effect on our vision...LOL
Mar 3, 2018 | 09:27 PM
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I'm sure it did, was closer to our face.
Mar 3, 2018 | 09:30 PM
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Especially when we would fall off the sled going down the hill...
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Mar 3, 2018 | 09:33 PM
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Especially when we would fall off the sled going down the hill...
We would sled in the cemetery, better not fall off!
Mar 3, 2018 | 09:38 PM
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We would sled in the cemetery, better not fall off!
Well you had to bale out if you were heading for a tree or headstone... LOL
Mar 3, 2018 | 10:00 PM
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Well you had to bale out if you were heading for a tree or headstone... LOL
Trees weren't the problem but the headstones were all staggered. Didn't want to smash a face on one plus we had to watch out for the cemetery staff.
Mar 3, 2018 | 10:05 PM
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We used to sled down the middle of the road.. Were not many cars back then...LOL
Mar 3, 2018 | 10:09 PM
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Sometimes we would sled in the old botanical gardens in the park that were closed in the early 1900s.
Mar 3, 2018 | 10:13 PM
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The kids today don't have those areas to sled in.. Insurance companies ruined it...LOL
Mar 3, 2018 | 10:20 PM
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The kids today don't have those areas to sled in.. Insurance companies ruined it...LOL
Kyle doesn't know what its like to sled down a big hill.
I have an 8' tobbogan that he has never rode, There were no places to ride it when he was a kid.
