:D Yeah!!!!

And I remember riding to school on my bike and wind would cut right thru and the tip of my nose would be so cold you couldn't even feel it after you got to class, and my lips stayed chapped all winter, and that was down in Miami, Florida where 40 degrees felt like -0 to me, of-course I'd be clad in my; of all things a sweater, as our so called MILD winters did not warrant Mom & Dad purchasing us winter jackets or coats:mad: I believe I have deep rooted emotional scars from our bitter winter conditions, leaving me with an abhorant disgust of winter:D

And it is -0 to -5 here today and tonight supposed to be colder.:eek:

I think you went to the same school as my grandfather.

EXACTLY! We walked to school (uphill both ways - LOL), walked home for lunch, walked back to school, and we walked home. And every Monday we had to leave school 1/2 hour early and walk to religion and then walk home - even further.

Never heard of school being closed at all!

We didn't see plows (not everyone had a car - today everyone has 6 cars) and we just trudged along.

And I think we were healthier.

and don't forget - in those days - 99% of the moms were stay at home moms who cooked home cookded meals. No microwaves, no fast foods, etc. And kids didn't have high cholesterol before the age of 5! We ate healthier too - and it gave us the "fuel" to kee going.

Today's kids are whimps! And I am dead set against city bussing!

At least they closed the school today and the snow has not stoped yet - since about 8 this morning it's been snowing - gotta have about 14 inches so far.

:p I walked to school too regardless of the weather but they did have shoes when I was little. My poor grandfather apparently had to walk uphill both ways carrying a really heavy slate and chalk for class. He had to walk 100 miles and there was always a combination snow-thunder-ice storm going on sometimes with a side of tornado.

I guess the story is the same with the "old" folks that waled to school and had to do their homework by candlelight and had to eat dirt (Bill Cosby - Himself), etc. but I still think they were the good old days.