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>Dirt Roads (received from a reader and
attributed to Paul Harvey)
> What's mainly wrong with society today is that too
>many Dirt Roads have been paved.
>
> There's not a problem in America today, crime, drugs,
>education, divorce, delinquency that wouldn't be remedied, if we just had
>more Dirt Roads, because Dirt Roads give character.
>
>> People that live at the end of Dirt Roads learn early
>on that life is a bumpy ride.
>
> That it can jar you right down to your teeth
>sometimes, but it's worth it, if at the end is home...a loving spouse,
>happy kids and a dog.
>
>
>> We wouldn't have near the trouble with our educational
>system if our kids got their exercise walking a Dirt Road with other kids,
>from whom they learn how to get along.
>
> There was less crime in our streets before they were
>paved.
>
>> Criminals didn't walk two dusty miles to rob or rape,
>if they knew they'd be welcomed by 5 barking dogs and a double barrel
>shotgun.
>
> And there were no drive by shootings.
>
> Our values were better when our roads were worse!
>
>> People did not worship their cars more than their
>kids, and motorists were more courteous, they didn't tailgate by riding the
>bumper or the guy in front would choke you with dust & bust your windshield
>with rocks.
>
> Dirt Roads taught patience.
>
> Dirt Roads were environmentally friendly, you didn't
>hop in your car for a quart of milk you walked to the barn for your milk.
>
> For your mail, you walked to the mail box.
>
>
>
>> What if it rained and the Dirt Road got washed out?
>That was the best part, then you stayed home and had some family time,
>roasted marshmallows and popped popcorn and pony rode on Daddy's shoulders
>and learned how to make prettier quilts than anybody.
>
> At the end of Dirt Roads, you soon learned that bad
>words tasted like soap.
>
>> Most paved roads lead to trouble, Dirt Roads more
>likely lead to a fishing creek or a swimming hole.
>
> At the end of a Dirt Road, the only time we even
>locked our car was in August, because if we didn't some neighbor would fill
>it with too much zucchini.
>
>> At the end of a Dirt Road, there was always extra
>springtime income, from when city dudes would get stuck, you'd have to
>hitch up a team and pull them out.
>
> Usually you got a dollar...always you got a new
>friend...at the end of a Dirt Road!
>
> ~by Paul Harvey~
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