Old time play. What passtimes from your childhood will never be again?

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102. Yeah, we were gone from the house all day, too. We got called in at dusk, when dinner

was about ready. We played on the beach all day, built forts, played with friends, etc. No supervision.

We had the luck of having the Gulf of Mexico 3 blocks down the street, and a bay across the street. We'd go to the bay to watch the horseshoe crabs mate in the shallows. Over there, you could also dredge up all the whelks and king's crown shells (with the animal inside) you wanted. Birds everywhere. In the spring, the vacant lot next to our house filled with water and thousands of frogs were born -- we'd watch the eggs/tadpoles/frogs grow up, just for fun.

I truly thing that kids today are not interested in anything because they never actually SEE anything. They are creatures cut off from the natural world almost entirely.