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Still Blue in PDX

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2. When I was a kid I read books while walking to and from school.

Reply to swag (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2013, 07:16 PM

Jun 2013

I had great peripheral vision and could watch the ground for curbs and obstacles, and I would glance up to check traffic.

I think the world was a lot safer back then, though. Far fewer cars on the road and fewer bad drivers.

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