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Posted: June 20 2008 08:08 PM
 
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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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Posted by Willys33  -  06/20/2008 10:00 PM
Damn Steve, got it about right...ever travel RT 66?
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Posted by dixie  -  06/20/2008 10:15 PM
Well said Mr Harvey { belive it are not i can remember those days}



DIXIE {way down south where its hot}
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Posted by 1carguy  -  06/21/2008 12:16 AM
I'm not even a country boy and I can relate to that!
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Posted by sellersrodshop  -  06/21/2008 01:59 AM
haven't made the rt 66 trip yet. hopefully in the next couple years. ol' paul harvey should run for prez. he has more "horse sense" than any of the other candidates! probably smart enough to know not to run
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Posted by LowPat  -  06/21/2008 03:11 AM
Well said & I agree. Those were certainly better days.
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Posted by screw  -  06/21/2008 06:17 AM
Awsome post Steve. After reading it I sat here for probably a half hour or more staring at the screen , not seeing a thing but remembering the simpler times and almost being able to taste the dust from the dirt roads I've been down. AAAHHHHH, Memories......
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Posted by lenbeal  -  06/21/2008 06:53 AM
Good timing, I live in a rural part of east Tennessee and some of the good time is driving down our old roads. And yes I run route 66 in my 39 Chevy street rod in 2001, Just my wife and I it was a trip to rember. Plans in the works for a trip in 2009 to west coast and Bonnivelle again.
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Posted by amrodder  -  06/21/2008 07:17 AM
AMEN!!! I remember many a time going out with my g'pa hitching the team of horses and going to the hay field to load the wagon.Lots of hard work but a lifetime of some wonderful memories with my grandparents.Some life lessons well learned.
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Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  06/21/2008 10:20 AM
having grown up in a small town with only 1 paved road i can relate. there was not one person in town who did not know who i was and where i should be. we ran the town and the fields all day. of course you could not get away with much. grama would be standing on the porch waiting for me or yelling my name. she'd yell then a neighbor down the road would relay for her. i learned how to run the mile real quick. she could tell where i'd been by how long it took to get home. i could not wait to get back to the farm.
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Posted by reneg8d  -  06/21/2008 10:26 AM
I'll take the dirt road-it's all I know
I've been walking it for years
It's gone where I need to go
Oh it ain't easy-it ain't supposed to be
So I'll take my time
And life won't pass me by
Cause it's right there to find, On the dirt road -- Sawyer Brown
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Posted by Ozspider  -  06/22/2008 05:33 AM
When your right, your right, I grew up on a dirt road. Ah the good old days.
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Posted by 37tin  -  06/23/2008 02:47 AM
Thanks Steve,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,That's GREAT,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I don't know who Paul Harvey is (or was ) or Sawyer Brown, Thanks reneg8d,, I'm sure as heck going to find out,,you just can't beat good words of wisdom!!! I sure hope these gentlemen have more,,
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Posted by sellersrodshop  -  06/23/2008 03:19 AM
try this site for paul harvey:


http://www.paulharvey.com/ he's an old school, syndicated radio newsman that also tells "the rrrest of the story", neat behind the scene stories of famous people & events.
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