Playing Until the Street Lights Came On

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Do you remember playing until the street lights came on? If you didn't hurry up, your mom would stick her head out of the window and yell your name to tell you to get on home! Remember riding bikes, roller skating, jumping rope, playing Red Rover, playing a ball game of some sort, running through the sprinkler, drinking from the outside water spigot, swimming and so much more? We didn't have any modern technology; and having a large box meant that you could make something creative such as a fort. I loved those big appliance boxes! In the winter, we'd stay out until we couldn't feel our hands or feet and throw snowballs at each other, build a snowman or a snow fort. Oh, yeah, and don't forget waiting for the ice cream truck and getting big chunks of ice from the milkman. (This was before refrigerated trucks.) What do you remember? Photo Credit: From an email from a friend