As a kid, traveling 5 miles by bike was common fare. Today, a parent wouldn’t let a kid get 5 feet away unsupervised. Such is modern day life.
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Another good point.

Great stuff Steve. You’re at the top of your game.
I’ll bet many of our generations fondest memories involved playing pickup baseball type games (I played a lot of stickball). As a kid, traveling 5 miles by bike was common fare. Today, a parent wouldn’t let a kid get 5 feet away unsupervised. Such is modern day life.

Instead of pickup baseball, they’re playing pickup basketball and football.

Around here, any open field will be overrun with soccer players. Kids have a lot more to do nowadays than we did as children. My cousins get shuttled from game to game, camp to camp; they couldn’t play pickup ball even if they wanted to.

when i was about 12, my brother and i and a few friends started playing ball after dinner. at first the games were 4 on 4, and we ran the bases backwards, on half the field, self-pitch. within two years, we had to run down to the yard as there were guys who got turned away after the first 20! then we’d play cards until 2 am. every single day! of course, our turkey bowl on thanksgiving started out today. this game is still going strong in new york, for 37 years.