{"id":40716,"date":"2024-05-17T11:21:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T18:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=40716"},"modified":"2024-05-17T11:22:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T18:22:35","slug":"me-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/me-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Me Too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Raoul’s Two Cents: May 17, 2024<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Boys Will Be Boys<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I was driving along my neighborhood when I spotted a couple of boys running around all drenched and brandishing huge water pistols. Upon closer inspection, one of the boys turned out to be my grandson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hi grandpa!.” he shouted, wiping the water squirt from his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I drove away, I realized that was the first time I saw kids playing around like that. Playing outside is not very common anymore, is it? A majority of the kids play video games inside the secured fortress of their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was a boy, I would run out into the grassy fields like a deer and never seemed to get tired. I would walk all by myself, wearing my slippers to my cousin’s house which was about a mile away. The thought of being kidnapped or hit by a car never crossed my mind. I would be gone for hours unsupervised and no one would worry where I was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I would play in the rain. I would play in the beach. I would build little houses made out of scrap furniture and old blankets. I would shoot cans down with my slingshot. I would climb mango trees like a monkey, snap the fruits from the branches and eat them up there. I built war zones with my plastic soldiers and toy trucks. At night, I would hunt rats with my BB rifle. I played basketball and other rough games \u2026 sprained both my ankles, several fingers \u2026 but I accepted these accidents as part of boyhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We played with spiders, beetles, ants, worms, cards, marbles, rubber bands, toy tops, kites, cars, rockets, firecrackers, fire, ate lots and lots of candies \u2026 I enjoyed being a boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wanted to make sure my grand kids would experience the same thrills so the next day, I encouraged them to play outside and meet new friends. Since then I’ve seen them driving around with their helmets on their motorized scooters. They’d let their friends play with them too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modern America doesn’t seem to be neighborhood friendly anymore \u2026 at least not for city folks. There is a fear of some nefarious stranger lurking on the shadows or an unmarked van pulling up beside your child to kidnap him\/her. But as long as the kids are taught to pair up and observe the proper precautions, we should set them free to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this is just me. How was your childhood?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TGIF people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOlder people sit down and ask, \u2018What is it?\u2019 but the boy asks, \u2018What can I do with it?\u2019.<\/em>\u201d \u2014 Steve Jobs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one.<\/em>” — Charles Dudley Warner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets <\/em>\u201d – Zechariah 8:5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth<\/em>.” — 3 John 1-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JOKE OF THE WEEK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Art of Sierra Madre, CA and Oscar of La Mirada, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Original art by Raoul Pascual<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Original art by Raoul Pascual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parting Shots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Colleen of Washington State<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Benny of Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Drew of Anaheim, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My good friend (and jokester) Terry and I came up with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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