tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post630793981489513730..comments2024-02-14T11:00:03.180-05:00Comments on Tom McLaughlin: The Old Sledding HillTom McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-25068519182259986112016-02-29T08:16:35.004-05:002016-02-29T08:16:35.004-05:00I don't remember why, but amongst pioneers fac...I don't remember why, but amongst pioneers facing the new frontier of a new snowfall,(ideally one that closed school, but back then.....good luck with that!)<br />of all the wax coated cardboard boxes that produce was shipped in to the A&P, or IGA, tomato boxes were considered top of the line to invert, and blaze the trail, (or blaze the trees) for Flexible Fliers to assault once the sun got a little higher. <br />Oh sure, those extremely rare stove, or the almost mythical "refrigerator" boxes would offer the delusion of avoiding ancillary snow from getting past the swaddling any, and everywhere, due to their size, but they were WAAAAAY too slow to end up in a heroic tangled flurry of mayhem at the bottom of the hill (if you actually made it that far) <br />CaptDMO <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com