The street I grew up on was dirt, so we didn’t have that problem…until they paved it. Come to think of it, that’s also about the time everything started going a bit sideways. Progress? Bah!
This is why I never got in the habit of walking around outside in bare feet. Most of our roads were tar and gravel. They got hot enough the tar melted and the gravel stuck to your shoes.
When I was a kid in Chicago most of the side streets were still tar over brick. They really ramped up the replacement with asphalt in the mid-late 60’s but you still find an occasional alley that never was repaved.
The tar was super thick, maybe a half-inch deep. Days when it got super hot in the summer, like 100 or more, the tar would go semi fluid. Walking on it barefoot was an instant 1st degree burn, 2nd degree if you didn’t move fast. You could dig out chunks with a stick or a knife. Like hot Play Dough.
Not unlike the 1955 Disneyland opening day "In temperatures that reached 100 degrees, the fresh asphalt on Main Street, USA melted into a sticky tar that ensnared the high heels of some women "
To visit my friend when I was a young tyke I would run from palm tree to palm tree in Brownsville. There were also two lawns which had nice, thick San Augustine grass which let me go larger stretches at a time.
whenlifewassimpler about 4 years ago
Not the brightest two kids I have seen….always had flip flops handy.
Chithing Premium Member about 4 years ago
The street I grew up on was dirt, so we didn’t have that problem…until they paved it. Come to think of it, that’s also about the time everything started going a bit sideways. Progress? Bah!
jpayne4040 about 4 years ago
I don’t know. I’d give it a 7 out of 10.
david_42 about 4 years ago
This is why I never got in the habit of walking around outside in bare feet. Most of our roads were tar and gravel. They got hot enough the tar melted and the gravel stuck to your shoes.
Andylit Premium Member about 4 years ago
When I was a kid in Chicago most of the side streets were still tar over brick. They really ramped up the replacement with asphalt in the mid-late 60’s but you still find an occasional alley that never was repaved.
The tar was super thick, maybe a half-inch deep. Days when it got super hot in the summer, like 100 or more, the tar would go semi fluid. Walking on it barefoot was an instant 1st degree burn, 2nd degree if you didn’t move fast. You could dig out chunks with a stick or a knife. Like hot Play Dough.
CoffeeBob Premium Member about 4 years ago
Not unlike the 1955 Disneyland opening day "In temperatures that reached 100 degrees, the fresh asphalt on Main Street, USA melted into a sticky tar that ensnared the high heels of some women "
Quabaculta about 4 years ago
To visit my friend when I was a young tyke I would run from palm tree to palm tree in Brownsville. There were also two lawns which had nice, thick San Augustine grass which let me go larger stretches at a time.