And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The newer ones are nothing like the old ones. The one we had as kids was built like a tank. Looked at one a couple of years ago, cheaply made, flimsy, and deeply disappointing. Find an old one and refurbish it.
Needs the extended tongue for effective downhill, off cliffs steering.
ReplyDeleteNo kid today wants one.
ReplyDeleteAnd at $140 no parent wants to buy one.
The newer ones are nothing like the old ones. The one we had as kids was built like a tank. Looked at one a couple of years ago, cheaply made, flimsy, and deeply disappointing.
ReplyDeleteFind an old one and refurbish it.
Had one but it was always 'in use' by mom, full of her gardening tools and supplies.
ReplyDeletegee, i wonder where they make em these days
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