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>> When I was growing up, we had cats and dogs, but they were never allowed inside the house. That's just the way my parents were. We lived in a rural area, so we often "adopted" cats or dogs that somebody dropped off on our road. We had a carport that they would hang out under when it got hot. We would wet an old blanket and they would lay on that.
@Retired_Engineer: Us too. If the dogs accidentally got in the house, all hell broke loose until we got them out. They didn't even want in, really, but would sometimes follow us into the kitchen not paying attention. Funny how things change. But we lived in the country, on a hill, that always had a prevailing wind. It got hot but we were just more used to it, I guess. Our dogs also had a tank (pond) to swim in whenever they wanted. I wanna go home.
@Love2Run: I wish there was still a "home" to go to.  About 20 years ago, my parents had a new house built on the property and then tore down the old house.  I was happy for them but also sad because the old house had so many memories.  All the old trees in the yard died or were cut down.  The old barn was damaged during a hurricane a few years ago, so it was torn down. When my parents were alive, I enjoyed visiting them but it was like visiting some strange place.
@Retired_Engineer: Where did you grow up? Your story is very similar to mine except it's been so many years since our house was torn down it's difficult now to remember where it was. A land developer bought our acreage and built his home on in and developed a residential community across the street from it (we owned some of that acreage too.) It's now Windcrest in San Antonio.Â
@Love2Run: I grew up in a rural area north of Baton Rouge near the town of Baker. Â I used to like to drive around to relive old memories. Â Then too many things changed. Â The worst was when FEMA put in a huge trailer park after Katrina. Â Most of those displaced people from New Orleans stayed and Baker has been going downhill fast.
@Retired_Engineer: ah, the good old days. so much has changed - some for the better! but I DO miss the country life and intend to go back to it, as mentioned before. It's only a matter of time and money - not necessarily in that order.Â
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