| Many adults only remember riding a bike. They | | | | consisted of a meat, two or three vegetables, |
| gave it up as they became older. Adults can and | | | | and dessert with tea or milk to drink. No one |
| should take advantage of bicycle riding to get | | | | opted for bottled water, oh yeah, there was no |
| some exercise. Older folks may want to ride the | | | | bottled water.The only time we had hamburgers |
| large tricycle with a basket on the front.I | | | | was on Saturday nights, no fries. Instead of fries |
| remember my first bike. It was blue with a bell | | | | we had goulash. During the summer we cooked |
| attached to the handlebars and when you worked | | | | outdoors on a homemade barbecue pit made out |
| the little tab back and forth with your thumb, you | | | | of stone. There were no charcoal, electric, or gas |
| would hear a tinny ring. All the kids in my | | | | grills, we used wood in the pit.Some of the |
| neighborhood had bikes, of course they were two | | | | neighborhood kids were always invited to eat |
| speed bikes, stop and go, unlike the many | | | | supper with us on Saturday night. We would eat |
| different bikes that are available now.I don't | | | | on a wooden picnic table in the backyard. After |
| remember any of us being overweight back then. | | | | supper we would play basketball or horseshoes, |
| We rode bikes rather than watching some silly or | | | | or some other game. We got plenty of |
| violent program on TV. In fact, there was no TV, | | | | exercise.Maybe if we had kept on doing those |
| no McDonald's, no computers, no Gameboys; the | | | | type of things, we would not have so many lazy |
| only video games we had were pictures in our | | | | and overweight people now. Get some "kids" of all |
| heads.During the daylight hours we didn't have | | | | ages together and go for a bike ride at least once |
| many sedentary games. We ran around in the | | | | a week. When you are riding, maybe along the |
| yards playing imaginary games. It was great fun. | | | | way you'll ride upon a backyard barbecue pit |
| At night the whole family would sit around the | | | | where you can fix some burgers the old fashion |
| supper table eating and talking. The meal usually | | | | way and pitch a few horseshoes after supper. |