With Friday's forecast calling for a foot of snow here in The Berkshires, it reminds me of those beloved snow days. You know, when the joy of being a kid gets even better when they call off school because of the snow.

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Well, in my house, there was no "having fun on a snow day", ok, I'm being a bit dramatic; however, my mother, without fail, would always implore that we go out and make some money shoveling and I hated it.

I mean, I didn't consider myself lazy, but I really wanted to enjoy my snow day and play video games, but that didn't fly in my house!

This does seem to be a dying generational thing though, doesn't it?

SO, WE WANNA KNOW...

 

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