Librarians, Keepers of the Liberty

Oh yes. I did all the things you just mentioned as a child barring the snow stuff. All the kids I was around did. It made almost all of us realize that it was preferable to get into a profession that did not involve physical labor everyday. School was a bit more bearable after a summer full of labor in very hot weather.

BTW. I still love periodic hard physical labor. helps me clear my "way off base" head.