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Originally Posted by ZenDude  This one I heard of but haven't done yet: walk in a city, at every crossing flip a coin or throw dice to decide which direction you'll take. |
OMG!!!
We called them Nickel Walks! (This was decades ago so with inflation they're probably Half-Dollar Walks now
).
My cousin "Neecy" and I spent an entire summer doing this when we were kids. I'm sure it originated with gram's weariness of hearing us whine, "We're bored!" and wanting to get us out from under her feet. She gave us a nickel, told us to walk out to the end of the drive, flip the nickel, (heads - right, tails - left) and start walking. Repeat the coin flip at every corner. We burned up miles of sidewalk and kept ourselves entertained all day. Somehow,
miraculously, we always ended up close to Papa's hardware store around lunch time. That would get us burgers and shakes at the diner counter down the street.
And maybe a couple of bucks to buy cheesy, plastic jewelry at the dime store.
Thanks, ZenDude, for dredging up that fun memory!