Originally Posted by
Hamtragedy
After dutch elm disease destroyed most of the trees in Grandmont [[and around the city), the city came in and planted a ton of silver maples. Those trees, 25 years later, look absolutely magnificent. I caught myself driving down Longacre near Kendall two weeks ago, and had to do a double-take as that block has been completely transformed. Did the same thing on Abington. Rutland, which was my News route for five years, [[from Schoolcraft to Gd. River), never lost many trees, and today, looks relatively unchanged.
Ha! Those mini-bikes never worked a week after you got them, anyways. All they were was a lawn mower motor with wheels. Those things blew black smoke all over the neighborhood all summer long.