Back in the Day~

While waiting for the metra I overheard a part of a conversation:

A slow moving freight with many cars is passing us by.

Woman: you could hop it now.
Man: aaw hell naw, you'd get hurt
Woman: naw. We did it all the time. You could hop tthat train and ride it to a different state.
Man: wasn't you afraid of getting hurt?
Woman: naw, its going slow enough, you might have to run a bit but you could hop it
Man: I'd be afraid I'd get lectrocuted
Woman: naw, that's the cta where the lectricity is on the tracks. On the metra electric its above.
Me: I'd be afraid of the whoopin' if I got caught.
Woman: oh we never got caught, but thems was different times.
Woman: did you know you used ta could walk from city to city by the sewers under the city?
Me: no way
Woman: there were these huge pipes, they ain't there no more though,
Me: couldnt do that today. Too many crazies
Woman: true, thems was different times. I was a kid 40 years ago.
Then the metra came. My phone rang and she was gone and I was sad for our current and future generations. 

Used ta could kids go outside and have adventures. Now... there's only x-box.