Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
When I was little, my grandmother used to let me put on my rain slicker and play on the fire escape in the rain. I thought it was the coolest thing on earth. Then my mother caught me out there and had a fit, convinced I was going to slip and plummet to my death, so that was the end of that.


Really sad, especially considering that your grandmother lived on the first floor.


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