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jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:
In short, it had become thoroughly domesticated, an integral part of home life and the routine of work and play. On its wide concrete apron — often occupying a third of the frontage — the family car was washed and polished every Sunday, and on weekday afternoons the young of the family shot basketballs. What the stork’s nest on the chimney of the northern European home traditionally signified, the basketball backstop over the garage door signified for the American home: a child-oriented domesticity.