Comment by throwaway2037

    > It takes about an hour to walk the mile or so back from school because he's got to talk to all the old guys and ask how they're doing.

Wow, this really pushes back against the all might HN narrative that the world is now too dangerous to allow this. You have found a real gem of living. My guess: The farmers are probably all too happy to have a young curious lad to talk with a few times a week!