the original white gold

White gold is such a popular option for jewelry these days. All the jewelry I've bought for my wife is made with white gold. It's kind of annoying to need to have white gold items re-rhodium plated, but white gold looks so nice that it's worth it. Before this big white gold jewelry phase, my brother and I used to use the term "white gold" to refer to something different...snow. We always referred to snow as white gold because we made so much money shoveling the stuff. I mean, it was common for kids to get off their lazy butts and make their own money. And during snow storms, that's exactly what we did. We would hope for snow days, not so we could play in the snow all day, but so we could go out and make money. We used to go to this neighborhood of town houses that had one little parking space and small walkway, and get paid $20 apiece for it. It would take us no more than 20 minutes. It was quick, easy money. We did lots of shoveling during the course of one snow storm. I remember coming home one day with more than $1000 between us. In fact, it may have actually been closer to $1500. We didn't always bring home that much money, but we always made at least hundreds. Why is it that I never see kids walking around shoveling people's houses any more? Are parents more worried about letting their kids walk around as a result of our depraved world or are kids just more lazy now than they used to be? I think it's probably a combination of the two.