On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:47:42 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
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Some advice: Buy some games on CD's. Leggo Racers, Polaris Snowcross, and
Need for Speed have kept my grandkids occupied for many hours, and they
*never* get on the internet.

Toy r Us is a decent source for kids games on CDs. They'd probably
appreciate a joystick too.

You're not going to believe this .... but here's what Mrs.E. got for the
grandkids to play with. She got it from some company that reconditions
video arcade games. I built the little building in the garage to go along
with the General Lee. Look in the door.

http://www.eisboch.com/boarsnest.jpg

Eisboch


Well, that oughta keep 'em off the damn internet! Holy smokes!

Does that thing have more than one game on it? I find they get bored with
the same game if they're here for more than a few hours. When we were
getting the Belarussian kid, I bought a used computer and rigged it so he
could get on the internet and chat with his friends. He could download
anything he wanted on that computer, but he couldn't touch mine. That
worked quite well. He used that machine for three years, and when we
stopped taking him for the summer, I just trashed the machine.