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Default OT You know society is too litagious when....


"katy" wrote in message
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Martin Baxter wrote:
The kids can't even play tag!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...trange/mainD8K
R36U00.shtml


Sheesh .... What's next, banning bicycles?

Cheers
Marty

Nothing new there...the elementary school that I attended

in the 50's
and 50's couldn't pay their liability insurance for 3

years
straight...couldn't use the playground, play any running

or ball games.
We were allowed to play jumprope guess no one thought

of the
straggling factor...kids didn't normally kill other kids

back then...)
They took the teeters off the totter, unhooked the swings

and chained
off the slide. They chained the merry-go-round so it was
stationary...was a bummer...recess was boting as heck...


That is so sad. We played Dodge Ball, Kick Ball, Tag,
Touch Football, general ''kid stuff'. Many kids would go
home with scars, skinned knees, fat lips, black eyes, etc.,
no lawsuits back then.

Scotty