On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:45:50 -0400, "Scotty"
wrote:


"katy" wrote in message
...
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


It is sad. We did all of that, and games like" shoes in a pile". PE
Coach would take everyone's shoes, put them in a pile in the middle of
the gym and stir them up. Big circle around the pile, then when the
whistle is blown everyone jumps into the pile to get their shoes.
first out wins, last out loses, everyone else just survives. Spect
they don't do that anymore.

Frank