Have you hugged a tree today?

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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katy wrote:

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...

Doesn't do any good anyway. Kids will find ways to get
hurt. I got a
spiral fracture of the tibia in grade 3, in the sand pit.
Course it
took two other kids swinging me by the feet and hands to
see how far
they could toss me. ;-o Guess my mom should have sued
and I'd be
rich(er) now. (gr)


Is tree climbing illegal yet? I know tree *hugging* is
''in'' with the libs.

Scotty

"Walt" wrote in message
You had a playground? And Recess? Wow. You were one of the priviliged
kids, weren't you?

All we had was a hole in the ground, and they wouldn't even let us use
that. All we could do was stare longingly at the hole, hoping against
hope that we could somehow someday get into that soft cool dark depression
to blot out the monotony that was childhood. But we were grateful for at
least having that small amount of hope.

Smoke another spliff there Wally........

CM-

Walt wrote:
katy wrote:

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...

You had a playground? And Recess? Wow. You were one of the priviliged
kids, weren't you?

All we had was a hole in the ground, and they wouldn't even let us use
that. All we could do was stare longingly at the hole, hoping against
hope that we could somehow someday get into that soft cool dark
depression to blot out the monotony that was childhood. But we were
grateful for at least having that small amount of hope.

//Walt
Where in God's name did you go to school?????

"Frank Boettcher" wrote in message
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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.

I'd almost forgotten, but we used to do that, too. Seems I always ended up
with a better pair of shoes than I started with.

Max

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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The kids can't even play tag!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...8KR36U00.shtml


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


I'm hoping the ACLU will sue the school for banning what should be the
students' right to play.

Max

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Have you hugged a tree today?

http://tinyurl.com/yyhdma

I guess I've been hugging trees in the wrong forest.

Max

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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When I was a little kid... five or so, I was playing one day and swatted
a wasp. It stung me, and so did 1/2 dozen of his friends. I killed them
all, ate two of them, then showed up on the front door all swollen. :-)

Did your mom sue Mother Nature?

Max

"Walt" wrote in message
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katy wrote:

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...

You had a playground? And Recess? Wow. You were one of the priviliged
kids, weren't you?

All we had was a hole in the ground, and they wouldn't even let us use
that. All we could do was stare longingly at the hole, hoping against
hope that we could somehow someday get into that soft cool dark depression
to blot out the monotony that was childhood. But we were grateful for at
least having that small amount of hope.

I'll bet you walked two miles to school each day through driving snow, and
three miles back, eh?

Max

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Just ban the kids, then you don't need the stupid rules.

Ban schools. Think of all the tax revenue we'd save.

Max

Maxprop wrote:
"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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The kids can't even play tag!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...8KR36U00.shtml


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


I'm hoping the ACLU will sue the school for banning what should be the
students' right to play.

Max


In whose lifetime is that going to happen?