"Scout" wrote in message
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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

We played buck-buck using a telephone pole as the anchor;
a great way to
keep the neck and spine aligned, with what, I don't know.
We wrestled, boxed, and kicked each other in the ass for
fun.
We didn't have any playground equipment at all - lack of
cash, Catholic
school. No gym until high school, no lockers, no showers,
just run around
outside with a tie on, then come back in all sweaty and
watch the girls fan
their thighs with their uniform skirts. I wouldn't trade
the memories for
anything!


Played buck-buck and 'capture the flag' in Scouts. Night
time capture the flag was the best!

Scotty

"Scout" wrote in message
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"Scotty" wrote in message


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

Scotty

I've been mauling mine.
Scout


I've got 8 BIG dead ones to fell, BUT, it's sail time now.
Gotta have your priorities straight.

Scotty

When I was a kid living in Chicago, the family rented a cabana club at a
local hotel so the kids would have some place to go during the summer
months. One day while playing (mumblie peg - anyone play that? You take a
knife, throw it up in the air in various ways, then have it stick in some
wood.. anyway), while playing we hear some terrible screaming coming from
the back of the hotel. The pool we were near was outside. We ran to the back
just in time to see a guy come smashing down from 6 story window onto the
pavement in the back of the hotel. He was definitely dead.. bounced a good 3
feet. The police were called, the press showed up, and eventually the
policeman told us kids to beat it because they were going to turn him over.
Of course, we stuck around.

So, that afternoon when I went home, I told mom. She said the same thing...
Why are you making these things up?

She got a big surprise in the morning when the paper had it on the front
page. :-)

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www.sailnow.com

"katy" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
"Seahag" wrote in message
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"Martin Baxter" wrote:

Katy wrote:

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)
Kewl! I went thru a 'fear 'o ants' period. Fell out of a eucalyptus
tree,
fortunately onto the recently buried chinchillas...my mother woulda
killed
me so I never told...

Seahag

I've only recently begun telling my mother what she didn't know about me
in the 60's )
As far as the 70's are concerned, I'm not even going there with her - she
is my mom afterall!
Scout
We tried to do that with my Mom and all she would say is "Why are yu
making these things up?" Denial...

Hey we did that! Busted big time.

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www.sailnow.com

"katy" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:


In catholic school, we had a theme song for our hole.
"Holy Holy Holy!"
Scout
- sure to burn on the lava lakes, for the blasphemy thing, and for havin'
a good long look at Cathy R----'s panties in 6th grade while she was
fanning her sweaty thighs! I'll burn for sure!!


I went to Catholic school too and we wore wool uniforms but thigh
fanning???If we had done that the Polish nuns would have had us out in the
hall in 2 seconds...I remember once when my brother and his best friend,
John, were in 5th grade and they wadded up paper toweling, to it sopping
wet and wadded it up into giant spit wad type balls and lobbed them onto
the ceiling of the boys bathroom...the next kids that came in got a wet
surprise when the suction let lose...Sr. Timone marched right in there
when she heard the commotion and dragged their sorry butts to the
pastor....

Scotty wrote:
"Scout" wrote in message
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"Scotty" wrote in message


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

Scotty

I've been mauling mine.
Scout


I've got 8 BIG dead ones to fell, BUT, it's sail time now.
Gotta have your priorities straight.

Scotty

I"m seeing a pattern here!
Scout

Capt. JG wrote:
When I was a kid living in Chicago, the family rented a cabana club at a
local hotel so the kids would have some place to go during the summer
months. One day while playing (mumblie peg - anyone play that? You take a
knife, throw it up in the air in various ways, then have it stick in some
wood.. anyway), while playing we hear some terrible screaming coming from
the back of the hotel. The pool we were near was outside. We ran to the back
just in time to see a guy come smashing down from 6 story window onto the
pavement in the back of the hotel. He was definitely dead.. bounced a good 3
feet. The police were called, the press showed up, and eventually the
policeman told us kids to beat it because they were going to turn him over.
Of course, we stuck around.

So, that afternoon when I went home, I told mom. She said the same thing...
Why are you making these things up?

She got a big surprise in the morning when the paper had it on the front
page. :-)

It's amazing what kids see and live through...we saw a guy pu;;ed out of
the lake we lived at who'd drowned several days earlier...he was green
and bloated...my friend and I were paddking around on one of those
peddle boat things so we had a good view when they brought him up...

"Scout" wrote in message
ups.com...


Scotty

I've been mauling mine.
Scout


I've got 8 BIG dead ones to fell, BUT, it's sail time
now.
Gotta have your priorities straight.

Scotty

I"m seeing a pattern here!
Scout


yes, it's been pointed out to me SEVERAL times.

SBV

Yuk... that's gross... I'm betting the smell was interesting also.

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www.sailnow.com

"katy" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
When I was a kid living in Chicago, the family rented a cabana club at a
local hotel so the kids would have some place to go during the summer
months. One day while playing (mumblie peg - anyone play that? You take a
knife, throw it up in the air in various ways, then have it stick in some
wood.. anyway), while playing we hear some terrible screaming coming from
the back of the hotel. The pool we were near was outside. We ran to the
back just in time to see a guy come smashing down from 6 story window
onto the pavement in the back of the hotel. He was definitely dead..
bounced a good 3 feet. The police were called, the press showed up, and
eventually the policeman told us kids to beat it because they were going
to turn him over. Of course, we stuck around.

So, that afternoon when I went home, I told mom. She said the same
thing... Why are you making these things up?

She got a big surprise in the morning when the paper had it on the front
page. :-)

It's amazing what kids see and live through...we saw a guy pu;;ed out of
the lake we lived at who'd drowned several days earlier...he was green and
bloated...my friend and I were paddking around on one of those peddle boat
things so we had a good view when they brought him up...

Capt. JG wrote:
Yuk... that's gross... I'm betting the smell was interesting also.

we were fortunately upwind...

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:20:55 -0400, katy
wrote:

Capt. JG wrote:
Yuk... that's gross... I'm betting the smell was interesting also.

we were fortunately upwind...

Consider yourselves lucky you never had to deal with this or Bob's
"kids with squashed heads". Give it a rest, please.