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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:57 PM Original message |
50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do — Endorsed by the NY Times! |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Flushing javalinas from the sugar cane fields with a burning tire |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That does sound like fun. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Not much fun when they're heading right for you |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I would imagine. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. I prefer snipe hunting. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
88. ... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. I have to confess... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
74. They ought to taste like ham |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #74 |
85. They are peccary, not pigs. n/t |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #85 |
89. giant rats with tusks nt |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #85 |
118. Pfft! Purist! |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
92. I see 'em almost every damn nite in my backyard! |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm giving my nephew a can of lighter fluid, a BB gun and a box of strike anywhere matches |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Try a can of hairspray, a 6" nail, and a bonfire, nt |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
63. Oooh that would be fun too... I crushed up the heads of matches... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Bring back firecrackers |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. What about DIHS? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
103. Well shit... |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Used to play with lead fishing weights as a child |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
66. You reminded me of that time I made my own gunpowder |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
90. When firecrackers, including the really big ones, were... |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. How about - Drink a can of HFCS every day!! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Did you read the column? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Let's not go overboard, here |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. The author of the column, and the author of the book, apparently agree with you on that. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. OK, I'll quote the column: |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. I feel sorry for kids today. It's not that they don't have a |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Jarts I can live without, but the rest of your post is spot on! |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:28 PM Original message |
What the heck is a Jart? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. Lawn darts. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
54. Make your own. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Is there a DU club that does this? |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
55. we had jarts when i was a kid. i really liked them. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Same here. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
128. i also have a problem with putting so much pressure on kids |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #128 |
144. Yeah, that story drove me nuts yesterday. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
73. They're great for improvised tag. |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
137. the most vile, evil flying projectile known to man! |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
110. Jarts are greatness. nt |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. more wingnut, libertarian horseshit. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I'm not sure what the first part of your statement means. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. this isn't the first thing written along these lines. some jackass wrote a book about |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I don't see any of that in this book, or in the NYT column, or on Free Range Kids. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I saw all I needed in the snips you provided. looks like just another of the anti-nanny state |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Well, you're quite wrong. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. dupe |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
94. Reacting to an article one refuses to read is always a great way to look smart. (nt) |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #94 |
132. Deleted message |
sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Hey, it's a growing movement! |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Because only libertarians let their kids climb trees? |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. because wingnuts love to belittle/vilify any attempts to make the world safer in their mania |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Actually, wingnuts are a big part of the problem in this area. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #28 |
61. Wow, remind me to never show you my senior class informal picture |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
77. The point is that the line is way too far to the overprotective side these days. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Apparently. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
83. Lol, as opposed to our current draconian nanny state bs, fine with me. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #83 |
136. good job falling for the propaganda, or are you catapulting it, too? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #136 |
142. Yes, please go to Free Range Kids! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #83 |
145. Exactly. Fear has taken over, and the kids are dealing with the consequences. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
93. Yep, better to keep them locked in vats for twenty years. It works for scotch, right? (nt) |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
147. Just when I think I've already read |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. Loved lawn darts as a kid |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
108. This thread clearly shows that DU needs a lawn darts club. -eom- |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. Sign me up. nt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #108 |
119. And we can lick 9 volt batteries, too! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. Absolutely. Plenty of toys still use them! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. We overprotect kids so much nowadays it is PATHETIC. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
78. Exactly. -eom- |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. We were mowing the lawn from the age of 8 & doing other chores for $ |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Yup Indeed. +1,000,000,000,000 |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
64. Bingo! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Well, even the most ardent Free Range parent, today, finds bike helmets to be a good idea, however. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #64 |
72. I've got to agree with the bike helmets, though |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. Climb a tree!!!! Oh yes |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. Fuck the kids! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Everyone I know did it as a kid. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
113. Augh! Just thinking about that makes my tongue hurt. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. That was the only way to test them |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. That's right. Dang I'm old, and I have no memory. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
60. How else did you learn to do the Uncle Fester trick with the light bulb? |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. How about cooking a hotdog |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:34 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. we used to cook them over the fire with wire coat hangers |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #68 |
152. Works great. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. +1 |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
112. same here... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. The NYTs thought my kids should invade Iraq. I should listen to them?! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Oh goodness. Do you find anything of substance objectionable with this piece? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Lighten up. I started looking after my brother when I was 8 |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. After the angry response you offered, you tell me to lighten up? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. If you are reading my response as angry, you're working too hard. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Nice try. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. LOL! You used the NYTs as an opinion leader , "endorsed by the NYTs". |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. It's the title of the post at Free Range Kids. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #53 |
133. did you bother to check into some of the sites Free Range Kids wants you to check out? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #133 |
135. What other site linked from FreeRangeKids bothers you? |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #135 |
138. I knew you'd say that. no surprise |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #138 |
141. That's your claim. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Ludicrous |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. LOL! Good one! |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #51 |
139. got that. btw, EF, check your PMs |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. Family friend's kid fell off playground equipment and died |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. No, it doesn't, but that's not what's caused today's bizarre culture of fear among parents. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Oh, I generally agree |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
105. OMG one person died, we better redesign all playgrounds |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #105 |
121. That's quite silly |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #121 |
126. You seem to be having a problem with magnitude |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Dunno - but I stood at the spot where a child of a friend died |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #127 |
130. Thousands of people die every year in slip and fall accidents |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #105 |
131. Why not? It's not just a fall, the kid died. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #131 |
151. Lets make it as safe as we can, a flat round jello blob n/t |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 01:50 AM Response to Reply #105 |
153. Ew. Taiter, let me help you out because you're obviously searching for words.... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
58. Bring back shop class. n/t |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. It's been renamed. It's now Industrial Tech. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Never trust a wood shop teacher who has all his fingers intact nt |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
114. and another hard learned lesson... |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
67. Pocket knives at age five, |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
69. It has always been my belief that if you don't let your children take risks |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Agree, and the right kind of risks at the right time. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
98. You're absolutely right. My son was climbing before he was walking |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #98 |
106. Wow, I hadn't thought about that kind of risk and fear, |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #98 |
124. Thank you for sharing your amazing story! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #69 |
101. Or worse, a grownup unable to recognize a risky situation. n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
75. Our kids grew up in a house with three of these |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
76. Amen - |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
79. A story from the other end of things.. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #79 |
86. and it's also why we have a generation of kids growing up eating only |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
80. #51 - let your child bully someone to death. It's all the rage these days. n/t |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. What is the point in posting that? |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
82. Bravo- Very good, some people are getting the picture.. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. I thought AC/DC was a rock band |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
84. Good f or him for writing this! I wholeheartedly agree. I am shocked at the amount of fear out there |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
91. I imagine many people confuse prudence with fear... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. For many, what they consider to be prudence, actually is based on undue fears. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
96. I think he may have a point. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #96 |
134. Indeed. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
97. It truly is sad, |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
99. #38 Have your kids search your car for FBI Tracking Devices |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
100. I lick batteries to this day to test them |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
102. check out his TED presentation on it, too... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #102 |
146. Thanks for sharing! -eom- |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
104. I agree, but only to an extent |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. No, I don't think it's necessarily about physical danger, |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
107. Be afraid, be very afraid |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #107 |
125. Or stay at home, in front of the TV, where you will you be convinced to buy those products. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
115. I had a .22 at age eight. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #115 |
148. Do you remember the experience as a positive thing? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. Absolutely. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Cool. I appreciate you sharing your experience. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
116. When I was a kid, 10-11 years old, |
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OswegoAtheist (440 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
117. I had a friend die in a house fire... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. And there you have it... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
122. Frankly, I don't know how I survived childhood alive. It's interesting |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
129. When I was seven years old I used a lathe in the Boy's Club. |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
140. There, I fixed a sentence in the OP. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #140 |
143. +1 |
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