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To: panthermom

We played army, kill the guy with the ball, sandlot football (no pads), cow field baseball (with cows), and demolition derby (on sleds). We made gravity powered go-carts and tree forts, and we broke things on purpose and then tried to fix them. This was in the late 60’s/early 70’s, and we did all this without our parents’ direct supervision. (Most of the time we didn’t even have indirect supervision.) The world was no safer then, than now, and yet our parents allowed us to roam the neighborhood and beyond at will from sun-up to sun-down, as long as we were home for lunch at noon and dinner at 5:15 pm.


54 posted on 08/15/2008 5:25:12 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Labyrinthos

I have encouraged that with my kids. Fortunately in my neighborhood the parents are fine with that stuff too. Some of the contraptions they have made are frightening others really good.


57 posted on 08/15/2008 5:38:41 AM PDT by panthermom
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To: Labyrinthos
If a batted ball hit a cow, was it a ground rule double?

(I have played baseball in a cow field with cow PIES but never with COWS.)

62 posted on 08/15/2008 7:40:36 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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