Posted on 06/16/2012 6:38:40 AM PDT by dewawi
The family of 16-year-old Chiccena Carpenter, who drowned at Cedar Lake last week, also wants to push for legislation to make sure beaches in Minnesota don't stay open without a lifeguard present.
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“License to swim” permit???!! HUH? Good God you limp wrists are all the same. How about a permit to move the sprinkler on the lawn or to take a bath in the tub? Go back to your other site, the DUmp, and poll your good pals to see what they think about a ‘swim permit’.
Memorials belong in cemeteries, not in the state code.Excellent. And so true.
I was being a wise guy in that the morale of your story WASN'T that people didn't drown because you all learned to swim.
Nobody drowned, because nobody would tell, because then playtime would be over.
Imagine the sarcasm of a mean older brother picking on his little sister.
"Nobody drowned, because nobody would tell, because then playtime would be over."
God forbid one of us did. I was speaking of a stubbed toe, falling on the cement and diving into each other....for fear of being "it".
"Imagine the sarcasm of a mean older brother picking on his little sister."
I have an older brother AND sister. Being the little one did me NO favors. That's why I learned to swim so quickly. ;)
Amazing difference between we who grew up in the "it's your own damn fault" versus the coddled.Things you don't see too much of any more
1. Diving boards in public pools.
2. See-saws in public playgrounds.
3. Merry-go-rounds in public playgrounds.
4. Monkey bars in public playgrounds.
We played what we called chicken fights. Basically a form of king of the monkey bars.
2 people would get on the bars. One at each end. You'd meet in the middle and try to pull the other person off, usually hanging from your hands and using your legs to pull the other person off.
This might give you an idea.
Take dirt bike. Lay it on ground. Put back wheel against...
You get the idea.
Yes I would have been the guy on/off the merry go round.
Ever go for a dryer ride??? :)
Either that, or a nonswimmer who goes to a hole for a dip needs to always ascertain first that it’s shallow enough to wade in. I almost wonder if it was a suicide.
No, we didn’t do that, lol. There was 1 entrance to the monkey bars.
We did the “1 2 3, you’re it” finger thing to determine who was it first.
It was amazing how we could all become “monkeys” and do dare devil stunts....just not to be “it”.
I don’t see that in todays child. It seems like everyone is afraid of everything!
Kids play and get hurt, people need to get over it. Sometimes I look at my scars and remember how I got them. It brings a smile to my face. =)
Of course I grew up in the day BEFORE bike helmets. I also had an Evel Kneivel poster in my room.
We also had OLD school skateboards.
Metal wheels ain't to grippy on asphault driveways.
I don’t have children so I am completely unaware of these things.
No see-saws??? Really? My sister used to jump off, so I’d hit the ground and cry, so she could laugh!
And yes, I did get back on it with her, hoping she would not pull the same trick again.
My bad, lol.
Ooooooooh, skateboards! We had a huge hill on our block. We would walk to the top, skateboards in hand, sit, stand, kneel, and GO!!!
The hurt “hurt”.....but was SOOOOOO worth it. Especially if you were the one to make it the farthest down!
No see-saws??? Really? My sister used to jump off, so I’d hit the ground and cry, so she could laugh!
And yes, I did get back on it with her, hoping she would not pull the same trick again.
My bad, lol.
I didn't have any brothers and sisters. Which is probably a good thing. If I would have been the older, I would have been trouble ;)
No....they are the best! At least in my world. Yes, they did put me through heck as a child, but as an adult, different story.
Older brother and sisters are supposed to be trouble. I still point and blame my older sister for making me inhale a butt so I "wouldn't waste" her cigarettes!!!!
Sounds like you missed the famous Alar on apples tragedy. Geeez those were scary times.
Your sarcasm is borderline mean....and I don’t like it.
Could you turn it down a notch, or just stop responding to me. Up to you. No offense meant.
But we did have bikes.
Asphalt road, wooden skateboard, metal wheels and a rope.
With the right length of rope and good speed on the bike, if the bike rider would turn into a driveway quick enough, he could give you a little slingshot whipping action.
I used to be a leader in the Jr High ministry at my old church. One of my former kids is now the director of a camp in Montana. They have these things called Mountain Boards.
Oh, to be 30 years younger.
(Or maybe its, Thank God I'm not 30 years younger.)
My buddy told me a story, how he and the wife were out with the kids one Sunday. They were between camp sessions, and so had no campers. So they had the rare family time, during the summer.
They get back to camp, to find that the summer staff, mostly 16-20 year olds, had taken an old sofa from one of the staff cabins, and rigged it up to the side by side zip lines.
Well my buddy is much like me and HAD to try it out.
His wife wasn't going to let him do it...
Without her.
Sanity Responsibility did take hold, and they required that anybody trying it still had to wear a safety harness, and be tied off.
Didn't mean it that way.
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