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  • kadeeb
    kadeeb Member Posts: 305
    edited February 2011

    Molly you are so right. When my son was young (8-12 about) he played in the creek below the house. He learned about hydrodynamics, gravity, cows, fire, snakes and the cooling properties of wet clothing. What an education. You can't get that on an IPOD or DS.

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  • kadeeb
    kadeeb Member Posts: 305
    edited February 2011

    Athena, as far as your list is concerned, after chemo and herceptin and arimidex, my attention span is somewhat limited. Your list is too long for my abilities. After months of posting on this thread, I know how many of the ladies here feel about many issues. I look forward to discovering more of those answers as the issues unfold but for anyone wishing to examine their views in that depth, I'm sure it would be a revealing exercise. 

    You put a lot of work and thought into your survey. I just don't do surveys even if they're good ones. 

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  • annettek
    annettek Member Posts: 1,640
    edited February 2011

    konakat- you could knock me over with a feather...that was MY dad's favorite saying to get me to eat stuff I didn't want...and damn if I don't say the same thing..I get some really weird reactions:) and it makes me smile up at Dad...i can hear him chuckling...

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  • rosemary-b
    rosemary-b Member Posts: 2,006
    edited February 2011

    5 of my 7 kids were in High School sports, mostly track and cross country although 1 played football. The other 2 were in Marching Band which is also good exercise.One daughter still runs. She has her 4 yr old training with her for a 5 K fun run now. She has run 3 or 4 marathons but her last race was a 1/2 marathon before she got pregnant wth her youngest who is now 4 mons old.

    All my kids and grandkids love to swim, so do I.

    As for my coordination, I ran out to the car in my little red dress and pumps to get something for my sweety before we went out to dinner tonight and slipped on the ice.( It was 40 degrees today, I was not expecting ice). All I could think was I did not want to go down on my knee on the ice, so I planted my face and hands in a snowbank. (Two days of 40 degreesweather AND WE STLL HAVE SNOW BANKS), I really do not like winter  and grace is not my middle name.

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  • kadeeb
    kadeeb Member Posts: 305
    edited February 2011

    Rosemary - Where's the camera when you need one? You could have probably won on "America's Funniest Videos". Hope you werent injured. 

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited February 2011

    ((((((Rosemary)))))  Hope you are OK!  I hate falls.

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  • rosemary-b
    rosemary-b Member Posts: 2,006
    edited February 2011

    Blue

    I am a little sore,nothing bad. We'll see how I feel in the morning.

    I usually put out lots of salt because I am too old to fall but it was so nice and warm today. I salted when I got home.

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  • Medigal
    Medigal Member Posts: 1,412
    edited February 2011

    Barbara:  Oh don't get me remembering Home Ec.  I passed that by bribeing my partner in class to actually do the "work".  I was so bad at cooking that on my wedding night I decided to surprise DP with a meatloaf and had no idea that a stove had an oven and broiler and put it under the broiler!  I chared the meatloaf to a brick and almost burned down his tiny apartment!  "He" had to end up fixing us frozen fried shrimp!  But I must say, I have over the years mastered the art of cooking and can cook with the best of them now.  I still  won't go near balls!

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  • Beesie
    Beesie Member Posts: 12,240
    edited February 2011

    "We went out to play - never stayed in the house. Running around, riding bicycles, skipping, getting in trouble.

    What ever happened to playing?"

    That was my childhood too.  In the summer I'd be out the door before 9:00 and sometimes not home till dinner. Then I'd be out again until it started to get dark.  When the streetlights came on at night, I had to head home. Some days I'd show up at home for lunch, usually with friends tagging along, and other days I'd tag along to their homes.  Weekends during the school year it was the same thing.

    What happened to playing is that today parents are afraid to let their kids out of their sight. Kids can't just go out and play on the street or wander over to the park or to a neighbour's place by themselves (or just with other kids).  It's a scary world today and kids are always watched. I walked home from school by myself from the time I was 6.  Today, at least where I live, you rarely see any child in elementary school who isn't walked home by or picked up by an adult. I remember the summer I was 10, my friend and I used to walk to the local shopping center (to pick up magazines with stories about Davy Jones), which was miles away and which required crossing major intersections and going across railroad tracks.  I doubt that many kids would be allowed to do that today.

    The problem today is that kids can't just go outside and play.  Everything they do has to be structured and monitored.  And it's a whole lot easier to monitor them when they are at home in the den or the basement watching t.v. or playing video games.

    Medigal, you still won't go near balls?  That can be taken so many ways....  

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  • iodine
    iodine Member Posts: 4,289
    edited February 2011

    Happy VD everyone (LOL -looks funny said that way)

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  • ananda8
    ananda8 Member Posts: 2,755
    edited February 2011

    Be careful on the ice everyone.  It's those little dark patches in the shade that will sneak up and bite you on the ....

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited February 2011

    (((Rosemary)))) Hope you aren't too sore today. I hate falling. I fell face first while running for a tram in Tampa International Airport. Dang those buffed marble floors! I saw stars and tears sprang into my eyes. I had a bruised cheek and jaw but didn't break any teeth (mine are all caps from eye tooth to eye tooth). Whew! Hugs, gal.

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  • River_Rat
    River_Rat Member Posts: 1,724
    edited February 2011

    Ah PE, I'm surprised nobody's mentioned field hockey.  Now that was a game eh?!  Take a bunch of hormonal young girls, half of whom hate everybody else on any given day - give them sticks and send 'em out there.......ah good times!

    I liked running, gymnastics, modern dance.  I loved volleyball until I broke another girl's thumb on a serve - I hope that wasn't you Medigal.

    My grandkids are involved in athletic activities, but as Beesie mentioned it's not something they go out and do on their own all day long.  They do play with friends in their yard or in the friends' yards but it all has to be organized so the parents know where the kids are, and an adult tags along for trips to the park or playground. 

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  • kadeeb
    kadeeb Member Posts: 305
    edited February 2011

    Got to get off to work but a quick thought (which means it hasn't been thought out) but, I think parents are afraid to let their kids out of their sight for very long. So many stories of abductions, murders, and abuse would have me so paranoid I would be a nervous wreck. Are there a lot more now days or do we just know about them because of TV and internet? Don't know the answer but there is so much more fear now days. Others have mentioned the use of hand held gadgets  instead of play sometimes but at least you can see the kids. Is safety more important than the physical and social development they used to get around the neighborhood? Is it really unsafe or have we just been scared to death? I don't know what I'd do if I had small children in today's world.

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  • Ellie1959
    Ellie1959 Member Posts: 316
    edited February 2011

     I had to laugh at the Bowling PE - my best sport! And when I took it - we would sit and smoke while we bowled - at 10:30 a.m. in high school! My kids weren't just adhd - they were manic and I tried everything. They would try to outdo each other in being rotten and as a single Mom they weren't too afraid of me. We ddn't have too much junk food- not much pop because they would drink it like maniac's if we had any in the house. But - they are healthy - very fit and love working out. My youngest was amazingly active but in a good way. He had a 15 lawn cutting jobs and snow shovelling. He would walk around and pick the houses that needed either service and walk up to their door and give them a price. He started this when he was about 10. He always had money. Even now even though he is a specialized paramedic -he still does yard work for people.

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  • rosemary-b
    rosemary-b Member Posts: 2,006
    edited February 2011

    Well after last night's slip on the ice. I looked up the weather in Alaska. It is worse than here but everybody who lives there, man woman and child gets a check from the government every year. It might make up for the cold. Ah, Alaska, the state where everybody sucks off the government teat!      

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited February 2011

    Rosemary .. hope you're okay this morning!  That black ice is dangerous.  Alaska sounds lovely with those nice checks rolling in.

    Hope everyone is having a good day.

    Bren

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited February 2011

    http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/14/first-lady-depicted-as-fat-chowing-down-hamburger-platter-in-cartoon/

    Michelle Obama article. 

    Washington (CNN) - First lady Michelle Obama is often praised for her taut arms and athletic physique. So why is a cartoon depicting her with fat cheeks, a double-chin and chowing down a platter full of hamburgers?

    The cartoon appears on Biggovernment.com. The man behind the site is blogger and conservative firebrand Andrew Breitbart.

    Some conservatives see the campaign as an effort by Mrs. Obama at using her public platform to tell Americans what to eat.

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited February 2011

    Disgraceful.

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited February 2011

    I agree .. but what can you say about a blog run by Bietbart.

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  • ananda8
    ananda8 Member Posts: 2,755
    edited February 2011

    Some people always have room for one more bite of hate.

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  • Medigal
    Medigal Member Posts: 1,412
    edited February 2011

    I think that cartoon is pathetic!  No matter what one's opinion is of the President and the First Lady, they don't deserve being mocked like this in cartoons, IMO!  Michelle is a great looking woman and Obama always looks great too so this type of mockery is really below the belt! 

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  • Ellie1959
    Ellie1959 Member Posts: 316
    edited February 2011

    You know, we might be outspoken in this group - but none of us have called one another "knuckle dragging neanderthals" - talk about below the belt........., Wow - just when you think she can't get any worse.

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  • Medigal
    Medigal Member Posts: 1,412
    edited February 2011

    Ellie1959:  I did not read anything about "knuckle dragging neanderthals" in that article about Michelle and Obama.  Are you referring to something else?

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  • Ellie1959
    Ellie1959 Member Posts: 316
    edited February 2011

    I digress - just a post I saw on CNN - sorry.

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited February 2011

    Not sure why we even need to know about this....

    Clarification: Breitbart (sp.) and hate cartoons - and not sex or gore - fall under my category listing for "too much information."

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  • crazy4carrots
    crazy4carrots Member Posts: 5,324
    edited February 2011

    You might find this relevant:

    http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/curveball_i_lied_about_iraq_wmd_to_help_topple_saddam.php?ref=fpb

    So many lives lost......

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited February 2011

    Yes.....

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited February 2011

    Linda, is it just my problem or is it everyone's? I clicked the link and it takes me to the main BCO screen. I tried copying it into a new browser window. Let me try the old fashioned way...typing it.

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  • 208sandy
    208sandy Member Posts: 2,610
    edited February 2011

    Linda:

    I had the same problem.

    Sandy

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