As did I, Rick. And I can remember all too many January days (sometimes the
whole dang month) where the temperature in the morning for the walk to
school was at or near -26F/-32C
And, as you mention, most of us survived the Dumb Shit Kids Do stage of
life--only then no one thought it was in any way remarkable.
I wonder if making people so much safer over the last few decades is why
most of them seem to have pudding for brains in evaluating risk as adults.
Not having learned how to handle the smaller risks when a child or teenager
maybe means one doesn't ever really develop the ability well at all.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As an "older gentleman" who survived walking over a mile to school no
> matter what the Chicago weather was... OK, if my dad's shift in the steel
> mill was right, and the temp went below 0 F, we might get a ride. No seat
> belts of course, and no helmets when we rode bikes in better weather. The
> list of hazards we faced every day exceeds my typing ability.
> However, as a teacher. I'm appalled to see parents send kids to school in
> t-shirts when the temps are 20+ degrees!
> Geezer Rick
>
> On Feb 7, 2015 4:39 PM, "Scott Gomez" <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Saw that one too, Bob. Maybe that's why my communications skills are slow
> > to develop here in Mexico. I've been busy learning Spanish, when
> apparently
> > I needed to be learning Latin. :-/
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It always has been wacko. But now, we have instant communication to
> > > highlight the insanity, such as in Vermont, where a number of internet
> > > trolls jumped on a _Republican_ state senator for sponsoring a bill to
> > > include a high-school student’s proposed addition to the state motto.
> > > According to the Portland Press_Herald, a ninth-grader proposed adding
> to
> > > “Freedom & Unity,” the state’s current motto, the Latin phrase “Stella
> > > Quarta Decima Fulgeat”: “The Fourteenth Star Shines Bright.” The
> trolls,
> > > providing irrefutable proof that our gene pool is way over its limit of
> > > fleet-fingered morons, seemed to believe that Latin and Latino are
> > > synonyms, because, as we all know (cough-cough) Latin is the language
> of
> > > Latin America.
> > >
> > > In fairness, others jumped in to provide the idiots with lessons in
> > > language, history and geography.
> > >
> > > --Bob Whitmire
> > > Certified Neanderthal
> > >
> > > On Feb 7, 2015, at 1:59 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Our world has gone a little (maybe a lot) wacko.
> > >
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