Swingman wrote in
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On 3/2/2013 1:05 PM, Han wrote:
Swingman wrote in
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On 3/2/2013 11:02 AM, Han wrote:
Swingman wrote in

Anything to keep the kids off the lawn, right Radcliffe?? ...

No problems with kids in my yard. Radburn has the parks for the
kids. Each house has the kitchen on the street (mostly cul-de-sac)
side, and another door that leads either directly to the park
(ours) or via a walkway between houses to the park. See
http://radburn.org.

Also many people here adher to the village theory: It takes a
village to educate the kids. Very old-fashioned perhaps, but we
try to keep it that way.


That's a grouchy old man joke, Han. Traditionally something old men
are always yelling at the neighborhood kids:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...et+off+my+lawn

Yes, but I'd like a penny for every time it happened for real in the
US. Just for a week, or maybe just a day. Could use it to help feed
some hungry people ...

Truth were told, I'm the first one in the yard playing with them,
especially if they have a remote controlled helicopter, airplane, or
car ... my depression era parents refused to spring for an electric
train.

Not kidding, until I gave it one of the kids, I kept a remote
controlled jeep in the shop just to tease both the neighbor's kids,
and the dogs, with mysterious, unmanned drive-bys.

I had a wind-up spring-powered Märklin trainset as a kid. Laid trak all
over the attic, and let it plunge down in the stair well more times than
I'd care to remember. Gave left-over pieces to a friend/trainbuff.

I did model rockets with my kids. My son now does some with his. Never
went for the RC cars etc. Too expensive, not enough opporetunity to let
them roam here. Waiting for really affordable quadracopters grin.

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Best regards
Han
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