16-01-2013, 05:15 PM
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Re: All stop, a snow flake.
Originally Posted by MrsD
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I think its cause we have moved on from the Victorian age , we now value Children much more than in the old days . I know for my children I have given them a better life than what I had . The hardship we had do we really want our children to have the same ? Would you send your grandchildren on a 3 mile trek to school , I know I wouldn't cause I think the world of them ..
Children are hardy little things, a wee bit of snow isn't going to kill them.
And yes I would send my grandchildren on a 3 mile trek to school as long as they were wrapped up.
Would you rather I stuffed them full of junk food until they were obese? That seems to be the trend these days.
16-01-2013, 05:16 PM
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Re: All stop, a snow flake.
Originally Posted by The Dog Lover
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We are not talking about the Vctorian age MrsD just when we grew up. I think we are producing a bunch of namby pamby kids who expect to be driven everywhere. It wouldn't do them any harm at all to walk to school.
16-01-2013, 05:17 PM
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Re: All stop, a snow flake.
Originally Posted by The Dog Lover
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We are not talking about the Vctorian age MrsD just when we grew up. I think we are producing a bunch of namby pamby kids who expect to be driven everywhere. It wouldn't do them any harm at all to walk to school.
Originally Posted by Mags
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I used to walk almost 3 miles to school when the buses were cancelled due to the snow and I remember that I enjoyed it and thought it fun. In those days it was considered good exercise which I'm afraid today's children don't receive enough of.If it was still snowing in the afternoon, we were allowed to go home an hour or so earlier.
18-01-2013, 01:30 AM
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Re: All stop, a snow flake.
My little brother and I also had to walk to school in deep snow back in the mid to late 50s and, when we got there, there was no central heating in the classrooms like there is today. I clearly remember having lessons in my coat and scarf because it was perishing.As for driving in the snow. What's the problem there? During the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 heavy snow here in Lancashire, I got to work, but I did have to dig out my back axle before I could move the car.
Mindst, not many folk actually know how to drive in those conditions as it isn't easy, but I was lucky enough to be able to learn on a skid pad when I lived in Berlin.
Namby pamby. Too true! They're all mardy little wenches these days, and that includes the teachers, both male and female.
We've had a couple of centimetres of snow fall here tonight, but I'll bet a pound to a penny that there will be an announcement tomorrow that some schools have closed because of the snow. Soft sods!
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