Hey Doug!

That rant on "Todays Youth" was awesome! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I laughed out loud and loved all of it! My favorite line that to me speaks volumes..."When was the last time you saw a kid climb a tree?" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" />

WOW!! How true it is Doug! I left trees for food and bed and that was it. We used to play near the town creek and stomp through it in the summer,play hockey on it in winter. But man those trees! They went the length of the creek for miles. Both sides and were not planted but left there when the 1950's sub-divisions were built.

I climbed my childhood away in those trees! Fell,cut,bumps,bruises and a lifetime of great memories.
We played in new housing basements and sites in and around the homes. Our favorite thing was throwing dirt clods at each other as we ducked for cover! We threw with all out might too! That was good clean fun!
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Now if it doesn't entertain without participation kids want nothing to do with it! Spoiled brats with high tech very expensive toys that only isolate and insulate them from reality and the outsides world. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/barf.gif" alt="" />
NO people skills,NO ability to think on their own,NO love of the history of our country. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />
My daughter in her junior year of high school has NO idea when the Civil War occurred! She has a 3.96 for the last 7 years and is always on the high honor roll.

They don't even teach American history anymore! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/barf.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Sad state of affairs. Douglas I love you man! But I better stop now I feel like I am about to go off on the youth of today. Great post and I too of course am more than pleased to know you are safe and healthy. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

God bless,

Dave.

Peace.