And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
JARTS was just another back yard game in millions of suburban yards when America was normal. Now it's been replaced with: "How can I be offended on Social media today"? Which is the "more dangerous" sport?
"Balunz"! (or something like that…) I actually saw some in a local (Anchorage) Fred Meyer supermarket the other day. All sorts of warning labels on it, of course. -JLM
I had a pair of pants like that in the 60s, they were groovy. When I was a little kid I had those plastic rockets that you filled with water then pumped them up to launch them. It said don't pump more than 10 times, but I pumped that baby a hundred times. I remember seeing water seep from the seams on the rocket there was so much pressure.
"Lawn Darts? You catch one of those things in the head, you're getting coloring books for Christmas the rest of your life!" - Jeff Foxworthy
"News Flash, Jeff! Most kids then were smart enough not to stand under where they were landing, and the kids not that bright were no great loss to the gene pool. So how's bubble-wrapping kids worked out for society lately?" - Kids from the '60s and '70s
JARTS was just another back yard game in millions of suburban yards when America was normal. Now it's been replaced with: "How can I be offended on Social media today"? Which is the "more dangerous" sport?
ReplyDeleteThere was a lot of stuff around that could kill us when we were free range kids.
ReplyDeleteYes! Howz about those strips on a roll (red), with those little circles (black), that we hit with a rock until they exploded! Mini firecrackers…
DeleteOr sparklers, or that funky plastic stuff that we could stick on a straw and blow a huge bubble!
ReplyDelete"Balunz"! (or something like that…) I actually saw some in a local (Anchorage) Fred Meyer supermarket the other day. All sorts of warning labels on it, of course.
Delete-JLM
Those evil things like guns that you put those little red strips with black circles on them….put ‘em in the gun pull the trigger and pop!
ReplyDeleteBetter yet, hit a whole roll with a hammer. That's an ear ringer.
DeleteWe had darts you'd put a cap in, throw in the air and when it landed, BANG!
ReplyDeleteHad a Jart land between my toes. The Lord was looking out for me that day.
ReplyDeleteToday they'd find a problem with the Hula Hoop.
ReplyDeleteParents still have a set in a cabinet on the deck.
ReplyDeleteSimilar to pineland rules
ReplyDeleteYou'll put yer eye out, Kid!
ReplyDeleteDennis: "we were free range kids". Yes, and we survived quite nicely!
ReplyDeleteAnd the ones that didn't survive didn't drag everyone else backwards.
DeleteThen the 90's happened and everything went to hell.
Jarts were fun!
ReplyDelete"Oh, boy!! LAWN DAR- ...!"
ReplyDeleteI had a pair of pants like that in the 60s, they were groovy. When I was a little kid I had those plastic rockets that you filled with water then pumped them up to launch them. It said don't pump more than 10 times, but I pumped that baby a hundred times. I remember seeing water seep from the seams on the rocket there was so much pressure.
ReplyDeleteI tried it with hot water once. Dang thing blew out of sight!
Delete"Lawn Darts? You catch one of those things in the head, you're getting coloring books for Christmas the rest of your life!" - Jeff Foxworthy
ReplyDelete"News Flash, Jeff! Most kids then were smart enough not to stand under where they were landing, and the kids not that bright were no great loss to the gene pool. So how's bubble-wrapping kids worked out for society lately?" - Kids from the '60s and '70s