No Fun Anymore. Now As Kids We

[SparklyKid]

we used to buy sodium chlorate , mix it half and half with sugar. Put it in a metal cigar tube, screw the cap on, puncture a hole and it made a rocket. It now has a flame inhibitor in .

At school we put dry ice in the sink in chemistry lab and dripped water on it to fill the room with a white cloud.
I made a firework once with twenty bangers, home made fuse and lost all my eyebrows.

Now you cannot go in the school play ground if it is raining. No making slippy curries.

This was in the day before all the adverts about compensation claims.

[ummmm]

Never did any of that. I did spend most of my time playing out though, but so did my kids.

[Rockrose]

A rose tinted specs thread

[youngmafbog]

Borrowed yours then RR?

[SparklyKid]

No RR, these are actual facts.

[Mamyalynne]

You may think differently if you opened an establishment to the public and then with no safety in mind tried to get insurance.

[SparklyKid]

Yes ummmm, you don't see kids playing out anymore. One of the causes of child obesity.

[ummmm]

You do, SK. I live near a park and there's always kids playing. You just don't see them in the streets anymore...too many cars!

[Theland]

Empty tins full of holes suspended on a bit of wire, and filled with burning Lino and swung around dripping molten flaming bits of Lino everywhere.

Ah those were the days.

[EDDIE51]

You are lucky to be alive !!

[teacake44]

I was a recycling nut, spent many hours with a hammer straightening out bent nails. :0)

[hc4361]

My youngest grandchildren have Forest School every Friday where all the activities take place in the woods that belong to the school - rain or shine they spend the day outdoors.

[hc4361]

I live in a cul de sac and the neighbours kids play outdoors.

[Theland]

How to Wee behind a tree?

[teacake44]

13.33 where do you plug it in?