Rocinante

[ert01]

We still do that up here but usually we throw on the tire chains and go out on the lake and pull some inner tubes around much fun to be had.

 

[LR Max]

Is it still OK for Dad's to strap a line to the back of the truck and pull his kids around on sleds behind the truck in the snow? Because that was my childhood.

And your childhood was awesome.

We used to sled down this one driveway, then across a road, then down another driveway. The key was to bail out before hitting the back of the car parked at the bottom. Sometimes you won, sometimes you lost.

 

[David Harris]

Is it still OK for Dad's to strap a line to the back of the truck and pull his kids around on sleds behind the truck in the snow? Because that was my childhood. Funny, I don't have any memories from sitting in my babyseat, but I can vividly remember the snow "sleigh" rides behind the old pick-up.

There wasn't even such a thing as child seats when I was young. There were seat belts in the car but I don't ever remember anyone wearing them. I do remember off roading every trail on the Western Slope in Colorado riding in the back of my Dad's '79 Ford truck. Back then we didn't know any better though. Taking any risk is fine, as long as you know and are willing to accept the consequences if something goes wrong.

 

[Some Dude]

an ExMod 110 on I-5

Most dangerous thing in this thread.

 

[454]

Most dangerous thing in this thread.

Maybe it was going downhill.

 

[Antichrist]

There wasn't even such a thing as child seats when I was young. There were seat belts in the car but I don't ever remember anyone wearing them.

When I was a kid most cars on the road didn't have them, even fewer people wore them. At 16 I was seeing, on a weekly basis, the mangled, dying and dead who suffered the affects of the way things were. I became a seat belt advocate at a fairly early age. Having things in your face is a better teacher than all the theory in the world.

 

[jrose609]

When I was a kid most cars on the road didn't have them, even fewer people wore them. At 16 I was seeing, on a weekly basis, the mangled, dying and dead who suffered the affects of the way things were. I became a seat belt advocate at a fairly early age. Having things in your face is a better teacher than all the theory in the world.

Fifty-plus dead and dying bodies per year resulting from not wearing seatbelts is a rather large number. I'm curious as to how and why a 16 year old boy is being exposed to so much death

 

[mpinco]

Is it still OK for Dad's to strap a line to the back of the truck and pull his kids around on sleds behind the truck in the snow? Because that was my childhood. Funny, I don't have any memories from sitting in my babyseat, but I can vividly remember the snow "sleigh" rides behind the old pick-up.

Brings back memories. We use to take a 100' rope and make knots every 16' or so for the neighborhood kids to grab onto. Tied it to the back of a Scout and towed the group up the snow covered neighborhood street which was long and fairly steep. They would all let loose at the top and I would circle around the next street and pick them up at the bottom. That was a blast for all.

Probably some areas that frown on that but then again I wouldn't live there.

 

[chris snell]

Fifty-plus dead and dying bodies per year resulting from not wearing seatbelts is a rather large number. I'm curious as to how and why a 16 year old boy is being exposed to so much death

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[meatblanket]

 

[benlittle]

My hell - let's get this thread back on track.

ex MOD love

 

[Antichrist]

Fifty-plus dead and dying bodies per year resulting from not wearing seatbelts is a rather large number. I'm curious as to how and why a 16 year old boy is being exposed to so much death

Working as a volunteer in a very busy emergency room.
You make it sound like being in the middle of it was a bad thing. It was difficult at times, but I'm glad I did it.

 

[benlittle]

Anyhoo -

 

[jrose609]

Anyhoo -

"Rocinante" love

 

[454]

Sure. I'll play.