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re: Do you feel like your kids are getting the short end of the stick?
Posted on 1/10/19 at 3:28 pm to Boudreaux35
Posted on 1/10/19 at 3:28 pm to Boudreaux35
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What I find kinda strange or ironic is that we (kids from the 70's/80's) spent SOOOOOO much more time outside in the environment and got so much enjoyment from it, yet we are the ones being blamed for allegedly destroying it BY those who hardly use it, comparatively, at all.
For a guy who goes by Boudreaux, you sure is smart.
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Posted on 1/10/19 at 3:29 pm to arbe25
we live outside city limits in a neighborhood so best of both worlds
we talk about moving to the sticks but I don't think the child could live without some other kid within walking or bike riding distance
we talk about moving to the sticks but I don't think the child could live without some other kid within walking or bike riding distance
Posted on 1/10/19 at 3:30 pm to Ron Cheramie
wife and I were talking about this the other day though
we would play outside all day and never brought any drinking water anywhere with us
you would just find a water hose and drink out of it
there was no such thing as bottled water
we would play outside all day and never brought any drinking water anywhere with us
you would just find a water hose and drink out of it
there was no such thing as bottled water
Posted on 1/10/19 at 3:33 pm to arbe25
Both my kids stay glued to the tv screen playing video games. I always thought I would be one to make them get outside, but in this day and age, I have no problem with them staying inside and me knowing where they are at.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 3:34 pm to choupiquesushi
My 3 kids have it pretty good in that regard. They have land to roam on, hunt, fish, and ride four wheelers. They are growing up in the sticks. This was a decision that we made and it’s been a blessing for us. The only downside is my commute to work a few days a week. It’s not bad and gives me time to enjoy some quiet. I wouldn’t change a thing. Wish we would have done it sooner.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 3:34 pm to Ron Cheramie
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you would just find a water hose and drink out of it
I got screamed at last summer for that. Woman next door started telling me about how much bacteria and mold "or let alone bugs" are in that hose. I laughed at her.
'Dat's a hosepipe!
Posted on 1/10/19 at 3:39 pm to Boudreaux35
you had to let the hosepipe run a few seconds to get any critters out of it and let the water cool off
This post was edited on 1/10/19 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 1/10/19 at 3:42 pm to Ron Cheramie
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you had to let the hosepipe run a few seconds to get any critters out of it and let the water cool off
No way she would ever understand or believe that anyway.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 3:44 pm to Saskwatch
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I wade fished a lot before and after school with friends. We would go gigging for flounder. Mom and Dad were ok with us going flounder gigging during school nights. Ran our own crab traps during the summer. These are all things I enjoyed access to growing up
This is how I ended up moving back to near home after college. Would spend all day/every day on a pier in the summer as a kid. I hope my son enjoys those things as much as I did growing up..and still do.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 4:05 pm to Ron Cheramie
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hosepipe
Reminds me of a story.....In NELA it's called a water hose. I can remember the first time I heard it called a hosepipe. Years ago we all got in a new hunting club and one of the members was a coonass from Laffy. I'm working on my camp and he comes over.
CA- I can see that hosepipe yea.
Me- Do what?
CA- That hosepipe, I can see it?
Me- What?
CA- When you're true wit it I can see it?
Me- See what? I'm lost
CA- Dat hosepipe
Me- *just looks at him lost as hell
CA *turns around and starts walking off
Buddy who heard the conversation- "I think he wants your waterhose"
Me- OH. Here come back, you can borrow it
CA- Tanks bra
We are still tight to this day. And I am now much more fluent in coonass.
This post was edited on 1/10/19 at 4:26 pm
Posted on 1/10/19 at 4:07 pm to LSUballs
Posted on 1/10/19 at 4:12 pm to Easternrio
Ur kid does not go to school?
Posted on 1/10/19 at 4:15 pm to arbe25
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Walking or biking to the nearest woods to squirrel hunt after school. Building a fort in the woods
i grew up in the back on covington country club across from the pailett woods. back then there was nothing but woods all the way to the river, and all the way to highway 22
we duck hunted the marsh, deer/squirrel hunted the woods, and rode bikes all thru those woods, camped out all weekend/etc. we'd disappear on friday after school and only come back to check in
when they started building beau chene, we would sneak in after dark and steal materials to build our fort. we set the posts in concrete, used treated timbers and lumber, etc...all the good stuff we could carry off. i would bet anyone that at least the structural frame is still there in the woods, 40 years later
Posted on 1/10/19 at 4:32 pm to cgrand
we had a pretty nice 2 story fort as well.
playboys, redman, boones farm, and an occasional female...the way life's supposed to be as a young teenage boy
the 40+ yr old fella down the street (Mutt was his name) would buy us anything we needed.
playboys, redman, boones farm, and an occasional female...the way life's supposed to be as a young teenage boy
the 40+ yr old fella down the street (Mutt was his name
) would buy us anything we needed. This post was edited on 1/10/19 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 1/10/19 at 4:34 pm to LSUballs
Man thats hilarious. I grew up with water hose too.
I can remember a similar confusion when I was a kid and a guy asked me to go fetch some "ready rolls" out of his saddle bag.
Didn't know what it was, but figured if I looked in there I might be able to tell. No dice.
Went back "I don't see any ready rolls".
Yeah there's a carton in there, Winstons, get 'em for me.
I can remember a similar confusion when I was a kid and a guy asked me to go fetch some "ready rolls" out of his saddle bag.
Didn't know what it was, but figured if I looked in there I might be able to tell. No dice.
Went back "I don't see any ready rolls".
Yeah there's a carton in there, Winstons, get 'em for me.
Posted on 1/10/19 at 4:36 pm to arbe25
another thing that has changed is all the posted places we used to run all through the woods with no worries
cant do that now
cant do that now
Posted on 1/10/19 at 8:44 pm to Ron Cheramie
My kid is 9. He plays all day w friends in the neighborhood. They will play all day outside. They drink from the hose. The seven year old cant keep up all day yet. We throw pbj sandwiches at em and they will go all day. House to house.
They will almost always end up outside. Every now and then Fortnite is too powerful to overcome. We will just tell em they can’t come in some days.
In those ways his childhood is just like mine. I had rural family they let us roam, he doesn’t have that same opportunity.
He has killed three deer. I was 12 when I killed my first.
They will almost always end up outside. Every now and then Fortnite is too powerful to overcome. We will just tell em they can’t come in some days.
In those ways his childhood is just like mine. I had rural family they let us roam, he doesn’t have that same opportunity.
He has killed three deer. I was 12 when I killed my first.
Posted on 1/11/19 at 5:07 am to arbe25
Kids now are on their smart phones or gaming consoles. Hunting and outdoors are low priority.
Posted on 1/11/19 at 6:17 am to Doctor Strangelove
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kids now on their smartphones
they got it from watching their parents
go to s restaurant or airport or coffeeshop or anywhere and hardly anyone is talking to one another all have heads down looking at their phones
I would bet most of us here are looking at our smartphone while in the deer stand
Posted on 1/12/19 at 8:04 pm to arbe25
I did all that when I was a kid and treasure the memories.Live in rural area now,stepson and his family live close on same property.My grandchildren hardly go outside,all it is at their house is video games.They have three game things that connect to TVs.16 year old and 10 y.o. have Smartphones so when they’re not home the phone is in their face.Doesn’t help that d.i.l.keeps them freaked out about snake,spiders,ticks and mosquitos,Depresses me.
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