At the risk of starting another off-topic thread. Some schools in the UK have now banned conkers because of the 'risk' of injury! Can you believe this! We now have some people saying kids take risks they can't handle when they are older (and hurt or kill themselves), because not taking little risks when young means they can't access the risk properly. I agree with this. A list of some things schools are banning because they are dangerous: Conkers, Ice Slides (in playground) in winter, Snowball fights, climbing frames, climbing trees......
On 6/6/07 23:14, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > When I went to school in England, in the early 1950's, students each had to > bring a penknife, to sharpen pencils. (It also helped us make conkers.) -- Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. --John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
