Posts by RaggedJoe
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Wow, just wow, very heavy indeed. At 16 I was drinking and getting up to mischief, but the only cross bows we knew about were on the movies.
This post has been resonating in my head as we have seen our 16yr old daughter off to her first "big partay" this week. I collected her at midnight last night and was drip fed details of "comma'd" girls (1) and spewing boys (2).
Also tales of weed being smoked and a group of drunk 16yr olds leaving the venue in search of inner city McD's at midnight.
It is a very difficult line to tread, balancing the concerns with giving the opportunity for freedom to enjoy and make mistakes.
I can remember being at a party in Epsom 30 years ago when the boot boys turned up outside and half the partgoers were suddenly looking for places to hide their knives before the cops came. Was quite a suprise to me that anyone even had a knife!
So I guess society is no more violent now than then and the risks remain the same.
Doesn't make it any easier from a parents perspective though, the in built worryometer was off the scale last night, when of course she was perfectly safe.
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Soccer’s probably the only sport around that doesn’t need the oxygen of TV coverage.
That’s its asset; simple rules. Anyone can understand it and play it.
My 13 yr old still palys soccer and loves it, although he is showing some rugby tendnacies now, probably because it is the main sport on OUR TV.
BUT he loves going to Warriors matches. I beleive is simnply because the action is non stop. Rugby, even live, loses him with reste scrums, penatlties, lineouts, stop start stop star, it is starting to resemble that dreadful American game fgodsake.
I agree soem changes to the structure would be good, but the rules, pleeeese let's find a way to keep the game moving!!