On the road again

[valarltd]

Obi's all OVER the road.
He wiped out on his new bike. His knees, hands and arms have a bad case of road rash. He's OK, just very sore. Without a helmet, tho'... *Shudder*

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The usual "Oh how did we ever survive" meme is going around. No seat belts, no bike helmets, no bee-sting kits, with the implication of "we survived and are turning our kis into wusses with our safety foolishness."

My answer is, as always, "enough of us DIDN'T that things changed." I'm glad they have.

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gotta run, time to drive. Bleh

Comments

[reannon.livejournal.com]

AMEN, sister. That meme pisses me off. I'm GLAD that when Kiddo inevitably falls off the swings, he bounces on the nice soft padding of shredded recycled tires instead of crashing to the concrete and scarring himself for life with multiple lacerations. I must be a bad mom. After all, it's not like the padding STOPS them from falling. Nothing on earth ever could. :)

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I hate nostalgia. Because the "good old days" weren't.

I said that and the reaction was "you just don't understand a yearning for a simpler time." I shut them up with "Not when that time includes 'white only' drinking fountains, alcoholism through the roof from boredom and 'men wanted' job ads."