[ARC5] Finding Stuff

[Hubert Miller]

This is way OT, but perhaps forgiveable....
when I was somewhere in 9 or 10 years of age, the school playground abutted against
the back of some kind of medical clinic. Some kid found that goodies could be discovered
by pawing through the trash cans back of the clinic. I recall kids on the playground showing
off the hypodermic needles they had found. This was before "safe disposal of points".  The
thing that really stands out in my memory was the wonderful parachutes some made from
gauze bandage material they found. In my memory, those parachutes descended ever so
slowly. I still from time to time try to emulate that dandelion-side kind of slow descent, and
I'm still working on it. Of course there are physical limits, due to the weight of the parachute
material, even using Walmart produce bags, which are the thinnest material known to man.
Another highlight of the playground show-offs, one kid had a jar with what I guess were
human tonsils inside. Of course the teachers were not thrilled to hear that the kids at lunchtime
recess were chasing each other around with hypodermic needles, and they wasted no time
in getting out to the playground to collect up all dangerous stuff. Ah, good clean fun.
-Hue Miller
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