[Elecraft] Re: Knives - now Conkers [OT]

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

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, "elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net"
<elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net> 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.)
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