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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 5306767, member: 2500"] The more I think about this, it's not just that technology has stifled what we olds consider imagination, it's parents and litigation that have had significant effect. I had two friends from the block with whom we did everything together. Lots of it was normal 60s childhood stuff. Some of it would result in lawsuits today. There was a place on the other side of the tracks from the Springdale train station we used to call the "sandpits ".It was supposed to be off limits, although none of us remember any specific signage. That's where clandestine kissing often occured. It's all developed now, but back then there were several large abandoned and rusted out machines that made for great climbing spots. Sure we all got small cuts that probably could've developed into tetanus, but we didn't care. If we got hurt, it was us being stupid, not the equipment's fault. That wouldn't be the case today. Whomever left that crap there would be sued to high heaven. There was a lot of residential construction going on in Springdale as well. And we used to play in all the construction sites. OneAn time we actually took a pile of cinder blocks, threw them all into the foundation hole and built a basement w/o mortar. That had to be aggravating for the construction crew. But the best was when a basketball court was being built across from the old civil defense building (which had our neighborhood bomb shelter). There was a steamshovel and a backhoe left on the small plot over the weekend. We started those suckers up and learned what all the controls did. And then we couldn't figure out how to shut the steamshovel off so we just left it running till the gas ran out. I have no idea if kids even try that kind of stuff today, but I'd imagine if a 12 year old could start up your unguarded backhoe in 2025 and give it a test drive, your construction company is getting sued, not the kid or his parents. [/QUOTE]

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