tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post7334497719868559062..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Safety First - Fun Is Only For The Fully-TrainedDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-70939997894327059052012-09-04T17:30:49.254+01:002012-09-04T17:30:49.254+01:00The good Furor has it.
There is at least one nati...The good Furor has it.<br /><br />There is at least one nation in Europe which is not yet wimped out.<br /><br />Here in Italy, they ride furiously downhill in mass bike races, climb sheer faces in numbers, jump from aeroplanes, scuba and so on. Sometimes they tell the bloody Mafia to take a hike, which takes some nerve; and they drive as they do on Italian roads, on four wheels and two.<br /><br />A couple of weeks ago we took a visiting teenage grandson to one of those adventure parks where you swing through the trees, albeit hooked up. He had tried one in Scotland, and quickly discovered even the basic adult course was tougher than the hardest one at home.<br /><br />What I saw was large numbers of Italian parents using the child course as a brief workout for their children, then pushing them on to the adult courses, encouraging and bullying them round. I did the basic adult percorso, and was constantly overtaken on the tricky bits by twelve-year-old brats, who didn't seem to notice the stretches which tested my ageing nerves.<br /><br />Youngsters who froze received a little sympathy at first, but that soon turned to fierce encouragement to move on. By the time they swished down the final wire, they had grown. And this was just a day out...Jeff Woodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-1587711783141936252012-09-04T14:32:26.570+01:002012-09-04T14:32:26.570+01:00Of course, the very same people will demand action...Of course, the very same people will demand action on 'obesity' caused by physical inactivity in childhood.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-85197070323809980702012-09-03T05:45:12.392+01:002012-09-03T05:45:12.392+01:00XX overseen by a paid expert.XX
And therin lies t...XX overseen by a paid expert.XX<br /><br />And therin lies the answer as to why.Furor Teutonicusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-22843753555065280952012-09-02T22:44:46.079+01:002012-09-02T22:44:46.079+01:00Agreed. My bad. Agreed. My bad. Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-35077395448737921702012-09-02T20:30:14.464+01:002012-09-02T20:30:14.464+01:00Sorry to quibble but your first instinct should be...Sorry to quibble but your first instinct should be to steer well clear of terms like <i>childcare professions </i> which gives a kind of legitimacy to the overblown and underqualified folk who take refuge in such expressions.The Meissen Bisonnoreply@blogger.com