(Tom Keats) writes:

In article ,
SMS writes:

The next night (last night) the troop had their committee meeting at my
house. Even though I'm not on the committee (they don't want first year
boy scout parents on the committee because they think we're too used to
Cub Scouts were the parents run everything rather than the scouts). So
one item of discussion was a concern that some scouts were walking home
from troop meetings by themselves rather than being picked up by an
adult. Jesus H. Christ, some of these kids are 17 years old and the
adults are worried about them walking 1/8 to 1 mile at night.

I could get into "back in my day..." like my dad used to do, but I won't.

It's just not the same world anymore, and perhaps a lot more
dangerous for an urban kid nowadays than it was back in the days
when if the cops saw your house lights on late at night, they'd
stop by to see if everything's all right, and you could leave the
back door open during those hot 'n sultry summer nights.

cheers,
Tom

Sure you could ... I just happened to be reading about Ted Bundy. Was he
around on those hot 'n sultry nights?

I think squawking about kids if the day is just an age thing. I found
myself doing it recently. We tend to forget our own mistakes and lazy
moments as we get older. Certainly stuff like the boy scouts etc seems
to be as strong as ever in the UK at least even if the fat kids are
getting fatter ... but hey, at least in the good old days you didn't
have to pick them for your team as winning was actively encouraged...

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