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dotti34 · 24-08-2021, 03:46

Living in the country we took lots of risks which we didn’t consider risk-worthy at the time, just fun! Thunder and lightning gave us a chance to show how brave (and stupid!) we were as we dared each other to stand under the tallest tree in the woods when lightning was about to strike. We jumped across brooks until we fell in, we went through the fields where there was a sign ‘beware of the bull’ because wasn’t the bull always connected by nose ring and chain to the ground – well we hoped it was.

We walked along railway tracks because that was the shortest way from one place to another – but thankfully no-one took up the dare to lie between the train tracks when a train did pass us by to see if it really was safe to do so although we did talk about it, we played in the river where dead animals were thrown in higher up, and yes – we climbed trees.

So to change the wording of the question slightly and answer ‘WHEN did we come close to killing ourselves as kids?’ – most school-free days…..

24-08-2021, 03:46	#61
dotti34 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,182 Blog Entries: 80 Liked: 1471 times Rep Power: 634154	Re: How close did we come to killing ourselves as kids???? Living in the country we took lots of risks which we didn’t consider risk-worthy at the time, just fun! Thunder and lightning gave us a chance to show how brave (and stupid!) we were as we dared each other to stand under the tallest tree in the woods when lightning was about to strike. We jumped across brooks until we fell in, we went through the fields where there was a sign ‘beware of the bull’ because wasn’t the bull always connected by nose ring and chain to the ground – well we hoped it was. We walked along railway tracks because that was the shortest way from one place to another – but thankfully no-one took up the dare to lie between the train tracks when a train did pass us by to see if it really was safe to do so although we did talk about it, we played in the river where dead animals were thrown in higher up, and yes – we climbed trees. So to change the wording of the question slightly and answer ‘WHEN did we come close to killing ourselves as kids?’ – most school-free days…..