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I am working on a project. It will involve a large barn type building where people can dump their discarted, usless junk. Then I will open it up to kids to come and play. The only thing they can bring is thinking caps and their imagimation. There will be contest to get the jucies flowing. Possibly a kids commity to set some rules etc. I am worried about liability.

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• A comment on Conversation: Let's make sure everyone knows what the vote is about

  Nov 22 2011: YEAH, iT WAS A DUMB IDEA

• A comment on Conversation: Are we depriving our children?

  Nov 19 2011: Yes

• A reply on Conversation: Are we depriving our children?

  Nov 19 2011: Ok They are gone

• A comment on Conversation: Are we depriving our children?

  Nov 19 2011: OK, they are gone
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  A comment on Conversation: Why evolution could never solve aging?

  Nov 18 2011: I am now 3 minutes older than I was when I started reading this. The only problem I see is that it was 3 minutes wasted

• A comment on Conversation: Are we depriving our children?

  Nov 18 2011: This was not meant to be a discussion about the merits of television. I think we can all agree that the crap on TV is for the birds. I was hoping to get some ideas on ways to get the creative juices flowing.

• A comment on Conversation: Do you believe that the truth will set you free? (Even if telling the truth may hurt another person(s)?

  Nov 7 2011: I think the real question is: How should I act or answer so that I am liked? Most of us want to be liked. To achieve this we don't give the honest long answer. We simply say, "I'm good." or "I love your cooking." Then we get on to the next question which is "What do you do?" The best answer I have come up with for that is: I can do anything but the impossible will take me a little longer." LOL

• A reply on Conversation: Do you have a story waiting to be told? Bring your inner storyteller and tell us a tale.

  Nov 4 2011: OK You win, Linda. Just tell me what is your fav brandy? I can see we are going to have to ply you with some booze to get you to fill in the gaps in your great little half story. LOL How and why did you acquire a cattle ranch? Why are you living on it? Are you on the lam? What kind of dogs do you have? How many cattle and how big is the spread? If it isn't too big I might take it off your hands. So far it sounds like it would be perfect for my son and grandsons. No neighbors for miles? Perfect. Just name your price. Regards Vic

• A comment on Conversation: Do you have a story waiting to be told? Bring your inner storyteller and tell us a tale.

  Nov 3 2011: The Little Boat My Daddy Carved For Me
  
  
  The hull is chipped and slivered.
  The rudder's almost gone.
  The sail is worn and ragged,
  There's no mast to hoist it on
  
  It didn't really matter
  that it didn't float quite right.
  While it’s laying on my pillow
  in the dark of night.
  
  It is shaped a little funny.
  It didn't steer quite straight.
  It isn't real fancy,
  it was made for hauling freight
  
  Take all the bright and shiny toys,
  the kind you buy in stores.
  Just let me keep my wooden boat;
  it hasn't any oars.
  
  We took a load of gold aboard,
  from each pirate ship we sank.
  We saved the maidens from their fate,
  the black hearts walked the plank.
  
  Adventure came on every tack
  and many a storm we rode,
  and beat the tides and every shoal,
  'til we anchored to unload.
  
  It 's only just four inches long,
  but sturdy as can be.
  It served me well and served me long
  on every seven sea.
  
  I hope that where my daddy is,
  there's a block of wood around
  and oil to keep his jack knife sharp
  And a stone to hone it on.
  
  I hope there is a little boy
  who's watching happily.
  'cause Dad was always at his best
  when making things for me.
  
  I hold it now that I am grown,
  I hold it tenderly,
  I hold it dear, this little boat,
  my daddy carved for me.
  
  By
  Vic Johnson

• A reply on Conversation: What can we do to get our intelligentsia to focus on the major problems of our time?

  Nov 3 2011: If we haven't learned by now we soon will