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Re: Busy Bee goodies
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Fri, 19 May 2000 09:58:29 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > For many people it is not a case of "rather" it is more a case of "have to". I
> > work beside people who drive less than a mile of work, even on bright sunny
> > days they'd rather drive than take a lazy walk through the countryside (I
> > workon a "greenfield" site). I suppose those people would rather drive.
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> > Scott A
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> Similarly, I will never cease to be amazed at some of my neighbours who drive
> their kids 1/2 mile to the local school. The best excuse I heard is they
> havent got time to walk their kids to school as they have to get to the sports
> centre to do a keep fit class.
I read a survey on this - the real reason is that parents do not think it is
safe to let their kids walk as there are too many cars on the road. Chicken
or egg?
I live near a private school, evey morning the congestion caused by mothers
(mostly) dropping the kids of in their "off roaders" is shocking - roll on the
summer holidays.
Scott A
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> regards
> lawrence
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| (...) to". I (...) sports (...) There is a time and a place for everything, and using the car for these really short journeys is just plain daft and unhealthy both for a child's confidence and of course their fat content. Personally, I chuck my kids (...) (24 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) Similarly, I will never cease to be amazed at some of my neighbours who drive their kids 1/2 mile to the local school. The best excuse I heard is they havent got time to walk their kids to school as they have to get to the sports centre to do (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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