humor_impaired (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} humor_impaired) wrote,@ 2005-08-01 21:28:00 |
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Skeeters...
Slap! Slap! bzzzzzz! Damn it!
So, I am working in the backyard, have a hammer in one hand, a 7/16 wrench in the other. Sprayed down with insect repellent, but it does little good. sweat dripping off my brow, mosquitoes buzzing in my ear. After about ten minutes, I have had it. Still, gotta get the safety net assembled for the trampoline, though.
So now we have a trampoline. And a safety pad around the edge, and a safety net. The kids are really excited about this (Xander, you CAN'T jump on it, cause it is old, and the weight limit is 215 lbs). Just a few more straps to attach the net to the poles, and then all is good.
So, the trampoline makes me think of safety. And the neighbors covered head to toe in long sleeves and hats. To be safe from the bugs and the sun. I think we have become much too safe as a society. Sunscreen, long sleeves, bug repellent. did we have this growing up?
I guess we did have less UV exposure, since the Ozone layer had not thinned out as much. And we didn't have West Nile virus, or Lyme disease. Or mosquitoes that live in the dirt.
Still, If we were to live all of the safety rules, we would get from our climate controlled, filtered house, to our climate controlled filtered car. Oh wait, roads are unsafe. OK, we would all just sit in our houses, watching Fox...
How sad.
Slap! Slap! bzzzzzz! Damn it!
So, I am working in the backyard, have a hammer in one hand, a 7/16 wrench in the other. Sprayed down with insect repellent, but it does little good. sweat dripping off my brow, mosquitoes buzzing in my ear. After about ten minutes, I have had it. Still, gotta get the safety net assembled for the trampoline, though.
So now we have a trampoline. And a safety pad around the edge, and a safety net. The kids are really excited about this (Xander, you CAN'T jump on it, cause it is old, and the weight limit is 215 lbs). Just a few more straps to attach the net to the poles, and then all is good.
So, the trampoline makes me think of safety. And the neighbors covered head to toe in long sleeves and hats. To be safe from the bugs and the sun. I think we have become much too safe as a society. Sunscreen, long sleeves, bug repellent. did we have this growing up?
I guess we did have less UV exposure, since the Ozone layer had not thinned out as much. And we didn't have West Nile virus, or Lyme disease. Or mosquitoes that live in the dirt.
Still, If we were to live all of the safety rules, we would get from our climate controlled, filtered house, to our climate controlled filtered car. Oh wait, roads are unsafe. OK, we would all just sit in our houses, watching Fox...
How sad.
