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07-17-2010, 07:53 PM
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Baron Zemo
Join Date: May 2006
Location: we know each other, he's a friend from work
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"most awesome day ever"
there is a small stream that goes by my house and last year, I took my youngest (7 at the time) and we walked in the water for about a mile, picking up stuff we discovered. Decided to do it again this year and had forgotten that we had not had any rain for a bit and the stream was dried up in most of the parts. We started to walk abit and found some very small pools of water in spots along with some much larger pools. We saw some minnows and knew the pool would dry up in a couple days so we went back to the house and got a bucket and a couple small cups. We went back and for the next three hours, just her and I went from small pool to small pool, saving minnows, little salamanders, tadpoles, and crawfish and moving them to the larger pools. My youngest had a ton of fun capturing the small animals, knowing that she was saving each and every one of them. When we were done, she looked up to me and with a big smile said "this was the most awesome day ever."
No tv involved, no video game involved, no cell phone involved. Just go old fashioned playing out in nature. Great day.
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07-17-2010, 07:57 PM
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That's awesome!
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07-17-2010, 07:58 PM
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Art of Mod
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Melbourne, Aust
Posts: 63,785
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Great stuff Steve
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07-17-2010, 07:58 PM
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Modzilla
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 22,183
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That is cool.
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07-17-2010, 08:14 PM
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Galactus
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sunrise, FL
Posts: 38,901
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That is just FANTASTIC!!
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07-17-2010, 08:20 PM
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Advanced Tweet Mechanic
Adamantium Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Yesterday's Future...
Posts: 48,155
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That's a great story!! Thank you for telling it here!
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07-17-2010, 08:55 PM
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Yeah, I spend WAY too much time here!
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Out of my mind! Be back in 5 minutes! (+12517 to the Post Count)
Posts: 56,642
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joefixit2
there is a small stream that goes by my house and last year, I took my youngest (7 at the time) and we walked in the water for about a mile, picking up stuff we discovered. Decided to do it again this year and had forgotten that we had not had any rain for a bit and the stream was dried up in most of the parts. We started to walk abit and found some very small pools of water in spots along with some much larger pools. We saw some minnows and knew the pool would dry up in a couple days so we went back to the house and got a bucket and a couple small cups. We went back and for the next three hours, just her and I went from small pool to small pool, saving minnows, little salamanders, tadpoles, and crawfish and moving them to the larger pools. My youngest had a ton of fun capturing the small animals, knowing that she was saving each and every one of them. When we were done, she looked up to me and with a big smile said "this was the most awesome day ever."
No tv involved, no video game involved, no cell phone involved. Just go old fashioned playing out in nature. Great day.
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Absolutely fantastic!
Great story and glad for you my friend!
VR
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07-17-2010, 09:13 PM
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Yeah, I spend WAY too much time here!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: LI New York
Posts: 143,157
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Now that is an awesome day indeed !
I am sure she will always remember this day with you.
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07-17-2010, 09:13 PM
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Yeah, I spend WAY too much time here!
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Alabama
Posts: 23,187
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Now that's a truly heart-warming story!
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07-17-2010, 10:21 PM
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I went to a general store. They wouldn't let me buy anything specifically.
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Missouri
Posts: 2,264
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We are going to take the kids kayaking tomorrow.
A day away for electronics is awesome, although I did make a waterproof boombox that is Slacker enabled. Gotta have tunes floating down a river!
My next project is a floating BBQ grill so when can have grilled dogs on demand.
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