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[denizaksulu]

Just posted a video on Youtube of my new ball game.

This one will definitely get the kids off the computer and out to the yard.

No it won't...

I tested this game in Canada(Toronto) and the Dom Rep. Meant for kids, the game went on pretty well till teens & guys in their 20's jointed in. They played into the late afternoon and quit at nightfall. All the players asked to play again tomorrow... some of them asked me to make a game board for them to continue playing in the future.

Footnote. The "older" players actually tried to "hurt" the others by throwing the ball very hard which made the players run faster to avoid the hit. Typical behaviour I might add.

I took a course in computer languages back in 1981. COBOL, RPG, assembler, basic compiler etc... literally dealing with bits... used punch cards to run programs... really old stuff.

We always played outside when I was a kid - games such as this or 'cricket' with a bit of old wood, a tennis ball and stumps painted on a wall. Seemed like if we had a ball of some sort, or even if we didn't we could amuse ourselves... Perhaps it was because there was never anything on the telly except for the 'test card'...

Nowadays it seems that sports shops are packed with every type of bat, racket and club. Kids are decked out in the most amazingly expensive football shirts and clearly money isn't an issue for the purchase of sports equipment.

Yet they prefer for whatever reason to spend their time in front of a TV screen or computer console.

I'm not sure why it is so but I don't believe the revelation of your 'new' game will bring thousands of kids back outside to play.

You lucy so ans so. We did not even have leccy then, never mind TV.

[cyprusgrump]

Just posted a video on Youtube of my new ball game.

This one will definitely get the kids off the computer and out to the yard.

No it won't...

I tested this game in Canada(Toronto) and the Dom Rep. Meant for kids, the game went on pretty well till teens & guys in their 20's jointed in. They played into the late afternoon and quit at nightfall. All the players asked to play again tomorrow... some of them asked me to make a game board for them to continue playing in the future.

Footnote. The "older" players actually tried to "hurt" the others by throwing the ball very hard which made the players run faster to avoid the hit. Typical behaviour I might add.

I took a course in computer languages back in 1981. COBOL, RPG, assembler, basic compiler etc... literally dealing with bits... used punch cards to run programs... really old stuff.

We always played outside when I was a kid - games such as this or 'cricket' with a bit of old wood, a tennis ball and stumps painted on a wall. Seemed like if we had a ball of some sort, or even if we didn't we could amuse ourselves... Perhaps it was because there was never anything on the telly except for the 'test card'...

Nowadays it seems that sports shops are packed with every type of bat, racket and club. Kids are decked out in the most amazingly expensive football shirts and clearly money isn't an issue for the purchase of sports equipment.

Yet they prefer for whatever reason to spend their time in front of a TV screen or computer console.

I'm not sure why it is so but I don't believe the revelation of your 'new' game will bring thousands of kids back outside to play.

You lucy so ans so. We did not even have leccy then, never mind TV.

Ahhh... perhaps that is why there was nothing on!

[georgios100]

Just posted a video on Youtube of my new ball game.

This one will definitely get the kids off the computer and out to the yard.

No it won't...

I tested this game in Canada(Toronto) and the Dom Rep. Meant for kids, the game went on pretty well till teens & guys in their 20's jointed in. They played into the late afternoon and quit at nightfall. All the players asked to play again tomorrow... some of them asked me to make a game board for them to continue playing in the future.

Footnote. The "older" players actually tried to "hurt" the others by throwing the ball very hard which made the players run faster to avoid the hit. Typical behaviour I might add.

I took a course in computer languages back in 1981. COBOL, RPG, assembler, basic compiler etc... literally dealing with bits... used punch cards to run programs... really old stuff.

We always played outside when I was a kid - games such as this or 'cricket' with a bit of old wood, a tennis ball and stumps painted on a wall. Seemed like if we had a ball of some sort, or even if we didn't we could amuse ourselves... Perhaps it was because there was never anything on the telly except for the 'test card'...

Nowadays it seems that sports shops are packed with every type of bat, racket and club. Kids are decked out in the most amazingly expensive football shirts and clearly money isn't an issue for the purchase of sports equipment.

Yet they prefer for whatever reason to spend their time in front of a TV screen or computer console.

I'm not sure why it is so but I don't believe the revelation of your 'new' game will bring thousands of kids back outside to play.

This game might be one of many out there to entice kids for outdoor activity. Child obesity is now at alarming levels.

Another game is 'Lingri'. Did you hear about it?

[denizaksulu]

Just posted a video on Youtube of my new ball game.

This one will definitely get the kids off the computer and out to the yard.

No it won't...

I tested this game in Canada(Toronto) and the Dom Rep. Meant for kids, the game went on pretty well till teens & guys in their 20's jointed in. They played into the late afternoon and quit at nightfall. All the players asked to play again tomorrow... some of them asked me to make a game board for them to continue playing in the future.

Footnote. The "older" players actually tried to "hurt" the others by throwing the ball very hard which made the players run faster to avoid the hit. Typical behaviour I might add.

I took a course in computer languages back in 1981. COBOL, RPG, assembler, basic compiler etc... literally dealing with bits... used punch cards to run programs... really old stuff.

We always played outside when I was a kid - games such as this or 'cricket' with a bit of old wood, a tennis ball and stumps painted on a wall. Seemed like if we had a ball of some sort, or even if we didn't we could amuse ourselves... Perhaps it was because there was never anything on the telly except for the 'test card'...

Nowadays it seems that sports shops are packed with every type of bat, racket and club. Kids are decked out in the most amazingly expensive football shirts and clearly money isn't an issue for the purchase of sports equipment.

Yet they prefer for whatever reason to spend their time in front of a TV screen or computer console.

I'm not sure why it is so but I don't believe the revelation of your 'new' game will bring thousands of kids back outside to play.

This game might be one of many out there to entice kids for outdoor activity. Child obesity is now at alarming levels.

Another game is 'Lingri'. Did you hear about it?

We did discuss Lingiri a few years back - with Kafenes I think.

[quattro]

Just posted a video on Youtube of my new ball game.

This one will definitely get the kids off the computer and out to the yard.

No it won't...

I tested this game in Canada(Toronto) and the Dom Rep. Meant for kids, the game went on pretty well till teens & guys in their 20's jointed in. They played into the late afternoon and quit at nightfall. All the players asked to play again tomorrow... some of them asked me to make a game board for them to continue playing in the future.

Footnote. The "older" players actually tried to "hurt" the others by throwing the ball very hard which made the players run faster to avoid the hit. Typical behaviour I might add.

I took a course in computer languages back in 1981. COBOL, RPG, assembler, basic compiler etc... literally dealing with bits... used punch cards to run programs... really old stuff.

We always played outside when I was a kid - games such as this or 'cricket' with a bit of old wood, a tennis ball and stumps painted on a wall. Seemed like if we had a ball of some sort, or even if we didn't we could amuse ourselves... Perhaps it was because there was never anything on the telly except for the 'test card'...

Nowadays it seems that sports shops are packed with every type of bat, racket and club. Kids are decked out in the most amazingly expensive football shirts and clearly money isn't an issue for the purchase of sports equipment.

Yet they prefer for whatever reason to spend their time in front of a TV screen or computer console.

I'm not sure why it is so but I don't believe the revelation of your 'new' game will bring thousands of kids back outside to play.

This game might be one of many out there to entice kids for outdoor activity. Child obesity is now at alarming levels.

Another game is 'Lingri'. Did you hear about it?

We did discuss Lingiri a few years back - with Kafenes I think.

I loved it as a game

[denizaksulu]

Just posted a video on Youtube of my new ball game.

This one will definitely get the kids off the computer and out to the yard.

No it won't...

I tested this game in Canada(Toronto) and the Dom Rep. Meant for kids, the game went on pretty well till teens & guys in their 20's jointed in. They played into the late afternoon and quit at nightfall. All the players asked to play again tomorrow... some of them asked me to make a game board for them to continue playing in the future.

Footnote. The "older" players actually tried to "hurt" the others by throwing the ball very hard which made the players run faster to avoid the hit. Typical behaviour I might add.

I took a course in computer languages back in 1981. COBOL, RPG, assembler, basic compiler etc... literally dealing with bits... used punch cards to run programs... really old stuff.

We always played outside when I was a kid - games such as this or 'cricket' with a bit of old wood, a tennis ball and stumps painted on a wall. Seemed like if we had a ball of some sort, or even if we didn't we could amuse ourselves... Perhaps it was because there was never anything on the telly except for the 'test card'...

Nowadays it seems that sports shops are packed with every type of bat, racket and club. Kids are decked out in the most amazingly expensive football shirts and clearly money isn't an issue for the purchase of sports equipment.

Yet they prefer for whatever reason to spend their time in front of a TV screen or computer console.

I'm not sure why it is so but I don't believe the revelation of your 'new' game will bring thousands of kids back outside to play.

This game might be one of many out there to entice kids for outdoor activity. Child obesity is now at alarming levels.

Another game is 'Lingri'. Did you hear about it?

We did discuss Lingiri a few years back - with Kafenes I think.

I loved it as a game

Can the kids of today imagine the kind of sticks we would put in our mouths for the sake of a game. We never thought twice about it. ...even if it landed among goat dung.

[pretty-as-pink]

Haha I love this thread
Like Grump as a kid I along with my buddies would play outside till dark, in the summer holidays we would literally camp out in the gardens and couldnt get enough of the great outdoors.
I would only go in doors to eat and visit the w.c!!
We were never board unlike kids these days with practically no sense of adventure and what on earth has happened to their creativity for we would make so many games up using our imaginations.
We would play a brilliant games like POLO, kick post (also known as man hunt), we would play skipping, not like today I mean we would have 10 kids each end of a legnth of rope big enough for the entire street and skip till the cows came home!!
If we didnt play these games we would make dens up trees and steal our mums bed sheets and make tents!!!
Awesome fun and a brilliant childhood!!
Its sad to hear the kids today fighting andsimply not doing these things.
My young children are taking after me and love to be outside, they are lucky they have 3 acres to play in with countryside, and like how i was they will play for hours in the garden making houses for fairy's out of leaves and moss, its great
Bring back the old times

[denizaksulu]

Haha I love this thread
Like Grump as a kid I along with my buddies would play outside till dark, in the summer holidays we would literally camp out in the gardens and couldnt get enough of the great outdoors.
I would only go in doors to eat and visit the w.c!!
We were never board unlike kids these days with practically no sense of adventure and what on earth has happened to their creativity for we would make so many games up using our imaginations.
We would play a brilliant games like POLO, kick post (also known as man hunt), we would play skipping, not like today I mean we would have 10 kids each end of a legnth of rope big enough for the entire street and skip till the cows came home!!
If we didnt play these games we would make dens up trees and steal our mums bed sheets and make tents!!!
Awesome fun and a brilliant childhood!!
Its sad to hear the kids today fighting andsimply not doing these things.
My young children are taking after me and love to be outside, they are lucky they have 3 acres to play in with countryside, and like how i was they will play for hours in the garden making houses for fairy's out of leaves and moss, its great
Bring back the old times

Welcome to the 'Geriatrics Remembering Club'. We lack members of the gentler gender.

[CBBB]

Just posted a video on Youtube of my new ball game.

This one will definitely get the kids off the computer and out to the yard.

No it won't...

I tested this game in Canada(Toronto) and the Dom Rep. Meant for kids, the game went on pretty well till teens & guys in their 20's jointed in. They played into the late afternoon and quit at nightfall. All the players asked to play again tomorrow... some of them asked me to make a game board for them to continue playing in the future.

Footnote. The "older" players actually tried to "hurt" the others by throwing the ball very hard which made the players run faster to avoid the hit. Typical behaviour I might add.

I took a course in computer languages back in 1981. COBOL, RPG, assembler, basic compiler etc... literally dealing with bits... used punch cards to run programs... really old stuff.

Punched cards? You were lucky, I started with punched paper tape ten years before you! An even worse thing is that I could read the bloody tape without a reader, that is sad!

[pretty-as-pink]

Haha I love this thread
Like Grump as a kid I along with my buddies would play outside till dark, in the summer holidays we would literally camp out in the gardens and couldnt get enough of the great outdoors.
I would only go in doors to eat and visit the w.c!!
We were never board unlike kids these days with practically no sense of adventure and what on earth has happened to their creativity for we would make so many games up using our imaginations.
We would play a brilliant games like POLO, kick post (also known as man hunt), we would play skipping, not like today I mean we would have 10 kids each end of a legnth of rope big enough for the entire street and skip till the cows came home!!
If we didnt play these games we would make dens up trees and steal our mums bed sheets and make tents!!!
Awesome fun and a brilliant childhood!!
Its sad to hear the kids today fighting andsimply not doing these things.
My young children are taking after me and love to be outside, they are lucky they have 3 acres to play in with countryside, and like how i was they will play for hours in the garden making houses for fairy's out of leaves and moss, its great
Bring back the old times

Welcome to the 'Geriatrics Remembering Club'. We lack members of the gentler gender.

Well deniz when I was typing out my post and thinking about all the things I did as a child, it seems like such a long time ago and yes has made me feel on the old side so thank you very much for your warm welcome