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Sometimes it is tempting to tell kids who think you’re older than the hills stories like that. Tell them you knew this person or that one from history personally. It’ll drive them crazy and give you a lot of laughs.
Guess I’m as old as Ben. The house we lived in until I was six didn’t have electricity or running water or much else as I remember. Sure did enjoy all those modern conveniences when we moved to the city!
lol, that series reminds me when I went to the US some… ahem… erh… 45 years ago. As a 13 years old kid I went to a summer camp (great memories). I was asked by the other kids if we had electricity and cars and fridges in France. I said no, of course (I already had a deplorable sense of humour). That walking from work the men would hunt and bring back food for the family. It was great fun until one of the adults walked by and heard me and started laughing his head off.
Ben needs to take the children to the restoration village in Toronto. Very nice when we went there decades ago and they film parts of “Murdoch Mysteries” there.
Another idea is for the children (or any children/adults for that matter) to go to period reenactments. Husband and I are mid 1770s reenactors in NYS. (We have also done 1760s and some late-mid 1800s.) When children come to our unit’s events they learn a LOT. In addition to seeing people cooking over a fire, they see how things were done and made “back then”. Our unit is a civilian unit (the local men of the town meeting up to practice firing in the military way – as opposed to for hunting, to protecting the town – the proper name starts with an m, but if I use the word, due to it’s changed meaning this post and I might be kicked off the site) and we demonstrate life skills of the period – paper making, cooking, needlework, reproductions of pamphlets (basically what we today would call paperbacks), weaving, woodworking, hornworking, etc. We also become the (fictional) people we portray – some of whom (husband and myself included) know nothing past the same date in the year we are interpreting (usually 1775, 2 months a year 1776).
Children get to see how things were done “back then” as well as how much life is mostly the same as it was back then. In particular a civilian oriented unit is a great way to teach children history in a way that is not boring – amazing how many families end up joining a unit because the children became interested in the history.
Macushlalondra almost 3 years ago
Sometimes it is tempting to tell kids who think you’re older than the hills stories like that. Tell them you knew this person or that one from history personally. It’ll drive them crazy and give you a lot of laughs.
fuzzbucket Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I don’t believe him. Pterodactyls were tough to kill with stone age weapons.
bigger Nate almost 3 years ago
I would just go to Kentucky Fried Pterodactyl
Jeffin Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Pfire.
Gameguy49 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Guess I’m as old as Ben. The house we lived in until I was six didn’t have electricity or running water or much else as I remember. Sure did enjoy all those modern conveniences when we moved to the city!
FassEddie almost 3 years ago
Where would this grandkid even get ideas like this?
“…we had COLOR TV, kid! What the hell have you been reading?”“Curious George was already dead!”
MuddyUSA Premium Member almost 3 years ago
You think the kid knows what pterodactyl meat is? Really!
cabalonrye almost 3 years ago
lol, that series reminds me when I went to the US some… ahem… erh… 45 years ago. As a 13 years old kid I went to a summer camp (great memories). I was asked by the other kids if we had electricity and cars and fridges in France. I said no, of course (I already had a deplorable sense of humour). That walking from work the men would hunt and bring back food for the family. It was great fun until one of the adults walked by and heard me and started laughing his head off.
zodal almost 3 years ago
While living in the town of Bedrock
cuzinron47 almost 3 years ago
This kid is gonna be so screwed up when he starts history class.
TSRaman almost 3 years ago
We used to eat it raw, with lots and lots of ketchup.
DDrazen almost 3 years ago
Blow the kid’s mind: tell him that some people still don’t have electricity.
TLH1310 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I agree with Ben. Every bit of pterodactyl meat I’ve eaten was cooked over an open fire.
Except for the teriyaki pterodactyl at that Japanese place. I think it was called Rodan.
jbcuster almost 3 years ago
Love this yarn that Ben is spinning!
mafastore almost 3 years ago
Ben needs to take the children to the restoration village in Toronto. Very nice when we went there decades ago and they film parts of “Murdoch Mysteries” there.
Another idea is for the children (or any children/adults for that matter) to go to period reenactments. Husband and I are mid 1770s reenactors in NYS. (We have also done 1760s and some late-mid 1800s.) When children come to our unit’s events they learn a LOT. In addition to seeing people cooking over a fire, they see how things were done and made “back then”. Our unit is a civilian unit (the local men of the town meeting up to practice firing in the military way – as opposed to for hunting, to protecting the town – the proper name starts with an m, but if I use the word, due to it’s changed meaning this post and I might be kicked off the site) and we demonstrate life skills of the period – paper making, cooking, needlework, reproductions of pamphlets (basically what we today would call paperbacks), weaving, woodworking, hornworking, etc. We also become the (fictional) people we portray – some of whom (husband and myself included) know nothing past the same date in the year we are interpreting (usually 1775, 2 months a year 1776).
Children get to see how things were done “back then” as well as how much life is mostly the same as it was back then. In particular a civilian oriented unit is a great way to teach children history in a way that is not boring – amazing how many families end up joining a unit because the children became interested in the history.