BenignVanilla wrote:

Sounds like my 3 year old, or "Nakit Boooooyyyeeee" as he likes to call
himself as he runs around like a bare bottom superhero.

My son at three managed to put a nice gash next to his eye from his love
of streaking around the house. He was running, watching me until the
fateful moment when he turned his head to see where he was going and
connected hard with the a very rounded edge of a table. Force alone is
what opened the gash.

This same child at the age of six developed a fondness for peeing
outdoors. I looked out the floor to ceiling window in the living room
one day to see him peeing in the middle of the front yard. He had his
back turned to me so I couldn't see... but was perfectly positioned so
anyone on the street got a *great* view. *laugh*

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu

Has to be a guy thing ;o) ;0)

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Susan H. Simko" wrote in message
...
BenignVanilla wrote:

Sounds like my 3 year old, or "Nakit Boooooyyyeeee" as he likes to call
himself as he runs around like a bare bottom superhero.

My son at three managed to put a nice gash next to his eye from his love
of streaking around the house. He was running, watching me until the
fateful moment when he turned his head to see where he was going and
connected hard with the a very rounded edge of a table. Force alone is
what opened the gash.

This same child at the age of six developed a fondness for peeing
outdoors. I looked out the floor to ceiling window in the living room
one day to see him peeing in the middle of the front yard. He had his
back turned to me so I couldn't see... but was perfectly positioned so
anyone on the street got a *great* view. *laugh*

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu

Wilson,

I agree with everything you said. My 3-year old did the same split-second
fall with me standing a few feet away. I didn't mean to come across as
self-righteous and apologize if I did. I just wanted to make the old
condom
argument for ponds. The only way to NOT get pregnant is not to have sex.
Condoms work MOST of the time. Know what I mean? Same with ponds. I just
wanted to make a very succinct point. I have the same concerns for pond
wiring by those that don't understand electricity, and a home UV for those
that don't understand UV.


BV aka the Wimp.


Sometimes clear and concise can some across self righteous, sarcastic or
rash if the reader fails to assimilate the information or the author fails
to compensate for the medium , however I completely understood your point
and wasn't offended. No need for apology

My point was that until a kid reaches a certain age you are basically
beating your head against a brick wall.....at least that's what my parents
say. :P

BTW I set up my grill cover,cut a 6"x4" hole for the pump, hose and water to
flow into.... and hid it with some of my better rocks and river gravel and
now blends into the rest of our rock garden, the water now splashes down
onto the rocks and into the basin and disappears, it looks fantastic and the
kiddo cannot lift it because of the rocks AND the 4 mutilated metal coat
hangers that I fashioned into stakes that hold grill cover down. Problem
solved.

I think I'm going to have to figure out a new way to get the water to my
pond that I'll be building next year because I don't think I want to change
the way this looks....hmm maybe a pipe installed from the bottom of my basin
which I can then fill with lava rock to act as a filter running underground
and coming out at the edge of my pond? Would that work well without a pump?
....the pond will be approx. 3-4 inches lower than the bottom of the basin.

~Wilson~

Wilson wrote:
BenignVanilla m
wrote in message ...



When my son fell in we were approx 2-3 feet away from him
shrug......I'll figure out some way to kid proof my falls, whether
it's having just a small amount of water or completely blocking the
basin from him because it's IMPOSSIBLE to watch your kids 24/7/365
(btw I hate that term and I can't believe I just used it) no matter
how good your intentions are. I also want to make it so he can enjoy
the backyard and everything in it ....in safety.

I will figure it out.


~Wilson~



my 4 yo granddoughter has done that twice last summer
once when I was in the pond working and she decided to join me,
straight from daddys lap into the pond, the next time she was like
yours within a cuple feet of us and in she went. now that shes four she
stays back from the water better

--





John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

never miss a good oportunity to shut up

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

Not really. When I was young my neighbor would sing
a song for me - Bonnie Green the burlesque queen.
Apparently I had the same problem :-)

Nedra wrote:
Has to be a guy thing ;o) ;0)

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Susan H. Simko" wrote in message
...

BenignVanilla wrote:


Sounds like my 3 year old, or "Nakit Boooooyyyeeee" as he likes to call
himself as he runs around like a bare bottom superhero.

My son at three managed to put a nice gash next to his eye from his love
of streaking around the house. He was running, watching me until the
fateful moment when he turned his head to see where he was going and
connected hard with the a very rounded edge of a table. Force alone is
what opened the gash.

This same child at the age of six developed a fondness for peeing
outdoors. I looked out the floor to ceiling window in the living room
one day to see him peeing in the middle of the front yard. He had his
back turned to me so I couldn't see... but was perfectly positioned so
anyone on the street got a *great* view. *laugh*

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu








--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

"K30a" wrote in message
...

When my DH was about three years old he was out with his Dad. Dad was
talking
to someone and holding DH's hand the entire time. Eventually he glanced
down at
DH and found that DH had taken all his clothes off and was standing there
naked
as a jay bird. My FIL swore he never let go of DH's hand the entire time
and
could figure out how DH divested himself of his clothes...

So when youngest son managed to escape past two locks on the frontdoor and
parade naked around the neighborhood I knew who to blame.

Sounds like my 3 year old, or "Nakit Boooooyyyeeee" as he likes to call
himself as he runs around like a bare bottom superhero.

BV.

BenignVanilla wrote:

Sounds like my 3 year old, or "Nakit Boooooyyyeeee" as he likes to call
himself as he runs around like a bare bottom superhero.

My son at three managed to put a nice gash next to his eye from his love
of streaking around the house. He was running, watching me until the
fateful moment when he turned his head to see where he was going and
connected hard with the a very rounded edge of a table. Force alone is
what opened the gash.

This same child at the age of six developed a fondness for peeing
outdoors. I looked out the floor to ceiling window in the living room
one day to see him peeing in the middle of the front yard. He had his
back turned to me so I couldn't see... but was perfectly positioned so
anyone on the street got a *great* view. *laugh*

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu

Has to be a guy thing ;o) ;0)

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Susan H. Simko" wrote in message
...
BenignVanilla wrote:

Sounds like my 3 year old, or "Nakit Boooooyyyeeee" as he likes to call
himself as he runs around like a bare bottom superhero.

My son at three managed to put a nice gash next to his eye from his love
of streaking around the house. He was running, watching me until the
fateful moment when he turned his head to see where he was going and
connected hard with the a very rounded edge of a table. Force alone is
what opened the gash.

This same child at the age of six developed a fondness for peeing
outdoors. I looked out the floor to ceiling window in the living room
one day to see him peeing in the middle of the front yard. He had his
back turned to me so I couldn't see... but was perfectly positioned so
anyone on the street got a *great* view. *laugh*

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu

Wilson,

I agree with everything you said. My 3-year old did the same split-second
fall with me standing a few feet away. I didn't mean to come across as
self-righteous and apologize if I did. I just wanted to make the old
condom
argument for ponds. The only way to NOT get pregnant is not to have sex.
Condoms work MOST of the time. Know what I mean? Same with ponds. I just
wanted to make a very succinct point. I have the same concerns for pond
wiring by those that don't understand electricity, and a home UV for those
that don't understand UV.


BV aka the Wimp.


Sometimes clear and concise can some across self righteous, sarcastic or
rash if the reader fails to assimilate the information or the author fails
to compensate for the medium , however I completely understood your point
and wasn't offended. No need for apology

My point was that until a kid reaches a certain age you are basically
beating your head against a brick wall.....at least that's what my parents
say. :P

BTW I set up my grill cover,cut a 6"x4" hole for the pump, hose and water to
flow into.... and hid it with some of my better rocks and river gravel and
now blends into the rest of our rock garden, the water now splashes down
onto the rocks and into the basin and disappears, it looks fantastic and the
kiddo cannot lift it because of the rocks AND the 4 mutilated metal coat
hangers that I fashioned into stakes that hold grill cover down. Problem
solved.

I think I'm going to have to figure out a new way to get the water to my
pond that I'll be building next year because I don't think I want to change
the way this looks....hmm maybe a pipe installed from the bottom of my basin
which I can then fill with lava rock to act as a filter running underground
and coming out at the edge of my pond? Would that work well without a pump?
....the pond will be approx. 3-4 inches lower than the bottom of the basin.

~Wilson~

Wilson wrote:
BenignVanilla m
wrote in message ...



When my son fell in we were approx 2-3 feet away from him
shrug......I'll figure out some way to kid proof my falls, whether
it's having just a small amount of water or completely blocking the
basin from him because it's IMPOSSIBLE to watch your kids 24/7/365
(btw I hate that term and I can't believe I just used it) no matter
how good your intentions are. I also want to make it so he can enjoy
the backyard and everything in it ....in safety.

I will figure it out.


~Wilson~



my 4 yo granddoughter has done that twice last summer
once when I was in the pond working and she decided to join me,
straight from daddys lap into the pond, the next time she was like
yours within a cuple feet of us and in she went. now that shes four she
stays back from the water better

--





John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

never miss a good oportunity to shut up

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

Not really. When I was young my neighbor would sing
a song for me - Bonnie Green the burlesque queen.
Apparently I had the same problem :-)

Nedra wrote:
Has to be a guy thing ;o) ;0)

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Susan H. Simko" wrote in message
...

BenignVanilla wrote:


Sounds like my 3 year old, or "Nakit Boooooyyyeeee" as he likes to call
himself as he runs around like a bare bottom superhero.

My son at three managed to put a nice gash next to his eye from his love
of streaking around the house. He was running, watching me until the
fateful moment when he turned his head to see where he was going and
connected hard with the a very rounded edge of a table. Force alone is
what opened the gash.

This same child at the age of six developed a fondness for peeing
outdoors. I looked out the floor to ceiling window in the living room
one day to see him peeing in the middle of the front yard. He had his
back turned to me so I couldn't see... but was perfectly positioned so
anyone on the street got a *great* view. *laugh*

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu








--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

Nedra wrote:

This same child at the age of six developed a fondness for peeing
outdoors. I looked out the floor to ceiling window in the living room
one day to see him peeing in the middle of the front yard. He had his
back turned to me so I couldn't see... but was perfectly positioned so
anyone on the street got a *great* view. *laugh*



I'm sorry, so what's wrong with that?


Joe



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Wilson wrote My point was that until a kid reaches a certain age you are
basically
beating your head against a brick wall....

Believe me, mom of three teenagers, and hostess to TWO rock bands, you don't
even have to have a brick wall around to have your head beaten flat from the
inside out ;-)


k30a

when i was a kid my family went camping down on the devil's river. my mother
spent the whole week dragging my 15 month old sister out of the lake where
she went in head first daily. my mama never let go of this girl for a week
and she still managed to go in head first daily. later sis said she wanted a
duck. there were little black mud hens swimming all over the lake and she
wanted one.
mad
--
Of all the things I've ever lost I miss my mind the most.

From: John Rutz
Organization: NMIX
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 15:11:27 -0600
Subject: Help! I need suggestion for a cover


my 4 yo granddoughter has done that twice last summer
once when I was in the pond working and she decided to join me,
straight from daddys lap into the pond, the next time she was like
yours within a cuple feet of us and in she went. now that shes four she
stays back from the water better

--





John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico



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because it's IMPOSSIBLE to watch your kids 24/7/365
Wilson

I can relate. When my youngest was about 2 and following me around the
yard, I looked back at 10 second intervals to see if he was still with me,
and when I zigged he zagged and by the time I found him he was 1/2 a block
away in the middle of a park!!! Talk about panic, and I'm sure glad no one
had a pond in their front yard that day. In our case, we didn't put the
ponds in till he was almost 7. He's now almost 15. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
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