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Benedict Arnold

What new interests did you develop because of your kids?

Was there a sport, an activity, a game, a community that you became involved in because of their interest in it? 

Posted - February 17, 2017
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  • 7795
    An interest in psychology because I've always wondered why little kids do what they do. I was a kid once and I still don't understand. This post was edited by Zack at February 17, 2017 10:51 PM MST
      February 17, 2017 7:31 PM MST
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  • That leaves a question hanging...
    and it hangs no longer. Thanks for the clarification. It's totally understandable. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at February 17, 2017 9:06 PM MST
      February 17, 2017 7:48 PM MST
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  • "Citizen Band & Single Side Band Radio"  
    Joined a local CB radio club and that evolved into getting into SSB Radio. Lots of fun!




      February 17, 2017 7:37 PM MST
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  • DX4life


    Did/do you do rabbit hunts?
      February 17, 2017 7:41 PM MST
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  • I love bunny (on the table) but have never hunted. 
    I tried looking up DX4life but didn't get a clear picture. I think it's a game?
      February 17, 2017 7:45 PM MST
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  • No ... you send an radio operator out and he has to transmit every few minutes and then the rest of the radio operators try to find him by using their radio signal meters. He's the "rabbit."

    DX4Life is probably his handle (what he called himself on the radio). (DX is long distance) This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at September 14, 2017 12:30 AM MDT
      February 17, 2017 7:55 PM MST
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  • Sounds like fun.  I'd never heard of it. 
      February 17, 2017 8:00 PM MST
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  • DXing is picking up and broadcasting farther than normal radio signals.  Some people do it to collect QSL cards. They are just confirmations that someone picked you up and where they are, what time, how long, and frequency.
    You know went deep down the whole when you start DXing.
      February 17, 2017 8:07 PM MST
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  • It took me a minute, but I'm pretty sure I know what you're talking about.  Yes, the club did and the kids did. 
    My daughter was really good on the radio and was the one that talked me into trying SSB. She wound up with a Novice license, but I never got into the more elite side of radio.
      February 17, 2017 7:51 PM MST
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  • Someone broadcast ( the rabbit)   People drive around with  RS meters to try and find  them. 


      February 17, 2017 8:00 PM MST
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  • Yes ... I was typing as you were typing. :)
      February 17, 2017 8:05 PM MST
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  • Sorry, wrong spot.  Deleted. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at February 17, 2017 7:47 PM MST
      February 17, 2017 7:46 PM MST
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  • 34466
    Tennis, and I know more about Pokemon and Super Heroes than I ever wanted to know.
      February 17, 2017 7:56 PM MST
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  • There were no computer games while my kids were growing but we got into all manner of other things.
      February 17, 2017 8:01 PM MST
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  • 2658
    Nothing lately, our baby turned a big 50 on the 15th.   We did a lot of family oriented games back in the day. This post was edited by Beans/SilentGeneration at February 18, 2017 6:05 AM MST
      February 17, 2017 10:30 PM MST
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  • Ours are spread out between 43 (the youngest) and 56. Makes you wonder where the years went, doesn't it?
      February 17, 2017 11:01 PM MST
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  • 53529



    I developed an interest in not having any more children, LOL.  No, just kidding.

    ~




     
      February 17, 2017 10:52 PM MST
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  • 2658
    We did the same, back then,  after the just turned 50-year-old. This post was edited by Beans/SilentGeneration at February 17, 2017 11:19 PM MST
      February 17, 2017 11:14 PM MST
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  • We did the same thing but it took us a while to find out what caused it. Once we had that down pat we stopped having any more.
      February 17, 2017 11:21 PM MST
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  • 53529
    I think it's something in the water. My wife and I changed brands, yet still another kid popped out a year later.  It's the darnedest thing . . . 
    ~
      February 18, 2017 6:07 AM MST
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  • Dear Didge,
    The best I was ever able to come up with as far as children was a god daughter, whom I love dearly and who yes she definitely taught me all sorts of wonderful things...

    You have NO idea how delightful Pokémon is, until a youngster shows you the ropes...and have you ever gone to the river and collected rocks? For the express purpose of painting beautiful pictures on them? (And of course you fall in the river in the process, and it was January, and the river was coming out of the glacier anyway...so we had to built a fire to thaw ourselves out...)

    Oh, and you have not lived until you go to Bellingham Bay and get stuck in the mud at low tide making your way out to the wrecked red tugboat there...yes, it was a joy to go through a second childhood at the age of sixty-something, with this young one... This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at February 18, 2017 6:35 AM MST
      February 17, 2017 11:25 PM MST
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  • Sounds delightful, Virginia. I think you've mentioned your goddaughter before. Kids teach us to play.
      February 18, 2017 1:21 AM MST
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  • 17260
    A lot of sports, some games, and also music. Furthermore some great animation movies. :-)
      February 18, 2017 5:40 AM MST
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