[AT] Tragic Tractor/Mower accident - Douglas, KS

[Len Rugen]

> opinions on it. Do you think parents put their
> children on such dangerous equipment or in such
> situations because its cool/ or possibly something for
> that child to remember... a bonding thing?

Well, I always worried about the kids getting on or near equipment out of
curiosity, without me seeing them.  So, we had a few very slow and hopefully
boring tractor rides with no running equipment so maybe they could satisify
their questions.  That was the way I learned, and things weren't as safe in
the 50's and 60's as they are now.  I considered everything as safe as I
could be at the time, but if some accident would have happend, it would have
appeared careless in hind sight as well.  But, I know that if I had been
forbidden to be around the equipment, it would have probably made it more
tempting.  Maybe that is why Dad gave me a putty knive and a grease gun, I
could help by working on parked equipment.  You also learn fractions when a
5/8 is to small and a 3/4 is too big.

People have been killed on hay rides.  Just this week, a tree fell and
killed a boy at a father/son scout camp.  A lot of kids drown in pools every
year.  What becomes routine can become dangerous.

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