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Camping...

One of my neighbors, indeed a friend, frequently goes camping and frequently asks me if I want to go camping with him. I don't go camping with him. I've been camping with him maybe three times.

I don't really get it. We already live in the woods - in pretty good comfort. I have furry woodland critters on my lawn, with some regularity.

When I ask him why he goes camping, he tells me it's to get outside. He works outside. He camps in a tent and with a radio and cell phone. Shit, sometimes he takes a tow-behind camper. It's not like he's sleeping under the stars, the fucking mosquitoes would kill him.

I don't want to camp because I already have a house in the woods. He leaves his house in the woods and goes to spend it in the woods without his house.

Either way, if you're into sleeping on rocks, pretending to sleep outdoors while sleeping in a camper, freezing, being bitten by bugs, and driving 40 miles back into town 'cause you need more beer, then Maine's the place to camp. The fishing is pretty good and the view is spectacular and serene. But, moose are fucking stupid, beavers are assholes, and the mosquitoes suck. Rent a camp and wear 100% DEET, at all times. It's worth the cancer!

Why yes, yes you can buy 100% DEET. I'm pretty sure the mosquitoes snort it like it's cocaine and don't care - but it makes you feel like you're doing something against an overwhelming force of suckage.

One of my neighbors, indeed a friend, frequently goes camping and frequently asks me if I want to go camping with him. I don't go camping with him. I've been camping with him maybe three times. I don't really get it. We already live in the woods - in pretty good comfort. I have furry woodland critters on my lawn, with some regularity. When I ask him why he goes camping, he tells me it's to get outside. He works outside. He camps in a tent and with a radio and cell phone. Shit, sometimes he takes a tow-behind camper. It's not like he's sleeping under the stars, the fucking mosquitoes would kill him. I don't want to camp because I already have a house in the woods. He leaves his house in the woods and goes to spend it in the woods without his house. Either way, if you're into sleeping on rocks, pretending to sleep outdoors while sleeping in a camper, freezing, being bitten by bugs, and driving 40 miles back into town 'cause you need more beer, then Maine's the place to camp. The fishing is pretty good and the view is spectacular and serene. But, moose are fucking stupid, beavers are assholes, and the mosquitoes suck. Rent a camp and wear 100% DEET, at all times. It's worth the cancer! Why yes, yes you can buy 100% DEET. I'm pretty sure the mosquitoes snort it like it's cocaine and don't care - but it makes you feel like you're doing something against an overwhelming force of suckage.

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Yeah, that's not really a problem I face! ;-)

My kids are all adults. If they want to go outside and be eaten by the mosquitoes, I'll watch 'em.

I used to care when my kids fell down or hurt themselves. I got over that pretty quickly, by the time the boy was a teen. They're surprisingly resilient and heal quickly. Meh... I've offered to stitch my son up a few times, but he always declined the offer.

He was not entirely unlike the chickens, that is free-range, stupid, and funny. Have I told you the story of when my son decided he was going to grow up and become a professional mountain bike racer?

Note: He is not a professional mountain bike racer. No... That little dream shattered with some bones. It was funnier than hell.

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Like I said I am entirely okay with the genocide of mosquitoes in fact I’ll kick a couple bucks at anyone trying to do it, I actually have donated 20 to a effort in South Africa to get rid of them, I figure if they can do it there they can do it here.

On keeping the kids in you have to keep in mind mine are young, so it could be very dangerous for them to wander off without tell me where they are going at least. On the injury thing my oldest is 6 and I’m still not over it.

I had a scare today I’m just now letting her go to sleep, I’ve said it 1000 times at least don’t play at the top of the damn stairs! I say again and again. Well today exactly the reason I kept saying it happened, my six year old tripped and fell from the very top of the staircase flipped 4 times bounced at least 3 and landed almost directly head first at the bottom. Freaked me the fuck out. Called the ER they said observe her and only bring her in if she has symptoms of a concussion well I was not going to miss anything, so I kept her up 2 and half hours past her bed time staring at her intently almost the entire time. So how one can watch all that happen and not freak out at least a little that is a mystery to me.

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They're amazingly resilient. As near as I can tell, they're surprisingly close to indestructible.

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Its entirely possible, she seems fine. However I still worry. I probably should worry less but something about them being my little girls stops me. Don't get me wrong I let them get hurt on the play ground.