Glad that such enjoyable pastimes (afternoon hobbies, model building) are not as threatened in the UK. I may be out of touch now but it seemed that way the last time I was in the U.S. It's a Playstation/X-Box world...
Sorry to hear about the demise of your bridge,
blitzkrieg65. If it had any kind of painstaking effort put into its construction, you certainly held your composure when it was crushed. Kind of funny the way you wrote about the kids' logical conclusion as to its purpose. A kid bridge! [sm=48_48.gif][sm=angry_smile.gif][sm=teeth_smile.gif]
ORIGINAL: Panzerfaust77
I think that stereotype is completely wrong. Yes a lot of kids play computer games, but the vast majority do other things as well. I had a friend at a local school who organized RC and rocketry clubs and they were always packed to the brim, even on miserable sunday mornings. Go into any largish town during the holidays and you'll find the streets full of kids. The parks are the same. They aren't all at home huddled around PCs. If anything, it's the young adults who get addicted to computer games :P