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Posted by Mary Fisher on April 15, 2008, 11:12 am
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>>
>>I know that, you know that, legislation in this country is being
>>influenced
>>by claims though.
>
> Here too, I fear, but so far I think the kids can actually touch tools.
Perhaps the main adult use for tool touching these days would be for d.i.y.
There's not much manufacturing industry which needs tools nowadays :-(
>
>>A grand daughter lives with us temporarily while she does a college course
>>(her parents live in France). Her course is for childcare. Yesterday she
>>told
>>me that talcum powder must not be used on babies because it blocks the
>>pores.
>>
>>!
>
> The version I've heard is that the powder might be breathed and harm the
> lungs, but not that it blocks the skin. I wonder whether the teacher got
> that out of a book or just verbally from someone who heard it somewhere.
> (Remembering hearing of student teachers who "weren't into reading".)
I don't believe either theory! But I'd prefer to use cornflour anyway.
>
>
> Technically I can make bread, but in fact it comes out terrible. I think
> I overknead.
The bread-bakers list could be useful for you ... if you want to make bread
that is. I can't think of buying even the best commercially made bread.
>
>>> ... My niece did well when she took Shop.
>>
>>OK - I give in. What's 'Shop'?
>
> In the northeastern USA, "shop" was the generic term for school lessons
> in woodwork, metalwork, anything done in a workshop, including setting
> type by hand (now that was really out of date). When the art class did
> oil paintings, the shop class cut the wood for the frames because they
> were trained to use a saw. (Never mind that the painters had also done
> carving in art class, most using chisels and gouges that were harder to
> control than a hand saw.) The painters got to glue the frames together
> and apply a stain made from oil paint. (Toxic materials!)
>
> I'd been using saws at home for ten years at that point but many of
> the other students had never touched a real tool until the carving
> portion of the art class. Having the shop students cut the diagonals
> gave them something real to do and no doubt improved the quality of
> the frames.
I see, thanks for that thorough explanation.
>
> Now there are people who object to adults using sharp pointed knitting
> needles.
Yes. The bone ones we make are in demand by American who want to go on
planes, apparently they're accepted where metal ones aren't.
<shrug>
The ways of legislators have always been shrouded in mystery ...
Mary
>
> =Tamar
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