I grew up reading about kids playing in rivers, swimming in natural pools and never got the chance because the only rivers near me were too far away in the hills.
20 years later even those rivers have been forced into tubes, built over and don't exist as such. How about the rivers of YOUR youth? Could you take your children and grandchildren to the swimming hole you knew? Without them coming out like the three eyed fish from "The Simpsons"?
If you can answer yes, be thankful and do whatever it takes to keep your river swimmable. They are your heritage!
If your answer is no, because the river got eaten up by modern man, is there a river nearby that you can still save? Please save it, now!
2007-02-16 10:50:44 · 14 answers · asked by NotsoaNonymous 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
yeah my childhood stream is long gone :-(. every pot i could sneak out of the kitchen from my mom contained tadpoles and dragonfly nymphs at various stages of development lol. not to mention the countless attempts at moulding things out of the clay found down there, left to dry all over the yard. sadly my stream now has a housing complex built over it. the stream we "own" now we are preserving on the property in as natural a state as possible for minnow hunting and fishing, and wildlife preservation. pretty sad to have a wonderful childhood memory buried under floors by bulldozers.
2007-02-16 11:21:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The place where I live, means mouth of the river Tillery, so yes there is a river here. There's a bit more rubbish in it now and a trolley. We have a lake and yes I would take my kids swimming in that. Very clean, loved playing there as a child.
2007-02-16 11:23:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I did - not sure if it is still clean today as was in another part of the country I no longer visit.
Do live near rivers today that children do swim in.
Where on earth do you live to have such pollution - just so I know not to go there.
2007-02-16 10:57:41 · answer #3 · answered by Jewel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An excellent point. And a great many of those creation stories are far older than Genesis. Fact is that there is much in Genesis that was "adapted" (sounds nicer than plagiarized) from earlier and contemporary Middle East/Mediterranean cultures and mythology. All creation stories are, of necessity, allegorical, nobody was around to witness the beginning of the world as we know it. My favorite is the Southwest USA Native American myth that Coyote and Raven danced the world into existence. Interestingly, the world they danced up was first covered in water, then they danced some more and created the dry land. Less detailed than Genesis, but also a lot more fun! Blessings on your Journey!
2016-05-24 07:58:15 · answer #4 · answered by Rita 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, yes and yes. I grew up in New Zealand. And there is still a relatively small national population.
You can still swim in small crystal clear rock pools and rivers where you can still fish for rainbow trout. You have a view of farmland and snow capped mountains. It's a stunning and unspoilt part of the world.
pay it a visit someday. You won't be disappointed.
2007-02-16 11:03:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My childhood river got killed off but supported some wildfowl. Moved near a live river full of fish and fowl and deer in woods etc. A lovely place spiritually and ecologically. We throw away great gifts when we expect to be satisfied by industry and commerce.
2007-02-16 11:05:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This took me back along time ago, i remember playing in a river that had a waterfall, it was not very clean, but when you are kids what does it matter.
It is still there today, but i would not like my children to play in it, as you get older you realise the dangers, and i would hate to think of what you could catch from the water, it is so unclean.
But thank you for taking me back to my childhood :o)
2007-02-16 10:59:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived near the Schylkill river. We had a cabin on the Susquehana. Both became polluted, & hopefully both have recovered now. Last I heard, they were both recovering. I don't live near there anymore.
2007-02-16 11:00:27 · answer #8 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right.. my river was filled in. I use to catch frogs and build rafts.. fun days.. oh well. Now the kids have the Internet!. Sims River eh?
2007-02-16 10:56:07 · answer #9 · answered by Yahoo Answer Rat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rivers around my city are being clogged up with rubbish that people just dump in it. Its just ot safe to swim in it any more.
2007-02-16 11:52:14 · answer #10 · answered by michael c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋