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[DianaB]

Originally Posted by Mandy

Too right, a lot of accidents have happened to people, specially kids falling through the ice when it's still too thin to hold. They get fined if caught on ice before the "announcement"
Schools help kids take swimming lessons, if the parents cant afford to send them for private lessons, because there is so much water around here, it's adviced they get at least their A diploma. We took our son till he passed for hes A - B - C diploma's, it teaches them how to swim under ice, and how to get themselves out from underneath it.
I'm glad we did that, coz he could also save lives this way.

I've never heard of teaching a child to swim under the ice! That's a really great idea since you have so much water around you and I'm sure that it saves a lot of lives.

My family loves for the ponds to get froze over enough that they can ice skate. We pick up ice skates at garage sales and keep them in a big box then the kids all get out skates to fit them and the rest we leave for others to use when they come to skate with us. Once in a while we get enough ice on the roads and streets that they can skate on them. We have a lot of people who come out and skate with us. (I should say, it's actually my family who goes. I keep the hot cocoa ready for when they get home!!! Cold is NOT my thing!!) Some winters it doesn't get cold enough but usually we have a few days.

I'm sorry that it's so cold there, Mandy. Make sure that you're well bundled when you go out!!!! And have fun!!!!