In a message dated 8/1/2000 12:22:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> When I was a kid, and now I mean a toddler, I used to convince my mother to
>  stop at construction sites in the nabe --

Construction is great for kids. When my youngest son Case (now 19) was that
age, he loved dinosaurs. I convinced him that there were some yellow dinosaur
tractors living over at a local construction site, since I wanted to watch
what was going up.  We would go there every morning that summer. He stood
entranced, sucking his thumb and holding his favorite pillow, for an amazing
half-hour or so -- what a great time we both had!

M