Mawson childcare incident

maxblues said :

Back in my day, children would have been down in a coal mine earning their keep.

Within 2 years they will be again. And it’ll be character-forming.

AsparagusSyndrome said :

RandomPoster said :

So what would have happened on a hot day before there was air conditioning?

Back in my day, we didn’t even have electricity, and very few kindergartens could afford a dependable punkawallah. So, when it was really hot, kids would just burst into flames and someone would wander along to pat them down with a wet hessian sack and tell them to stop crying and go back outside and play some more. None of this ‘firemen on standby’ nonsense we have now.

Back in my day, children would have been down in a coal mine earning their keep. Why are some parents opposing coal mines?

RandomPoster said :

So what would have happened on a hot day before there was air conditioning?

Back in my day, we didn’t even have electricity, and very few kindergartens could afford a dependable punkawallah. So, when it was really hot, kids would just burst into flames and someone would wander along to pat them down with a wet hessian sack and tell them to stop crying and go back outside and play some more. None of this ‘firemen on standby’ nonsense we have now.

I’m hoping the firemen being called is just an automatic thing that the building does when the power goes out?

If you lose power you’re supposed to call the power company or your electrician depending on the location of the fault. Firemen can’t help!

astrojax said :

92 children remained indoors. 11 trouble makers were made to stand outside…

That made me think of Lawrence of Arabia with the late Peter O’Toole.

I don’t think that is strictly relevant.

bigfeet said :

Are the fire crews there to turn their hoses on the kids if they get too hot?

Presumably, though why 92 kids would take 2 pumpers for the task is a mystery. For that matter why not send in a CAFS unit instead to make some fun bubbles.

RandomPoster said :

So what would have happened on a hot day before there was air conditioning?

The child care centres back then were orphanages and well I’m sure you know about their reputations right? Otherwise the family would have had a nanny. And prior to A/C being common whirly birds (fans) were used.

Hope parents get some kind of refund for the inconvenience. Paying $100 or so bucks so that Susie and friends have to sweat it out. Rort.

92 children remained indoors. 11 trouble makers were made to stand outside…

Pork Hunt said :

RandomPoster said :

So what would have happened on a hot day before there was air conditioning?

They would have been given a tsp of cement …

ROTFLMAO. Seriously.

WIN

Went past a child care centre somewhere in the inner north today, and bless my soul if the littl’uns didn’t have a garden sprinkler on under the awning and were busy spraying each other,. Aaaah the rarity of lateral thinking will be society’s eventual undoing.

Open up the hoses and wash all the kiddie germs out of the center, then let it dry over the Christmas break. Imagine the wild water slide they could improvise with some tarps and high pressure water. Best way to spend the last day of school!

Are the fire crews there to turn their hoses on the kids if they get too hot?

“evacuation”?

“92 children have remained inside the building with crews monitoring their safety”…..

RandomPoster said :

So what would have happened on a hot day before there was air conditioning?

We wouldn’t be paying $92 a day and less likely to sue if little Timmy’s cheeks got red.

RandomPoster said :

So what would have happened on a hot day before there was air conditioning?

Fans? Which also require electricity to operate. I don’t think the problem here is that the air con has gone out – more that any form of cooling is unavailable (and redesigning the building to use modern passive cooling methods isn’t entirely practicable).

RandomPoster said :

So what would have happened on a hot day before there was air conditioning?

There weren’t childcare centers back then, Dad worked, Mum looked after the kids.

RandomPoster said :

So what would have happened on a hot day before there was air conditioning?

They would have been given a tsp of cement …

RandomPoster said :

So what would have happened on a hot day before there was air conditioning?

Buildings would be designed for natural ventilation.

So what would have happened on a hot day before there was air conditioning?