Comments on: YMCA commemorative table made from 100+ "significant objects" http://boingboing.net/2011/06/30/ymca-commemorative-t.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 06:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/30/ymca-commemorative-t.html#comment-1153053 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1153053 this is about the table people. which is quite an incredible design, if i may say so... this is about the table people. which is quite an incredible design, if i may say so…

]]> By: g0d5m15t4k3 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/30/ymca-commemorative-t.html#comment-1152616 g0d5m15t4k3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1152616 And now people like me (who didn't know the history of the YMCA) pretty much only associate the YMCA as a glorified cheap neighborhood gym. There are sports courts, a pool, workout areas & at mine, a place to give blood to the Red Cross. I've never taken a class at the Y, but I've seen the facilities when I go to give blood. Huh. The more you know! And now people like me (who didn’t know the history of the YMCA) pretty much only associate the YMCA as a glorified cheap neighborhood gym. There are sports courts, a pool, workout areas & at mine, a place to give blood to the Red Cross. I’ve never taken a class at the Y, but I’ve seen the facilities when I go to give blood. Huh. The more you know!

]]> By: rebdav http://boingboing.net/2011/06/30/ymca-commemorative-t.html#comment-1152220 rebdav Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1152220 In regards to the history and purpose of the founding one must take into account that this "organization and its female counterpart (YWCA) were established to provide low-cost housing in a safe Christian environment for rural young men and women journeying to the cities." from https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ymca This is partly how my (non-Christian) mother was able to afford university in Chicago, in the mid 60's she had a room with just enough room to partly open the door bumping into the bed. Now North American cities mostly prohibit such affordable micro-housing. I wish I still had something from my YMCA preschool or science camp days worthy of this exhibit. I suppose firing off the drychem extinguisher in the bathroom on my last day of preschool left a memory in Mrs. Yahnkis mind though, I wonder if she is even still alive. In regards to the history and purpose of the founding one must take into account that this “organization and its female counterpart (YWCA) were established to provide low-cost housing in a safe Christian environment for rural young men and women journeying to the cities.”
from https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ymca
This is partly how my (non-Christian) mother was able to afford university in Chicago, in the mid 60′s she had a room with just enough room to partly open the door bumping into the bed. Now North American cities mostly prohibit such affordable micro-housing.

I wish I still had something from my YMCA preschool or science camp days worthy of this exhibit. I suppose firing off the drychem extinguisher in the bathroom on my last day of preschool left a memory in Mrs. Yahnkis mind though, I wonder if she is even still alive.

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