Playground Equipment

[royalfan5]

What was your favorite? I think the swings were mine. Mostly cause you could easily jump out of them. Jungle Gym was fun too, but I wasn't that big into slides.

 

[Mary Ann]

My favourite was also the swings, which is a bit odd because I have wicked height nerve and would freeze with terror on the jungle gym. However on the swings I happily swung parellel to the top bar. As I said, odd.

 

[trekkiedane]

One more for the swings! -I could sit in one for hours -still can when I can find one that supports my weight.

 

[Shatnertage]

My 2 year-old really likes the swings. She goes through phases, though: some days it's nothing but slides, some days it's 30 minutes in the swing, and others (like today) it's mostly just scampering around the place.

 

[RoJoHen]

I love all playground equipment, and I am very upset that they don't make them in adult sizes.

 

[Shatnertage]

The great thing about having kids is that it doesn't matter--you get to have as much fun on it as them.

Ball pits are pretty cool, too.

 

[RJDiogenes]

When I was kid, the playground equipment was an old rotting couch, an abandoned car and a falling-down garage.

 

[Gepard]

^And you complain that things are too dark and gritty now.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Well, not for me personally.

Ironically, that vacant lot that I was talking about is now the site of a community center with lots of activities for kids-- but the streets are far less safe to walk on than they were in the 60s.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

Another vote for swings.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

Yay for the swings!

 

[iguana_tonante]

I loved the sandbox. I always build the most amazing sand castles, and used my toy soldiers to stage the most vicious and glorious battles of all time (in my mind, at least).

 

[Kestra]

Monkey bars! How has no one else picked that yet?

 

[B.J.]

I loved the carousel/merry-go-round. Too bad you can hardly find them any more.

 

[scotpens]

When I was kid, the playground equipment was an old rotting couch, an abandoned car and a falling-down garage.

You were lucky to have an old rotting couch, an abandoned car and a falling-down garage. I had to make do with a rusting lawn chair and a wobbly sawhorse!

. . . the streets are far less safe to walk on than they were in the 60s.

That's more a matter of perception than reality.

 

[trekkiedane]

. . . the streets are far less safe to walk on than they were in the 60s.

That's more a matter of perception than reality.

I don't know about there, but here it is as RJD writes! The number of cars has been rising and the temper of drivers has been dropping since the 60's! -you should always walk on the sidewalks!

 

[KimMH]

swings - they can feel like flying

 

[Nerdius Maximus]

My favorite thing was a treehouse in the back yard of a little girl from church when I was about 7. We used to go up there and play a little game I liked to call "shower time."

 

[RoJoHen]

Monkey bars! How has no one else picked that yet?

Actually, the monkey bars are the main reason I wish they had adult playgrounds. I'm too tall to use them now!

 

[RJDiogenes]

When I was kid, the playground equipment was an old rotting couch, an abandoned car and a falling-down garage.

You were lucky to have an old rotting couch, an abandoned car and a falling-down garage. I had to make do with a rusting lawn chair and a wobbly sawhorse!

I was actually pretty happy with it all. I didn't really know any better.

. . . the streets are far less safe to walk on than they were in the 60s.

That's more a matter of perception than reality.

Not in this case. Kids weren't getting killed by stray bullets from drive-by shootings back in those days.