Oh, wise guy, eh?
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!
Playground Equipment
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I still like to swing and hop on the occasional dangerous carousel.
No, that's not how it works. Someone is supposed to respond with “You think you were poor?” and so on. Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen, remember?I was actually pretty happy with it all. I didn't really know any better.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!When I was kid, the playground equipment was an old rotting couch, an abandoned car and a falling-down garage.
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I loved the carousel/merry-go-round. Too bad you can hardly find them any more.
Same here for the Merry Go Round. There was a guy in our 6th grade class who was 5'11", I kid you not, and he was huge!
So we'd get him to spin us around on the Merry Go Round. I swear to god we were pulling multiple Gs on that thing; kids would be flying off left and right. I did the smart thing and secured myself between the two inner bars and held onto one for support! Of course, "smart" being a relative term because then the ride would finally stop, and I would stumble off the Merry Go Round and spin out of control for ten minutes. Ah, good times. Good times.
Oh, right, right. Okay....No, that's not how it works. Someone is supposed to respond with “You think you were poor?” and so on. Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen, remember?I was actually pretty happy with it all. I didn't really know any better.
You had a wobbly sawhorse? All I had was a wobbly sawdonkey made out of my brother.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!When I was kid, the playground equipment was an old rotting couch, an abandoned car and a falling-down garage.
Some fodder for the discussion:
http://blog.paxholley.net/2010/03/1...-were-more-awesome-than-playgrounds-of-today/
And check this one out!
http://www.plaidstallions.com/playground/spacecruiser.html
http://blog.paxholley.net/2010/03/1...-were-more-awesome-than-playgrounds-of-today/
And check this one out!
http://www.plaidstallions.com/playground/spacecruiser.html
Of course, "smart" being a relative term because then the ride would finally stop, and I would stumble off the Merry Go Round and spin out of control for ten minutes. Ah, good times. Good times.
It's like drunkenness for tots!
And it's cheaper than beer!
During my grade-school years (60's/early 70's), we had log that was painted green and we used it as balance beam. It was indeed to your interest to win because 3.5 feet below was hard asphalt. Good times.
Remember Brave New World?
Who would have known:
Who would have known:
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While it's not playground equipment strictly speaking, I've got to say that the oversized parachute is loads of fun. Toddlers go nuts when you raise and lower it over them, and it's even fun for grown-ups to climb under. Parachute's got my vote.
I also loved the swings, was on their for hours as a child.
The sandbox was great as well, but only when lots of water was involved. *G*
The marry-go round, climbing stuff, most slides and seesaw I never liked much.
However the best was not the playing on the playgrounds, but at the lake, in the woods, meadows or also the streets, building hide aways in the thicket, role-playing or those typical street games like "Heaven and Hell".
TerokNor
The sandbox was great as well, but only when lots of water was involved. *G*
The marry-go round, climbing stuff, most slides and seesaw I never liked much.
However the best was not the playing on the playgrounds, but at the lake, in the woods, meadows or also the streets, building hide aways in the thicket, role-playing or those typical street games like "Heaven and Hell".
TerokNor
I loved and still love swings. And monkey bars too. But I think my vote has to go to the roundabout.
I mean, get up good speed on one of those things, and it was almost guaranteed that somebody was going to get interestingly hurt. It was so much fun, that it didn't even matter when it was you.
I mean, get up good speed on one of those things, and it was almost guaranteed that somebody was going to get interestingly hurt. It was so much fun, that it didn't even matter when it was you.
I always liked the jungle gym, climbing up and down and around. And I could reach it. I've always been on the short side. I was too short and couldn't reach the monkey bars, the rings, etc, to do whatever it was the taller girls did on them.
Swings made me dizzy--very sensitive middle ear and equilibrium. The merry-go-round was also out because of this, but I did like to push it for the other kids. I just couldn't go on it or even look at it for long.
I tended to stick to games that were played on the ground. I could reach the ground.
Swings made me dizzy--very sensitive middle ear and equilibrium. The merry-go-round was also out because of this, but I did like to push it for the other kids. I just couldn't go on it or even look at it for long.
I tended to stick to games that were played on the ground. I could reach the ground.
^^ I was a big fan of the jungle gym too. Also climbing trees and playing in friends' treehouses. Never could get the hang of climbing a rope, though.
Never heard of "Heaven and Hell." How do you play that one?
^I'm guessing it's the game where all you need is a piece of chalk and a pebble, you draw this 'thingy' and then jump from squares numbered from 1 to 10... (oh, 12 it would seem...)
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That's Hopscotch, although it could have other names, I suppose.
Girls around here call it "paradise"...
I was also good at playing "Butt's Up" and its variant "Suicide."
These games required a rather large wall, a tennis ball, and a bunch of kids. A kid threw the ball at the wall. Anybody could catch it--one-handed catch only--and then throw it at the wall without it bouncing on the way. If the kid caught it with two-hands, dropped it, or the ball touched the ground (bounced) before hitting the wall, that kid (kid1) had to run and touch the wall and any other kid (kid2) could get the ball (one-handed).
In "Butt's Up," kid2 would throw the ball at the wall. If it got there before kid1, kid1 had to kneel down, tuck his head down, and put his butt up. Kid2 then got to stand at a set distance and try to hit kid1's butt by throwing the ball at it. A variation had every kid playing get the chance, but that could take too long.
In "Suicide," kid2 would try to hit kid1 with the ball while kid1 was running to touch the wall. I was very good at popping people in the back of the head as they ran, for some reason. That actually hurt less than getting hit in the back.
Does this game sound familiar to anyone, under any other name?
These games required a rather large wall, a tennis ball, and a bunch of kids. A kid threw the ball at the wall. Anybody could catch it--one-handed catch only--and then throw it at the wall without it bouncing on the way. If the kid caught it with two-hands, dropped it, or the ball touched the ground (bounced) before hitting the wall, that kid (kid1) had to run and touch the wall and any other kid (kid2) could get the ball (one-handed).
In "Butt's Up," kid2 would throw the ball at the wall. If it got there before kid1, kid1 had to kneel down, tuck his head down, and put his butt up. Kid2 then got to stand at a set distance and try to hit kid1's butt by throwing the ball at it. A variation had every kid playing get the chance, but that could take too long.
In "Suicide," kid2 would try to hit kid1 with the ball while kid1 was running to touch the wall. I was very good at popping people in the back of the head as they ran, for some reason. That actually hurt less than getting hit in the back.
Does this game sound familiar to anyone, under any other name?
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