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Hyperlynx posted:Cain is for Charlie and Delta is for Cain. Find Dick, trap Dick! Nice ref, David Webb.
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PCOS Bill posted:Should be easy, so long as there isn't much asbestos to remediate. Pretty sure thats gotta be dealt with before they sell anyway.
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As if Antiques Roadshow needed to be livened up... Playground chat: I grew up right between the eras of metal/wooden deathtraps and plastic/woodchip sets, with a liberal dose of those tube tunnels at MacDonalds or Discovery Zone. The best was this huge wooden castle-style thing with towers, hidden paths, and even a primitive metal tube communication system. You always left with a splinter, a bruise, a cut or metal burn, and a big-rear end smile. I think it's torn down now. Even so it's annoying how vain some of y'all are about how tough you were to use "real" metal playgrounds and concrete. Yes those sets were almost always cooler, but do you know what my friends and I did on those plastic/woodchip sets? We climbed the gently caress out of them and walked the scaffolding, then jumped off, sometimes grabbing a lower part of the tower like a gymnast on the uneven bars. Kids will find a way to maximize the danger in anything. And do you know what we didn't have? Broken bones and concussions. Well, they happened occasionally but only when doing something that made you say "well what did you think was going to happen you dumbass?" And while the ground wasn't concrete, you still only need a few bad wipeouts before going "hey get your grip together," only you weren't also applying for workman's comp at the local textile factory for the lesson. There need to be more adult jungle gyms. I don't mean like professional tag or for intensive circuits and self-serious bullshit. I mean reasonably safe playground-style equipment adults can freeplay on. Most people get the best whole body workouts when they aren't following some rigid plan that sucks all the joy out of motion, so facilitate that.
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My worst playground injury involved the tire-swing. Our tire swing was at the edge of the playground. At the edge was a cement jersey barrier, that blocked kids getting on the 45-degree hill on the other side. So I wasn't paying attention one day, got slammed in the head by the tire swing, which picked me up and threw me over the jersey barrier, at which point I dropped about ten feet onto the hill and then rolled down in it in a daze into some prickle bushes. Apart from some bruising and cuts, I was surprisingly fone. No long lasting injuries as far as I can tull.
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Holy gently caress we had the exact same snail. They eventually got rid of it because it got all rusty and kids kept breaking bones by getting their legs stuck between the rungs or jumping off.
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mind the walrus posted:There need to be more adult jungle gyms. I don't mean like professional tag or for intensive circuits and self-serious bullshit. I mean reasonably safe playground-style equipment adults can freeplay on. Most people get the best whole body workouts when they aren't following some rigid plan that sucks all the joy out of motion, so facilitate that. I think this was the idea behind Crossfit.
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mind the walrus posted:There need to be more adult jungle gyms. I don't mean like professional tag or for intensive circuits and self-serious bullshit. I mean reasonably safe playground-style equipment adults can freeplay on. Most people get the best whole body workouts when they aren't following some rigid plan that sucks all the joy out of motion, so facilitate that. this place is  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Museum
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china bot posted:this place is I *just* went there last weekend. Holy loving poo poo. That place is indescribable.
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Playground talk: go visit Meow Wolf if you get a chance.
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china bot posted:this place is drat, I wish I had known about this place before I visited last weekend!
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china bot posted:this place is . If I'm ever out there I have to remember to go. Holy poo poo it's so cool.
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china bot posted:this place is I went to the City Museum for my honeymoon. There's about a million ways to seriously injure yourself and I'm surprised you don't have to sign a waiver, but the worst thing I saw was some guy stuck in a tube dropping his phone and smashing the screen.
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City Museum is the poo poo. I took my niece there when she was in 1sr grade and as soon as my kids get old enough we're going back.
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I've never felt so much like a kid again than when an ex and I visited on our road trip to the east coast. It is absolutely one of my favorite attractions I've visited. The whole top floor is also dedicated to memorabilia bits and pieces of architecture and materials (doorknobs, tile, sculptures) of St. Louis' buildings. They even have a taxidermy and bug section! Really really cool and a must see if you're passing through.
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At my elementary School the playground gym thing was made of railroad ties and steel pipes. Originally it was surrounded by gravel but they put wood chips in there eventually. I remember having a pencil sized chunk of wood stuck in my arm from colliding with one of those wooden ties. There was also a tire swing that was held up by three chains on a swivel. If you were on the tire people could get it spinning fast enough to make you puke. You could also push it up in the air high and fast enough to smack it into someone's head. That playground was a boot camp horror show.
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china bot posted:this place is I need to go here. When I was small there was a giant pirate ship in Reading, but I was never allowed to play on it because, according to mom, "bums pee in it"
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Your mum was right and that just adds to the authenticity.
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Couple of years back my sister called up the local gymnastics club and asked them if they still did birthday parties. They said yes. Then she asked them if they could do an adult birthday party. They kind of paused and then said, well we've never done that but we don't see why not. So after my sister's birthday dinner, we went and jumped on trampolines and off spring boards and such for a while. We all chipped in like $10 to cover the cost, I think.
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Good set-up for the story about your sister's adult birthday party  , but weak conclusion.6/10 would not buy for my Kindle
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:At my elementary School the playground gym thing was made of railroad ties and steel pipes. Originally it was surrounded by gravel but they put wood chips in there eventually. I remember having a pencil sized chunk of wood stuck in my arm from colliding with one of those wooden ties. There was also a tire swing that was held up by three chains on a swivel. If you were on the tire people could get it spinning fast enough to make you puke. You could also push it up in the air high and fast enough to smack it into someone's head. That playground was a boot camp horror show. I went on one of those three chain tire swings in the sixth grade. Several of my class mates spun it around as much as physically possible and then let it go. I've never been nauseous or dizzy since, so clearly survival of the fittest works.
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Seconding City Museum. It's indescribable.
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Seattle city center has an amazing playground. After midnight it's mostly stoned adults and that dude with the trained squirrel. http://www.seattlecenter.com/locations/detail.aspx?id=170
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I've heard "survival of the fittest" and "natural selection" jokes for most of my life y'all can take being called vain for it.
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RoboRodent posted:Couple of years back my sister called up the local gymnastics club and asked them if they still did birthday parties. They said yes. Then she asked them if they could do an adult birthday party. They kind of paused and then said, well we've never done that but we don't see why not. This seems like the kind of thing you ought to do before dinner, not after. Or at least wait like an hour or so. Food + drink + trampoline = 
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Bring back bullying. The three chain tire swing on a swivel was definitely top 5 "Let's see how dangerous we can be" parts of my childhood playground. That tire always won.
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Bullying is what inspired me to take up karate. It really made bullying way more fun 
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Karate Bastard posted:Bullying is what inspired me to take up karate. It really made bullying way more fun What inspired your father to make you a bastard?
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Some bitch I suppose.
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mind the walrus posted:I've heard "survival of the fittest" and "natural selection" jokes for most of my life y'all can take being called vain for it. 
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spookygonk posted:
This thing was terrifying once you got a few big kids on it and it really started moving. Proper test of grip strength.
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When I was a kid every other park would have a disarmed 25 pdr howitzer as a cheapo war monument. The best and rarest parks would have an old hollowed out P-40 fighter plane.
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PCOS Bill posted:The three chain tire swing on a swivel was definitely top 5 "Let's see how dangerous we can be" parts of my childhood playground. That tire always won. I have been knocked flat by the three chain tire swing more than once. The chains were also pretty great at pinching fingers. I'd also put the merry go round in the "top 5 most dangerous playground equipment" as well, especially the slick metal one. 
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 https://scontent.fman1-2.fna.fbcdn....e2e&oe=5A5B8A37MOD EDIT: Even with spoiler tags the image downloads so direct link it instead, this isn't the first time Somebody has a new favorite as of 14:01 on Aug 28, 2017 |
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I just want to say something to the whiny little bitch that got all the cool poo poo taken away from the playgrounds when I was a kid: gently caress you
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MizPiz posted:I just want to say something to the whiny little bitch that got all the cool poo poo taken away from the playgrounds when I was a kid: 
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MizPiz posted:I just want to say something to the whiny little bitch that got all the cool poo poo taken away from the playgrounds when I was a kid: I know a lot of people think this but my public school was actually responsible for the playground change up in Ontario in the early 90's. We had a 12' tall climbing section and a girl fell off it onto a lower section and broke her neck. She was in a halo brace for like 2 or 3 years
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