Carol ([info]austinpepper) wrote,
@ 2006-01-25 23:58:00
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Current mood: nostalgic

Peligroso Playground
I was remembering the super tall slides I used to play on when I was a kid. I remember they were metal and some were just barely standing and they were so tall. The extra danger was also if you got on one in the summer. I think the heat and the metal and skidding down would equal 3rd degree burns.
It seems like most of the playground equipment we had as kids were deathtraps but I remember how much fun I had. You don't see stuff like super tall, rickety, rusted metal, lead painted slides much anymore probably after many kid injuries. While this is good for kids today, I must say I really enjoyed that dangerous playground equipment. Here are some others I thought about:

Seesaw, teetertotter - I remember sitting on heavy rotten splintered wood. I always managed to be playing with someone much larger then me. I just imagined being catapulted to my death.

Domed jungle gym- I don't know what these were called actually. It was like a dome of metal pipes that were shaped like an igloo. They weren't that dangerous but for some reason, I never see them.

Merry go round - Wow they still make these! http://american-playground.com/MerryGoRounds.htm
I remember thinking I was going to get sucked down under this thing and lose a limb.




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[info]jennrotten
2006-02-09 03:37 am UTC (link)
Those merry go rounds were my favorite. They had even scarier stuff in France when I was little, like barrels you could run on, they had handrails on the side, but it was still so easy for the barrel to spin out of control, lots of scraped shins.

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