Comments on: Lucky to Be Alive http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/ Dad Blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charity http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-14641 Charity Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:19:18 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-14641 I went to a Catholic grade school, St. Agnes - or more fitting, the school with the "Darwin's Experiment" playground. The merry-go-round collapsed and crushed a girls' leg, a kid nearly lost an eye from a rock concealed in a snowball, my brother suffered a concussion when he fell on the ice, my friend Lisa tried the infamous "leap from the swing" and broke BOTH of her arms and I lost my grip on the pipe "plinko" and broke my nose. Had to love recess :) I went to a Catholic grade school, St. Agnes – or more fitting, the school with the “Darwin’s Experiment” playground. The merry-go-round collapsed and crushed a girls’ leg, a kid nearly lost an eye from a rock concealed in a snowball, my brother suffered a concussion when he fell on the ice, my friend Lisa tried the infamous “leap from the swing” and broke BOTH of her arms and I lost my grip on the pipe “plinko” and broke my nose. Had to love recess :)

]]> By: Karajeanne http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-13461 Karajeanne Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:15:40 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-13461 Just thought you'd enjoy some more adulations, I spent longer than I'm willing to admit reading posts to my husband while simultaneously dismissing my children and agreeing to purchase every toy that crossed the television screen. The payoff was sublime though, I haven't heard my husband snort laugh in weeks...Thanks Just thought you’d enjoy some more adulations, I spent longer than I’m willing to admit reading posts to my husband while simultaneously dismissing my children and agreeing to purchase every toy that crossed the television screen. The payoff was sublime though, I haven’t heard my husband snort laugh in weeks…Thanks

]]> By: Melissa http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-10644 Melissa Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:53:54 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-10644 Oh goodness, this applies to children of the 80s as well! I distinctly remember a terrifying teeter totter that was made of old railroad ties and rebar. You needed at least 6 kids on each end to get it to work, and inevitably, someone would jump off sending the other side crashing down where feet were likely to be crushed, or at the very least, skin would be removed from shins. Even better was when someone would attempt to jump off, not be quick enough, and end up getting caught in the leg, flipped over backwards, and launched several yards. Usually into the electric fence that ran along one side of the playground. I kid you not. There were horses in the pen, and what do 10 year old girls loooooove? Horses. Try to pet the pretty horses? Get electrocuted. Ahh, memories. Oh goodness, this applies to children of the 80s as well! I distinctly remember a terrifying teeter totter that was made of old railroad ties and rebar. You needed at least 6 kids on each end to get it to work, and inevitably, someone would jump off sending the other side crashing down where feet were likely to be crushed, or at the very least, skin would be removed from shins. Even better was when someone would attempt to jump off, not be quick enough, and end up getting caught in the leg, flipped over backwards, and launched several yards. Usually into the electric fence that ran along one side of the playground. I kid you not. There were horses in the pen, and what do 10 year old girls loooooove? Horses. Try to pet the pretty horses? Get electrocuted. Ahh, memories.

]]> By: Hattie http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-10570 Hattie Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:02:29 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-10570 Brilliant. Although you must know, we children of the 90's still dealt with all of that. Probably because my school was built in the 70's and they saw no need to change the playgrounds until two years ago. Now I look at them and wonder how the children learn survival of the fittest. Brilliant. Although you must know, we children of the 90′s still dealt with all of that. Probably because my school was built in the 70′s and they saw no need to change the playgrounds until two years ago. Now I look at them and wonder how the children learn survival of the fittest.

]]> By: Katie http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-9697 Katie Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:15:54 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-9697 In the 80s, instead of oversized tires, our school playgrounds had large concrete drainage pipes (for lack of a better explanation) - yes, those ones that the city installs under driveways to aid the flow of water in road-side ditches. Mostly, they were booby-trapped with fire ant piles and wasp nests inside. Great way for a kindergartener to find herself stripped naked in an unlit, damp oven of a public restroom with half-stranger swatting the swarms of ants from her skin. Today's kids don't know what they're missing! In the 80s, instead of oversized tires, our school playgrounds had large concrete drainage pipes (for lack of a better explanation) – yes, those ones that the city installs under driveways to aid the flow of water in road-side ditches. Mostly, they were booby-trapped with fire ant piles and wasp nests inside. Great way for a kindergartener to find herself stripped naked in an unlit, damp oven of a public restroom with half-stranger swatting the swarms of ants from her skin. Today’s kids don’t know what they’re missing!

]]> By: JoAnne http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-8728 JoAnne Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-8728 We had parallel bars and single bars the girls would do "cherry drops" from. I was never dumb enough to try to do that - I was sure to land on my head. We also had tetherball, which to this day I still don't understand. Try getting hit with one of those while walking by! We had parallel bars and single bars the girls would do “cherry drops” from. I was never dumb enough to try to do that – I was sure to land on my head. We also had tetherball, which to this day I still don’t understand. Try getting hit with one of those while walking by!

]]> By: McSolved! — Telling Dad Blog http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-4932 McSolved! — Telling Dad Blog Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:07:25 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-4932 [...] we need to suck the enjoyment kids get from a safe, plastic environment and replace it with playground equipment from the 1970′s. I’ve been there, and I can assure you, this would bring more stitches than joy. Some rebar [...] [...] we need to suck the enjoyment kids get from a safe, plastic environment and replace it with playground equipment from the 1970′s. I’ve been there, and I can assure you, this would bring more stitches than joy. Some rebar [...]

]]> By: Karen Hartzell, Grac http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-1546 Karen Hartzell, Grac Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:04:54 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-1546 I remember being on a metal slide so high my wood clog fell off (yeah it was the 70's and they were cool) and the wood sole split when it hit the ground. Prob not very good if it was a skull. Glad I never fell of it. Oh and my dad made the coolest carousel from old rocking horses and a merry go round like the one above. I wish I still had it for my kids. It was fast! I remember being on a metal slide so high my wood clog fell off (yeah it was the 70's and they were cool) and the wood sole split when it hit the ground. Prob not very good if it was a skull. Glad I never fell of it.

Oh and my dad made the coolest carousel from old rocking horses and a merry go round like the one above. I wish I still had it for my kids. It was fast!

]]> By: Ann Douglas http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-1542 Ann Douglas Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:53:00 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-1542 I remember going home with a bleeding mouth after an accident at recess in public school. I guess I was one of the lucky ones.... .-= Ann Douglas´s last blog ..<a href="http://thestar.blogs.com/anndouglas/2009/10/the-parenting-community-will-hold-your-company-accountable-if-you-try-pull-a-stunt-like-nestle-family.html" rel="nofollow">The Parenting Community Will Hold Your Company Accountable if You Pull a Stunt Like Nestle Family</a> =-. I remember going home with a bleeding mouth after an accident at recess in public school. I guess I was one of the lucky ones….
.-= Ann Douglas´s last blog ..The Parenting Community Will Hold Your Company Accountable if You Pull a Stunt Like Nestle Family =-.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-1539 Jenny Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:05:21 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-1539 I wish I had a merry-go-round like that in my backyard. I don't know who'd love it more, me or my husband (not to mention our two-year-old). A girl at my elementary school decided to stand up on top of the really high monkey bars and try to jump and grab onto a much lower bar that was a couple yards away. She didn't make it. She stood up and we looked at her broken forearm and it was sort of U-shaped. Nasty! I was a cowardly gymnastics class dropout and never did any of that. I wish I had a merry-go-round like that in my backyard. I don't know who'd love it more, me or my husband (not to mention our two-year-old).

A girl at my elementary school decided to stand up on top of the really high monkey bars and try to jump and grab onto a much lower bar that was a couple yards away. She didn't make it. She stood up and we looked at her broken forearm and it was sort of U-shaped. Nasty! I was a cowardly gymnastics class dropout and never did any of that.

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