Comments on: Lucky to Be Alive http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/ Dad Blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:10:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Karen Hartzell, Graco http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-1546 Karen Hartzell, Graco Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:04:54 +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 16:53:00 +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….
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]]> By: Jenny http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-1539 Jenny Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:05:21 +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.

]]> By: tami http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-1526 tami Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:43:29 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-1526 I agree kids are whimps now a days lol. This was funny as hell! .-= tami´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.talkingwithtami.com/blog/the-pink-party-2/" rel="nofollow">The Pink Party!</a> =-. I agree kids are whimps now a days lol. This was funny as hell!
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]]> By: Lori http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-1522 Lori Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:12:54 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-1522 This was awesome! I remember the tires so well. I had a friend during 3rd grade recess get stuck in the tire. It was wintertime and her coat was so big. I remember the bell rang and everyone left her. I also had a classmate who on the monkey bars hanging upside down and fell ont he concrete and her two front teeth went threw her lips. That was the day I stopped using monkey bars. Great post Greg!!!!! This was awesome! I remember the tires so well. I had a friend during 3rd grade recess get stuck in the tire. It was wintertime and her coat was so big. I remember the bell rang and everyone left her. I also had a classmate who on the monkey bars hanging upside down and fell ont he concrete and her two front teeth went threw her lips. That was the day I stopped using monkey bars. Great post Greg!!!!!

]]> By: Melinda http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-1499 Melinda Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:52:12 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-1499 I remember all of these too well. Our tall slide was shaped like a Rocket and actually had 3 floors. I remember all of these too well. Our tall slide was shaped like a Rocket and actually had 3 floors.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-1497 Sarah Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:08:46 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-1497 Those tires? We were in the NE so they were awesome mosquito hatcheries too. When they weren't full of tadpoles anyway. Our playground had a huge painted circle on the blacktop specifically designed for dodge ball - now there was a rite of passage. Little whiners! They don't have a clue what real play is! Those tires? We were in the NE so they were awesome mosquito hatcheries too. When they weren’t full of tadpoles anyway. Our playground had a huge painted circle on the blacktop specifically designed for dodge ball – now there was a rite of passage. Little whiners! They don’t have a clue what real play is!

]]> By: Christy http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-1495 Christy Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:39:03 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-1495 I'm wondering how many of those photos were taken at our local park playground. The toys I played on as a child are STILL there and my kids love them, death traps and all. I’m wondering how many of those photos were taken at our local park playground. The toys I played on as a child are STILL there and my kids love them, death traps and all.

]]> By: Maria http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-1493 Maria Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:20:38 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-1493 I read this one too late at night, my laughing just woke my DH! I thought the craziest stories about kids surviving the 70s had to do with babies being put to sleep in drawers and riding without car seats. btw, I know its late when I had to look at the slide a few times thinking wtf?? I read this one too late at night, my laughing just woke my DH! I thought the craziest stories about kids surviving the 70s had to do with babies being put to sleep in drawers and riding without car seats. btw, I know its late when I had to look at the slide a few times thinking wtf??

]]> By: Brandy http://www.tellingdad.com/2009/lucky-to-be-alive/#comment-1492 Brandy Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:46:42 +0000 http://www.tellingdad.com/?p=2557#comment-1492 I hear ya Greg. I tell my kids constantly how lucky they are when that claim the plastic slide is too hot. Although I am an 80s child we had those old school play grounds. AAHHHH Memories lol...Blisters, bruises, concussions.....Wasn't childhood GREAT!!!! I hear ya Greg. I tell my kids constantly how lucky they are when that claim the plastic slide is too hot. Although I am an 80s child we had those old school play grounds. AAHHHH Memories lol…Blisters, bruises, concussions…..Wasn’t childhood GREAT!!!!

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