![Kids getting thrown off right and left. Total carnage. Wails of anguish. [461x486 - 415KB]](https://pic8.co/sh/Vel4ea.png){kind=link}
I mean, I might get thrown off. It might hurt a bit. But I’m going back! I loved those!
I mean, I might get thrown off. It might hurt a bit. But I’m going back!
I loved those!
We had fun in the old days.
We had fun in the old days.
Eliminating all adolescent challenges with penalties for failure has produced a generation of adult mediocrity. Try, fail, bleed, get up, do it again is the only sequence to train children to be determined adults who can handle life's adversities. Monkey bars and trees were others.
The sequence of add padding, coddle, try it, participation trophy winner gives us 30 year-olds who live with their parents and "can't even".
Eliminating all adolescent challenges with penalties for failure has produced a generation of adult mediocrity. Try, fail, bleed, get up, do it again is the only sequence to train children to be determined adults who can handle life's adversities. Monkey bars and trees were others.
The sequence of add padding, coddle, try it, participation trophy winner gives us 30 year-olds who live with their parents and "can't even".
'I'll have you know i still live my parents and i fcking can, buddy !!' - probs some redditor.
'I'll have you know i still live my parents and i fcking can, buddy !!' - probs some redditor.
My dad used to spin the crap out of those until I threw up, then I'd get back on and ask him to do it again. Good times!
My dad used to spin the crap out of those until I threw up, then I'd get back on and ask him to do it again. Good times!
I was on one of these when I was a young boy, and some random kid at the park was fucking with me. We were both on this thing spinning around and he started screaming like an autist right in my ear. Anyways I still remember the sight of him laying in the dirt by the side of it after i elbowed him in the face. Haha good times.
I was on one of these when I was a young boy, and some random kid at the park was fucking with me. We were both on this thing spinning around and he started screaming like an autist right in my ear. Anyways I still remember the sight of him laying in the dirt by the side of it after i elbowed him in the face. Haha good times.
There was a kid named Mike Carson in my school who was always getting into trouble. One day when the principal was walking him down the stairs to suspend him for a few days for another infraction, Mike turned around and drove his fist into the principals face. Knocked him out cold on the stairway! That was a memorable event back in the day. Now it's routine with inner city blacks.
You wouldn't happen to be related to Mike, would you? Lol!
There was a kid named Mike Carson in my school who was always getting into trouble. One day when the principal was walking him down the stairs to suspend him for a few days for another infraction, Mike turned around and drove his fist into the principals face. Knocked him out cold on the stairway! That was a memorable event back in the day. Now it's routine with inner city blacks.
You wouldn't happen to be related to Mike, would you? Lol!
[Add a scooter and everybody is having so much fun.](https://vid8.poal.co/user/daBrown75/8SSg7IC)
And they just got right back on!
And they just got right back on!
That's because we had dirt to land on! Not this newfangled recycled running shoe crap!
That's because we had dirt to land on! Not this newfangled recycled running shoe crap!
Early life lessons in centrifugal force.
Early life lessons in centrifugal force.
I haven't seen one of these in many years.
I haven't seen one of these in many years.
1st grade I had my first mishap on a merry go round. Ended up with gravel in my mouth, bleeding lip, scrapes and scratches, ripped my pants. I was running along on the outside of the merry go round full of kids, pushing on the bar to make it spin faster, laughing as they shrieked and strained to hold on ... tripped over my own feet and went down, didn't know enough to let go of the bar...
1st grade I had my first mishap on a merry go round. Ended up with gravel in my mouth, bleeding lip, scrapes and scratches, ripped my pants. I was running along on the outside of the merry go round full of kids, pushing on the bar to make it spin faster, laughing as they shrieked and strained to hold on ... tripped over my own feet and went down, didn't know enough to let go of the bar...
ripped my pants
We had these pants called Toughskins that came in rusty red, burnt orange, and lime green which were made from a weave of kevlar and 200 grit denim purpose built for adolescent adventure.
They felt like shit when you first wore them but you couldn't damage them short of an acetylene torch or angle grinder.
>ripped my pants
We had these pants called Toughskins that came in rusty red, burnt orange, and lime green which were made from a weave of kevlar and 200 grit denim purpose built for adolescent adventure.
They felt like shit when you first wore them but you couldn't damage them short of an acetylene torch or angle grinder.
Yup, I remember those! Fugly colors! Lmao
Yup, I remember those! Fugly colors! Lmao
I would have been in the market for them in the '60s, but I don't think they existed yet. I know kevlar didn't. We did have tarpaulin... but no one was making clothes from it.
I would have been in the market for them in the '60s, but I don't think they existed yet. I know kevlar didn't. We did have tarpaulin... but no one was making clothes from it.
The move with Toughskins was to run and drop into a double knee power slide.
The move with Toughskins was to run and drop into a double knee power slide.
Some lessons we learn the hard way
Some lessons we learn the hard way
I was back doing it again the following week, equipped with the knowledge to let go if I went down. Funny, I don't recall it ever happening a 2nd time.
I was back doing it again the following week, equipped with the knowledge to let go if I went down. Funny, I don't recall it ever happening a 2nd time.
The much older ones were great, then they were engineered to spin even faster which caused a lot of injuries. Those that spun faster were not "the most fun" they were lots of unnecessary pain for kids. And then because of the newer ones, they all had to be removed. So sad.
The much older ones were great, then they were engineered to spin even faster which caused a lot of injuries. Those that spun faster were not "the most fun" they were lots of unnecessary pain for kids. And then because of the newer ones, they all had to be removed. So sad.
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