Our playgrounds were no place for adults - they couldn't handle the action. Remember throwing sand down the slide so it was more slippery? Then you make a train and run a bunch of kids down at once LOL. I love it - looking back - the biggest and most industrial-strength swings and slides. I'd climb anything just so I could jump off it. Cherry bumps. Gave as many as I received. I think Slip N Slide was a highly situational toy. Mostly it sucked, but if it was set up right it could be "okay."
I blame our Baby Boomer parents, who as we came of age and had kids of our own, implemented a bunch of laws to keep their kids (us GenX) from raising our children the way we would choose. Spanking in school? Every time we went to the principle, it was "three licks or three days of suspension."
I got a concussion when I was 2 running down a shorter steel slide, then falling at the bottom hitting my head on the CONCRETE base of the slide. They kept me in a cage at the hospital, my mom says I screamed. EDIT: I think it was July 4th 1979 or 1980 when I was 10 or 11 my dad got us a private tour of Springfield, Massachusetts' fireworks display during the day while they were setting up. The guy who gave us the tour was very emphatic that we could not smoke anything or use any lighters or matches. We got to the middle of the display, I broke out a candy cigarette and waited for him to look at us. I blew out a big puff of sugar "smoke". The guy totally freaked.
I like the ban on smoking in public, but I always thought bars should be exempt Lawn darts came with a ring you could lay on the ground or have a friend hold it in the air for a target. As long as your aim was true, your friend was safe😂
Thank you for this, brings back memories when kids were badasses!
@@pokerchip1231 You’re welcome and thanks for watching. We were hella badass when we were kids!
The Rancho Market carts, LOL😂 Auntie 🚬
True Story! I swear!!!
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Our playgrounds were no place for adults - they couldn't handle the action.
Remember throwing sand down the slide so it was more slippery? Then you make a train and run a bunch of kids down at once LOL.
I love it - looking back - the biggest and most industrial-strength swings and slides. I'd climb anything just so I could jump off it.
Cherry bumps. Gave as many as I received.
I think Slip N Slide was a highly situational toy. Mostly it sucked, but if it was set up right it could be "okay."
I remember all of it! The sand for the slide and swings are still my fav. Slip and slides never made it two years in a row 😂😂😂
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I blame our Baby Boomer parents, who as we came of age and had kids of our own, implemented a bunch of laws to keep their kids (us GenX) from raising our children the way we would choose. Spanking in school? Every time we went to the principle, it was "three licks or three days of suspension."
@@theknave69 yeah I always got the licks
I got a concussion when I was 2 running down a shorter steel slide, then falling at the bottom hitting my head on the CONCRETE base of the slide. They kept me in a cage at the hospital, my mom says I screamed. EDIT: I think it was July 4th 1979 or 1980 when I was 10 or 11 my dad got us a private tour of Springfield, Massachusetts' fireworks display during the day while they were setting up. The guy who gave us the tour was very emphatic that we could not smoke anything or use any lighters or matches. We got to the middle of the display, I broke out a candy cigarette and waited for him to look at us. I blew out a big puff of sugar "smoke". The guy totally freaked.
Thats the worst I've heard of! I've never been hospitalized from something at school...
I like the ban on smoking in public, but I always thought bars should be exempt
Lawn darts came with a ring you could lay on the ground or have a friend hold it in the air for a target. As long as your aim was true, your friend was safe😂
@@timlemmon2332 I agree that bars should be exempt also that’s a good point. Gotta love the lawn darts