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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 10:34 AM
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No running at the playground

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It's too tight around the equipment to be running," said Safety Director Jerry Graziose, the Broward County official who ordered the signs. "Our job was to try to control it."

How about swings or those hand-pulled merry-go-rounds?

"Nope. They've got moving parts. Moving parts on equipment is the number one cause of injury on the playgrounds."

Teeter-totters?

"Nope. That's moving too."

Sandboxes?

"Well, I have to be careful about animals" turning them into litter boxes.

Cement crawl tubes?

"Vagrants. The longer they are, the higher possibility that a vagrant could stay in them. We have shorter ones now that are made out of plastic or fiberglass."



At least someone is getting it right..

"Play is one of children's chief vehicles for development," Frost said. "Right now it looks like we're developing a nation of wimps."
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by vader716
"Play is one of children's chief vehicles for development," Frost said. "Right now it looks like we're developing a nation of wimps."

Got Damm Liberals....Now we are gonna lose to a bunch of queers like the FRENCH in the future...
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 10:58 AM
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Almost makes you wanna break stuff.

WTF people.
Whan I was a kid and I fell and scraped my knee or some *****, the ol man would tell me to get over it. Now if a kid gets a boo-boo, the world comes crashing down.
~I rode on a mery-go-round, and I'm still alive.
~I played on swings that had GRAVEL instead of sand, and I'm still alive.
~Our slides where made out of metal...in Texas...that sum bish got REAL hot, but we palyed on it, and I'm still alive.
~If you fell and cracked your head open, then we might (MIGHT) gop to the doctor - maybe.

Sissy candyass liberals are killing this country.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by jamzwayne
....Sissy candyass liberals are killing this country.

I am ready to go thump them on their soft heads with my MAGLITE...
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by jamzwayne
Almost makes you wanna break stuff.

WTF people.
Whan I was a kid and I fell and scraped my knee or some *****, the ol man would tell me to get over it. Now if a kid gets a boo-boo, the world comes crashing down.
~I rode on a mery-go-round, and I'm still alive.
~I played on swings that had GRAVEL instead of sand, and I'm still alive.
~Our slides where made out of metal...in Texas...that sum bish got REAL hot, but we palyed on it, and I'm still alive.
~If you fell and cracked your head open, then we might (MIGHT) gop to the doctor - maybe.

Sissy candyass liberals are killing this country.
hit the nail on the head...my girlfriends son is a wuss,,,he cries and quits all the time. This bothers the "snot" out of me, I tell him to man up and stop whining...then mom steps in and says he is just a baby, I am like "wtf, he is 6..I gurantee you I didnt cry as much as he does" she is raising a GIRL!!, I am trying to convert into a BOY
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:04 AM
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There was nothing like getting on one of those merry go rounds and spinning till you are so sick you get flung off. Yea it hurt sometimes but who cares you were too dizzy to get up and walk away.

Ever take and wipe down a slide with wax paper? Geez it is fast.


I remember me and a friend plotted this all downhill path through our neighborhood that ended at the playground. Needless to say at about 80% of the way through the run my brake pads gave out (blew off) on my bicycle and I ran full speed into a curb while trying to make the turn for the final big run. I flew a good way and wow it hurt. Got up and was mad cause I missed the final big hill. I did it with no helmet too. Lots of fun. Can't do that now.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:08 AM
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helmets were wore by professional football players..not kids
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by vader716
....I did it with no helmet too. Lots of fun. Can't do that now.

Yep...got damm Po-Po will ticket you for that in some parts now...
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by jamzwayne
~Our slides where made out of metal...
Yep. My aunt used to give us pieces of wax paper to sit on, so we could go faster.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:10 AM
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Think of it this way, all this kinda junk you read about is just creating business opportunities. If the liberals take something away, then there's a business opportunity for someone who wants to give it back.

I'd like to get with a developer and develop a community where everyone lives like the old code. All sports have winners and losers, playgrounds have all the fun stuff, and being politically correct is not allowed.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by UrbanCowboy
Think of it this way, all this kinda junk you read about is just creating business opportunities. If the liberals take something away, then there's a business opportunity for someone who wants to give it back.

I'd like to get with a developer and develop a community where everyone lives like the old code. All sports have winners and losers, playgrounds have all the fun stuff, and being politically correct is not allowed.
I wanna live there, I wanna live there, I wanna live there ! ! !

Where do I sign?
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:13 AM
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I wanna live there, I wanna live there, I wanna live there ! ! !

Where do I sign?

If you gotta sign anything you are already starting wrong. A handshake is good enough
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:16 AM
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If you gotta sign anything you are already starting wrong. A handshake is good enough
Oh yeah.

SEE ! ! !

Society is already getting the best of us. WTF?










MOTHER $#@%^ $ #@# $%*&%# $@ 60 second rule, I hope you burn in the deepest, darkest, nastiest spot in hell ! ! ! !
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:22 AM
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I'm telling you, if you start a community like that and screen your peeps, you'd have people coming in droves.
 
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by jamzwayne
Almost makes you wanna break stuff.

WTF people.
Whan I was a kid and I fell and scraped my knee or some *****, the ol man would tell me to get over it. Now if a kid gets a boo-boo, the world comes crashing down.
~I rode on a mery-go-round, and I'm still alive.
~I played on swings that had GRAVEL instead of sand, and I'm still alive.
~Our slides where made out of metal...in Texas...that sum bish got REAL hot, but we palyed on it, and I'm still alive.
~If you fell and cracked your head open, then we might (MIGHT) gop to the doctor - maybe.

Sissy candyass liberals are killing this country.
Lol...no kidding. What kind of mery-go-round are you talking about? There are the big ones, and then there are the small ones. We have some at a park in our town that are about 4 feet wide at the most, just enough for two people to stand on across from eachother and let me tell you.....those suckers go faster than anything . You try to pull yourself closer to the thing while spinning and it only goes faster. And it gets to the point where you can't pull your self up anymore. But it's crazy and very fun ...nobody has been hurt on it that i know of. We also have some of them tunnels at the park too....i'd say there is more obseen grafitti than vagrants in those things.
 
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