Cincinnati's Sunlite Pool and broke his foot...on the big rubber safety matte they put at the bottom of the pool to keep kids from getting hurt.
You can't write stuff like this!
I was thinking the same thing....we dangled on monkey bars 10 feet above asphalt. lol
Concrete-You must have been a rich kid. We had dirt!
Yeah, and look how YOU turned out.
Don't wanna have any more right-wingers!
It's for the children, dontcha know.
BLACK rubber mats. Out in the sun; during the summer.
SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER GENIUS !!!!!!
Um, why don’t they put some nice, fluffy white SAND on these playgrounds?
I assume they are already fenced, which would keep the cats out of the sand....
Here’s and idea parents. Make sure your kids dont take their shoes off when it’s 95 degrees outside. In order to accomplish this you must put down the cell phone and pay attention.
Good - The city was practicing CYA by installing mats
Bad - Black rubber mats will end up causing burns
My town park uses recycled rubber in a pretty shade of terra cotta that’s been shredded to look like mulch. Safe and no burns.
Someone is objecting to black rubber mats?
That’s racist.
I went to a new Elementary School that had just been built and for the first two years the playground was shell gravel.
We had nice soft blue-stone gravel at our local playground. They later replaced it with kitty-litter sand. Monkeybars were great for getting rid of those unwanted baby teeth.
The Parks Commissioner said the mats would not be removed, and that their playgrounds “are the safest in the world”.
Sure, Mr. Commissioner, as long as no one falls while they are playing.
There was a great playground in Raleigh that uses ground up rubber from old tires as the “sand.” It’s a very interesting recycling use. Slightly bouncy but doesn’t get everywhere like sand or wood chips.
[These city playgrounds aren’t for child’s play.]
...and yet you take them there?
We learned why it’s important to hang on tight. -mks
1. Played baseball un-supervised, no helmets.
2. Bicycles without helmets.
3. Roller skates without knee-elbow pads, helmets.
4. Swimming in pre-EPA rivers.
5. Ice skating/hockey on somewhat frozen ponds, no helmets.
There was nothing wrong with sand. But boo whooo, it got in little johnny's eyes and little Jimmy ate it, presumably after the neighbors cat buried it's poo in it.
I don't recall anyone dying from it from the 1900's- up till the time I was born,(50's) and in the 60's and 70's that followed.
After that, it was pea gravel, but skinned knee's became the next cause of little Johnny's tears.
Then of course, steal play structures caused little Johnny to bruise his head, so wood was used instead, then little johnny ate the wood, and began to pee the bed.
It never ends. Perhaps liberals should keep their kids indoors, and leave other kids to play.
You can't write stuff like this!
Our friend’s dad bulldozed a huge swath of the forest behind their house, built a backstop, and it was our baseball and football field. I don’t remember seeing an adult down there, ever! Baseball, football, BB guns and mini bikes. No adults allowed. That’s why I turned out so normal! :)