tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post2717865357249452950..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Well, If The Mountain Won’t Come To Mohammed...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-16394699431031944712013-08-18T07:23:40.920+01:002013-08-18T07:23:40.920+01:00"Gah! Bring back the terrors of the witch'...<i>"Gah! Bring back the terrors of the witch's hat..."</i> <br /><br />Judging by the comments, everyone has fond memories of this!<br /><br /><i>"But then in those days, kids had a modicum of common sense..."</i> <br /><br />And if they didn't have it, they acquired it. By virtue of experience.<br /><br /><i>"Kids today...they have no idea how to live and the fault lies squarely with their parents."</i> <br /><br />Spot on!<br /><br /><i>"Luxury. When I were a lad Dad would cut our arms and legs off and feed them to t'pet lion.."</i> <br /><br />:DJuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-41882879867498640282013-08-18T06:26:28.619+01:002013-08-18T06:26:28.619+01:00I'm sorry, but 'what' extra facilities...I'm sorry, but 'what' extra facilities in a park do deaf and blind children need? (Braille instructions on See-saw operating restrictions?)<br /><br />And why is it supposedly impossible for either group to access a flat, green, paved open-space "for a picnic"? (Is there a written and aural test to be taken before entry is allowed?)<br /><br />What am I missing here?<br /><br />Rent-seeking? 15 minutes of fame? Justification for their Specialist PC Victimology Campaigners Merit Badge to pin on their National Citizen Service Brown Shirts?<br /><br />And what's the betting the "many families had been left without access" actually means they can't be bothered to walk, drive their free car disabled and expect to be ferried there and back - with picnic laid on at someone elses expense? Or am I just being cynical again?Ablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18109723804885979128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-14140540620394260522013-08-17T19:49:31.917+01:002013-08-17T19:49:31.917+01:00Luxury. When I were a lad Dad would cut our arms a...Luxury. When I were a lad Dad would cut our arms and legs off and feed them to t'pet lion - if we were lucky. That were our children's amusements.Ian Hillshttp://britain-today.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-61239207327986933282013-08-17T18:56:12.719+01:002013-08-17T18:56:12.719+01:00The first "Anonymous" commentor could be...The first "Anonymous" commentor could be my brother ?! 4 years old shoved from an 18ft slide in the local park he split his head open and bled for England.<br /><br />Me and another brother carried him between us to the local hospital then the other brother ran the mile and a half home to fetch mum & dad. <br /><br />Oh and we were all aged under-10 !<br /><br />Maypole anyone ? A scared-shitless-and-lovin-it lesson in G-force. <br /><br />http://forum.maplewoodonline.com/uploads/FileUpload/7f/be874a21b110a1cee163846eadcc6f.jpg<br /><br />Kids today...they have no idea how to live and the fault lies squarely with their parents. Sell the bed ? Has no one told them she's not actually dead and it *will* heal ? Pfffftttt....Tattynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-32670347346028515012013-08-17T15:39:20.599+01:002013-08-17T15:39:20.599+01:00I recall the local clever lads lifting the Witches...I recall the local clever lads lifting the Witches Hat off its pedestal and putting it on the ground, where it made a perfect framework for a wigwam....Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889103826921393113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-17877249321955668302013-08-17T15:30:14.126+01:002013-08-17T15:30:14.126+01:00Ah, memories. Who can forget the cheese cutter, a ...Ah, memories. Who can forget the cheese cutter, a sort of twelve person swing with up to four of the bigger lads stood working it up and any number of smaller kids sat astride clinging on for dear life. Not seen one of those for some time.John Teehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01590146005407792706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-92057964564738062742013-08-17T13:58:13.178+01:002013-08-17T13:58:13.178+01:00Simples, remove ALL apparatus from ALL parks then ...Simples, remove ALL apparatus from ALL parks then no children can be injured by them again and no tax payers money need be spent on them, win win. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-39360611409640238992013-08-17T13:18:04.064+01:002013-08-17T13:18:04.064+01:00Do any of your older readers remember that particu...Do any of your older readers remember that particularly dangerous piece of playground equipment called the "Witches Hat".<br /><br />Lethally able to crush all the fingers of an idiot holding it too close to the top.<br /><br />http://www.hobo-bonobo.co.uk/blogs/images/110119142257.jpg<br /><br />But then in those days, kids had a modicum of common sense, growing up to be (amongst other things) wise old(er) Bloggers.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-48485380724754080122013-08-17T13:03:55.660+01:002013-08-17T13:03:55.660+01:00Gah! Bring back the terrors of the witch's ha...Gah! Bring back the terrors of the witch's hat, the roundabout whirling faster and faster and tarmac to strip the skin off all parts colliding with it. I know my generation survived the playground better able to assess risk and tobtake responsibility for our physical selves than the last several generation of ninnies. Yes, I broke both my arms when an impatient older child pushed my four year old self off the side of an 18ft slide and it made me very wary but I still had a better childhoodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com