In Mallorca I saw a playground. This playground had no trees around whatsoever. There was no possibility to be any shadow anywhere on this playground. And in the center, there was the highlight. A slide. A metal slide. Just standing there in broad daylight, no chance of ever getting any shade. This is where kids lost their bums.
I remember the burning heat of the metal slide as a kid. Our play structures were much larger than this postage stamp tho. The area shown here was about the footprint of the structure, we also had a huge litter box… I mean sand box under it to limit broken bones from falling 12’+. Some kids bounced, others did not
What is even the point of a playground if you can’t spin around on a merry-go-round until you get sick, fly off, hit your head hard enough for it to get concussed and puke?
In Mallorca I saw a playground. This playground had no trees around whatsoever. There was no possibility to be any shadow anywhere on this playground. And in the center, there was the highlight. A slide. A metal slide. Just standing there in broad daylight, no chance of ever getting any shade. This is where kids lost their bums.
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I remember the burning heat of the metal slide as a kid. Our play structures were much larger than this postage stamp tho. The area shown here was about the footprint of the structure, we also had a huge litter box… I mean sand box under it to limit broken bones from falling 12’+. Some kids bounced, others did not
What is even the point of a playground if you can’t spin around on a merry-go-round until you get sick, fly off, hit your head hard enough for it to get concussed and puke?
we had the tire swings with 3 chains that could spin while swinging. “I want off!” “What’s that? Spin faster? OK then.” oh the vomit lol
Stagger home, have a few pop-ice to numb the pain and sulk for a while, then back into the fray until dark