Remember the good old fashioned slides that you could break limbs or your neck on? Particularly when about 6 children would launch themselves from the top at the same time.Morning all, accomplished the refitting of both slides yesterday which was no mean feat at all!
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Bonded the new legs in with filled fibreglass resin, worked very well indeed. They should be good for another 30-years now.
Totally exhausted last night and have allowed myself a lay in. Back up to London in a bit, Highgate, Bushy and then north Kent for some inspections.
Have fun all…
I think the witches hat at out local park was pretty lethal -
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I feel like the first one is a hat, Chris, and your pic is a teat...Point of order: That appears to be simply some kind of swing (demonstrated by the guy on the right being alive)
*This* is a witch's hat
As you can see the bloke on the right is taking considerable risk standing so close to the blood circle.....
C
I feel like the first one is a hat, Chris, and your pic is a teat...
You are correct of course………..Point of order: That appears to be simply some kind of swing (demonstrated by the guy on the right being alive)
*This* is a witch's hat
As you can see the bloke on the right is taking considerable risk standing so close to the blood circle.....
C
Which is faster?The noises I used to make having sex I now make getting out of a chair....
C
And sticky puddles left behind in both situations?One of them, for sure!
C
And sticky puddles left behind in both situations?
Great news!!!I'm back home and feel so much better for it after long drive both my Cats greeted me as I was getting my gear out of the Boxster and Ms French is on here way home so the weekend can start
Peace and Love to you all.
Morning all,, the first is a swing boat and came in various sizes of brutality, the second is indeed the witches hat and was simply hung on a large iron ball on top of the post, just gravity keeping it in place. The hat weighed about 1,5 tons and with no limiters could be built in momentum such that the outer ring could be driven into the post. The ‘game’ was to play spuds and the looser got placed in the middle and had to keep running around to avoid getting their legs broken! On occasions the hat would jump off the ball and crash entirely to the ground. This would break any legs of those sitting on the bottom ring. Also if they were not installed correctly they would go lower than 230mm to the ground during the swing and could then crush an entire body or skull! Incredibly there are still a couple of them surviving un the UK. Another not yet featured was the battering ram! This was basically two 10’ swing frames 25’ appart each with a pair of arms suspending an end of an upside down 12” wide U-section of iron with a single slab of 3” thick 10” wide Piece of mahogany or teak! Again the weight of the moving part was well over 1-ton and with no restrictifs a group working it could easily get the beam to raise high enough to smash int othe cross beams. Woe betide any innocent child that sat in the crush zones or walked past.I think the witches hat at out local park was pretty lethal -
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Point of order: That appears to be simply some kind of swing (demonstrated by the guy on the right being alive)
*This* is a witch's hat
As you can see the bloke on the right is taking considerable risk standing so close to the blood circle.....
C