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I don't know what it was called, but it was a big metal pole sticking out of the ground and two swings were attached to a pole that went through the top of the other pole. There's definitely a better way to describe it -- the swings weren't really normal swings and it spun in a circle. It was in the corner of the playground in a sorta dark spot so there were always a ton of daddy longlegs. That has nothing to do with the dynamics of this thing. Or maybe it does. Has anyone seen this? Now I want to ask my mom if she remembers it. I didn't especially like it, but maybe because I could never figure out how it worked or was too small or something. e: OK, well, I Googled "weird spinning swingset dangerous" and this came up --  So, imagine that, but no face and the 'arms' are longer and turn on a central single pole. I'm gonna ask my mom. I.C. has a new favorite as of 16:08 on Dec 25, 2015 |
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Tiggum posted:There's one of these in the park near my house. Bigger than that though. But does it spin? Mine spun and was less jolly-looking, and the swing seats were thick black rubber, like a tire -- not wide enough to sit on properly, but very long. They were also higher off the ground so you couldn't just sit down if you were a small child, and we were all small children because it was a preschool. The only way to get on the swing was to get a teacher to pick you up or have a couple of friends help steady the thing from rotating so you could climb on. Most kids ended up sorta draping themselves over the 'seat' and then kicking at the ground. I finally asked my mom, and she said she has no idea what it's called, has never seen another one, but remembers they tore it down. I think I'm either making it sound way more or way less sinister than it was. Also, I misread the title initially. This was definitely not my favorite thing from childhood no longer around.
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Dec 31, 2015 21:25
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An actual favorite thing was this juice -- I wrote to Ocean Spray about 10 years ago asking about it, but they said it wasn't coming back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2swqFdPVkI Pretty interesting juice commercial, looking at it now!
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