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Interesting. Inspiring. Got anything else?One of my worst episodes involved a dare…. Guys were saying I couldn’t climb up on top of the pull up bar, stand up and then jump to the other end of the piece of equipment and grab on without falling. The jungle gym or whatever it was called looked like the picture, but was longer and there was an additional pull up bar in the middle. I climbed up, stood up and then jumped/dove towards the other end to grab the bar with the hand ladder.
I made it…. Grabbed on with both hands…. H Then momentum kicked in and my feet flew past the bar I’d grabbed and my hands spun off the bar and my feet swung up making me horizontal to the ground and then down with a thud. It knocked the wind out of me and ripped the calluses off of my right hand.
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Incredible.Yeah the old bars were deff higher in the 70-80s and our playground was basically stamped earth like a baseball in field...nothing really soft about it. My elementary school had some monkey bars from like the 50's designed for the highschool to use for gym class....I mean they were like 8-10 feet off the ground. If you fell it was just like..."well he dead." And the little girls would hang upside down on them and guys would walk across the top.... every once in awhile someone would get a head gash or bloody nose from falling. No one sued. They didn't take them down till sometime after I left that school in 6th grade. I wish I had a picture of that and the "boat" which was an all metal with rust "tug boat" contraption that got lots of kids falling off the stack before hitting a few bars on the way down, then there was teh oldschool merry go round of death..........BBS playground was a first aid labratory.....
Not actual pics but close.
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But most of the bad injuries came from our absolutely favorite game of "smear the" well...you know.
I remember those were a blast, unless it had rained and of course water would pool inside those tires and get rank.We had massive tractor tires placed vertically with the bottom of the tire under the ground on my elementary playground. 2 ways to harm yourself: falling off the top of them, or getting attacked by wasps that made their nests inside the tires.
I think thats racist now.One of my worst episodes involved a dare…. Guys were saying I couldn’t climb up on top of the pull up bar, stand up and then jump to the other end of the piece of equipment and grab on without falling. The jungle gym or whatever it was called looked like the picture, but was longer and there was an additional pull up bar in the middle. I climbed up, stood up and then jumped/dove towards the other end to grab the bar with the hand ladder.
I made it…. Grabbed on with both hands…. H Then momentum kicked in and my feet flew past the bar I’d grabbed and my hands spun off the bar and my feet swung up making me horizontal to the ground and then down with a thud. It knocked the wind out of me and ripped the calluses off of my right hand.
JFTR, we called them monkey bars in my little town. But we didn't have lower bars like the pic. They were more like parallel bars you see in gymnastics, except for the ladder like bars at both ends. The top bars were about 7-8 feet high. The ground beneath was grassless packed soil. They used topour sand under it, but it never lasted more than 2-3 days.One of my worst episodes involved a dare…. Guys were saying I couldn’t climb up on top of the pull up bar, stand up and then jump to the other end of the piece of equipment and grab on without falling. The jungle gym or whatever it was called looked like the picture, but was longer and there was an additional pull up bar in the middle. I climbed up, stood up and then jumped/dove towards the other end to grab the bar with the hand ladder.
I made it…. Grabbed on with both hands…. H Then momentum kicked in and my feet flew past the bar I’d grabbed and my hands spun off the bar and my feet swung up making me horizontal to the ground and then down with a thud. It knocked the wind out of me and ripped the calluses off of my right hand.
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I remember the metal slides were high and they’d get incredibly hotJFTR, we called them monkey bars in my little town. But we didn't have lower bars like the pic. They were more like parallel bars you see in gymnastics, except for the ladder like bars at both ends. The top bars were about 7-8 feet high. The ground beneath was grassless packed soil. They used topour sand under it, but it never lasted more than 2-3 days.
Our merry-go-round was dangerous, and yes a few kids got hurt, BECAUSE we'd get inside, hold the bars and race round and round to achieve the highest speed. If you fell, you better stay as flat down as possible, cause the thing didn't have brakes. The ones who got hurt was due to showing off instead of focusing on keeping your footing. I look back now, and it's a wonder none of us got killed. Then there were those big swings that could take high up. One, only one kid ever managed to do, I guess, a 360. It was a girl known for her roughness and strength. The kind you didn't mess with, as she'd beat the crap out of you. That remained true even up to her late teen years, last I saw her.
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Wimp. Our fathers wound 200' rope to it then tied it to the back of the LTD and hit the gas and started it like a pull lawn mower.JFTR, we called them monkey bars in my little town. But we didn't have lower bars like the pic. They were more like parallel bars you see in gymnastics, except for the ladder like bars at both ends. The top bars were about 7-8 feet high. The ground beneath was grassless packed soil. They used topour sand under it, but it never lasted more than 2-3 days.
Our merry-go-round was dangerous, and yes a few kids got hurt, BECAUSE we'd get inside, hold the bars and race round and round to achieve the highest speed. If you fell, you better stay as flat down as possible, cause the thing didn't have brakes. The ones who got hurt was due to showing off instead of focusing on keeping your footing. I look back now, and it's a wonder none of us got killed. Then there were those big swings that could take high up. One, only one kid ever managed to do, I guess, a 360. It was a girl known for her roughness and strength. The kind you didn't mess with, as she'd beat the crap out of you. That remained true even up to her late teen years, last I saw her.
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I don't doubt you for a split second, cause I've seen the behavior. And due to peer pressure participated, BRIEFLY. I had a third grade teacher who knew I didn't normally do that. She asked me if it was OK for boys to treat my sisters like that. Well, that was that. I didn't want to do it in the first place anyway.The response of females today is a direct result of how they have been treated. Every woman I know can tell me stories of a man sexually harassing them, maybe it is not taking no for an answer, maybe it is worse. Maybe it is following them around a mall or store. Maybe it is more serious like rape. Most females report they have been sexually assaulted.
When she was in 5th grade my daughter had a little boy who had a crush on her. He'd pull her hair and pick on her. One day he decided to start smacking her on the butt. I spoke to the school and they essentially tried to tell me that it was "just how little boys show affection." The school administrators were extremely upset when I forced them to suspend the boy and remove him from my daughter's class. Until we stop accepting the old boys will be boys mantra, we are going to have a bunch of resentful women. It's not that most women don't want to have a door held or to be treated well. It's that most women don't want to feel it comes with strings or to be frightened of the man holding the door.
I bartended for years and would regularly see women tell a man they weren't interested only to have him continue and tell them what a "nice guy" he was. Then when the woman would say, "Just get the f#ck away from me. I'm not interested." The man would respond with, "You're just a b!tch lesbian, anyway." You want to know why women are militant? It's because of all the "nice guys" they've been exposed to.
What women wear doesn't excuse the male behavior. I have never felt like I had to watch my drink in a bar, lest somebody roofie me. I have never felt I could wear certain clothes in certain places, lest I be inviting a rape. It is a different world for women and too often we dismiss the ones who complain as simply b!tches.I don't doubt you for a split second, cause I've seen the behavior. And due to peer pressure participated, BRIEFLY. I had a third grade teacher who knew I didn't normally do that. She asked me if it was OK for boys to treat my sisters like that. Well, that was that. I didn't want to do it in the first place anyway.
Ok, now the flip side of the coin. There are plenty of fems who are NOT sugar and spice, and everything nice. When I worked at a college, it was rather common to see young women wearing, I suppose they're called sun dresses. They'd sassy down the hall where the sun shone through those BIG windows. You could everything ad they knew it. Some even got pizzed when a guy ignored them, either went down an adjoining hallway, or hurried past them. Yelling "Gay boy," or "Don't like girls, eh?" Others made sure they had a seat opposite an attractive male teacher, or fellow student, opened and closed their legs. Some didn't have panties.
Today, you got women going to gyms as much to azz flash as to work out. Skin tight outfits that accent butt line and crack, sometimes camel toe. Bend over right in front of you, look back to see if you're watching. So they can shame you by yelling pervert or something. Pose seductively in front of the big mirrors with their cellphones. They post that shizz online like OnlyFans, Instagram, etc. Basically, the ones screaming about men sexualizing them, are the ones sexualizing themselves. Si, I'm not buying into it's only guys who misbehave because that's a lie when examined through the lens of impartial reality. Watch paternity court to see how often baby-factory gals sprinkle their sugar and cinnamon spice among several men. Where traditionally, courts automatically side with the mom. Nice free money making scam. Now, women are resisting the push by men for paternity tests because they know the jigs up if/when this takes off. Little wonder more and more men have opted for the MGTOW movement.
Yeah team! You clearly ignored the behavior and motivation of the women I posted about. Exactly how militant feminism works. Obviously, you read the post to skim for what you dislike instead of the message as a whole. Great job.What women wear doesn't excuse the male behavior. I have never felt like I had to watch my drink in a bar, lest somebody roofie me. I have never felt I could wear certain clothes in certain places, lest I be inviting a rape. It is a different world for women and too often we dismiss the ones who complain as simply b!tches.
Not disagreeing with your overall point, but don't get back into the dating scene with this mindset. There are plenty of women out there looking to honeypot a guy and will do a lot to make sure it happens.What women wear doesn't excuse the male behavior. I have never felt like I had to watch my drink in a bar, lest somebody roofie me. I have never felt I could wear certain clothes in certain places, lest I be inviting a rape. It is a different world for women and too often we dismiss the ones who complain as simply b!tches.
That my "I potentially drank lots of contaminated stream water when attending Nuke'Em High" friend, is a death trap.JFTR, we called them monkey bars in my little town. But we didn't have lower bars like the pic. They were more like parallel bars you see in gymnastics, except for the ladder like bars at both ends. The top bars were about 7-8 feet high. The ground beneath was grassless packed soil. They used topour sand under it, but it never lasted more than 2-3 days.
Our merry-go-round was dangerous, and yes a few kids got hurt, BECAUSE we'd get inside, hold the bars and race round and round to achieve the highest speed. If you fell, you better stay as flat down as possible, cause the thing didn't have brakes. The ones who got hurt was due to showing off instead of focusing on keeping your footing. I look back now, and it's a wonder none of us got killed. Then there were those big swings that could take high up. One, only one kid ever managed to do, I guess, a 360. It was a girl known for her roughness and strength. The kind you didn't mess with, as she'd beat the crap out of you. That remained true even up to her late teen years, last I saw her.
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I don't doubt you for a split second, cause I've seen the behavior. And due to peer pressure participated, BRIEFLY. I had a third grade teacher who knew I didn't normally do that. She asked me if it was OK for boys to treat my sisters like that. Well, that was that. I didn't want to do it in the first place anyway.
Ok, now the flip side of the coin. There are plenty of fems who are NOT sugar and spice, and everything nice. When I worked at a college, it was rather common to see young women wearing, I suppose they're called sun dresses. They'd sassy down the hall where the sun shone through those BIG windows. You could everything ad they knew it. Some even got pizzed when a guy ignored them, either went down an adjoining hallway, or hurried past them. Yelling "Gay boy," or "Don't like girls, eh?" Others made sure they had a seat opposite an attractive male teacher, or fellow student, opened and closed their legs. Some didn't have panties.
Today, you got women going to gyms as much to azz flash as to work out. Skin tight outfits that accent butt line and crack, sometimes camel toe. Bend over right in front of you, look back to see if you're watching. So they can shame you by yelling pervert or something. Pose seductively in front of the big mirrors with their cellphones. They post that shizz online like OnlyFans, Instagram, etc. Basically, the ones screaming about men sexualizing them, are the ones sexualizing themselves. Si, I'm not buying into it's only guys who misbehave because that's a lie when examined through the lens of impartial reality. Watch paternity court to see how often baby-factory gals sprinkle their sugar and cinnamon spice among several men. Where traditionally, courts automatically side with the mom. Nice free money making scam. Now, women are resisting the push by men for paternity tests because they know the jigs up if/when this takes off.
Then you got women who say they have standard, which I thought they should. Like, the guy has to be at least 6'3'' and earn a six-figure salary or more. Yet when guys say, they want, say, a gal 5' 4", a butt like Simone Biles or Salma Hayek and earns no less than50K. Women go nuts, accusing them of being judgmental and worse. But guess who files 73% of divorces, and gets half or more of your hard-earned cash and property, unless you have a prenup, sometimes even when you do? Little wonder more and more men have opted for the MGTOW movement.
Perhaps you're just not attractive???What women wear doesn't excuse the male behavior. I have never felt like I had to watch my drink in a bar, lest somebody roofie me. I have never felt I could wear certain clothes in certain places, lest I be inviting a rape. It is a different world for women and too often we dismiss the ones who complain as simply b!tches.
I think he's trying to earn brownie points from women. But he'll learn soon enough they are very smart human beings and see right through his fake, "I'm on your side." Women have always been a h*** of a lot smarter than men give them credit for, a h*** of a lot.Perhaps you're just not attractive???
ClearwaterVol tomorrow night:What women wear doesn't excuse the male behavior. I have never felt like I had to watch my drink in a bar, lest somebody roofie me. I have never felt I could wear certain clothes in certain places, lest I be inviting a rape. It is a different world for women and too often we dismiss the ones who complain as simply b!tches.