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Old 02-01-2008, 04:55 AM   #1
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February 1, 2008: Playground

Old people have been taking their grandchildren to the playground, for evah.
Now in Manchester, England, kids are taking their grandparents to the playground.

From the Daily Mail.
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Instead of slides and roundabouts, it is equipped with machines specially designed to provide gentle exercise for different parts of the body such as hips, legs and torso.

The Massage offers upper body exercise, the Skate trains leg muscles, the Ski works the hips, while the Press tones the stomach and legs.

There are also stations for pull-ups, push-ups and pedalling and, to stretch the mind as well as the body, engravings of quotes from famous philosophers dotted around the park.
So come on kid, take grandma, or should I say grandmum, to the playground, and maybe you'll run into that 9 year old tart from school.
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Old 02-01-2008, 07:31 AM   #2
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I understand the bathrooms have extra large changing tables too.
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Old 02-01-2008, 07:47 AM   #3
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Make sure the older folks do the safe stuff though.

We all went to the playground with my MIL (early 60's) over Christmas. I was riding around on one of the kids' razor scooters while they were on the jungle gym thing, and after I stopped doing it, my MIL got on the scooter. She was very awkward and unbalanced on it, but her two grown children didn't yell at her to get off it, so I wasn't going to say anything. She rode it for a minute or two in tentative, awkward circles around the basketball court. Just about ten seconds after I told my wife her mom was making me really nervous on that thing, she wiped out. Fortunately she didn't break any bones, but she had a nasty black eye, and multiple cuts and bruises. I was able to fix her broken glasses well enough to get her home.

So I think that 60+ year old women (or men) who just finished recovering from hip replacement surgery shouldn't be trying out a razor scooter for the first time. But hey, if they have safe playground equipment for seniors, I'm all for it.
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Old 02-01-2008, 08:01 AM   #4
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Fortunately they have totally free health care for everybody in Europe.
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Old 02-01-2008, 08:10 AM   #5
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Welcome Torgut9!



Hmmm, been lurking a while, have you? Stir the pot with your first post eh?
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Old 02-01-2008, 10:31 AM   #6
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Sure looks like Grandma is used to having her hands around something that big. Eh? Eh?

I'll excuse myself now...
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Old 02-01-2008, 11:06 AM   #7
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don't be ageist, people. It's a great idea. Wish there was a park like that near me. And I'm all for having fun, at any age. And those ladies look like they're having fun.

At least the one on the left!
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Old 02-01-2008, 11:15 AM   #8
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Ageist? You're kidding, right? Was someone slamming these ladies? No, just making normal Cellar type jokes. They're women, too...you sexist bunch of jerks.

And, as a 43 year old woman who still rides with her feet on the shopping cart ledge on the way to her car...it's great stuff.
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Old 02-01-2008, 11:41 AM   #9
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I am, perhaps, just a tad sensitive on the subject.
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Old 02-01-2008, 11:43 AM   #10
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You? You're awesome! I just wanted to point out no one was being mean-spirited...and from your pics if you're "old" then we all can look forward to it!
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Old 02-01-2008, 11:44 AM   #11
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It's only old ladies in the park because the old men are still working to pay for all that free health care.


The one on the left has that Sundae Girl grin.
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Old 02-02-2008, 09:40 AM   #12
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It's only old ladies in the park because the old men are still working to pay for all that free health care.


The one on the left has that Sundae Girl grin.
Don't be ridiculous! The men are all dead by that age because all the doctors are male and only deem free treatments necessary for women.

And no, you shouldn't say grandmum.

turgid9 might try a little harder to stir the pot. s/he's more likely to annoy people by treating Europe as a single country.
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Old 02-02-2008, 09:53 AM   #13
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The one on the left has that Sundae Girl grin.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
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And no, you shouldn't say grandmum.
So it's Mum and Grandmother?
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Old 02-02-2008, 11:34 AM   #15
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Grandma -just like the Daily Mail said in it's headline. Or Nana. Nana is very popular (because of the sweets in her handbag). And usually Grandad (one d in the middle), although sometimes grandpa.
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