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[Clodfobble]

Meh. My mom and stepdad had one. All the work and maintenance of a real pool, but not enough space to play in. My brother and I thought it was dumb. It soon got abandoned just like every other piece of exercise equipment they ever bought.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Meh. My mom and stepdad had one. All the work and maintenance of a real pool, but not enough space to play in. My brother and I thought it was dumb. It soon got abandoned just like every other piece of exercise equipment they ever bought.

Clod was priv-el-edged!
We were excited by our Slide-Away (long plastic sheet with water running down it - can't link to it as they're all much fancier now)

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Clod was priv-el-edged!
We were excited by our Slide-Away (long plastic sheet with water running down it - can't link to it as they're all much fancier now)

slip and slide

[Madman]

[Shawnee123]

We had an old school slip and slide. It came from the slip and slide folks, but there was no little bumper thingy on the end...you usually ended up sailing through yards of grass (both yard and yard meant here) once it had been used enough. It was held in place by metal, kind of like unstapled staples that you pushed into the ground. As these wore out or got lost, we took to holding the end down with bricks.

But, we lived. Until we got the Jarts out.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by BigV

slip and slide

Ah, yes - thank you!

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

We had an old school slip and slide. It came from the slip and slide folks, but there was no little bumper thingy on the end...you usually ended up sailing through yards of grass (both yard and yard meant here) once it had been used enough.

Ours too was the very basic version. It helped that our back garden had an incline. The main problem was that the garden was only slightly longer than the Slide Away! Dad used an old piece of carpet rolled up to help with the inevitable momentum induced injuries.

Our friends were SO jealous! But as with a number of childhood toys, when they were bought one it never actually lived up to their expectations. Firstly the incline and the abrupt end did make it more exciting and elicited more screams. Secondly there were three of us and our next door neighbour even before anyone came round, so there was always a queue and subsequent excitment. And thirdly (blowing my own trumpet) I always planned additional games and rules and special events around the basic thrill of just sliding down a piece of wet plastic.

Happy days.

[glatt]

It's staff appreciation week at work this week. There was a health fair at lunch today. I walked around and looked at the different booths. But I only stopped to guess how many golf tees were in a gallon jar for a chance to win a $100 cash card. I also entered some raffle for a bunch of health stuff like duffel bags, water bottles, and cook books.

Well I WON!!!!!! Woo hoo! I won a free health assessment at a local gym. For my prize, I get to be poked and prodded and given a hard sell to join a gym.