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Adventures in splinters and tetanus shots! Fun for the whole family! – Ms. Fix-It
Favorite Comment: Fixer Dogmeat says, “Let’s see. What should I do first? The “Trip Down Memory Lane” slide where your whole life flashes before your eyes in 3 seconds? Decisions, decisions. There is supposed to be a “Bloody Mary”-go-round here somewhere. The tall weeds are making it difficult to locate, but it appears several kids have fanned out to join in the search. *KAWHUMP* Never mind. Little Gavin found it. Oh, and hey! It looks like he also lost his first tooth!”
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its a ply-ground then!
All prisoners will be confined to the camp. Those trying to escape will be severely punished.
Adventure Playground is actually a park where kids learn to build the structures themselves, rather than just playing on them. This ensures future generations of jury-rigging and questionable repairs, and should help keep thereifixedit in business.
Playground outside the Grand Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Damogran Frond Crested Eagles …
“… an extraordinary new form of nest which the eagle had invented. It was constructed largely of papier mache and it was virtually impossible for a newly hatched baby eagle to break out of it. The Damogran Frond Crested Eagle had heard of the notion of survival of the species but wanted no truck with it.”
I thought it sounded hitchhiker-ish, but had to look it up to be sure. Your memory is quite good, and you have earned 10 Internets and a WIN!
The line about “heard of the notion of survival of the species but wanted no truck with it” stuck in my mind over the years. I confess: I really thought it was Pratchett when I went Googling for it.
Is this is Adventure Playground in Berkeley?
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/contentdisplay.aspx?id=8656
Sure does look like the playground at Berkeley Marina. Will have to print picture and go match up with the site
The fence is to keep kids out allowing only the most industrious of toddlers and adolescents to risk life and limb for an hour or two of fun.
Yep. Them kids is real scrappers.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Not sure if this is the same place, but like “another berkeleyite” mentioned, Berkeley does have an “dventure Playground” where children are encouraged to come build the play structures (sawing, hammering, painting, etc.)
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/contentdisplay.aspx?id=8656
What surprises me about that website is how much this place costs for a kid. I say we drop the fuselage of a 747 into a gravel pit, rope it off and charge admission.
Looks like a screenshot from Fallout 3.
Or the next Call of Duty.
To keep the loss from “Waterworld” at the minimum the requisite was sold to the highest bidder amusement park.
Can’t blame the park for getting some new interior for $75.99. Kids won’t notice the cheap investment anyway…
haha – how sad was my childhood that I saw nothing wrong with this picture?! **trying to open her 21st century eyes** ha hahahahaha!
If that made your childhood sad, mine is sadder. We have three these in town, and they are still in use.
This is awesome, I miss having to build my own playground equipment
Why does it appear there is a group searching for a body here?
You don’t ask too many questions in Adventure Playground if you know what’s good for ya.
Welcome to the Wizarding World of Sanford & Son.
That actually looks fairly high tech compared to most of what I had available as a kid. If we got splinters our parents would yank them out, pour peroxide on the wound, and tell us to go play some more and watch for rough edges and such.
too poor to splurge on the safety of their children
born and raised in Berkeley and if this is a picture of the Adventure Playground, I can say from first hand experience that place is a ton of fun.
What do they do if there’s an accident?
Let’s see. What should I do first? The “Trip Down Memory Lane” slide where your whole life flashes before your eyes in 3 seconds? Decisions, decisions. There is supposed to be a “Bloody Mary”-go-round here somewhere. The tall weeds are making it difficult to locate, but it appears several kids have fanned out to join in the search. *KAWHUMP* Never mind. Little Gavin found it. Oh, and hey! It looks like he also lost his first tooth!
“Must be *this* tall, over eight years of age and have current tetanus shots to enter.”
I used to go there as a kid, and recently went back to the Berkeley Marina and saw that it was still there! I thought for sure in this age of purelle and child safety toilette seat locks it would be replaced by shiny plastic with that cushy playground floor that is ever so soft on the landing. Nope. Still rickety still awesome still thrilling, although if I am to be honest I think I still have a splinter in my butt from when I played there and that was 17 years ago.
Americans, always ready to take the FUN out of fun.
Those adventure playgrounds are great, who cares about safety? It’s not taht anyone will die on a playground like that, a few scratches and bruises have never killed somebody. And actually we were proud of them, even when we cried a lot.
I don’t understand the problem here.
When I was growing up ALL our playground equipment was made from wood. No crappy fiberglass slides are flimsy plastic swings. Wood and steel the whole way.
You’re right- that other stuff is for sissies. Same goes for seat belts, sun screen, motorcycle helmets, condoms, welder’s masks, rear view mirrors, steel-toed boots, prostate exams, smoke alarms, pasteurization, driving tests, life jackets, expiration dates…
Playground Peril, Up next on Destroyed in Seconds.
I bet that fence has razor wire and barbs on it.
Fun fact: when you need nails (at least, back in the 90′s) they just give you a giant magnet and tell you to drag it around to find some. I miss that place!
I went to this playground in Berkeley when I was a kid and it was by far the most fun I’ve ever had. True Story. http://gocitykids.parentsconnect.com/attraction/adventure-playground-berkeley-marina-berkeley-ca-94710-us