If you're GenX...

[Missourian]

This may look familiar...

I don't see the peg climbing wall in this picture...but we had one of those too.

 

[Harry Dresden]

This may look familiar...

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I don't see the peg climbing wall in this picture...but we had one of those too.

yea i had that too....

 

[Natural Citizen]

Yes. Yes they do look familiar. We had the pegs, too. The pegs kind of sucked, though. If I remember right, you had to hit the holes with the pegs as you climbed, which is what made it hard.

 

[1srelluc]

This may look familiar...

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I don't see the peg climbing wall in this picture...but we had one of those too.

We had them too. You had a mat? Lucky!

 

[Missourian]

Yes. Yes they do look familiar. We had the pegs, too. The pegs kind of sucked, though. If I remember right, you had to hit the holes with the pegs as you climbed, which is what made it hard.

Yep, like a metal bar with a cheap rubberized coating for the part you gripped.

 

[Missourian]

We had them too. You had a mat? Lucky!

Yep. They were trifold blue mats, literally two inches thick.

 

[Missourian]

More...

Only in America: The swing set ban

Elementary schools are pressured into removing their swing sets — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation

theweek.com

 

[Missourian]

 

[Missourian]

 

[petro]

This may look familiar...

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I don't see the peg climbing wall in this picture...but we had one of those too.

We had that.
We also had a gym teacher that had a wooden paddle for the out of control boys and would use it.
I felt the sting of that sucker.

 

[Dekster]

This may look familiar...

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I don't see the peg climbing wall in this picture...but we had one of those too.

My issue with the peg thing was that the damn holes were too close together. They should have been further apart. Ours was spaced as if it was designed for elementary school kids.

Anyway, we only ever had one guy fall from any height and miss the mat. Probably the only thing that saved his fat ass was he wasn't that far up it when he fell--maybe half way. Technically his body mostly landed on the mat but his head hit the pine. Far more people got injured when we were forced to use gymnastics equipment though. It was kind of funny to see all the different ways people could screw that up so it was kind of worth the pain.

 

[whitehall]

Boomers did it without the mats.

 

[toobfreak]

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The new gymnasium for Gen X, Y and Z:

 

[1srelluc]

The Dangerous Playgrounds of the Past Through Vintage Photographs, 1880s-1940s - Rare Historical Photos

If it seems like today’s kids have gotten “softer” compared to the kids decades ago, perhaps it’s because playgrounds have gotten softer as well.

rarehistoricalphotos.com

 

[braalian]

We had that.
We also had a gym teacher that had a wooden paddle for the out of control boys and would use it.
I felt the sting of that sucker.

Only ever saw the passel in tv shows or movies. I’m guessing you’re a bit older then gen x….

 

[petro]

Only ever saw the passel in tv shows or movies. I’m guessing you’re a bit older then gen x….

Early first year gen x. That paddling happened in the '70's.
I had nothing in common with the Boomers. I was a latchkey independent kid who hated authority.

Basically the dick kid in the Breakfast Club.

 

[braalian]

Early first year gen x. That paddling happened in the '70's.
I had nothing in common with the Boomers. I was a latchkey independent kid who hated authority.

Basically the dick kid in the Breakfast Club.

I meant to say paddle, stupid autocorrect.

I was in elementary school when Breakfast club came out.
Corporal punishment was a thing of the past in schools by then

 

[petro]

I meant to say paddle, stupid autocorrect.

I was in elementary school when Breakfast club came out.
Corporal punishment was a thing of the past in schools by then

I am the same age as the Brat Pack actors. Now we are becoming the old farts.
Don't think the paddle was around for long after I got it. Didn't emotionally scar me though. I definitely deserved it.
I think a lot of today's kids could benefit from its return.

Now we have a generation of pussies offended by pronouns and shit.