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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:15 PM Original message |
Do kids skate anymore? Reminded by the opening scene of "A Charlie Brown Christmas". |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. They have open skate night on Friday nights at the ice rink down the street and |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think they do. We used to skate on a pond in my home town and also at |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. yeah, it often seems like they get few chances to really be out there exploring |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. many winters have been too warm lately. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. In La Crosse, WI where I have lived for over 30 years there used to be rinks throughout town. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. It is hard to answer your question |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Here in WI in the winter kids don't skateboard, |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. My dad would make a small rink in our backyard every year |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. Mine do. We have a rink not far from here - just down the road from the high school. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yes...my son almost sprained his wrist doing so not long ago |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. Whenever I go to DC - |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. yup |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
13. I can remember flooding outdoor skating rinks for the Park Dept. when it was way below zero. |
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FamousBlueRaincoat (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. in Minnesota people skate |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. yes, hockey runs my life |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. Skating for fun, not to play an organized sport, I think is the topic. And no, I don't see any. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. When I skated as a kid and even when I worked at the rink, hockey was not allowed. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. ALL the time...especially around here, and they do it right in the streets |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. They do here. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I loved working at the ice skating rink when I was with the Park Department. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. I live in northern Minnesota, where we all skate. My small town has four outdoor rinks, plus the |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. I lived by a lake in Ottawa growing up. My whole childhood there was only one or two winters when |
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