"MadCow" wrote:


After we've built our snow figure, we Brits go sledging. At least we
used to. There were remarkably few people in our nearest park, so
unless our population has forgotten how to play with snow there must be
a better place nearby.

Many sledges are home-made, often in a hurry:


Introduce them to Truck Inner tubes. They slide easier than Metal or
Wood and when you're done with'em, simply deflate it and it packs away in a
very small space. Great Fun.

Crazy Ed

In message , Edward Erbeck
writes

Introduce them to Truck Inner tubes. They slide easier than Metal or
Wood and when you're done with'em, simply deflate it and it packs away in a
very small space. Great Fun.


I'm not convinced, the large surface area could mean too much friction
on shallow park slopes and warm UK snow. But if we get any more snow
I'll blag a defective one off a tyre dealer, patch it and have a go.
Especially if I can't get my left runner straightened.


cloud dreamer writes

A nice round piece of plastic makes a hell of a sled...brakes are
optional.

A friend has a circular plastic thing like a dustbin lid with two
handles, which spins as you go down and dumps you backwards into a
bramble patch. It's fun.

Under British law brakes are not permitted.
A "toboggan" may be bought from a toyshop but may not be thrown away
unless it can't be repaired with permitted materials, which means scrap
or stolen ones. A "sledge" must be made by a blood relative using only
such materials.

Little kids slide on tiny plastic trays meant for toddlers: they're the
modern equivalent of the tin tea-trays of my childhood. I saw three
teenagers trying to slide in a sort of conga line. It fell apart and
teenagers went everywhere. It looked like fun.

--
Sue ];(

"MadCow" wrote:

Crazy Ed writes

Introduce them to Truck Inner tubes. They slide easier than Metal or
Wood and when you're done with'em, simply deflate it and it packs away in a
very small space. Great Fun.


I'm not convinced, the large surface area could mean too much friction
on shallow park slopes and warm UK snow. But if we get any more snow
I'll blag a defective one off a tyre dealer, patch it and have a go.
Especially if I can't get my left runner straightened.


Lower coefficient of friction. They work Very Well. But if you're
really into basic grass roots minimum cost Snow sliding, heavy duty
cardboard boxes have served sliders for YEARS.


A nice round piece of plastic makes a hell of a sled...brakes are
optional.

A friend has a circular plastic thing like a dustbin lid with two
handles, which spins as you go down and dumps you backwards into a
bramble patch. It's fun.


Those have been around since............ Well a long time. I never
lived anywhere that that the cost could be justified.

Under British law brakes are not permitted.
A "toboggan" may be bought from a toyshop but may not be thrown away
unless it can't be repaired with permitted materials, which means scrap
or stolen ones. A "sledge" must be made by a blood relative using only
such materials.

You ARE kidding about the British laws ........... Arn't you?


Little kids slide on tiny plastic trays meant for toddlers: they're the
modern equivalent of the tin tea-trays of my childhood. I saw three
teenagers trying to slide in a sort of conga line. It fell apart and
teenagers went everywhere. It looked like fun.

The best fun is the kind that has zero supervision and less preplanning
;-). One tends to learn from their mistakes and really learn from those
mistakes that involve pain ;-)

Crazy Ed

In message , Edward Erbeck
writes

Under British law brakes are not permitted.

You ARE kidding about the British laws ........... Arn't you?

If I admitted it I'd have to shoot you.

Little kids slide on tiny plastic trays meant for toddlers: they're the
modern equivalent of the tin tea-trays of my childhood. I saw three
teenagers trying to slide in a sort of conga line. It fell apart and
teenagers went everywhere. It looked like fun.

The best fun is the kind that has zero supervision and less preplanning
;-). One tends to learn from their mistakes and really learn from those
mistakes that involve pain ;-)

They learnt to bale out before they reached the bramble bush.

--
Sue ];(

"MadCow" wrote in message
...
In message , Edward Erbeck
writes

Under British law brakes are not permitted.

You ARE kidding about the British laws ........... Arn't you?

If I admitted it I'd have to shoot you.

Little kids slide on tiny plastic trays meant for toddlers: they're the
modern equivalent of the tin tea-trays of my childhood. I saw three
teenagers trying to slide in a sort of conga line. It fell apart and
teenagers went everywhere. It looked like fun.

The best fun is the kind that has zero supervision and less preplanning
;-). One tends to learn from their mistakes and really learn from those
mistakes that involve pain ;-)

They learnt to bale out before they reached the bramble bush.

--
Sue ];(

Headline on CBC Website:

"Sorry, Officer: British Bobbies Reprimanded For Sledding Downhill On Their
Riot Shields"
Thames Valley Police Superintendent Andrew Murray said Thursday he had told
the officers "that tobogganing on duty, on police equipment and at
taxpayers' expense is a very bad idea."

But he added that snow brings "out the child in all of us."

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/100114/K011404AU.html

jim

In message , jim wilson
writes

"Sorry, Officer: British Bobbies Reprimanded For Sledding Downhill On
Their Riot Shields"
Thames Valley Police Superintendent Andrew Murray said Thursday he had
told the officers "that tobogganing on duty, on police equipment and at
taxpayers' expense is a very bad idea."

But he added that snow brings "out the child in all of us."


Police all over the country were seen putting riot shields to a good
use. Public opinion is overwhelmingly in favour, and Supt Murray was
enthusiastically vilified.

--
Sue ];(

"MadCow" wrote:


You ARE kidding about the British laws ........... Arn't you?

If I admitted it I'd have to shoot you.


ROTFLMAO

Little kids slide on tiny plastic trays meant for toddlers: they're the
modern equivalent of the tin tea-trays of my childhood. I saw three
teenagers trying to slide in a sort of conga line. It fell apart and
teenagers went everywhere. It looked like fun.

The best fun is the kind that has zero supervision and less preplanning
;-). One tends to learn from their mistakes and really learn from those
mistakes that involve pain ;-)

They learnt to bale out before they reached the bramble bush.

Back in my youth we made skateboards using steel wheeled skates nailed
to 2" X 4" boards that we rode down sidewalks on hills and used bushes and
lawns as a "safety net" at the end of the block to avoid landing in the
middle of a street and becoming a Hood Ornament! ;-)

Crazy Ed

Hi-jacked these from the BBC..
Museum Vulcan

"John Szalay" wrote in message
42...
Hi-jacked these from the BBC..
Museum Vulcan


That baby still wants to fly! I have slides of one from Abbotsford (BC)
airshow oh 25 years ago or so. Always one of my favourites.
jim