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Re: Kids with Roller-Skates in Shoes

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Look, it isn't the fact that kids can roller-skate wherever they want; trust me, my rant is mainly that kids, and I'm talking kids as young as five or six, are using them in locations that are really stupid to use them. Supermarkets, malls, department stores, and other hazardous locations with way too many people and obstacles to do this sort of thing. If they did it in their neighborhoods are even just down the sidewalk or whatever, I wouldn't think twice about it. It just seems awfully risky and if I were a parent, I don't think I'd let my kids have them.

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Cronos69 wrote:Look, it isn't the fact that kids can roller-skate wherever they want; trust me, my rant is mainly that kids, and I'm talking kids as young as five or six, are using them in locations that are really stupid to use them. Supermarkets, malls, department stores, and other hazardous locations with way too many people and obstacles to do this sort of thing. If they did it in their neighborhoods are even just down the sidewalk or whatever, I wouldn't think twice about it. It just seems awfully risky and if I were a parent, I don't think I'd let my kids have them.
I couldn't agree with you more!

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Cronos69 wrote:Look, it isn't the fact that kids can roller-skate wherever they want; trust me, my rant is mainly that kids, and I'm talking kids as young as five or six, are using them in locations that are really stupid to use them. Supermarkets, malls, department stores, and other hazardous locations with way too many people and obstacles to do this sort of thing. If they did it in their neighborhoods are even just down the sidewalk or whatever, I wouldn't think twice about it. It just seems awfully risky and if I were a parent, I don't think I'd let my kids have them.
I'm not sure how well they work on sidewalks and things like that (just too many bumps). They're really made for those smooth surfaces like in the places you listed above.

Doc, my wife has jokingly said she wants a pair as well and I just laughed.

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heyzeus wrote:My only problem with them is that I wish they had them when I was a kid.

same here.

I haven't had any near collisions with kids so I haven't been bothered by them...

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cardinalkarp wrote:
I'm not sure how well they work on sidewalks and things like that (just too many bumps).

They obviously work better on a smoother surface, but you'd be amazed how well they do in a driveway or along a sidewalk. Like someone earlier said, though, watch out for the stick laying on the sidewalk.
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I could have sworn Back To The Future II promised me hoverboards by now. Where are my goddamn hoverboards?!?

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Popeye_Card wrote:I could have sworn Back To The Future II promised me hoverboards by now. Where are my goddamn hoverboards?!?

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It also promised a Cubs World Series title.

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RC21* wrote:
Popeye_Card wrote:I could have sworn Back To The Future II promised me hoverboards by now. Where are my goddamn hoverboards?!?

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It also promised a Cubs World Series title.
That was obviously a joke.

Hoverboards are no joking matter.

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