There's no date on this picture, but I'm guessing it's around 1970, and I'm just under 4. This was the super-cool, ultra-deluxe swing set that we had in our yard. I'm guessing it's something Dad got from the Sears catalog. Dad got damn near everything he owned from the Sears catalog since the order center was only 3 blocks from our house.
In this picture, Dad seems to be having more fun watching me play on this thing than I had playing on it.
He's probably thinking about the Sears catalog.
Possibly the women's underwear section.
Like father, like son...
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We had something similiar growing up and our main goal as we got older was to see how far we get the thing to walk.
Posted by: Machelle at May 11, 2005 07:30 AM (ZAyoW)
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I never had a swingset. Just a tire from a tree, but my dad built me a tree house too, so that was cool. . .
Posted by: Oddybobo at May 11, 2005 08:06 AM (6Gm0j)
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We had that swingset too!!! We used to love to see how far we could get the back legs to kick up if you got it to swing too high... then THUD, it would come crashing back down.
I think ours was white with red stripes... like a candy cane... and rust, of course.
Posted by: Boudicca at May 11, 2005 07:53 PM (z7nbM)
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When Herbey was a little boy, he used to spank his monkey to the Sears catalog... I think he probably still does... I know he's still spankin the monkey anyway...
Posted by: Madfish Willie at May 11, 2005 08:12 PM (MEfjQ)
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Actually, now it's Victoria's Secret Online :-)
Posted by: Harvey at May 11, 2005 08:35 PM (ubhj8)
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Looks VERY much like the swingset I had as a kid, too...
The one I was jumping from, trying to break my old record of sailing 17 feet, and broke my arm instead... *LOL*
Posted by: Ponytailed Conservative at May 15, 2005 10:06 AM (Mu8gg)
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Bou seems to think only the older bloggers had this swing set.
Wrong answer! I had it! It may have been a hand me down...but I had it!
Posted by: Sissy at May 15, 2005 11:03 PM (uXS+O)
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I noticed that this is the post dad refit version, notice the U shaped swing bar in the middle..the original lasted about 2weeks with us climbing on it. i liked dads model better 3 lengths of 1" water pipe couple of elbow fittings and dad approved nuts,bolts and
S hooks to hold it to the top bar.
Posted by: Blogless brother at May 16, 2005 09:57 PM (6cyEp)
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I just remembered that dad soon after bought(with our moms prompting im sure)the aftermarket anchors to keep us from upending it again.
Posted by: Blogless brother at May 16, 2005 10:04 PM (6cyEp)
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We had the same swingset. I think ours was blue & white.
Posted by: Jen H at May 17, 2005 03:53 PM (GsWux)
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