It Lasted How Long?

[The Architect]

Only toys like this survived.  And we played soccer with it.



And this one last awhile too.

[triangleforge]

With me, it works the other way around: gifts tend to break me pretty fast. My very first no-training wheels bicycle was a Christmas present and I crashed it before I even hit the end of our  driveway. I blamed the handbrakes and cried and tantrumed until my parents exchanged my shiny new Schwinn Stingray with the three speed shift lever on the top tube & faux leopard skin seat for a used one with a coaster brake. I was an idiot then, and most certainly still am.

Ski and climbing gear I've gotten as gifts is pretty dangerous as well, mostly because I'm so excited to go out and try it that I don't pay much attention to things like weather conditions or my low skill level.

So honey, if you're reading this, a new motorcycle for Christmas is a FANTASTIC idea! 

[yamifixer]

I got one of those stand in the middle and spin till ya puke airplanes on a string when i was around 10. My dad took me to the closest big parking lot to the house around noon, it made 2 circles before the string broke.

[Porsche Monkey]

Actually, his whole ass would fall off.

That happened to me once. Damn tequila.

[SacDuc]

I just remember that as a toddler I managed to crash a Sit 'n Spin about ten minutes after opening it. I should not be allowed to own motorcycles.





sac

[RAT900]

36 to 72 hours of stage 1...actual playing with the toy...

then the onset of stage 2 for a new toy....complete disassembly and attempted reassembly with extra parts left over

little did I know that this was the precursor to my self-destructive fetish for restoring old British road bikes

[Speedbag]

I just remember that as a toddler I managed to crash a Sit 'n Spin about ten minutes after opening it. I should not be allowed to own motorcycles.





sac

You and my brother.....