Archive for October, 2010

Are there any tire swings left in the Cerritos, CA area?

Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Anonymous asked:


When I was growing up, there were tire swings at many parks, they seem to be more scarce now. Are there any parks that have kept this beloved playground equipment?

Battery Back Up Sump Pumps
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How would I answer this stats question?

Friday, October 29th, 2010
V MAN 777 asked:


The student senate is sponsoring a car raffle to raise money to buy a playground equipment for disadvantage children. The senate received a donated car worth $7,000 and sold 3,750 raffle tickets at $5 each.

a) If you buy 10 tickets, what is the probability that you will win the car? What is the probability that you will not win the car?

b) Compute your expected earnings.

c) How much did you contribute to the playground fund?

Troubleshooting Trane Heat Pumps

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Is there a safer, organic substitute for Preen?

Monday, October 25th, 2010
KC25 asked:


We want to put something underneath the mulch under playground equipment that won’t put harmful chemicals in the ground kids are playing on

Learn The Basics Of Painting
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I need the help of creative / inventive / maintenance people?

Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Renee asked:


Okay - I have two children who are 3 and 1 and I have been looking into playground equipment. I do a lot of gardening / landscaping and I ran across these new ideas for playgrounds - natural playgrounds - where the landscape is used to structure play instead of buying playground equipment. (See this link if you want more info: http://www.whitehutchinson.com/children/playgroundsetc.shtml ) So, my question is, I have an old washing machine in my garage. I was thinking maybe I could use the frame or the tub to brace a tunnel covered by dirt for the kids to climb into and on top of. Obviously I dont want it to look trashy, I think after grass grew over it that it would look fine. However… I am not sure what else I could do. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas? I am not trying to pollute by burying trash - just trying to use what I have. I own my home, no ordanances to worry about. Thanks for any suggestions. I dont have many tools to manipulate the material.

Eagle Claw Fishing Rods
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Any advice for someone thinking about starting an indoor playground?

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Janet asked:


We live in central NJ and there are no places for infants - 5 year-olds to play indoors. I am considering what I would need to know before getting to involved: I know things like Insurance, Rent and equipment. I would not have employees besides our immediate family to get started.

Everyone seems itnerested - but the big question is - if this is such a good idea - how come no one else is doing this?

Thanks for any advice!

Making Money With Vending Machines

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The Playground Game Sandman?

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
delusionalenigma asked:


where people crawl all over playground equipment and there’s one person(the sandman) who has to try to tag them with their eyes closed.
Can anyone summarize that game effectively? I’ve been looking for a basic description because I want to play it with my friends, but they don’t know what it is!

12 Volt Sump Pump
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playground equipment names?

Sunday, October 17th, 2010
selbor89 asked:


I need to know the name of a particular playground equipment here’s a picture
http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact/2009/06/large_congress-playground.jpg

Daiwa Fishing Reels
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What do you call this playground equipment?

Saturday, October 16th, 2010
Melissa asked:


Theres those horizontal bars that people do cool tricks on, I think acrobats use these too

Mitchell Fishing Rods
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When I jump off of play equipment, it really hurts my feet, Why?

Friday, October 15th, 2010
Love Me, Hate Me asked:


At like parks, or playgrounds, when i jump off of like the sides, when i land occasionally I land on my feet and it hurts my foot a lot, is it because I landed on my feet in a certain angle? Can someone please help? D:

Coffee Vending Machines
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What is the physics behind playground equipment at a park?

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Alysha G asked:


So far the only one I’ve thought of is:
Conservation of Energy with swings

Anything else?

Wagner Paint Sprayers

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