School playground fire destroys equipment<\/a><\/p>\nBefore I get yelled for mocking an official report, I know it has to be said. Now let’s have some fun with it…<\/p>\n
I’m betting that the Fire Marshal’s office will come back with a finding that this fire was intentionally set. I’m also betting that some juveniles will be arrested and charged for this arson and we’ll never find out who they are.<\/p>\n
Nothing at the Woodberry Hills playground ever caught on fire because it was all metal. Now that was a good playground when I was growing up with two ziplines, a 25 foot tall rocket with a sliding board, a geodesic dome climber and a super-greased up spinner that you’d eventually fly off of and land in the dirt. Now it’s all taken down “for safety and liability purposes”.<\/p>\n
There is a new Parks & Recreation “Zipline Deluxe” that’s 400 foot long in Dan Daniel Park. It costs $12 per ride.\u00a0 Include me out of that one.<\/p>\n
I’m feeling old. Get off my lawn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In other news… playground equipment doesn’t usually spontaneously combust.<\/p>\n
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