Tramps

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Aw, man. I was really hoping this post was going to include gypsies and thieves, too.

I thought it was going to be a Disco Inferno.

PS I am in the "no tramp" category, only because I found them to be boring.

[creekster]

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http://aappolicy.aappublications.org...103/5/1053.pdf

[creekster]

Originally Posted by YOhio

In 25 years of family trampoline ownership, I have yet to witness an injury worthy of an ER trip.

Injury rates suggest you are lucky or didn't use it much.

I don't really care much, but if you are just thinking about it, and have other options, the stats seem pretty clear that there is a serious injury rate to consider here.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by creekster

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http://aappolicy.aappublications.org...103/5/1053.pdf

Man, you've got strong feelings on this subject. For a monkey.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

I thought it was going to be a Disco Inferno.

PS I am in the "no tramp" category, only because I found them to be boring.

Absolutely. And you have to move them when you mow.

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by creekster

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http://aappolicy.aappublications.org...103/5/1053.pdf

This article relies on data that measures tramp injuries before nets became mainstream. Plus, it's really long and boring.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Absolutely. And you have to move them when you mow.

my recollections of trampolines....

you start out jumping up and down, but that gets boring after about 2 minutes.

So you play crack the egg or whatever for about 10 minutes. That gets boring.

If you are a boy and have male friends over, then someone gets a football or something and throws it at the guy jumping up and down, who in turn tries to catch it. That last for about 10 minutes.

By then, everyone is ready to go back inside. usually everyone is very sweaty.

Marsupial, why not buy everyone those small individual trampolines? that way people can do it at their own leisure without requiring a lot of total floor space?

[Surfah]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

my recollections of trampolines....

you start out jumping up and down, but that gets boring after about 2 minutes.

So you play crack the egg or whatever for about 10 minutes. That gets boring.

If you are a boy and have male friends over, then someone gets a football or something and throws it at the guy jumping up and down, who in turn tries to catch it. That last for about 10 minutes.

By then, everyone is ready to go back inside. usually everyone is very sweaty.

Marsupial, why not buy everyone those small individual trampolines? that way people can do it at their own leisure without requiring a lot of total floor space?

This is my recollection of tramps as well. My family had one. We'd also take a skateboard deck and try and bust out tricks on the tramp. After going unused for awhile and getting tired of taking it down every winter we sold it.

They're good fun, but that fun usually lasted just a few minutes. Sleeping on the trampoline during the summer was fun.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by Surfah

This is my recollection of tramps as well. My family had one. We'd also take a skateboard deck and try and bust out tricks on the tramp. After going unused for awhile and getting tired of taking it down every winter we sold it.

They're good fun, but that fun usually lasted just a few minutes. Sleeping on the trampoline during the summer was fun.

For whatever reason, our trampoline has been used constantly.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by YOhio

In 25 years of family trampoline ownership, I have yet to witness an injury worthy of an ER trip.

Then you're not using it the right way.

We have one in our yard and the kids love it, as do their friends. We asked that the parents of our kids' friends send some sort of written permission for their kids to jump on the trampoline and most of them acted like it was an insult that we would even think we needed to go that far for liability reasons.

The only kid to have had to go to the ER was our oldest boy when he was trying to jump from the trampoline to the roof and sliced his hand on a rain gutter.