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Playgrounds For Old People Run Into Curmudgeon Trouble
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Remember how there's a new push to build playgrounds for old people in the U.K.? As in cross-trainers, sit-up benches, and crank bikes in public parks, just like monkey bars and slides, except adult-size? Well the very same fun and fitness-deprived adults for whom such projects were intended are now complaining. Residents of Canvey, England have filed a petition with the town council to move the £150,000's worth of recently installed cool equipment, citing "anti-social behavior" near the site. No specifics on the anti-social behavior were given. Cutting in line for the cross trainer? This is the problem with playgrounds for adults. Kids just shove each other and cry. Grumpy adults file petitions.
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That's what happens when you build stuff on old people's lawns. :o)
Submitted by Matty_G_Fresh on 06.18.10 at 11:41.