Slightly OT: Playground Border

On Fri, 28 May 2010 09:15:00 -0700 (PDT), "SonomaProducts.com" wrote the following:

I don't remember much of that, but I did it, too. If these new parents only knew how we spent our youts...the dangerous actions, illegalities, and foolhardiness. But most of us made it out alive, kicking, and totally intact: ten digits, two eyes, and more than a few brain cells.

Amen, bruddah.

On Fri, 28 May 2010 11:40:11 -0700, "Lew Hodgett" wrote the following:

Or buying a mower which isn't as powerful as stated. What a horrible wounding of the soul THAT causes, eh?

No, I think Shakespeare was right. If only it were Open Season...

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Still got the scar on my right knee and the one on the sole of my left foot. No sutures, of course ...

I'm waiting for the Hot Dog Bite law suit ...

I'd be more concerned about an adult tripping over it after dark than about a kid tripping over it while playing.

Well, that is fraud. Can you imagine how devastating it would be to find out that your table saw is only 2HP?!

He had the profession wrong. Politicians should be first, followed by bureaucrats. Lawyers are a good bit down the list.

------------------------------------------- Actually, was thinking of a safe way to have an 18"-24" high border that would be readily visible thus muting the liability issue.

If you provide an entry way with a mini sidewalk, you solve the liability issue as well as keeping the mulch in place.

Let the sidewalk project about 3 ft out into the yard that would providing a 3'x3' landing spot for any mulch that gets kicked out of the swing area..

Every time you cut the grass, sweep any mulch that found the sidewalk bay into the swing area before you cut the grass.

My guess is that after a couple of weeks the mulch will be matted enough to basically stay in place.

Another idea would be to plant Boxwood shrubs that would form a hedge.

They have no "prickers".

Don't know what the cost would be, but after a couple of years, you wouldn't have any wood to maintain, just a soft hedge to trim annually.

Just some thoughts.

Lew

Oh, about a $35 wound for a walk-behind. You can put a price on suffering!

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:4c008042$0$15764 $ snipped-for-privacy@news.astraweb.com:

Ah, I see. The border would act like the warning track in baseball, letting a walker know something's up before they get to the wall. The only problem would be that someone might think they found the driveway and not the play area.

Puckdropper

On Fri, 28 May 2010 15:58:31 -0700, "Lobby Dosser" wrote the following:

Nah. The hog ring pliers were handier than the stapler.

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On Fri, 28 May 2010 19:06:29 -0400, "J. Clarke" wrote the following:

Yeah, then you'd have to clean up all the Mad Dog 20/20 puke when he fell and got dizzy.

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----------------------------------------- At least you don't get sued, unless it's 1:00AM and you shoot the SOB.

Then you might have a problem of another kind.

Lew

No matter what you do, children Will get the 'mulch' onto the grass. You didn't plan to maintain 24/7 watches, did you?

We're talking body Piercings!

Puckdropper:

Half lap them and pin them through.

RE: Subject

SFWIW:

The complex where I live installed a playground about 4 years ago which includes a swing set and a slide.

They surrounded the play area after scraping away the grass with a 5 ft high split rail fence backed up by a 6 ft high hedge.

A 3 ft wide opening is provided at each corner for access.

Lew