This is topic My daughter's Birthday present? Or is it for me...(initial disillusionment) in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
[ June 02, 2005, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
We sold those at the toy store I used to work at, so I can testify that they are very well-made and sturdy and a lot of fun. They're spendy, so they're hard to sell, but everyone who bought one from me really liked it.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Thanks! It really looks like fun, and good exercise that is easy on old knees. I think we will probably be getting another one at some point.
I imagine they can only go on hard surfaces though, right?
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Hmm.... probably.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I have to be careful not to like it too much in front of her, or she will not like it.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Wow! What a great idea!
*wants one too, now*
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Hmm, if you look on one of the pics on the right, there is a guy riding on a dirt track, but I think those wheels are bigger.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
*Thinks or Raia riding one of these to schule in order to hear me Hazzan.*
*Bursts out laughing.*
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
I can't let my daughter see that, she'll want one. Emily loves her razor scooter, preferring it to her bike.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
I used to really like your kids Belle.
Hobbes Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jonathan Howard: *Thinks or Raia riding one of these to schule in order to hear me Hazzan.*
*Bursts out laughing.*
You know I'm going to have to do it now...
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
Those look neat - what a great gift for your daughter!
If one or both of the babies is a girl, I'm going to buy a beautiful dollhouse. For her. Of course, I'll have to keep it in my bedroom, to keep it safe.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
That's so cool!!
Posted by esl (Member # 3143) on :
lol, Mrs. M! There's unconditional love for you I guess greediness doesn't factor much into that equation..
Elizabeth, I have seen one person use something like that at school. was in control and all that good stuff. It looked like fun.
I know what you mean about not liking it too much in front of your daughter. I'm not a teenager anymore and there's still some of that residual 'my parents aren't cool' in my head. I'm not coming up with any examples though. It's mostly gone now, so it's okay.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
esl,
It is a terrible thing, this raising of children. Don't anyone tell you it's fun! ha ha.
We were in Old Navy, and I picked out this frumpy handbag. It was beige, and untrendy, as far as I could see.
"Hey. what do you think of this purse?" I asked her.
Politely: "Well, Mom, it is nice, but a little too fashionable for you."
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
So these Trikkes are powers by weaving side to side? I don't think Chicago cabbies would appreciate that one very much... LOL Otherwise they do look like a lot of fun and something I could have realistically seen myself using to get to and from work.
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
quote:Originally posted by Goody Scrivener: So these Trikkes are powers by weaving side to side? I don't think Chicago cabbies would appreciate that one very much... LOL Otherwise they do look like a lot of fun and something I could have realistically seen myself using to get to and from work.
I thought the same thing (well, not about Chicago, but about weaving). You would need an empty location to use them...even on sidewalks you would run into people. Though it does look fun.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Lupus, Chicago cabbies think they own the roads (and sometimes the sidewalks too). If it were a straight motion like on a Razor scooter, or maybe even a slight weave, then it would be an easy answer. But the video on the site shows people going as much as 3-4 feet in either direction. THAT would be dangerous for commuting, and the nearly 2 miles from my train to my office are what I have in mind... especially now that the Chicago Transit Authority has announced plans to eliminate all but one possible bus route that I could take when I don't feel like walking.
Posted by esl (Member # 3143) on :
When I saw this person on a Trikke, it was on the closed roads on campus. Probably a first year, cuz it would be kinda dangerous to take that thing into the streets. (We only have space for freshmen in the dorms)
So, sometimes my mom and I are at a place that sells clothes together. She sees something she likes and shows me. I tell her no, looks too young for you. Is that bad? Parents? Makes me think of when my cousin said short hair is for older women, and I should grow mine out.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
esl, I was not really offended at all, I thought it was a hott that she said that. I think it depends on your relationship with your mom, really.
As for the side to side motion, when I saw the video on the infomercial, it did not seem to have so much of a swerve. The person moves side to side, but not the trikke, it seemed.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
It has arrived! The box is huge. Luckily, my daughter was not home, because the box has huge pictures of the Trikke on it. She is going to be so excited! Well, let's face it, I am excited, and wanted to open the box "just to see it," but my husband was thre to stop me from the exploration.
Warning for anyone who buys one:
The Trikke which they show on TV is not the one you get for 99 dollars. It is a smaller version. My husband was able to find the infomercial version for 79 dollars. Such a shopper!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
OK, it turns out it is really hard to ride. Not like the infomercial at all.
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Nothing is like the infomercial, Liz. (pat pat)
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Really you should have gotten a unicycle. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Well, naysayers(including me, of course), as I was typing "disillusionment," my daughter was figuring out how to do it, and is now bopping around the driveway. She raised the handlebars. I tried it, and I was just as bad as before. I blame my condition. I have that privelege until I go back to work in the fall, I figure.
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