I bet kids don't wax slides anymore
By snowy
@snowy22315 (169949)
United States
October 24, 2020 5:31pm CST
When I was kid growing up in the ancient time of the 1960's and early 70's most bread was wrapped in some variety of wax bag. The plastic bags of today were not as common, or were a smaller component of the wrapper. Some kid one day got the idea to slide down a slide with these wax bread wrappers and it would make the slide really fast. Sometimes they were almost too fast, but it was a lot better than getting stuck on a slide and having to scoot your way down to the bottom. The huge slide at the park about about a block from our house was like that. I don't know why no one ever waxed it. Anyway, my guess in the nanny state, waxing those plastic slides would be considered too dangerous..and the kids are stuck with a slow ride.Do any kids ever wax slides these days? I doubt it!
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@Tampa_girl7 (48929)
• United States
25 Oct 20
I was a child in the 60’s and early 70’s too. I don’t recall bread being in wax bags. I just recall plastic. Maybe it depended on where you lived.
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@snowy22315 (169949)
• United States
25 Oct 20
I am older than you. It was kind of a wax plastic combo I think. Ar first bread was wrapoed in wax paper and then they went to plastic or some kind of combo along the way.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48929)
• United States
25 Oct 20
@snowy22315 I wish that I had a slide in my yard. They were a lot of fun.
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@paigea (35680)
• Canada
25 Oct 20
@snowy22315 Some of the things they come up with are pretty dangerous.
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@RebeccasFarm (86755)
• United States
26 Oct 20
I never knew about that at all Snowy not when I was little but when I lived in England and Ireland I do recall the wax bags
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@snowy22315 (169949)
• United States
25 Oct 20
Yes, somewhere along the way it changed. Plastic was probably cheaper.
@snowy22315 (169949)
• United States
25 Oct 20
it was fun, although the slide could start growing like a rocket.
@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
25 Oct 20
We used to do it
When a slide was a proper slide
Not like those teenie wee slides of today.
Nanny state indeed.
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@snowy22315 (169949)
• United States
25 Oct 20
You could really zip on those waxed slides.
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@snowy22315 (169949)
• United States
25 Oct 20
@JimBo452020 The worst thing that ever happened to me on a slide was going down fast and hitting my back on the end of the slide. I didn't get hurt though.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
25 Oct 20
@snowy22315
Down face first and come off the end with a helluva bump.
Or backwards
Or two up lol
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
24 Oct 20
I think has to do with wealth. I hate most surfers but wax their board, skate boarders go opposite for common sense..My point is most children of wealth would never know that, has nothing to do with nanny state, poor or kids with no money always find a way where rich kids go I have butler and own skate park.Exception to every rule but the most part we live in spoiled brat era
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@snowy22315 (169949)
• United States
24 Oct 20
OK if you say so..
We weren't poor though.
We weren't poor though.2 people like this
@snowy22315 (169949)
• United States
25 Oct 20
it can work on plastic slides..You have to be pretty old to remember the waxish bread bags.
@snowy22315 (169949)
• United States
24 Oct 20
Yeah, they could only do it somewhere where adults weren't hovering. They would have to know to it in the first place
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@MarieCoyle (28492)
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25 Oct 20
I remember begging my grandmother for a piece of waxed paper to slide down on. After a few slides it was worn out, but the slide was faster than ever, I had forgotten about this.
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@snowy22315 (169949)
• United States
25 Oct 20
Yes, the wax paper worked great on the slides.
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