Comments on: An Airplane Swing for the Back Yard (Sep, 1930) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/an-airplane-swing-for-the-back-yard/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Chris Bicknell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/an-airplane-swing-for-the-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-1083390 Chris Bicknell Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:04:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4765#comment-1083390 A handyman back in 1920 was far more than any handyman is today, and please drama queens go back to your video war games. A handyman back in 1920 was far more than any handyman is today, and please drama queens go back to your video war games.

]]> By: BlushingLush http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/an-airplane-swing-for-the-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-1077537 BlushingLush Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:15:39 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4765#comment-1077537 All right, where 's the nearest junkyard - this is WAY better than a tire swing. All right, where ‘s the nearest junkyard – this is WAY better than a tire swing.

]]> By: bill http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/an-airplane-swing-for-the-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-1076992 bill Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:43:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4765#comment-1076992 Isn't it amazing how all the girlie men out there find all these old contraptions from the past and immediately sound the DANGER ALARM while their clueless, dumb, obese kids are playing video games and munching on potato chips. Isn’t it amazing how all the girlie men out there find all these old contraptions from the past and immediately sound the DANGER ALARM while their clueless, dumb, obese kids are playing video games and munching on potato chips.

]]> By: deb http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/an-airplane-swing-for-the-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-1070094 deb Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:09:15 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4765#comment-1070094 kids are fun to play in our garden, so i put <a href="http://patio-swing.net" rel="nofollow">patio swings</a>, it look so nice in our outside patio along with the trees and plants, it became our resting place place with my kid after their super hyper playing activities. kids are fun to play in our garden, so i put patio swings, it look so nice in our outside patio along with the trees and plants, it became our resting place place with my kid after their super hyper playing activities.

]]> By: Eliyahu http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/an-airplane-swing-for-the-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-1058140 Eliyahu Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:56:40 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4765#comment-1058140 Only two small problems I see with this marvelous contraption... First, the tremendous amount of energy it would actually take for those little homemade propellers to actually get the planes to move, and second, finding six kids willing to simultaneously expend that much energy to swing in a circle. Only two small problems I see with this marvelous contraption… First, the tremendous amount of energy it would actually take for those little homemade propellers to actually get the planes to move, and second, finding six kids willing to simultaneously expend that much energy to swing in a circle.

]]> By: rsterling78 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/an-airplane-swing-for-the-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-1058083 rsterling78 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:51:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4765#comment-1058083 “Any handy man can build one out of inexpensive junked auto parts and a few lengths of pipe.” Be sure the kid's tetanus shot is up to date. And know how to get to the nearest emergency room. “Any handy man can build one out of inexpensive junked auto parts and a few lengths of pipe.”

Be sure the kid’s tetanus shot is up to date. And know how to get to the nearest emergency room.

]]> By: ratpack http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/an-airplane-swing-for-the-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-1058041 ratpack Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:45:36 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4765#comment-1058041 sweet if I had kids I'd build one sweet if I had kids I’d build one

]]> By: Dan Ward http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/an-airplane-swing-for-the-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-1058029 Dan Ward Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:16:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4765#comment-1058029 I love the line about how "Any handy man can build one out of inexpensive junked auto parts and a few lengths of pipe." I love the line about how “Any handy man can build one out of inexpensive junked auto parts and a few lengths of pipe.”

]]> By: greensweater http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/10/an-airplane-swing-for-the-back-yard/comment-page-1/#comment-1058018 greensweater Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:47:57 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4765#comment-1058018 So simple and safe, I'm surprised there isn't one in every handyman's family's back yard. So simple and safe, I’m surprised there isn’t one in every handyman’s family’s back yard.

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