"Thanks for sharing your experience. Everyone should have the chance to play Santa at some point in their life and have the, "privilege of witnessing innocence, happiness and anticipation." Well put!"
- ian kennedy
"I don't remember what this contraption was called but the 6th graders used to give the other kids what they called "high-rides" which Becky describes above. The ring was jammed up against the pole with a several of us hanging on for dear life on the other end while they spun the thing around at top speed. It was a process of elimination, they would keep going until only one of us remained. I think there was woodchips around the immediate base but of course by the time you were thrown off the top end of the ring, a good 15 feet up, the centrifugal force would throw you well beyond any soft landing onto the rough asphalt beyond."
- ian kennedy