Seems to be the rage with kids.
In the spirit of Get off my lawn, I found this letter to the editor in the Asbury Park Press:
LETTER: Hover boards unhealthy substitutes for skateboard
8:13 a.m. EST December 18, 2015
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I am not a father. Just an uncle. So, forgive me if I‘m out of line on this. But, Christmas is nearly here and according to the news “hover boards” are all the rage.
So I did some research and, it turns out, “hover boards” still don’t exist. Not like “hover boards” — when I was a kid — from the “Back to the Future” movie.
What they call “hover boards” now are more or less roller skates for obese children. It’s basically a Segway for children, for perfectly capable children who should be riding Big Wheels, bicycles and skateboards. And tearing it up. Running and running and running and running.
Apparently some sick guy thought up a way to make your kid’s childhood less of a childhood — on wheels. And he’ll probably profit on it big-time this Christmas.
If I were a parent and my kid asked me for that, I’d say “no.” And then I’d take him or her down to the local skate shop to pick out a board — and a helmet — to their liking for Christmas.
Jimmy White
Manchester
In the spirit of Get off my lawn, I found this letter to the editor in the Asbury Park Press:
LETTER: Hover boards unhealthy substitutes for skateboard
8:13 a.m. EST December 18, 2015
TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE
I am not a father. Just an uncle. So, forgive me if I‘m out of line on this. But, Christmas is nearly here and according to the news “hover boards” are all the rage.
So I did some research and, it turns out, “hover boards” still don’t exist. Not like “hover boards” — when I was a kid — from the “Back to the Future” movie.
What they call “hover boards” now are more or less roller skates for obese children. It’s basically a Segway for children, for perfectly capable children who should be riding Big Wheels, bicycles and skateboards. And tearing it up. Running and running and running and running.
Apparently some sick guy thought up a way to make your kid’s childhood less of a childhood — on wheels. And he’ll probably profit on it big-time this Christmas.
If I were a parent and my kid asked me for that, I’d say “no.” And then I’d take him or her down to the local skate shop to pick out a board — and a helmet — to their liking for Christmas.
Jimmy White
Manchester
