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HappyMe

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23. You can't tell much from the picture.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 12:55 PM

Dec 2012

There are countries where that is the way you have to get around in the winter.

No more dangerous than those baby chairs on the backs of bicycles or those bicycle trailers.

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What do you think of this child's experience? [View all] Are_grits_groceries Dec 2012 OP

Without more, I can't say. morningfog Dec 2012 #1

Never fall down? Are_grits_groceries Dec 2012 #2

Yes. I know skiers who ski the same slopes, aren't flashy and morningfog Dec 2012 #19

OMG: "never fall down"?! I know a ski INSTRUCTOR who recently broke 5 ribs skiing! WinkyDink Dec 2012 #7

I have no idea what that instructor was doing or trying to do. morningfog Dec 2012 #20

It looks dangerous as hell. Ganja Ninja Dec 2012 #3

I won't defend it, but then I see the little kids in the bicycle trailers... hlthe2b Dec 2012 #4

Exactly, this in no more dangerous than the babies on the back of bikes or in the trailers. morningfog Dec 2012 #22

Small kids riding on a lawn tractors with dad does it for me NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #24

Not all skiing is very fast, or on a big downhill slope antigone382 Dec 2012 #5

You DO see the trees there, right? WinkyDink Dec 2012 #8

Yes, but I've also walked on paths in the woods in winter and seen cross-country skiers on them. antigone382 Dec 2012 #11

I see trees in the background, not in the path. morningfog Dec 2012 #21

We used to carry our kids in a FRONT pack when cross-country skiing. canoeist52 Dec 2012 #6

Idiot parent! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #9

Where is this picture taken? hobbit709 Dec 2012 #10

I don't think you can tell much from this picture gollygee Dec 2012 #12

I'm looking forward to the copy cat threads Javaman Dec 2012 #13

My kids rode horseback with me in a baby backpack all the time. riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #14

If that's Finland and he/she is cross-country skiing to get TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #15

I doubt the Christmas outfit will scar him for life, and the parent vanlassie Dec 2012 #16

Exactly. GoneOffShore Dec 2012 #18

My opinion? Go back and read, kick and rec the thread on privatization. GoneOffShore Dec 2012 #17

You can't tell much from the picture. HappyMe Dec 2012 #23