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I have been thinking back to the ancient days of my youth -- and I started to wonder when the local carnivals disappeared. We used to have them at the local playground at least once each summer -- and maybe more than that some years.
They would have the cheezy rides tuned up by all of the hoodlums who were not currently in lockup. They could seemingly fix anything with hammers and big crescent wrenches. I know that if a ride stalled, they would often get a group together to beat on various things until it was going again.
I also remember the 'shooting galleries' in the arcade. There were usually 2 types. One that was in an open booth -- if they actually used bullets I think that they didn't have much more than the primer. They may have just been BBs. The other type was the small trailer and they offered no rewards. But they did have authentic .22 caliber rifles that you could plink into targets backed with enough of a barrier to stop a mighty 22. Age limits did not seem to be a thing.
I don't know if either of those types is legal these days -- probably not. Also not sure if the carnivals weren't killed off by safety regulations.
I remember the carnivals that would set up for a few days in the local shopping center or grocery store parking lots.
They may or may not have a small petting zoo with them.
I have been thinking back to the ancient days of my youth -- and I started to wonder when the local carnivals disappeared. We used to have them at the local playground at least once each summer -- and maybe more than that some years.
They would have the cheezy rides tuned up by all of the hoodlums who were not currently in lockup. They could seemingly fix anything with hammers and big crescent wrenches. I know that if a ride stalled, they would often get a group together to beat on various things until it was going again.
I also remember the 'shooting galleries' in the arcade. There were usually 2 types. One that was in an open booth -- if they actually used bullets I think that they didn't have much more than the primer. They may have just been BBs. The other type was the small trailer and they offered no rewards. But they did have authentic .22 caliber rifles that you could plink into targets backed with enough of a barrier to stop a mighty 22. Age limits did not seem to be a thing.
I don't know if either of those types is legal these days -- probably not. Also not sure if the carnivals weren't killed off by safety regulations.
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Some of the local churches still have them around here. A local civic organization has a HUGE one with everything you mentioned and more each year in the first whole week of October. They even had the rifle range inside a trailer the last I saw.
there are two each year near me. one in town and one two towns over. than there are two more really big ones in state that i know of, one at our county fair grounds around 15 miles away, and one at the state fair grounds about 65 miles north of me.
there are two each year near me. one in town and one two towns over. than there are two more really big ones in state that i know of, one at our county fair grounds around 15 miles away, and one at the state fair grounds about 65 miles north of me.
County fairs and the state fair are still run here. I was thinking the talk was more towards small local fairs like Summer socials at churches.
I remember hearing the big generators running that powered the whole thing, and watching them assemble and disassemble all of the rides. My house had a fairly good view from about a half-mile away.
I think the projectile weapons have turned into water guns.
I haven't seen a "Skywheel" in at least a decade. Looking online, I see that they're still around.
I remember plotting my route to climb down if it ever got stuck. It never happened to me. Would I have done it if I found myself in that situation? Probably not, but I imagined I would.
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