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...to REALLY dislike those 'heelies' shoes or whatever they are called....

87 replies

americantrish · 30/05/2007 13:45

me and ds were in town today and almost got 'skated' or rolled into several times!!
i just don't think they should be used in a very busy town centre during half-term!

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nightowl · 01/06/2007 16:41

when i first saw a lad in some heelies i thought they looked great fun, but a few weeks later im starting to really not like them.

ive nearly been rolled into several times, as has little dd. one minute you're trying to push your way through a crowd, the next you're throwing yourself out of the way, there's no warning whatsoever!

at least if i saw a kid in rollerblades coming i would have chance to avoid.

and of course rollerblades/rollerboots/skateboards wouldn't be allowed in a shopping centre, but with these things you can't tell they're wearing them. they are a pain in the butt.

ds wants a pair, very badly. he's getting rollerblades instead, with full kit. he has no co-ordination whatsoever.

unfortunately i may well have one very disappointed little boy on my hands as im sure all his friends will be wearing them!

as a kid im sure i would have loved them though!

jura · 01/06/2007 16:17

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sauce · 01/06/2007 12:49

Well the website highly recommended helmets, kneepads, etc. She'll look a bit ridiculous but at least I won't have to worry as much about rushing down to A&E with her. (Argh! The guilt!)

Eleusis · 01/06/2007 12:39

That' it, I'm off to ebay to find sword and sheild for DD so she can protect herself in Tesco.

Eleusis · 01/06/2007 12:38

OMG, are heely kids supposed to wear helmets? I think it's the people around them who need helmets.

sauce · 01/06/2007 12:33

...and also bought some knee & elbow pads. She can wear her bike helmet.

sauce · 01/06/2007 12:32

Anyway, just ordered a pair for her. Now worrying she'll wear them once & then shove them to the back of the cupboard. Kids!

sauce · 01/06/2007 12:24

LOL to think of my little dd as a hoodlum! A pink-wearing hoodlum.

Eleusis · 01/06/2007 11:38

The wheels are quite small so they require a pretty smooth surface... but they probably wear down faster on pavement.

I don't mind roller blades so much. I find the people who wear them have an idea of how to control them. ALso, roller blades have a break. But, full speed through Tescos would probably bother me.

I hate skateboards too. Wheelies are probably good training for those who aspire to become skateboard hoodlums.

sauce · 01/06/2007 11:27

Do they work on concrete? you know, pavement? (yes, I know I'm really out of it, but what do you expect from someone who lives in the middle of nowhere?)

Gingermonkey · 01/06/2007 11:21

scooters, not scotters - silly monkey!!!

Gingermonkey · 01/06/2007 11:21

I hate roller blades, roller skates, skinny little scotters, skateboards, all sorts of things. I told you, I'm a miserable old witch ............but I am liking the pin idea

sauce · 01/06/2007 11:20

Ahhhh, I see. Well, they're very rare here in Switzerland for the moment & even if it were allowed (which it definitely isn't - Switzerland has rules for absolutely everything!) I wouldn't let dd use them in a shopping centre.

OrmIrian · 01/06/2007 11:19

Would everyone feels as strongly about roller blades? Or is it just the fact that they look like ordinary shoes that everyone hates?

Eleusis · 01/06/2007 11:18

Because they mall over my DD and whiz around uncontrollably at Tescos and at the Bentall Centre in Kingston.

sauce · 01/06/2007 11:17

Please tell me why you hate them! I'm thinking of getting some for dd.

Eleusis · 01/06/2007 11:12

You could buy them and stick a pin in the wheels so they don't turn.

Gingermonkey · 01/06/2007 11:02

My DD is begging me for some but I'll keel over and die first!!! (she also wants large hoop earrings, cropped tops and hoodies and high heeled shoes - all of which she can have when she leaves home and has a job to buy her own things ). I am a miserable old witch and I hate them - I always vowed I'd be a cool mum but it seems I am just mean and horrible (DD's words -she's almost 8). TBH my DD is so clumsy she'd end up in hopital the first time she wore them anyway.

Eleusis · 01/06/2007 10:46

Don't forget to load it.

Chopster · 01/06/2007 10:42

aims gun carefully at jura

and what about the bad effects on her legs/ankels?

Eleusis · 01/06/2007 10:32

That's it then. I'm moving.

jura · 01/06/2007 10:27

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Eleusis · 01/06/2007 08:19

Maybe I go to the wrong Tesco. Perhaps it's a sign of the neighborhood I live in.

OrmIrian · 01/06/2007 07:43

Ditto Jura. (earlier post I mean). My DS1 never uses them on crowded places but I have to admit that I've not seen these dangerous heely-wearers either. D'you think some of them have been drinking......?

Eleusis · 31/05/2007 17:00

Sounded a bit like you were defending the... seeing how healy's are designed for nice smooth surfaces. You were going a bit soft.