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

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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!

if i remember rightly there was a supermarket who put there staff on roller skates i cant think which one but it will come to me

The hypermarket in Citie Europe have staff rollerblading around the shop but I think they're the runners for the till queries.

i think they are horrid

i am sure it was abroad but definately in america it is normal

I'm sure I read an article which said they were realy bad for childrens posture/ walking as they encourage the wrong type of walking - toe heel as opposed to heel toe.
here

Here, here Jura! Most of the supermarkets round here have banned them anyway, but B&Q is fab!!

Nanny State, eh? Want a pair for dd. Where can I get them?

Route One stock them, but if you don't want the actual Heelys brand you could find something similar on Ebay.

cruzshuz are cheapest i founf but make sure you use irish shop not belgium one it not a proper shop and you gret diddled i been done
if not ebay or most big sports shops

Jura, I am shocked and disappointed. If I spot you and little healy hoolem in my Tesco, I'm going to give her a good shove.

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

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......?

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

That's it then. I'm moving.

aims gun carefully at jura

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

Don't forget to load it.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.