As a young father rearing a boy in the age of superheros, I hit upon the idea of creating a superhero just for bedtime stories. He was Skaterman, a fellow with fabulous skates that allowed all kinds of feats in the mold of superheros. I am fuzzy on the particulars of stories, but the tales were sufficiently exciting that the stories had the opposite effect of what parents hope a bedtime story will do. They got the young fellow wide awake and insistent on the story going on and on. More than once I dozed off only to be awakened with the child command to continue.
I was reminded of the stories when I saw this @BritishPathe short on a dad and daughter enjoying an outing on motorized skates. Too bad the invention was not nuclear-powered.
Dad drives daughter to work on motorised skates - YouTube
Thursday, October 4, 2012
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