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My nephew is taking his daughter to an indoor trampoline / fun park for her birthday. I had no idea places like that existed, especially right here in town. This particular place has been around for over 4 years already. The sign on the building says "Plex Indoor Sports", so whenever I drove by, I thought it was some kind of regular gym. I watch so little TV nowadays, that if they've shown commercials, I haven't seen them.
In regards to things like this, which seem to happen more and more as I get older, I start to feel like an old ~fuddy-duddy (that's probably not the right word), out of touch with the times. When I write a post about a marvelous new-to-me discovery or interesting factoid, I often wonder if maybe everyone else in the country has already heard about it. Maybe it was a hot topic in the news for a week or a month. I wouldn't know.
That trampoline park looks sort of fun. And a little scary. They've even got Flight Nights: "Every Friday and Saturday night, the lights go out and the lasers come on to the beat of the music."
Maybe I should go some day. Am I too old for that kind of thing? It would be a pity, being too old for something you never even got to do as a child. I can see myself standing there at the edge of the trampoline field, feeling nervous and awkward. I can see a bunch of other people on the trampolines, and me not wanting to get into their way, me not wanting them to get mad or annoyed at me being in their way. I can see exuberant, high-jumping, high-bouncing people (like in that video), and me being afraid of getting anywhere in their path, lest they smash into me. I can see a mostly-empty trampoline field, and yet me feeling too self-conscious of people watching to do much more than jump a foot high in the air, if even that. I can see myself feeling that way as a child, and I can still see myself feeling that way as an adult. Does it mean that it would be that way? Or would I exceed my expectations, and have fun? I don't know.
In regards to things like this, which seem to happen more and more as I get older, I start to feel like an old ~fuddy-duddy (that's probably not the right word), out of touch with the times. When I write a post about a marvelous new-to-me discovery or interesting factoid, I often wonder if maybe everyone else in the country has already heard about it. Maybe it was a hot topic in the news for a week or a month. I wouldn't know.
That trampoline park looks sort of fun. And a little scary. They've even got Flight Nights: "Every Friday and Saturday night, the lights go out and the lasers come on to the beat of the music."
Maybe I should go some day. Am I too old for that kind of thing? It would be a pity, being too old for something you never even got to do as a child. I can see myself standing there at the edge of the trampoline field, feeling nervous and awkward. I can see a bunch of other people on the trampolines, and me not wanting to get into their way, me not wanting them to get mad or annoyed at me being in their way. I can see exuberant, high-jumping, high-bouncing people (like in that video), and me being afraid of getting anywhere in their path, lest they smash into me. I can see a mostly-empty trampoline field, and yet me feeling too self-conscious of people watching to do much more than jump a foot high in the air, if even that. I can see myself feeling that way as a child, and I can still see myself feeling that way as an adult. Does it mean that it would be that way? Or would I exceed my expectations, and have fun? I don't know.
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Date: 2018-02-01 03:16 am (UTC)From:It would definitely be more fun with someone else. Based on personal experience, about five minutes of trampolining is sufficient if you're alone, while if you're with friends you stick with it for quite a while.
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Date: 2018-02-01 04:31 am (UTC)From:Yes, I imagine it would get sort of boring after a short while, just jumping by yourself. This place also has foam pits, a roller skating rink, laser tag, a game arcade, etc. etc. to keep one busy.
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Date: 2018-02-02 02:10 am (UTC)From: