owelly Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Is it only me or does anyone else remember those stupid peddly cars that instead of proper pedals, they had those rediculous push/pull things? I spent most of my time goin backwards 'cos I was off my stroke(!). I once drove 3miles backwards. It probly explains why I have a Discovery now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Or what about the pressed sheet steel Mobo 'Muffin the Mule' where you had to stand on the footrests which made the legs splay out and the whole thing move forward! I think mine lasted about 6 months in 1953-4. Oh happy days 😬 Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Brent Wasn't Muffin the Mule still a criminal offence back then ? You'd better watch out or Ross will be having a go at you for being older than him 😳 Paul Supercheese R250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Paul, I was just waiting for someone to drag out that oldie within minutes of me posting 😬 Old 🤔 what's that then 🤔 Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boonie Hound Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Was the mule (Muffin or not) attached to a frame by springs that were great at trapping skin and small animals 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Boonie, so you are an oldie too Can't remember if it was mounted on skin trapping springs or not but I don't think so. They were all hidden inside the sheet metal body as far as I can remember. Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 That sounds like a very cruel way to trap small animals 😳 Supercheese R250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug phillips Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 If i remember, the thing with the springs was a horse. But the push up and down thing was a mule, and was ********* hard work to get it moving. The push/pull peddly cars were ok, but a bugger when you went down hill. You had to lift your feet of the pedals, cos they went to fast to keep up. I doing that, you lost any brakes. 😬 Doug, Su77on Se7ens See our web site here. Bugger...... I aint done it yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boonie Hound Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Same age as Alex - just had a lot of hand me down toys....and we thought we were lucky etc etc. As I remember the metal horse was held in place by four springs that were attached to a frame. You sat on the horse rocking it until either you were catapulted off it of got something trapped - I wasn't a bright child. Which reminds me apparently when I was a toddler I got trapped in a rocking horse - my nappy was too big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Hey I like these 'ere bike sheds........much more fun than CC 😬 Anyhow Paul, in those heady less PC days it wasn't frowned upon to trap small animals in that way, nor indeed to pull the legs off 'Daddy Long-Legs'. Not that I was ever found guilty of that, I hasten to add 😬 Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Boonie, different thing entirely as Doug seems to remember. In fact he must be older than me as I had forgotten about how ******* hard it was to move it Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug phillips Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 You could only use the mule, on tarmac etc. I dont think that even Jeff Capes could get it to move on grass. (ok if Jeff Capes sat on it , it would fall apart 😬) Doug, Su77on Se7ens See our web site here. Bugger...... I aint done it yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I'm not old enough to have had a Mobo Horse, but I am old enough to remember Heinz Wolff demonstrating one on "The Great Egg Race". Weird thing. What about Space Hoppers, though. How odd is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Boonie It sounds like your nappy was changed once a week whether it needed it or not 😳 Do you remember being surrounded by flies all summer as a child ? Hhhhmmmm, nice Paul Supercheese R250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boonie Hound Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Now you come to mention it....they used to put sausages around my neck so the dog would play with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 😬 Did the dog strangely disappear just before Christmas one year ? "Who'd like the 3rd leg, tail anyone ?" "Make sure you don't swallow any claws or teeth" Supercheese R250 Edited by - paul davis on 29 Jul 2003 12:25:06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boonie Hound Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I don't remember you at the table but you sound like you must have been there.....Mind you I might not have seen you as they usually covered me in old used cotton wool and put me outside - too poor for a snowman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 "used cotton wool" eeeeuuuuuurrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh 😳 😳 Supercheese R250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boonie Hound Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Only way it would stick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 What a mental image that conjures up Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossybee Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Paul 😬 Ross Very Black 6spd SuperScot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popuplights Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Brenty, I certainly remember the horsey / mule thingy, and the other posters are right, the mechanism had a mechanical DIS-advantage, it took far more effort to move that mechaninal monster a few inches than it took to walk several miles. My kids currently have a Kettcar go-cart which seems to have come from the same design office. The gearing is far too high, so much so that no child without Jeff Capes styleee legs can even get the bugger moving !! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owelly Posted July 30, 2003 Author Share Posted July 30, 2003 What you need are hills. Big long hills. I still have a metal horse suspended from the springs type unit in my mams loft. It makes a fab noise. I don't remember the epileptic mule device. I got a Black & Decker drill for my 10th birthday, then a pack of drill bits 2weeks later for chrimbo. My mam went wappy when, after drilling holes in all the firewood, I drilled holes in the telephone, kitchen cupboards, brothers wellies etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not a Postman Pat Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 😬 😳 😬 Pat and his not quite black and white cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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