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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    11/10/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    They're really missing an opportunity by not emphasizing their strollers' unique dual usefulness at Bris ceremonies. #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    Rihanna redux: "You can stand under my McLaren umbrella - ella - ella - eh - eh - waaah!" #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    Love or hate HBO's Bored to Death, it offers a pretty solid takedown of Park Slope, with strollers underfoot in most BK scenes. #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    Also, I understand the use of "allegedly" when referring to a crime, but this is a straight-forward fact. Either the strollers clipped the kids digits or they didn't. No need to use allegedly. Just fact check the fucker. #kidsthesedays
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    11/10/09

    @Mediahohoho: OK, fine. Whose finger? #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    There was a time not that long ago when only strollers you saw in Cobble Hill were ones left abandoned on street corners, filled with empty beer bottles and shit-tainted paper bags. #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    Wow. For a minute there I thought you were linking to me with the phrase "sexually marginalized Mr. Moms in the streets of Cobble Hill." But yeah, fingertips are also important in keeping the mandolin prodigy dream alive. An amputation would cut into practice time.
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    Now that episode of the 'The Wonderpets Save the Missing Finger' makes perfect sense. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    I have a Maclaren and I give it 1-1/2 thumbs up! #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    Back in my day (1978-1981), we sat in a stroller made of left over canvas scraps from the Converse factory and we put our feet on a chintzy little plastic strap... and we LIKED IT.

    We also got our milk right from the source. None of this PUMP shit! #kidsthesedays
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    I predict a spike in baby names "Nubbin" "Ninesy" and "Stubbz". #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    @BettyCrocker: Lefty. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon
    11/09/09

    @BettyCrocker: Bubba Stump #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    @Vulcan Has No Moon: "Don't cry, Ashley Moonbeam! Now your Bratz nailpolish will last 10% longer!" #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    @BettyCrocker: My favorite all time name for pets and children alike, "Knuckles." #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    @pony_express: Love it! #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    @BettyCrocker: Frodo #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Sergio Hernandez Sergio Hernandez
    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    I like that they're recalling models from 1999; it makes me picture a bunch of 10-year-olds being pushed around in strollers. #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    @Sergio Hernandez: Unfortunately, you'd be surprised by how old some kids in strollers are.... #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    Not sure where you found that picture, HamNo, but it is at once ridiculous and frightening. It causes a visceral reaction. One that might entail a steam roller, or more productively, a "buy one for a $1 sale" at a women and families shelter in the Bronx. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of JEMathews JEMathews
    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    Bugaboo and Stokke make thousand-dollar strollers. Maclaren is comparably reasonable at $300. #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    @JEMathews: I own a Mclaren. They are indeed cheaper than some strollers or full-service strolling systems, but they are still much more expensive than many, many people would ever consider paying for a stroller. #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    @John Cook: Have they gotten more expensive? I have one (it's about 4 years old) and I paid $100 for it, which I thought was a lot at the time. $300 these days? I have 2 kids less than 2 years apart and refused to get a double stroller because they were "expensive" (about $250). Sheesh. This whole cycle of life business is getting ridiculously expensive. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Fakes of Fakes Fakes of Fakes
    11/09/09

    @John Cook: "Full service strolling system"?
    ?!?!?!?!?! #kidsthesedays
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    Image of John Cook John Cook
    11/09/09

    @Fakes of Fakes: That was tongue-in-cheek, but Bugaboo et. al. really do describe themselves as "systems" rather than bags on wheels. #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    @esmemurphy: Our Mclaren is a middle-of-the-road model, so there might be a cheaper line, but I certainly don't recall seeing a $100 version. Double strollers are astronomically expensive. But again, there are cheaper brands out there that a lot of people buy. #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    @John Cook: Maclaren Volo umbrella strollers are around $100. Got mine on clearance at Target for $50. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of gladys_kravitz gladys_kravitz
    11/09/09

    @John Cook: What the hell is a full-service strolling system? #kidsthesedays
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    Image of BBQcornnuts BBQcornnuts
    11/10/09

    @John Cook: No kidding. I have a $30 resale shop stroller. The kids have their fingers so far. They don't let me in trendy coffeeshops, though #kidsthesedays
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    11/10/09

    @John Cook: Indeed. My double stroller was about $100 and I hate the damn thing. It's like pushing a mac truck #kidsthesedays
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    Image of mskris mskris
    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    Misslinda has it right - Maclaren is old-school (ie 2000) fancy. Also, you won't need pics of panicked mobs or moms - just click on your own link to Maclaren. Website is down. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    11/09/09

    @mskris: Please note that misslinda does not have any children, but her friends just will not stop breeding. Nobody seems to care about the negative impact their reproduction habits have on my sanity. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of ms_priestypants ms_priestypants
    11/09/09

    @misslinda: Yeah but you get to hold babies and smell their little warm adorable heads and play with their monkey toes. And give them right back when they start to stink. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    11/09/09

    @ms_priestypants: Oh no, I don't hold babies. I wave at them from a safe distance. I'm not kidding. Some of my friends/relatives are offended by this, but I stick firm to my sensible rule that I will not hold anything that craps in its pants. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of SaraRueful SaraRueful
    11/09/09

    @misslinda: Are you me?
    luckily, I've bitched about kids for so long my friends never ask if I want to hold Little Precious. I'd say no. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    11/09/09

    @SaraRueful: I am you! We ought to form a club, we can call it "I Understand That Children Serve A Purpose In Carrying On The Human Race Blah Blah Blah But That Doesn't Mean Your Child Is Special And No I Would Not Like To Hold Him/Her." #kidsthesedays
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    Image of ms_priestypants ms_priestypants
    11/09/09

    @misslinda: that's probably a good rule- as soon as I turned 30 this weird thing happened where if I held a baby, my ovaries actually ached a little. True story. Unfortunately my vocation prevents enofrcement of a no baby holding policy (baptisms, etc.). And you should play with the toes at least, they really do do the prehensile monkey thing. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of formergr formergr
    11/09/09

    @ms_priestypants: Though a baptism without holding the baby would be far more exciting to watch than the usual ones... #kidsthesedays
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/09/09

    @misslinda: I feel the same way about other people's kids. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of SanjivaniChrysippus SanjivaniChrysippus
    11/09/09

    @ms_priestypants: Episcopalians still baptize?
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    Image of ms_priestypants ms_priestypants
    11/09/09

    @SanjivaniChrysippus: Indeed they do. #kidsthesedays
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    11/09/09

    @formergr: yeah, I imagine the parents would get a bit jumpy in that situation. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    11/09/09

    In reply to Fancy Stroller Recall Brings Park Slope to Grinding Halt
    These recalls are always just scams to destroy the secondary market for used strollers. #kidsthesedays
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