No, not trying to click bait you. The spinny-thing-of-death was in fact a thing back in the heyday of the Dennis the Menace Playground in Monterey, California. There were no mortal injuries but this ‘helicopter’ would certainly be deemed a hazard in many jurisdictions today. It looks innocuous enough in still photos but watch the […]
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Dennis the Menace Park! Oh my! I have not heard that name in a while. I needed to help a friend empty his mother’s home on First Street after she passed away. Her ancestors were among the first Spanish to arrive there in Monterey; literally, they came on the first boat up the coast from San Diego! They are one of only a few families who have been in California longer than my ancestors have been. I remember that the statue of Dennis the Menace was in the news when it was stolen, and then again when it was found. I remember that the found statue still needed to be identified as the authentic statue, but then I stopped following the story.