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Some kids jumping out of windows onto mattresses for fun (England, 1980s) (lemmy.world)
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[–] conc@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I too was a bay child. We'd use the barnacle covered chains holding the buoys in their place to pull ourselves down to the bottom for whatever reason

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

I have a scar on my left leg from where I slipped on the ladder abd sliced my calf open on barnacles.

It bled till it didn’t. And I survived.

I’m pretty sure I’d die of some terrible infection if it had happened today.