For those of you under a certain age, pictured at left is a pair of clamp-on roller skates. Generations of children learned to skate on a pair similar to these, sans helmet and other protective gear. We just strapped them on and away we went! Mine had metal wheels for skating on sidewalks. They would adjust with a key or wing nut to fit the shoes of a growing child. To skate indoors, we wore these. (And they certainly didn't cost that much either!)
Considered the father of modern roller skating, American James L. Plimpton invented and patented a roller skate on January 4, 1863.
I met Sugar3 while roller skating. I fell on him.
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