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A seesaw (also known as a teeter-totter or teeterboard) is a long, narrow board supported by a single pivot point, most commonly located at the midpoint between both "ends"; as one end goes up, the other goes down.
Mechanically, a seesaw is a lever and fulcrum.
The most common playground design of seesaw features a board balanced in the center. A person sits on each end, and they take turns pushing their feet against the ground to lift their side into the air. Playground seesaws usually have handles for the riders to grip as they sit facing each other. One problem with the seesaw's design is that if a child allows himself/herself to hit the ground suddenly after jumping, or exits the seesaw at the bottom, the other child may fall and be injured. For this reason, seesaws are often mounted above a soft surface such as foam or wood chips.
Seesaws also are manufactured in shapes designed to look like other things, such as airplanes, helicopters, and animals.
Seesaws, and the eagerness of children to play with them, are sometimes used to aid in mechanical processes. For example, at the Gaviotas community in Colombia, a children's seesaw is connected to a water pump.
A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, wire, or chain with a hard toothed edge. It is used to cut through material, most often wood. The cut is made by placing the toothed edge against the material and moving it forcefully forth and less forcefully back or continuously forward. This force may be applied by hand, or powered by steam, water, electricity or other power source. An abrasive saw has a powered circular blade designed to cut through metal.
Actors: Richie Keen (actor), Chane't Johnson (actress), Bre Blair (actress), Catherine McCord (actress), Jeffrey Johnson (actor), Richard Roll (writer), Dina Mande (miscellaneous crew), Dina Rosenmeier (actress), Richard Roll (director), Richard Roll (producer), K.J. Middlebrooks (actor), Sydney Bennett (actress), Erik Neldner (miscellaneous crew), Justine Halliday (editor), Molly Weber (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Pull down the blinds and stare at my blank screen
Some voice is asking how my weekend's been!
planes go across the sky of Petersham
One day I will see all the hope that's stored in them
The pale underside catches the light
Like as see-saw I need more weight to carry me up
Maybe oneday she will just say that she's happy enough, happy enough
Leaves haven't fallen yet but winter's been too long
Grief hits me like a succession of time bombs
I've run out of reasons to explain it away
Like a see-saw I need more weight to carry me up
Maybe one day she will just say I'm happy enough
If I was older then I would hold her
Tight and say: don't you ever leave me
And then maybe one day she will just say