"Not as easy as I thought..."

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30 Nov 2011, 5:36 pm

I just realized something I had wanted to try to do was NOT as easy as I thought it might be.

So I was wondering if anyone had any similar ideas? Experiments gone wrong?

Mine?

When I was younger: riding on the open walled up escalator at the mall sitting on the railing.
(turned out ok safety-wise, but still really dumb)

Today: Roller-blading on the treadmill. Not so easy, especially on max incline/ FAST :lol:

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30 Nov 2011, 5:59 pm

When I was 14 or 15 I built a trapeze in my backyard, it worked great for about a month until a rope broke sending me into the back of the house hitting near the second floor level. Up until that point I was still un-injured. Landing on a bicycle and a picinic table was when the blood started flowing from my eyebrow.

It took another 20yrs until I got the exact matching cut above the other eyebrow. Skating around and practicing puck handling before a game I tripped myself< embarassing I know ! !

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30 Nov 2011, 6:02 pm

I just saw myself falling and catching my fingers in the escalator.

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30 Nov 2011, 9:37 pm

I've tried having an all nighter on WP at the beginning of last summer. It wasn't as easy as I thought, because I was extremely tired for the rest of the week.

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02 Dec 2011, 1:29 am

Getting older... *sigh*

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02 Dec 2011, 3:37 am

Cutting an overgrown cypress hedge from a not long enough ladder with a manual saw.

Nightmare. Gave up after the first tree. Ladder still there about 12 months on.

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03 Dec 2011, 2:24 pm

Trying to sledge down the stairs wrapped up in a duvet =/

Caught the first stept with my feet and went flying down head first! Think I also pulled off a 360 roll on my way down!

Not the best idea as a kid =]

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03 Dec 2011, 6:47 pm

When trying an unfamiliar task I always have a moment of panic when I think, "Uh, oh, I'm not going to be able to do/finish this," but if I press on I usually can bring it to at least a half-dignified conclusion. And if I can't, I hide the evidence.

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03 Dec 2011, 7:57 pm

Snowboarding down a slushy hill without knowing its a lot different than packed snow. I remember heading down the hill and hitting a rut. When I was getting up my arm was messed up. I was able to drive home but it took weeks of slowly moving my arm until I could make circles with it.

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03 Dec 2011, 8:08 pm

Training Jack, the most hard-headed dog I've ever met.

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04 Dec 2011, 7:10 pm

Dear Sparx, can I make a guess about Jack, the dog? Was he either a Jack Russell, or a Pug? They are both supposed to be pretty determined to have things their way! Sylkat

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04 Dec 2011, 11:07 pm

Arm wrestling, took a weak for my arm to stop hurting. I didn't win :lol:

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05 Dec 2011, 6:54 am

Writing two completely different words with both hands at the same time.

...not so easy.

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05 Dec 2011, 8:07 am

gadge wrote:

When I was 14 or 15 I built a trapeze in my backyard, it worked great for about a month until a rope broke sending me into the back of the house hitting near the second floor level...

You could have saved yourself! If only you'd said "Go go gadget parachute" :wink:

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