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Things you don't do anymore or have outgrown
- Thread starter C.E. Evans
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I didn't jump off the roof, but the house I grew up in was a two story with an open staircase in the family room, and I used to like to see how many steps I could go up and jump off to the first floor without hurting myself. I think I made over half way up before I had stopped. Luckily I was smart enough to stop before I actually hurt myself.
Walked on the roof... jumped over fences... didn't stop climbing trees until I was about 35, and only then because there weren't any good climbing trees near me.
Being ASD has cost me a lot... I'm single, childless, have no close friends, limited hobbies, and a job instead of a career. The only plus is I don't have to give a rat's hind end what other people think.
Yes but it was only the roof of a shed. I was young and fancied myself a movie stunt performer, I was quite practiced at dropping and rolling from fairly high places and not get hurt.
I once tried the 'umbrella parachute' experiment, it didn't work. lol
I miss doing kid stuff like walking around the house with a mirror under my chin so it looks like I'm walking on the ceiling or sliding down the stairs on my stomach. Playing marbles with my brother, being told off by my sister. Getting exited on Beano day and reading it with a feast of crisps and cloudy lemonade.
Sitting in the library and reading all the newspapers and other things they had in there, now they don't have them as much. I don't play my computer games anymore. One big reason I would get so far into them and something happened to our computer and the games got re-set and I would have to do them all over again. Some levels were really hard and I just didn't want to go thru them all again. And now I am just getting back to walking again, but with COVID, it was hard and really a lot of places I couldn't go (like the library). Baking is another thing, couldn't bake things and give them out during COVID, so I had to cut way back on giving to people. I still bake some but not like I used to "bake up a storm" as Mom and I used to say.
Yup, all the time. The window in my bedroom opened to the roof and I would climb out and walk around and lay out on a blanket. We also had skylights that needed regular cleaning, so my brother and I would go out with windex and a squeegee to clean them.
That used to be my weekends as well. Every Saturday or Sunday I'd go to my local library, gather up all the newspapers and magazines I wanted to read, plop myself down in a chair and catch up on world events. With COVID and the closure of libraries, I've found myself going less often; maybe once a month; mostly to return what I've borrowed. I'm never in there more than thirty minutes when I used to be there for a couple of hours.
I was so happy the day the library reopened! I can still remember! I let out a shout for joy! I walk over about once a week and mostly to just pick things up or return them.
Running. Started with a local fun run (1982), did "so-so" at cross-country and track in high school (1985), pretty much reached my peak in the Army (1988), but kept halfheartedly trying for the next 25 years or so. By 2010 my weight had gone up considerably and it was just becoming so hard to make the effort — plus I kept injuring myself. Permanently damaged my right ankle in 1983 from spraining it and not allowing it to heal properly. Did the same to the left ankle in 1988 ... finally needed to get that one reconstructed in 2010 (but at least it's in pretty good shape now!). In 2014 I actually broke a bone in my left foot from landing on it too hard.
In 2015 I consulted a sports doctor for some new shoes and orthotic supports. He encouraged my efforts despite my weight and injuries, reminding me, "In ten years you could be lying on your couch crippled from all those running injuries, or you could be DYING on your couch from heart disease! It's your choice!" Hmm, re-reading that, it doesn't sound as encouraging as I thought. Anyway, the shoes and orthotics ended up causing massive back pain for unrelated and unexpected reasons. This plagued me for five years until a chiropractor could straighten it out. Certainly no running during that time.
In the last few years, I have finally managed to get rid of the back pain, plus drop 50 pounds of weight and keep it off. I'm light enough now, and probably energetic enough, that I could start running again if I wanted. But ... no. There isn't enough benefit to justify all the pain and effort. Also, I've managed to avoid truly crippling myself despite all the above (no knee injuries, for example) and will be happier to keep it that way. And finally, I'm developing a taste for an activity that's just as beneficial and far easier on the joints: Bicycling.
In 2015 I consulted a sports doctor for some new shoes and orthotic supports. He encouraged my efforts despite my weight and injuries, reminding me, "In ten years you could be lying on your couch crippled from all those running injuries, or you could be DYING on your couch from heart disease! It's your choice!" Hmm, re-reading that, it doesn't sound as encouraging as I thought. Anyway, the shoes and orthotics ended up causing massive back pain for unrelated and unexpected reasons. This plagued me for five years until a chiropractor could straighten it out. Certainly no running during that time.
In the last few years, I have finally managed to get rid of the back pain, plus drop 50 pounds of weight and keep it off. I'm light enough now, and probably energetic enough, that I could start running again if I wanted. But ... no. There isn't enough benefit to justify all the pain and effort. Also, I've managed to avoid truly crippling myself despite all the above (no knee injuries, for example) and will be happier to keep it that way. And finally, I'm developing a taste for an activity that's just as beneficial and far easier on the joints: Bicycling.
My career had me occasionally being on some very high roofs, like the John Hancock building in Chicago. I've walked up to the very edge of the building and looked down!
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