thebes Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 ...not being a kid. Skipping. To this day, on those rare occasions I see a kid skipping down the street, I'm transported. Don't ask me why but that movement, the energy, the sheer joy of skipping still ranks as one of the most wonderful thrills of my life. So Thebes, go ahead and skip you say. I can't! I know how it's supposed to go, there is nothing physically to prevent me from skipping, but try as I might I just can't do it. I certainly wouldn't be embarrassed by such a public display. Hell, I"m pretty sure if started skipping down the street, a dozen Boomers would toddle out of their house to join me. I guess it fled, or my body somehow unlearned it, about the time all my teeth came in. Or was it puberty? Doesn't matter. It was a joy experienced. Memories to be held close. So What do you miss about being a kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Kid Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I dunno. What is the old saying, thebes? You're only as old as you feel/act? I miss not paying bills. And not paying bills. And not paying bills. And not paying bills. And--- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebuy Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 The best place for you to go skipping where you can get help and pointers if you need it, is Dupont Circle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 The only thing that's skips around here is my CD player......Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I miss doing a front side wheeler off the "Anthony" coping of an empty swimming pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I don't want to sound like a show-off but I can still skip. Even if I couldn't, I would feel too awful about it - there are some pretty special forms of adult entertainment that are way way more gratifying than skipping down the sidewalk. YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 9 hours ago, sputnik said: adult entertainment Oh, tell me more? I also miss tree climbing. It was a popular pastime in my neighborhood. Sometimes there'd be half a dozen of us or more scrambling up a nearby collection of great climbing trees. When I moved into my current neighborhood years ago, the local kids would come to ask if they could climb my tree, a Japanese Maple just perfect for the wee ones. Of course I said yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2K Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 My wife is far from a kid thebes but she still climbs. And I encourage her to climb. Just the other night I asked her to 'climb up on this'. Keith 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 At least she didn't have far to go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Toy aisles in grocery stores. My mom used to leave me there when she did her weekly shopping trip and I'd play with the stuff that wasn't in a package, agonizing over the action figures and which would be my next purchase once I had enough allowance saved up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, Thaddeus Smith said: Toy aisles in grocery stores. My mom used to leave me there when she did her weekly shopping trip and I'd play with the stuff that wasn't in a package, agonizing over the action figures and which would be my next purchase once I had enough allowance saved up. --- The adult version is still there and don't tell us you don't play there - ice cream aisle, snack aisle, cookie aisle --- ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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