currently facing my fear of learning how to ride this damn Harley I bought. rode it once in a parking lot, now I am waiting for warmer weather to scare the doodie out of myself again.
Tootle Puffers, Redux (The Sequel)
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Bikes were never an issue. Dirt bikes, street bikes 1 wheel or 2. 120 mph?
It is just regular things in life that terrify me.
My one experience with real vertigo was at Smith Rocks in Oregon. A band of clouds came in around us, and I had the feeling of flying off into space backward (opposite direction of the clouds movement) . All I could do was close my eyes & hang on for dear life.
Doubt I would have liked falling from this
(not my picture, but that's the rock we were on)
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That does not look handicap assessable. Shucks, I guess I will just look at the picture then.My one experience with real vertigo was at Smith Rocks in Oregon. A band of clouds came in around us, and I had the feeling of flying off into space backward (opposite direction of the clouds movement) . All I could do was close my eyes & hang on for dear life.
Doubt I would have liked falling from this
(not my picture, but that's the rock we were on)
=
My one experience with real vertigo was at Smith Rocks in Oregon. A band of clouds came in around us, and I had the feeling of flying off into space backward (opposite direction of the clouds movement) . All I could do was close my eyes & hang on for dear life.
Doubt I would have liked falling from this
(not my picture, but that's the rock we were on)
=
Beautiful, tj. I grew up not too far from there.
Unless there is a Secret Elevator in the middle, you aint getting me up there!! I would also need a Parachute! lolMy one experience with real vertigo was at Smith Rocks in Oregon. A band of clouds came in around us, and I had the feeling of flying off into space backward (opposite direction of the clouds movement) . All I could do was close my eyes & hang on for dear life.
Doubt I would have liked falling from this
(not my picture, but that's the rock we were on)
=
Amazing how all aluminum ladders rattle when I get on them.Unless there is a Secret Elevator in the middle, you aint getting me up there!! I would also need a Parachute! lol
Snakes, spiders, etc no problem heights though...
unless I am in something. A small plane is fun.
My one experience with real vertigo was at Smith Rocks in Oregon. A band of clouds came in around us, and I had the feeling of flying off into space backward (opposite direction of the clouds movement) . All I could do was close my eyes & hang on for dear life.
Doubt I would have liked falling from this
(not my picture, but that's the rock we were on)
=
Yikes!
You might have heard of this place, down here in my neck of the woods: Stone Mountain:
That first pic is of the "shallow" side, which can be walked up (roughly a couple of miles up the path); there's also a "sky tram" (cable car) which is my own preferred way to get up that hunk of granite (yep, solid granite). Naturally, the view from up there is just amazing:
But if I stand up there and look up, I get so dizzy I have to sit down!
Andria
Thx for this!!! You've probably discerned from my various pedantic posts on the subject that I am fascinated, if not downright obsessed! over anything to do with language and speech
Andria
You're most welcome, Ms. D.
Linguistically yours~
To all fellow depressed... I hope 2016 will be a better year!
@RobertCromwell ratpoison is a very painfull way to die. I hear drowning and hypothermia are way more fun, with cool hallucinations
@fourthrok I am so sorry to hear about your husband. You've still got time to spend with him, make it count! And I am sure your son is ok, you'd have heard it if otherwise.
@Vapez Don't let other people's moods get you down. No one can make you happy but you, and no one should be able to make you feel the way you do now. Don't believe what they say about you. You're a great kid, don't you forget!
@EvilZoe Crying is good. It's better than the dark hole where nothing matters anymore. Crying means you're still feeling and you still care. That's a good thing, even if it don't feel that way. Hold on with your nails if you have to.
All of us, we are beautiful and precious, just the way we are and even if we don't feel that way.
Happy 2016 everybody!
Muru, I think I like you! No, I'm sure of it. Thank you.
So, drowning and hypothermia are way more fun, with cool hallucinations? And we know that how?
I've 'looked down' and got scared several times.
I walked up it once... but I was 10 yrs old at the time! I always thought the cable car was scary too, but then I visited Gatlinburg with a lot of my fellow teens, and the only way to get up the mtn, if you didn't have a car (we came by chartered bus), was the cable car. No way did I want to wuss out in front of my friends, so I got on the cable car, and it really wasn't that scary. Years and years (decades!) later when my husband and I took our son to St. Mtn, that cable car looked downright juvenile compared to the one in Gatlinburg, and I really enjoyed it -- my 8 yr old son, however, clung to my legs like a 2 yr old!
But he loved the view, up on top... then begged to walk down it with his dad so he didn't have to get on the cable car again. Andria
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My son was the same way at one time, but take them to an amusement park and watch glow like they were In a candy store. But he was scared of the Farris wheel! Everything else was fair game.I walked up it once... but I was 10 yrs old at the time! I always thought the cable car was scary too, but then I visited Gatlinburg with a lot of my fellow teens, and the only way to get up the mtn, if you didn't have a car (we came by chartered bus), was the cable car. No way did I want to wuss out in front of my friends, so I got on the cable car, and it really wasn't that scary. Yeahrs and years (decades!) later when my husband and I took our son to St. Mtn, that cable car looked downright juvenile compared to the one in Gatlinburg, and I really enjoyed it -- my 8 yr old son, however, clung to my legs like a 2 yr old!
Andria
Strange thing. I will ride any roller coaster made. Rode em all in Bush Gardens and Orlando when I lived there.
But a Ferris Wheel? NFW!
But a Ferris Wheel? NFW!
I'm so glad I was lying on my bed when I saw that picture, or I would have thrown up and fallen down. LOL Heights and precarious ledges aren't my friends....even in pictures. LOLMy one experience with real vertigo was at Smith Rocks in Oregon. A band of clouds came in around us, and I had the feeling of flying off into space backward (opposite direction of the clouds movement) . All I could do was close my eyes & hang on for dear life.
Doubt I would have liked falling from this
(not my picture, but that's the rock we were on)
=
Vape mail is SO exciting! Since getting Christmas money, I've had my computer desktop covered in links with the tracking numbers for my new toys. LOL It's so fun to delete the link and rip open my "gift"! And man, I don't know if it's cuz I'm lazy or still scared about doing my own coils, but I'm just so in love with Nautilus tanks. Love the 5ml capacity, and my coils last me for weeks and weeks.
Aaauuggghh!
The HORROR! STOP!Two wheels is the only way to go. Please find yourself a Motorcycle Safety Foundation course. It usually takes up a weekend, costs about $150 and is so good, it's considered worth 2 years of riding experience. They provide bikes and helmets (so you don't have to drop your shiny new hog). When you finish, you will confidently get on your bike and go...
Motorcycle Safety Foundation Home Page
Since this has turned into the TP therapy session, know that it is going around. Wednesday evening, my wife and I lobbed verbal grenades at each other all evening and I broke out the sleeping bag in the TV/computer room for the night. Next day, we recovered.
Next week, Mercury goes into retrograde until 1/25 (my 47th B-Day
). Communication will be negatively affected, so cut everyone else AND yourselves a bit of slack for the duration.Tying things together in summary:
You never see a bike parked at a psychiatrist's office!
Jay
They still make Mercury's?
Todays Laugh of the Day Double Feature!
Things kids say
1)
A small boy is sent to bed by his father. Five minutes later.....'Da-ad....'
'What?'
'I'm thirsty. Can you bring a drink of water?'
'No, You had your chance. Lights out.'
Five minutes later: 'Da-aaaad.....'
'WHAT?'
'I'm THIRSTY. Can I have a drink of water??'
' I told you NO! If you ask again, I'll have to smack you!!'
Five minutes later.......'Daaaa-aaaad.....'
'WHAT!'
'When you come in to smack me, can you bring a drink of water?'
2)
One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was
tucking her son into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he
asked with a tremor in his voice, 'Mummy, will you sleep with me
tonight?'
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug.
'I can't dear,' she said. 'I have to sleep in Daddy's room.'
A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice:
'The big sissy.'
Things kids say
1)
A small boy is sent to bed by his father. Five minutes later.....'Da-ad....'
'What?'
'I'm thirsty. Can you bring a drink of water?'
'No, You had your chance. Lights out.'
Five minutes later: 'Da-aaaad.....'
'WHAT?'
'I'm THIRSTY. Can I have a drink of water??'
' I told you NO! If you ask again, I'll have to smack you!!'
Five minutes later.......'Daaaa-aaaad.....'
'WHAT!'
'When you come in to smack me, can you bring a drink of water?'
2)
One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was
tucking her son into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he
asked with a tremor in his voice, 'Mummy, will you sleep with me
tonight?'
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug.
'I can't dear,' she said. 'I have to sleep in Daddy's room.'
A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice:
'The big sissy.'
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