Aching All Over

kinetic · Dec 29, 2003, 04:00 AM

I got dragged along to my daughters friends birthday party yesterday. Sounds fun but the venue was an ice-skating rink

My wife wisely decided to volounteer my services partly due to the fact that she is extremely clumsy and secondly that she recently spent a small fortune on porcelain veneers for her teeth. I had visions of a flailing arm causing several thousand pounds worth of damage so I stepped in.

On arrival we were greeted by the sight of a stretcher on the ice and a man being painfully loaded onto it, not what I wanted to see!

Anyway, I handed in my ticket and was handed a pair of skates that looked like they had been found in Captain Scotts tent

! We finally got to the rink and stepped gingerly onto the ice. Suffice to say my daughter has been blessed with my wifes agility and spent the first half hour on her arse!

I wasn't much better but after 2 hours of 'skating' she didn't want to go home!

I got up this morning and I feel as though I've been on an expedition with Ranulph Fiennes, I'm aching all over! Now my daughter wants to go again next weekend!

If I've stopped aching I guess we could go again, it can only get easier!

mbeeston · Dec 29, 2003, 04:07 AM

eiser? nah.. if you don't learn it gewts harder.. especially on your arse and back

digerati · Dec 29, 2003, 08:41 AM

You ever rollerbladed? I got good at blading and so skating became pretty easy. But I can't do that like slide stop thing >.< lol

kinetic · Dec 29, 2003, 09:00 AM

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You ever rollerbladed? I got good at blading and so skating became pretty easy. But I can't do that like slide stop thing >.< lol

I'm 42, it's a bit late in the day to start roller-blading!

***Zardon*** · Dec 29, 2003, 10:26 AM

42? nah you are a mere child **coughs**

swimtech · Dec 29, 2003, 11:13 AM

Just part of getting older...

(I'm 45, and know how you feel)

As you know, the more you do it, the easier it gets. It just takes longer for it to be less painful than it did when we were 25. I've got to try to keep up with 4 kids at present (14, 12, 4, and 3) and when I do, it's all joy.

Wasn't it fun to skate though? I'm imagining your daughter really thought you were great to go with her!

kinetic · Dec 29, 2003, 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by swimtech

Wasn't it fun to skate though? I'm imagining your daughter really thought you were great to go with her!

She did up until I fell and dragged her down with me! We both have the bruises!

Rayder · Dec 29, 2003, 11:24 AM

I went rollerskating once with an old girlfriend. I didn't think it would be that hard to learn (I was 32 at the time), boy was I wrong. Heh, I went around the rink once, clinging to the wall the whole way. That was enough for me.

But it impressed her all the same.

I remember the weirdest feeling was when I got OFF the skates........I kept expecting my feet to slide out from under me.

swimtech · Dec 29, 2003, 08:26 PM

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She did up until I fell and dragged her down with me! We both have the bruises!

Oops! Look what we did Mom, sorry you missed it!

. Seriously though, hope you two came through it OK - nothing serious?

I'm sure it'll be something you can laugh about together years down the road.

BTW, she's tough! Let's go again Daddy!