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Benedict Arnold

What's one thing you did when younger, that they couldn't pay you enough to do now?



Yes, all the steps.
I still can do them, almost , although I'm sure not as gracefully as when I was young and pretty.

Posted - November 22, 2016
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  • I know exactly what you mean M,
    A good full out long run with the dogs, which is about an hour and a half when I have them anymore, would take me a good three days to recover fully from. 
    I'm not even kidding.
      November 24, 2016 5:06 PM MST
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  • Get on a Pogo stick.  I was pretty good at it when I was a kid..... Now when I fall,  my bones have a higher tendency to break or bruise.
      November 23, 2016 7:25 AM MST
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  • That's pretty awesome there Karen. 
    I tried that, you know?
    But I was too tall, then I hit my head on the sidewalk, and that was it.
    I think that's real cool.
      November 23, 2016 7:38 AM MST
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  • Thanks. I took a few tumbles, but was finally able to master it. I could hop all the way around the block. :)
      November 23, 2016 9:00 AM MST
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  • Wow!
    I think that's real neat. Seriously.
    I wonder how many people can say that.
    That's circus stuff right there Karen. I had the same experience with skateboarding, one second it was underneath my feet, the next it wasn't. 
    I did rollerskating tho. Backwards too!
      November 23, 2016 9:30 AM MST
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  • I used to go to the roller rink every Friday night. :) Never mastered going backwards though. Never been on a skateboard. It looks like it would be a lot of fun.......not now though. Senior citizens need to know their limits. :)
      November 23, 2016 9:56 AM MST
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  • My limits are usually established the next day. When my body tells me I shouldn't have done that thing or that one. Thank you Karen for such nice memories. 
    I wonder if people would better off sharing memories instead of opinions.
    )
      November 23, 2016 10:27 AM MST
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  • I'm sure they would be. :)
      November 23, 2016 12:24 PM MST
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  • 457
    A seven period school day comes to mind.
      November 23, 2016 7:26 AM MST
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  • That certainly makes for a long day.
    I didn't have the dedication for that kind of load myself.
    Thanks P
      November 23, 2016 7:54 AM MST
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  • 104
    That's what I had in school too. They were 50 minutes long. Do you remember how long they were?
      November 23, 2016 10:10 AM MST
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  • 457
    Ours were 50 minutes as well.
      November 23, 2016 10:17 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I do 3.5 hours 4 days a week and I moan like a big baby.   I used to carry 23 hours of college and work full time.

    LOL  I am so spoiled now, I have made myself too lazy to compete with 20 year olds ever again. 
      November 24, 2016 5:37 PM MST
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  • As a child I used to sing along to popular musical soundtracks.
    I took it very seriously (I can't write this). I knew all the words and dramatic acting postures.
    Luckily I did this alone. I figured I would get laughed at and my passion crumpled by family ridicule.

      November 23, 2016 7:54 AM MST
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  • That's the nicest story you've ever told me,  My dear Ms L, and you have told me many.
    As I read it, I thought about the things from our childhoods that make us familiar to each other. The things that make us friendlier and known to each other, Before we learn about politics and money.  I wonder why can we not talk like this all the time.
    Beautiful answer, dearest Lucia.
      November 23, 2016 8:07 AM MST
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  • It is also very funny,  )
    I think that we can reach some kind of video trading agreement here. I'd definitely like to see that. Especially the dramatic posing.
    This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at November 23, 2016 8:11 AM MST
      November 23, 2016 8:09 AM MST
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  • Embarrassing, the word is embarrassing )
      November 23, 2016 8:11 AM MST
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  • Nooo, nooo, nooo. You can't change the deal. The vision of some weird double act is forming in my brain .. )
      November 23, 2016 9:44 AM MST
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  • Why not? 
    I will give you, 30 seconds of Travolta, for 30seconds of Adele. That's fair. No?
      November 23, 2016 10:05 AM MST
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  • Give me yours first.
      November 23, 2016 11:59 AM MST
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  • Btw, the image of you singing and dramatically gesturing to a song, I still think is lovely. 
      November 24, 2016 5:27 PM MST
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  • Really, it is?
    Well there's plenty more if you want them, some of them I may have to tell you from behind a hand in frint if my face to save my acute embarrassment,
    But that's a beautiful thing to say, to me.
    Thank you.
      November 23, 2016 8:10 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Drink alcohol.

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at November 23, 2016 11:44 AM MST
      November 23, 2016 10:44 AM MST
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  • You don't drink at all now?
      November 24, 2016 4:35 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Not for decades.  You would be happy about it if you knew me when it was time for me to quit.  I was not fun, nor pretty any more.  But I was vain.  When I was sober and really looked in the mirror, that did  it finally.

    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at November 24, 2016 4:47 PM MST
      November 24, 2016 4:45 PM MST
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