I've tried ice skating two or three times. I managed to learn how to go straight ahead, how to crash into a wall, and how to fall down :-(
I used to go to the roller rink a fair bit when I was growing up. I never learned anything fancy, but at least I could get around. Many, many years later, I found myself near a roller rink again, and I figured, "Well, I know how to roller-skate, even if I'm a bit rusty, so I'll try it." BAD idea... I discovered that the body I was living in was not the same as the body I'd learned to roller-skate with. I fell on my arse, hard, and couldn't manage to get up again - I couldn't get my feet under me, because the skates just kept rolling as soon as I tried to put weight on them. Finally a girl who couldn't have been more than ten years old, but who skated as if she'd been born on skates, helped me up. I took the skates off and spent the rest of my time there in the game arcade.
So I'm in awe of your ice-skating prowess... maybe this winter I'll get to watch you skate in NYC. But I'll see you in a couple of days!
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I used to go to the roller rink a fair bit when I was growing up. I never learned anything fancy, but at least I could get around. Many, many years later, I found myself near a roller rink again, and I figured, "Well, I know how to roller-skate, even if I'm a bit rusty, so I'll try it." BAD idea... I discovered that the body I was living in was not the same as the body I'd learned to roller-skate with. I fell on my arse, hard, and couldn't manage to get up again - I couldn't get my feet under me, because the skates just kept rolling as soon as I tried to put weight on them. Finally a girl who couldn't have been more than ten years old, but who skated as if she'd been born on skates, helped me up. I took the skates off and spent the rest of my time there in the game arcade.
So I'm in awe of your ice-skating prowess... maybe this winter I'll get to watch you skate in NYC. But I'll see you in a couple of days!