Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

Davesnave

Bike riding was something my DD1 did on her 5th birthday too. Just gave her the bike, she got on it and rode off. I vaguely remember doing the same, though I'd have been 6-ish.
DD2 was somewhat different; the lack of coordination and balance being part of her disability, so at 7 or 8 she still wasn't reliable on two wheels and, as a result, regularly had sticking plasters on her chin/knees. I used to cringe every time she pedalled off to join the other kids in the road!

Now, it's DD2 who rides a bike every day, being the cheapest way to reach uni. They may have taken a full year to assess her and put the IT package she's entitled to into place , but as a student of modest means, she was awarded a bicycle voucher 3 weeks into her course!:rotfl:

SingleSue

vivatifosi wrote: »

The end of your day sounds idyllic lir.

Out of interest, has anyone put in an application for Olympic tickets? The powers that be say that up to a 1/3rd of the population has expressed an interest, so by the law of averages there must be others on here who are interested in going. If so, what events? We've put ours in today. Have applied for athletics, rowing, swimming, football, beach volleyball (DH's fault) and cycling as well as the rare as hens teeth opening and closing. Will be interesting to see if we get any.

I would have loved to have done but just not enough pennies to actually justify doing so....it would have been athletics and swimming but I would have taken anything to be honest, just to soak up the Olympic dream.

SingleSue

Davesnave wrote: »

Bike riding was something my DD1 did on her 5th birthday too. Just gave her the bike, she got on it and rode off. I vaguely remember doing the same, though I'd have been 6-ish.
DD2 was somewhat different; the lack of coordination and balance being part of her disability, so at 7 or 8 she still wasn't reliable on two wheels and, as a result, regularly had sticking plasters on her chin/knees. I used to cringe every time she pedalled off to join the other kids in the road!

Now, it's DD2 who rides a bike every day, being the cheapest way to reach uni. They may have taken a full year to assess her and put the IT package she's entitled to into place , but as a student of modest means, she was awarded a bicycle voucher 3 weeks into her course!:rotfl:

It took eldest absolutely ages to be able to ride a bicycle, youngest could do it before eldest could (was very sweet, little tiny tot on a bicycle). Eldest still has moments of telegraph poles jumping out on him as he is going down the road and only late last year, I had to take him up to the hospital after he came off his bike yet again.

He is not riding at the moment though, the weather still isn't quite warm enough and because of the problems with his hands, he is not able to hold onto the bike without extreme pain and cold..so he is walking instead.

lostinrates

I feel like Michaels: the nature of it has been a turn off. The things I'd apply for (dressage maybe) would be boring to sit through a whole day. Also, its a very controversial sport and biting my tongue would be hard lots of times. But it wuld also be wonderful and educational.

Things like 3DE which of course most horse people like to watch are similar. You have dressage day...my favourite, but requires patience and a gag. The cross!!!!ry is by far the most popular to watch but, after years of going to badminton etc then being stuck at home a few times I've learned you get a far, far better view from the tv coverage....you miss lots....collecting rings, practise jumps...which is where you learn most, but I'm not likely to be riding cross country or showjumping now. Main thing you miss as far as many are concerned is the shopping and the freebies. You also miss an hour and a half queuing to get in and a hour to get out!

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

cross!!!!ry

I think you missed an 'o':D

Generali

SingleSue wrote: »

Eldest still has moments of telegraph poles jumping out on him as he is going down the road and only late last year, I had to take him up to the hospital after he came off his bike yet again.

It still happens when you're 39. I hit a curb, landed on my head and spent a day at the Royal North Shore Hospital as a result.

Funnily enough I got an insurance claim in for that from the Aussie Government to pay my costs (lost wages and a new crash helmet). I was riding home from work so I was covered by the compulsory workers insurance scheme called Work Comp.

PasturesNew

I got my first bike at about age 8. Had to wait for next door to grow out of it before it was handed down to me. I couldn't really reach the pedals though, so most of the time I rode it by standing on the pedals and not sitting on the seat. Having got up to speed I'd stop pedalling and sit on the seat until it needed pedalling again. That wasn't a problem because at age 8-9 you're not allowed to cycle more than about 200 yards away anyway, so I was always in the road or just round the corner.

I did have one accident when I could finally sit on the seat and I was watching my feet go round, while cycling on a pavement, which ended in a lamppost... hit the post and came off.

Davesnave

PasturesNew wrote: »

That wasn't a problem because at age 8-9 you're not allowed to cycle more than about 200 yards away anyway, so I was always in the road or just round the corner.

That was if you were a girl!

At 8 I was still (just) living in London, and it makes me go :eek: when I look on Google Earth at where I'd get to on my bike in those days. Let's just say half mile away or more wasn't unusual, so long as I didn't have to cross a major road.

And my Mum was strict!:(

silvercar

I have no interest - probably should for the kids, once in a lifetime and all that, but the packaged mega corporate nature of the games is just a turn off.

I took my kids to the Dome, then aged 6 and 10; just because I thought it was a once in a lifetime thing to do.

Elder one remembers the trains we went on to get there, younger one screaming his head off because I had to drag him out of a massive ball pool!

Not booked olympic tickets because no-one else seems enthusiastic and tying up your money in case you get lucky seems unfair.

GDB2222

Davesnave wrote: »

At 8 I was still (just) living in London, and it makes me go :eek: when I look on Google Earth at where I'd get to on my bike in those days. Let's just say half mile away or more wasn't unusual, so long as I didn't have to cross a major road.

When our Adam was 4, we lived in a close off a close. He was aware he shouldn't cross roads, but that didn't stop him cycling all round the two closes on the pavement to get to the cricket ground on the other side. Once there he needed the loo, so he went inside the cricket club pavilion. This is a two storey building with a chalet style roof, and the loo was on the top floor. Once inside the loo and finsihed there, he couldn't open the door, so he climbed out of the window (as one does!) and found himself on the roof at the back of the pav. So, he climbed up the roof to the top - this must be around 30 feet up - and started to come down the front slope. He found that coming down the roof slope was way, way faster than going up! Eventually, he got to the bottom of the roof and jumped/fell the last 8 feet. He then picked himself up and walked home (the long way round, for safety, of course). Completely unharmed but a bit subdued. It's amazing what little boys can get up to.