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user-inactivated  ·  3986 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, I learned how to drive a stick shift today. What are your fond memories of learning new skills?

I'm a firm believer that everyone should remember their first bike crash. Mine was great. I was around four and it was probably about the first time I'd ever been allowed on the bike without someone walking alongside me (didn't have training wheels). I promptly took to the streets, forgot how to brake, managed to find a driveway with about five feet of elevation and went down the fucking thing head over heels. It was fantastic, and foreshadowing, because I spent the next eight years of my life crashing that bike in every other part of the neighborhood.