I think the trick is to stretch them as you blow or before you blow, but agreed they are buggers to blow up I usually let a Lesley Garrett type blow them up
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sun Mar 18, 2018 7:33 pm
Blow up balloons.
Are you a smoker or an asthmatic ?
Asthmatic, but that's not why. I just can't seem to get the air to actually go into the balloon.
What any balloon or just those long skinny ones that balloon artistes use.
Btw those guys/gals should be in the people you shouldnt trust list
Whenever I see one I always ask for a tarantula to piss them off
Cartwheel. Never done it, and, at 17-and-that's-all-you-need-to-know stone, I have accepted I never will. No cartwheels and no balloons, wow, my life is a pastiche of misery.
Eoin Monaghan wrote:
He may not be liked on here, but you have to give some credit to Mark
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:32 pm
Cartwheel. Never done it, and, at 17-and-that's-all-you-need-to-know stone, I have accepted I never will. No cartwheels and no balloons, wow, my life is a pastiche of misery.
Maybe we should have a thread where people reveal their weights. Could be interesting.
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:32 pm
Cartwheel. Never done it, and, at 17-and-that's-all-you-need-to-know stone, I have accepted I never will. No cartwheels and no balloons, wow, my life is a pastiche of misery.
Only a problem if you want a career in the circus.
Fwiw I can't ride a unicycle nor juggle
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:32 pm
Cartwheel. Never done it, and, at 17-and-that's-all-you-need-to-know stone, I have accepted I never will. No cartwheels and no balloons, wow, my life is a pastiche of misery.
Maybe we should have a thread where people reveal their weights. Could be interesting.
14 stone, never been heavier. Thing I can't do? Stop eating crap.
I suck at names in general. Like right after someone tells me their name. It's incredibly rude and it feels like the more I make an effort the worse it is. Like my brain is saying "don't forget this persons name" but because it said that it wasn't paying attention to their name.
I don't think I would describe this as rude if it is something you're doing unwillingly. It's not like you're purposely snubbing people.
I'm not sure how many people can actually do this but I've seen people running down stairs while missing out steps and not tripping and killing themselves in the process. How is this even possible?
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 6:48 am
I'm not sure how many people can actually do this but I've seen people running down stairs while missing out steps and not tripping and killing themselves in the process. How is this even possible?
I think it's a combination of balance, coordination and inertia
I am better at running up the stairs two at a time.
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 6:48 am
I'm not sure how many people can actually do this but I've seen people running down stairs while missing out steps and not tripping and killing themselves in the process. How is this even possible?
I think it's a combination of balance, coordination and inertia
I am better at running up the stairs two at a time.
I can easily run up the stairs two at a time, but the penalty for a mistake is much less as well.
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 6:48 am
I'm not sure how many people can actually do this but I've seen people running down stairs while missing out steps and not tripping and killing themselves in the process. How is this even possible?
I think it's a combination of balance, coordination and inertia
I am better at running up the stairs two at a time.
I can easily run up the stairs two at a time, but the penalty for a mistake is much less as well.
I used to do 3 at a time easily when I was younger.
Strangely, I don't find it so easy now.
Possibly the first contestant to accelerate with a mic clipped...
One of the funniest things I've ever seen was someone falling up the stairs. She tripped over and by all laws of physics should have gone downwards but she ended up five steps up from where she started. Don't know how it was done.
Mark James wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:40 pm
One of the funniest things I've ever seen was someone falling up the stairs. She tripped over and by all laws of physics should have gone downwards but she ended up five steps up from where she started. Don't know how it was done.
That was how I chipped my tooth when I was ten.
40 odd years later , still haven't gotten it capped..
I think it's a combination of balance, coordination and inertia
I am better at running up the stairs two at a time.
I can easily run up the stairs two at a time, but the penalty for a mistake is much less as well.
I used to do 3 at a time easily when I was younger.
Strangely, I don't find it so easy now.
You don’t walk very well do you Zarte ?
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Things you can't do that it always seems like everyone else can: computer games. I'm utterly useless. I'm not really into it, but I'm not fundamentally opposed to the pastime, and over the course of the past couple of decades I have occasionally, inevitably been exposed to FIFA, various shoot-em-ups, Wii games and in recent years lots of kid-friendly games. My thumb-eye coordination seems to be deficient. By the time I've found the X button to shoot my eight year old has slalomed the length of the FIFA pitch to put Bray Wanderers 17-0 up against my Barcelona.
sean d wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:55 am
Things you can't do that it always seems like everyone else can: computer games. I'm utterly useless. I'm not really into it, but I'm not fundamentally opposed to the pastime, and over the course of the past couple of decades I have occasionally, inevitably been exposed to FIFA, various shoot-em-ups, Wii games and in recent years lots of kid-friendly games. My thumb-eye coordination seems to be deficient. By the time I've found the X button to shoot my eight year old has slalomed the length of the FIFA pitch to put Bray Wanderers 17-0 up against my Barcelona.
Shoot is B on Xbox/Circle on PS. That's where you're going wrong.
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 6:48 am
I'm not sure how many people can actually do this but I've seen people running down stairs while missing out steps and not tripping and killing themselves in the process. How is this even possible?
It's not only possible, it's really easy. In today's busy world, I haven't got the time to take stairs one at a time so I always do this, even on the super-steep staircase in my house. Sometimes I do two, sometimes three, it varies, you got to mix it up to keep it interesting. There's a set of stairs in a car park around here that are so pathetically shallow that I don't even bother with them, I just jump straight from one landing to another, can get down six flights in about ten seconds. Yeah, I know, I'm pretty awesome.