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Old 12-17-2007, 11:04 PM   #16
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Old 12-17-2007, 11:09 PM   #17
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Most likely sledding or tubing for me. Haven't done any however in quite a while. Especially since we rarely get snow down here at the shore.
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Sledding or tubing here. I've tried skiing before, and while I had fun, I don't really have the coordination or the upper-body strength to pull myself up once I've fallen down. Plus, once I get going, I can't get stopped...and when you're a klutz like me, things like that start to worry you.
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I used to love sledding but haven't done it for years. I've never skied or tubed, though I have sledded down a hill on a plastic tray from our college dining hall!
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Skiiing. I love the apres-ski
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I haven't been skiing before, I don't think I would do very well at it.

I used to love sledding when I was a kid, but haven't done it in years. The street I lived on was on top of a ridge, and the other subdivision was down in the valley. We would have about 50 kids out there going down this sled trail, which was about a half a mile long from top to bottom. Like Chrissi, you had to watch out for the cars at the bottom. If you went down you had to spot for the next person coming down. After a day or two of riding it the trail would turn to ice, and you would get going really quick. We had one kid get wedged under a moving car one year, that's why we started spotting for each other.

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At my current age none of the above. I used to love sledding, but I haven't been on a sled in probably 15 years. I tried skiing once and was an absolute failure. I was so disappointed in myself.
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Sledding.
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Laying down on my belly and steering it with my arms.

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Ditto, none of them for me!

I broke my arm Sledding, I have tried Skiing, in the Alps no less, I have a fear of heights......

Plus I just don't care for the Cold weather anymore, I am a beach girl, give me a hot sunny day and I am Happy.
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I used to love sledging as a child. I am terrible at skiing, I fall over as soon as I put the skis on !
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