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winded
Authored by: gg	Views 267
the first time i had the wind knocked out, was at school. i was about 12. I was playing fighting, but not for real!! and my freind a very clumsy lad threw a punch, that caught me hard and square in the solar plexus. I felt every bit of wind... View Story
From: My First Time Getting The Wind Knocked Out Of Me

High Speed Dubbing!
Authored by: csimsy	Views 201
My first boombox was a Sony. It had a single CD player on the top, a radio tuner and two tape decks that supported high speed dubbing. I think I got it for my birthday in 7th or 8th grade. "Alternative" music was just becoming popular. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice... View Story
From: My First Time Owning A Boombox

So Boring
Authored by: lindsayT	Views 269
My first (and only as of publishing this story) 1/2 Marathon was in early November 2006. It was the San Francisco 1/2, and I was doing it because it was a good friend's birthday, and she wanted to do it. I decided to join her even though I... View Story
From: My First Time Completing A Half Marathon

little bean, big taste
Authored by: rosali	Views 160
Every meal was the same at my house from nursery school through 2nd grade: meat, starch and a veggie. I wanted to eat at other people's houses so I could try their tasty junk food - chocolate for desert - or change up the order of my meal to better... View Story
From: My First Time Eating Lima Beans

The One That Got Away
Authored by: bluefin	Views 240
I never believed in love at first sight. Stupid romantics, don't you know that's impossible? That's how I used to feel about relationships and members of the other sex. How could you meet someone and just know that they were the right one? Fast forward to the tender... View Story
From: My First Time Meeting The One That Got Away

Funnels, oil, and engines: the first time my engine caught fire
Authored by: batmobile	Views 194
I was driving my 1971 Volvo p1800 on our first road trip together - the destination was L.A. I bought it for next to nothing because it hadn't been driven in 5 years, and the owner frankly didn't know what it needed to get back into driving shape. The p1800... View Story
From: My First Time My Engine Caught Fire

Meeting Christo
Authored by: martih	Views 128
The first time I met Christo was in the main floor of South Hall during student visit day. I was impressed by him but also most strikingly by his name. "Christo" was cool because it's the same as the uni-named artist, and "Sims" was really cool because that... View Story
From: My First Time Meeting Christo

bike + bread truck = bad
Authored by: cheshcat	Views 322
My freshman year in college, I had an 8am Calculus class. I have never really been a morning person, and this was especially true during college. It was a 20 minute uphill ride from my dorm room to the main part of campus, and there were not many bike-only... View Story
From: My First Time Falling Asleep On A Bicycle

If Someone Else Was Jumping Off The Brooklyn Bridge, I Would Too
Authored by: n8agrin	Views 385
I had been traveling around New Zealand for about 5 months and ended up in the only true tourist trap New Zealand has to offer, Queenstown. Supposedly the "Adventure sport capital of the world", Queenstown is a small city situated on the shore of a beautiful lake in New... View Story
From: My First Time Bungy Jumping

Rejecting an Acceptance
Authored by: kaysov	Views 105
To, School of Confirmatics, University of Treasure Island, SF Bay Area After careful review of admissions from different schools, I regret to inform you that I will not be accepting admission from your school. Please note that it has got nothing to do with your school but merely a limitation of space-time Einsteinian Physics... View Story
From: My First Time Rejecting An Admission