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High Speed Dubbing!
Authored by: csimsy	Views 1295
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 1611
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

If Someone Else Was Jumping Off The Brooklyn Bridge, I Would Too
Authored by: n8agrin	Views 2328
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

Lord of the Flies
Authored by: ninjadonkey	Views 529
The culture shock came in the form of a small child. There he was standing, flies crawling all over his face, in and out of his ears and mouth, up his snot crusted nose, and strolling leisurely across his eyeballs. It was my second weekend in Kenya. I... View Story
From: My First Time I Experienced Culture Shock

The Flying Blue Crab
Authored by: zach	Views 592
In the summer of 1999, I began teaching experiential marine science at Newfound Harbor Marine Institute in the Florida Keys. During the academic year, we would have school groups arrive for three day programs that included coral reef biology, costal ecology, plankton tows, fish dissections, etc. When I... View Story
From: My First Time Teaching A Course

Where are we?
Authored by: copious7	Views 284
The first time I went backpacking I was 16 years old. It was a 7 day 6 night trip through a Girl Scout camp near Silver Lake in California. It was a requirement to have prior backpacking experience to be able to go on the trip...but I managed... View Story
From: My First Time Backpacking

Goldmining, Guns and A Total Lack of Gumption
Authored by: csimsy	Views 1474
This is a "young and dumb" story, with emphasis on the dumb. The episode took place the summer after graduating from high school. I grew up about an hour's drive east of Sacramento in the foothills of the Sierra-Nevada mountain range. Roughly 150 years ago, the area was one of... View Story
From: My First Time Having A Gun Pointed At Me

Learning to Ride
Authored by: lindsayT	Views 813
...ride a horse, a horse that is, that's what I was learning to do. For two summers in a row, I took horseback riding lessons five days a week at my sleepover camp in Colchester, VT. This was the summer of 1996, and I was finally moving on... View Story
From: My First Time Getting The Wind Knocked Out Of Me

From Terror to Terrific
Authored by: coasterguy	Views 848
For decades since its opening, Disneyland has enchanted families around the world with its fanciful charm. The park has become a household tradition because of its focus on family. For many, first recollections of the park are childhood experiences. Decades later they will return as parents, and... View Story
From: My First Time Visiting Disneyland

The Blue Streak
Authored by: coasterguy	Views 1078
I am a big coaster fanatic. I love riding roller coasters across the country. My love for roller coasters began at Great America in Santa Clara, CA with the Blue Streak. The Blue Streak is small roller coaster, called a junior roller coaster made by Intamin, one... View Story
From: My First Time Riding A Roller Coaster