Saturday's Question, lol, sitting in for Sandy

OklaMoni

18 years ago

Another exercise related one:

Do you own or have owned roller blades or roller skates?

I own roller blades, but haven't used them in a while. Going fast, aka downhill scares the bejevas out of me.

When I was a kid, I owned roller skates, the kind that you strapped on your shoes.

Moni

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linda_in_iowa
18 years ago
I had roller skates when I was a kid. When I was in my late 30s I still roller skated at a rink with friends. I wouldn't do that now, neither would my friends.
marilyn_c
18 years ago
I had some roller skates when I was a kid, but I never really learned to skate. These were from a thrift shop and I skated up and down the hall and on the back porch...always ready to hold on to something. I never was very good.

When my daughter started kindergarten, a lot of the birthday parties were at the roller rink, so not wanting her to be like me and not be able to skate, I signed her up for lessons. She took lessons for about 3 months, and learned to be an excellent skater. The lessons were very cheap and you got to stay and skate after the lesson. She really enjoyed it and still skates with roller blades.
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I didn't own rollerskates, but I went to the rink all the time and rented them. They used to run the rink every summer.
hayjud_mn
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I had the kind to strap onto my shoes when I was little. I think it was about the time I was in about the 7th grade, I started going to the year-round roller skating rink. It was the place to be on Sunday afternoons! I wass never good at it but good enough to have fun.

That's a nice memory!
Lindsey_CA
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When I was a kid, we all had rollerskates -- the kind that needed the key to tighten then onto your shoes! I've never even tried on rollerblades...
Linda Wayman
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I had rollerskates when I was a kid. They were the kind that strapped on and there was a key to tighten them to the shoes on each side of the toe area.

When I was in the 9th grade I had a friend whose grandpa owned a skating rink. I was able to skate there every weekend for free. We skated in the big Christmas parade in downtown Memphis. It's been years since I last skated.

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Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
18 years ago
We had a Roller Rink that came to town every summer. Just a Tent with a wooden floor. No A/C.

I tried to look cool and roller blade on a Date in my 40's at the Beach. LOL! My Date finally just pulled me like a pull toy. LOL! That was the last time I was on wheels.

Gayle
FlamingO in AR
18 years ago
No, only ice skates. LOVED them. Used them to death.
lydia1959
18 years ago
Never had roller skates, I always wished I was a good skater.. but I am really bad at it.

My parents bought me ice skates once and my Dad made a very bumpy rink in the backyard. I think I wore those skates once. lol
jannie
18 years ago
No roller skates, but I do own ice skates. There's a large ice rink about a mile from me. My kids were pretty good skaters at one point. One daughter took private lessons, she thought she was the next Sarah Hughes.
wildchild
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vicki_lv_nv
18 years ago
I had roller skates, ice skates and roller blades. I loved them all! Since I had my foot run over by a fork lift, I can't do any of them. :(
joyfulguy
18 years ago
Neither. Some kids wore the clip-on skates when I was a kid.

I went to the roller rink a few tmes, rented skates ... wasn't good at stopping ... and when one has a big nose, one has even greater danger.

ole joyful
glenda_al
18 years ago
Had roller skates and shoe skates (for the roller rink)
liz
18 years ago
nope...the idea of going very fast and then suddenly landing on my rump just never was that appealing to me
kittiemom
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I didn't own any roller skates as a kid, but I did go skating at the rink a few times. I wasn't very good at it. I do have a pair of roller blades but haven't used them in a while.

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