What are some things you wish you hadn't quit when you were younger?
One thing I wish I had kept doing was playing the piano. I played it as a child but it got to the point where it wasn't fun anymore and I told my parents I wanted to stop. 20 years later I regret that decision.
Skiing and skating. I took skiing up again when my kids started but I am nowhere near as a good as them. And now I cant skate at all.
Irish dance lessons.
Piano (I wish I could still read music today) and Spanish (I was fluent up through high school; now I can just barely scrape by).
Sniffing glue.
I live my life with no regrets.
Retiring from the military. The civil workforce :rolleyes:.
Anyone who regrets quitting something... why not pick it up again?
There was a 20 year gap from when I quit curling until I started up again. And I'm sure glad I did.
*rushes off to re-enroll in Cub Scouts*
My job back in 2008.
Quote from: Caliga on March 07, 2013, 01:18:50 PM
*rushes off to re-enroll in Cub Scouts*
I'm sure they'd love to have you as a troop leader.
Since I don't have kids, wouldn't they assume I was a child molester? :hmm:
There are times I wish that I had kept on sailing (as full time crew) in 1987. When I got back from the big trip I had an offer to take a boat to Australia then back, but instead I went back to school.
I can see things turning out quite a bit differently...
Quote from: Barrister on March 07, 2013, 01:10:13 PM
Anyone who regrets quitting something... why not pick it up again?
It's a time management issue now. Back when I was in gradeschool, I had all kinds of unstructured time for things like piano, playing in creeks, lighting things on fire...etc. Now when I have unstructured time I am finding I need to use it to do things like keep current on the news, learn home improvement essentials for my house, learn things relevant to my job search and career path. *shrug* Of course I *could* relearn how to read music, but there are other hobbies which seem of higher priority at the moment.
Spanish is probably an easier sell, since after the kids are out of the house it might be possible for SFG and I to move to Mexico.
Karate.
Quote from: Barrister on March 07, 2013, 01:10:13 PM
There was a 20 year gap from when I quit curling until I started up again. And I'm sure glad I did.
I bet your biceps are huge.
Quote from: PDH on March 07, 2013, 01:41:26 PM
There are times I wish that I had kept on sailing (as full time crew) in 1987. When I got back from the big trip I had an offer to take a boat to Australia then back, but instead I went back to school.
I can see things turning out quite a bit differently...
Yeah, looking back I think about about all the things I turn down because I thought it would be better to get on with school/work.
The one my wife never lets me live down is I turned down a scholarship to study at Cambridge for a year because I wanted to go directly to clerking (and then working) even though everyone would have happily put things on hold until my return.
I try to teach the boys to take advantage of opportunites as they arise because the normal stuff is always going to be there.
Quote from: Ideologue on March 07, 2013, 01:30:22 PM
My job back in 2008.
No shit. Never should've gotten out of bail bonds, bullshit and all.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 07, 2013, 03:00:57 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 07, 2013, 01:10:13 PM
There was a 20 year gap from when I quit curling until I started up again. And I'm sure glad I did.
I bet your biceps are huge.
He could mean the Gay sport too. :lol:
Maybe I shouldn't have switched from Spanish to French once I hit college. And then once I got good enough to start reading the classics of French literature, I quit French because the work was just unbearable at a certain point (stopping 8 times a page to look up a word :bleeding:). So now I am mediocre at both, and have been working on the Spanish. I have the urge big-time to go to Mexico, the City of and Veracruz most especially, but the City of plus almost anywhere would be great. Might be able to pull it off this spring. :hmm:
On the other hand, I am happy as hell I quit screeching away on the rented violin as a youth (so wise not to have bought it). But I do wish I hadn't essentially given up playing guitar, as I have at this point. I kind of realized that being a serious egghead was not really compatible with rockin' out on the electric guitar, so it dropped out of the picture. You really need collaborators, or at least some home recording set-up: noodling around by yourself only takes you so far.
I wish I hadn't quit reading the newspaper. Like *really* reading the newspaper -- the local one and a national one, in real print, almost cover to cover. Police blotter and obits were great of course, but it just kept me so much more plugged into where I was living. I at least managed to ready the Daily News most days in Philly, which was tabloid format but better than nothing.
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Quote from: Barrister on March 07, 2013, 01:10:13 PM
There was a 20 year gap from when I quit curling until I started up again. And I'm sure glad I did.
I bet your biceps are huge.
He could mean the Gay sport too. :lol:
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And the Brier is going on at this very moment here in Edmonton. :cool:
Quote from: Barrister on March 07, 2013, 03:33:24 PM
Here's what happens when I type "curling" into Google:
QuoteAbout 41,000,000 results (0.27 seconds)
Search Results
Canadian Curling Association
www.curling.ca/Official Website of the Canadian Curling Association.
Championship Events - Tim Hortons Brier - Full TSN Schedule - How to Contact Us
News for curling
TSN
Winnipeg's Matt Dunstone reaches world junior curling playoffs
CBC.ca - 3 hours ago
Canada advanced to the men's 1-2 Page playoff game with a 8-3 win over China on Thursday at the world junior curling championships.
Ontario's Howard takes over the lead at Canadian men's curling championships
Hamilton Spectator - 5 hours ago
TSN Curling News | Scores & Coverage | Curling Schedules ...
www.tsn.ca/curling/TSN Curling news and results; get the latest curling highlights and score updates; access curling tournament standings, updates and curling videos; team ...
2012-13 Season of Champions - TSN Broadcast Schedule - Canadian Curling Trials
Curling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CurlingCurling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four rings. It is related to bowls, boule and ...
Glossary of curling - Curling at the Winter Olympics - Lists of curling clubs
16521 107 Ave NW
Edmonton
(780) 489-6428
Jasper Place Curling Club - Edmonton
www.jasperplacecurling.ca/
Google+ page
9330 80 Ave
Edmonton
(780) 466-5789
Home - Shamrock Curling Club - Edmonton, Alberta - Curling Club
www.shamrockcurling.ca/
Google+ page
11610 65th Avenue
Edmonton
(780) 492-1000
Saville Community Sports Centre
www.savillecentre.ca/
2 Google reviews
10607 Princess Elizabeth Ave NW
Edmonton
(780) 477-2427
Avonair Curling Club
www.avonaircurlingclub.ca/
Google+ page
6920 114 Ave NW
Edmonton
(780) 477-8142
Thistle Curling Club
www.thistlecurling.ab.ca/
Google+ page
Suite 110-9440 49 St NW
Edmonton
(780) 440-4270
Northern Alberta Curling Assn
www.northernalbertacurling.com/
Google+ page
10555 116 St NW
Edmonton
(780) 425-8646
Olson Curling Manufacturing & Supplies Ltd
www.olsoncurlingstore.com/
Google+ page
More results near Edmonton, AB »
Welcome to the Granite Curling Club
www.granitecurlingclub.com/The Granite Curling Club is Edmonton's oldest curling club and most prestigious curling club, and one of the oldest in the Province of Alberta. It was founded and ...
CBC Sports - Curling
www.cbc.ca/sports/curling/All the latest Curling News, scores, stats, videos and commentary from CBC Sports.
World Curling Federation - Home
www.worldcurling.org/Welcome to the official website of the World Curling Federation.
Curling's Premiere Directory
www.curling.com/This Premiere Curling website reports on curling news and championships of this popular winter ice-curling sport.
Curling | Sports | Edmonton Sun
www.edmontonsun.com/sports/curlingCurling news and stats from the Edmonton Sun, your number one source for Canadian sports news.
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And the Brier is going on at this very moment here in Edmonton. :cool:
You realize that google results are dependent on a number of things including location. A google search originating in the city that is currently hosting the Briar may not be most indicative.
That having been said:
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Glossary of curling - Curling at the Winter Olympics - Lists of curling clubs
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Doing curls is generally referred to as "weight-lifting" not "curling". But anyway, Seedy was just making a funny.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 07, 2013, 03:51:54 PM
Doing curls is generally referred to as "weight-lifting" not "curling". But anyway, Seedy was just making a funny.
It is my internet mission to stand up for the noble sport of curling. :scots:
Tae Kwon Do. I was pretty good. I could have been an Olympic Athlete twice by now.
Crack
No one has said screwing prostitutes. I am disappointed. :mad:
Quote from: FunkMonk on March 07, 2013, 05:14:24 PM
No one has said screwing prostitutes. I am disappointed. :mad:
Because no one's quit doing that! :P
No shit, but I can quit any time!
Quote from: katmai on March 07, 2013, 05:22:08 PM
No shit, but I can quit any time!
I double dog dare you.
All my favorite call girls got old. Ick.
Drugs, Sex and Rock'n'Roll, as three seperate activities. :P
Quote from: Caliga on March 07, 2013, 01:33:29 PM
Since I don't have kids, wouldn't they assume I was a child molester? :hmm:
Yeah, that's the vibe I get from the current pedo-hysteria.
Which is a pity because I get the impression you'd be really good at that sort of voluntary work, what with the way you convey your enthusiasms for history and practical demonstrations/archaeology etc.
Karate. As I said in the fitness thread it was increasingly getting that I was a young man there amongst the kids and parents.
Football too. It wasn't like I was bad or anything. I just didn't want to waste valuable time at home, miss watching certain TV shows and other idiocy. And my dad telling me when I was 10 or so that I was never going to be a footballer didn't help. I mean yeah, clearly not, but let a kid dream please.
Piano. I got to the point where I needed to start studying music theory and quit. I wish I hadn't. Though I can still read music and play, not well :(
Also French. I was learning at school. Got lazy and didn't do the work. I wish I'd kept it up.
Looking back I think quitting the clarinet for smoking was a wise choice.
Thinking on it, I wish I'd really kept up drawing as a hobby. It's just I haven't had as much time/energy for hobbies since, I dunno, senior year of college. With improved speed, I too could be paid nearly minimum wage by DC comics, when my job wasn't being outsourced entirely to Brazil and Turkey.
Shit, just giving up on really applying myself to art and writing because it didn't offer real job opportunities and security ( LOFUCKINGL) was a bad move really. Besides the fact that it was something I actually love, as opposed to have a vague and easily dispelled interest in, there's really a case to be made that I'd have found a niche somewhere in comics or film much more readily, and with much less effort (though not to say, less work).
Family was poor when I was a kid, so I miss opportunities lost because of that: childhood sports, music, summer camps, vacations, etc.
I think my problem was never starting things.
Quote from: Razgovory on March 11, 2013, 06:01:10 AM
I think my problem was never starting things.
Conversely, I think my problem is on starting way to many things and thus never being able to concentrate on just one or two things at a time.
There are a couple things I wish I'd quit a while ago. Like my job. :P
My master's degree, soccer, and playing saxophone.
Anyway, while I didn't really 'quit' Boy Scouts I have conflicted feelings about the fact that I lost interest in it and never attained Eagle Scout rank. I'm kind of bitter about the BSA and their anti-gay stance... if they ever decide to drop that policy, then I guess I will wish I had stuck with Boy Scouts till I got my Eagle. Until then, I'm really not proud to have been associated with the Boy Scouts. A friend of mine from my troop who did attain Eagle Scout rank actually 'resigned' his rank as a form of protest against their gay stance (and no, he's not gay).
edit: I'm also not happy that you're supposed to believe in God in order to be a Boy Scout, though I'm not clear how closely that policy is actually 'enforced'.
Quote from: Barrister on March 07, 2013, 01:10:13 PM
Anyone who regrets quitting something... why not pick it up again?
There are some things that are very difficult and perhaps impossible to pick up again with any degree of success. There seem to be particular moments in time when one can train their body/mind to do certain things well and if those times are missed it is very difficult to pick up later.
This thread is a good example of those sorts of things. Language acquisition and musical training seem to be most effective when learned at a young age. The skills necessary for some sports are almost impossible to pick up later in life for some reason.