If you didn't unicycle...

General
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It occurred to me a few nights ago that I’ve spent quite a bit of time on non conventional hobbies such as unicycling and juggling. And there is no doubt in my mind that a lot of people on this board have put a lot more time into unicycling than me.

The question is, if you didn’t learn to ride a unicycle, where would all that time have gone?

-In an ideal world, most of that time would have gone toward studying and homework; my grades would be better and I’d be smarter in general. At the same time, I don’t really unicycle that much during the school year, and work fairly hard anyway.
-Knowing me though, I would have wasted a lot of that time, err, wasting time. Probably on the Internet and what not. But that much time? I doubt it…
-Probably not on alcohol/going out though, much to the chagrin of my friends. Even if I had more time, I wouldn’t spend more time partying and clubbing because it’s not the lifestyle for me.

Realistically speaking, with a lot of faith in myself, I like to think that I would have used a good fraction of that time productively. I’ve been meaning to learn to use Linux for the past couple of years, but never really got around to it. Therefore, if I did not learn how to ride a unicycle, I would probably know how to use Linux.

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if i didn’t unicycle, naturally most of that time would have been spent walking.

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If I hadn’t learned to unicycle, I would have spent the time wondering what to do with all the extra flesh I would have.

Honestly, without unicycling, I think I would be a better ping pong player.

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If I hadn’t learned to unicycle, I would be a completely different person now. I would not have the self-confidence and fitness level I achieved only through mastering this difficult skill.

I would not have met my wife.

I would (most likely) not be living in California.

I would not have seen nearly as much of the world, and my country, that I have.

I would not be comfortable in front of large groups of people.

I would not be a good performer, entertainer, or teacher.

I would not be a good writer or editor.

I would have a lot more room in my garage.

I would probably have stayed in college, coming out an Industrial Designer in 1984. Then I would likely have worked in that field, possibly even for one of the car companies, though statistically more likely in a different industry.

I don’t know who that person would have been. He might have averaged a higher income from earlier on, but I don’t think his life would have been nearly as interesting.

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If I hadn’t learned to unicycle I would have trained to nordic-ski through lappland or some remote windy, snowy, ice-cold country

bear

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I actually would have spent a lot of that time studying

I’d play banjo more often (usually I do just as much banjo as uni)

My parents would still support me in all my endeavors

My uncle would still take me seriously

That’s about it.

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I’d do lots of walking/biking/hiking. I would do more juggling, and might even have learned 7 balls by this time.

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Although I’d likely be much heavier than I am, ironically I probably would have eaten a lot fewer doughnuts.

John, I think I saw that other guy on a rerun of Who Wants to be a Millionaire the other day. :wink:

Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ

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If I didn’t unicycle…

I prolly wouldn’t get that circus theme stuck in my head as much :wink:
I wouldn’t have the same self-confidence that I have, which I know has helped me in my education (Nick Vs University II: Nick Doesn’t Flunk Out!)
I’d still have my girlfriend :wink:
I’d still have my job :’(
I’d still live in Quebec :slight_smile:
I prolly wouldn’t juggle…
I prolly wouldn’t bore my friends with my incessant one-wheeled-rambling :wink:
I wouldn’t know the karmic joy, the true zen, of Muni :wink:

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If I didn’t unicycle…

I wouldn’t of met all the people i’ve met on here, or at the club around the area i’ve been to a few times.

I wouldn’t of met billham in person, cause I never would of drove 8 hours to Ohio to a unicycle meet.

I wouldn’t have a sprained wrist, well maybe, cause i’ve fallen on it a total of 3 times now, and one wasn’t unicycling. I was trying to balance on a little basketball. I probably thought it would be easy cause of my advanced balance from being able to unicycle, so it was related.

My friend wouldn’t think I was weird… actually they already did.

Other people I know wouldn’t of gotten intrested and wanted to learn.

I would have approximately 600 more dollars, that figures bound to go up.

I wouldn’t have a total of 5 unicycles, I didn’t have any till I started learning, go figure.

I would probably still be trying to skateboard, and not progressing half as well as unicycling, cause I like it more.

I wouldn’t be having fun unicycling.

I would get more sleep cause I wouldn’t be on here too late.

I wouldn’t be writting this now.

I wouldn’t be forcing myself to stop writting this now.

Andrew

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id be like dead or something

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OMG IF WASBNT UNIING RIT NOW ID PROB BE DRINKN AND MY LIFE WOULD B HORROBLE N I BE DRUGGIE N SMOKIG AND I PROB WUDENT FOND GAWD AND ID BE GOIG 2 hell maybe i mite be xXxtremexXx walking thogh cause i hecka goood at tat i prob not do much cause uni iz my life ani wudent met my frends or an my frends b diff i be lozerz! an i be gay should b uni but i not is wut i tak aboot ya no wut i sayin?

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No. Please try to at least write like an intelligent person.

If I didn’t unicycle, I would still do magic (more often, anyway). I would be better at Rubiks Cubing, and I wouldn’t be quite as healthy. Seriously, unicycling is one of my only forms of exercise. Except now, I’m sort of a runner, so I’m all healthilized and stuff.

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I would possibly still be messing around on skateboards and inline skates and other little sports, trying to find what I have found in unicycling.

I would have:

LOADS of money.

No reason to visit the shed, the LBS or the internet as often.

Not had contact with the wide variety of people online that I do.

A heart problem no doubt.

Weak legs.

Crap balance.

Nothing to bore my girlfriend and friends with.

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i would be doing “extreme” pogo stick, or maybe biking.

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I would probli have LESS money!!!yes less i have ALWAYs been interested in trials biking but have neva had the money but now i have a job i could afford one,but i have found the joys of trials unicycling which i am pretty good at.
Skinny legs gerenally less muscley which would be really bad I weak as it is!!
I would be playing more badminton and sqaush go down the beach more.I would have no interest in photography.I would not be able to take pain half as well.I don’t think i would have my girlfriend either unicycling has given me self confidance and stuff and even tho my friends don’t like her I can say hold up I do so I don’t care if you don’t. Life would be a bored.
Ben

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We do have the Deutsches Einradforum. What we don’t have is the hip-hop/ebonics/text messaging/can’t spell/youth forum.

Learn English. You’ll be surprised to find out how useful it will be later on!

My involvement in unicycling taught me to be a better writer, editor, typist, and overall communicator.

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Sorry, just a very quick off topic Q, is there a large text message culture in the US like in the UK?

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I wouldn’t have meet my husband.
I wouldn’t have visted China.
I wouldn’t be about to vist Japan.

I probadly would still be a lighting technician.

Sarah

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All the deaf people I know are nuts about it. I can’t imagine how they got along before this technology was available.

I have a lot of deaf people around me, I’m not making this up. Unfortunately I can’t speak for the general text-messaging community. Without a description of the UK text messaging culture it would be hard to compare…