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flaglady said:I distinguished myself at secondary school (about 12+) by getting nil point for gymnastics! I wouldn't even get down on the mat to try a forward head roll! Well, don't blame me! I'd just come from a little country school whose idea of 'gym' was standing in a circle tossing a bean bag to one another!! I'd arrived on the day of the end of term exams and didn't even know what a forward head roll was!!
flaglady said:I distinguished myself at secondary school (about 12+) by getting nil point for gymnastics! I wouldn't even get down on the mat to try a forward head roll! Well, don't blame me! I'd just come from a little country school whose idea of 'gym' was standing in a circle tossing a bean bag to one another!! I'd arrived on the day of the end of term exams and didn't even know what a forward head roll was!!

And then some of us excelled at gym!birdfriend said:Hi flaglady, I know what you mean about gym. I was doing good to do a somersault. Could never cart wheel or tumble as others did. We had a p.e. teacher who made us sew our last names on the back of white blouses in big letters so she could remember our names and holler at us. She was always hollering at me.![]()
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)I was not raised in the midwest, but my dad was military and we traveled a lot. I can remember reading them with my siblings.Under_His_Shadow said:For those who were raised in the Midwest- remember those red "Burma Shave" rhyming advertisement signs along the highways? like:
"Spring has sprung,
Grass has ris'
Where last year's
Careless driver is."- Burma Shave![]()
Hi everyone.....
A New Dawn said:And then some of us excelled at gym!![]()
I was on the school gymnastics team, and the uneven parallel bars were my specialty. I was even told I was as good as Cathy Rigby. (That was back in the days before Nadia Comanichi.)
I was on the school gymnastics team, and the uneven parallel bars were my specialty. I was even told I was as good as Cathy Rigby. (That was back in the days before Nadia Comanichi.)
Larry_Fout said:That's very impressive. Gymnasts always amazed me. Try as I may I could never master hand stands. The balance just wasn't there I guess.

Larry_Fout said:There was a man who visited the public swimming pool, where I used to spend most of my summers as a kid, who could do them from just about any starting position. Many of us would watch as he put on demonstrations of his balance. It was awesome.
Maybe that was my uncle. Was it in Chicago? (kidding)![]()
birdfriend said:Hi flaglady, I know what you mean about gym. I was doing good to do a somersault. Could never cart wheel or tumble as others did. We had a p.e. teacher who made us sew our last names on the back of white blouses in big letters so she could remember our names and holler at us. She was always hollering at me.![]()
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A New Dawn said:And then some of us excelled at gym!![]()
I was on the school gymnastics team, and the uneven parallel bars were my specialty. I was even told I was as good as Cathy Rigby. (That was back in the days before Nadia Comanichi.)


Jesus Is Real said:birdfriend,
I'm so sorry your Gym always hollered at you.
You must have been her favorite!![]()
The ones who hurt us hurt us because we don't hurt them back.......hey if God uses that
then ALL IS WELL for the both of us in His Good timing, eh?![]()
In His Love,
Connie
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