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Favorite sport, activity or hobby growing up


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Remember your youth? What was your favorite sport, activity or hobby as a kid?

Were you any good?

"Kick the can" was the big thing back in my neighborhood.


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Tap dancing was my favorite...

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Joanna Miller's picture

Tap dancing was my favorite hobby as a kid. It was probably a good study in coordination, posture, etc., but I don't find a reason to breakout the tap-dance moves too often.
I wish I would have spent more time learning an instrument; that would have been more of a lifelong pursuit.
Although, my dance training did give me a huge appreciation for the arts. I am a regular at the Northrop Dance Series events, which are a HUGE bargain to see high-quality, touring dance companies.
http://www1.umn.edu/umato/dance_2008/index.html


Submitted by Joanna Miller on April 25, 2008 - 8:22am.

We spent a lot of time...

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We spent a lot of time outdoors as children (my mom had a habit of unplugging the TV and telling us it was broken, then sending us outside).

During the summer, there was a lot of hide-and-seek, bike riding and shooting baskets.

Winter meant snow forts and snowmen and snowball fights and ... you get the picture.

As a child nerd, however, one of my favorite pastimes was cleaning out kitchen cupboards -- I liked to take all of the canned goods out, organize them into categories, then line them up like a grocery store shelf. My Aunt Mary loved it when I came to visit.


Submitted by Ruth Anne Maddox on April 25, 2008 - 3:49pm.

We did this thing where a...

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Keighla Schmidt's picture

We did this thing where a group of about 5 of us would line our bike up in the middle of the (lightly-traveled) road and play bike dominos. That was after we would take one more step each into "the haunted house" about a mile out of town. Oh yeah, pretty cool.
At night we'd play kick the can or some other games I can't remember the name of.
We did a whole lotta hoopin' too.


Submitted by Keighla Schmidt on April 28, 2008 - 12:24pm.

Ding-dong ditch, as annoying...

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Ding-dong ditch, as annoying as this little game is as an adult, it was a popular (and amusing) game as a child.
And yes, I was pretty good, as I never got caught.


Submitted by shawn hogendorf on April 28, 2008 - 3:40pm.

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