toynbee ,

My then-sixtyish year old dad bought a unicycle. He also bought a pair of ski poles to help him balance while learning to ride it by traveling up and down a long hallway in his home.

This doesn't really add anything to the conversation, but I've always found it funny and rarely had an opportunity to share it.

plactagonic OP ,

Ski poles? It sounds dangerous I would impale myself with them.

toynbee ,

I don't think there was anyone around at the time who suggested that it was a good idea, heh.

At the time, my mom - his wife of 27 years - had recently died and I think he was trying to find himself again. Unicycles with ski poles weren't the only odd decisions he made.

Evkob Mod ,
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As a fellow unicycle owner, the thing I hate the most about it is that I can't find anywhere to practice riding it where I don't feel like an attention whore.

I mean I am an attention whore, but I don't want to feel like it.

plactagonic OP ,

Only attention I got was guy saying that when I will need first aid kit I should shout so he can get to me.

Jake_Farm ,
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Do children tend to own unicycles?

plactagonic OP ,

I mean that the decision to buy it made the childish part of my brain.

But as my mum said it is f-ing awesome and I will learn to ride it.

lgsp ,
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@ruari

FYI! You may be interested.

@plactagonic

ruari ,
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@lgsp I am always interested in such things. thanks will check it out properly when next at my computer!

@plactagonic

plactagonic OP ,

The Lemmy connection with mastodon isn't best, but you already followed my account on mastodon with same pictures but in Czech (text is the same).

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