What would you like to learn how to do?

[Daniel]

Is there anything you've decided that you want to learn how to do?

I've seen a few people on a local beach doing a bit of land kiting and I''ve been thinking for a little while that I wouldn't mind doing that so I think when spring comes I might go and take some lessons and if I like it invest in some equipment :D

Seems like good fun and I've always liked flying.

Here's a vid. Apologies in advance for the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-DbBg8G-74

Is there anything you'd like to learn how to do? :)

[BDunnell]

Speak German well and confidently enough again to get a job there and move there.

[Sleeper]

To play bass at a classically trained level.

[Tomi]

Is there anything you've decided that you want to learn how to do?

I've seen a few people on a local beach doing a bit of land kiting and I''ve been thinking for a little while that I wouldn't mind doing that so I think when spring comes I might go and take some lessons and if I like it invest in some equipment :D

Seems like good fun and I've always liked flying.

Here's a vid. Apologies in advance for the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-DbBg8G-74

Is there anything you'd like to learn how to do? :)

Good idea, if you learn that well you might end up as Subaru worksdriver. :)

[Daniel]

Good idea, if you learn that well you might end up as Subaru worksdriver. :)
That was my intention :up: You don't need to have skill to be 3rd driver in the WRC these days :cheese: :laugh:

[viper_man]

Did some land kite surfing this summer on a little trike go kart thing. Amazing.

For me it would probably be free running, or parkour, to the standard of the best guys doing it now.

[Daniel]

Did some land kite surfing this summer on a little trike go kart thing. Amazing.

For me it would probably be free running, or parkour, to the standard of the best guys doing it now.
That's what the people do on the beach near me. But for some reason doing it out on the water just seems like a bit more fun. How easy was it to pick up?

[viper_man]

Well they had fully qualified instructors as weve just had a big X Sports place built near the beach so got a few lessons and away we went. It was quite difficult, I thought itd just be hanging on and blasting down the beach, but you have to play about with the kite constantly to keep a steady speed all the while adjusting your body so the thing didnt tip over. The worst part was stopping, that was scary.

[BeansBeansBeans]

I'd like to learn how to play the drums to a high standard, and learn how to drive a racing car.

[AndySpeed]

One of my intentions is to get more serious about kayaking, and to gain some more stars and compete in more competitions. I'm currently a member of my local canoe club (which is flat water) and the one at Lancaster university (which is white water). However flat water is my preferred choice and I hope to start training more seriously with aim to racing in the next few coming years.

[Rollo]

Swimming?
I currently can't :(

[Daniel]

Swimming?
I currently can't :(
Come here. I'm going to try and teach Caroline. Perhaps I could teach both of you at the same time :p

[Ian McC]

Good thread this Daniel

Would like to be able to speak French, then those five years of doing it in school would not of been wasted

[BeansBeansBeans]

Would like to be able to speak French, then those five years of doing it in school would not of been wasted


Obtenir de votre popotin et le fait alors :p :

[Rollo]

Que le fait-il que signifie? Vous avez le l'esprit de l'escalier et il ne fait pas le sens.

[jso1985]

I'd like to learn how to play the guitar or the drums.

And how to park a car :erm:

[Hawkmoon]

I've always wanted to be able to draw. I don't want to be an artist, just to be able to draw at a comic book-type level.

Unfortunately my 5 year old son can draw better than I can. :(

[grassrootsracer]

Carpentry
Blacksmithing and metal working
Learn to fly/pilot's license
Learn to race cars/racing license
Fluently speak Italian and German

[DocF225]

Weld.

[555-04Q2]

I would love to learn how to play the guitar

[Storm]

I would love to play the guitar really well and perhaps try and compose something (for my own satisfaction)....I do have a guitar and try to play it (and learn on my own) but its a slow process hampered by the daily boring routines. Also would like to learn Spanish well enough so I am able to converse in and visit some parts of the Spanish speak world.

[Mark]

It's one of my ambitions to be able to speak / understand French, but it's probably one of those things I'll never actually do.

[Donney]

There are plenty of things I'd like to learn:

Easy/affordable things:

Play guitar
Draw, es Hawkmoon said
Learn other languages

Hard/not affordable:

Driving a rally car, or any other racing variety but especially rallying
Fly a plane


Those are the main ones but I can think of many more.

[LotusElise]

I'd love to be able to climb properly - I might try and learn next year if there is a climbing club at my new university.
I'd also like to be able to dance and to play the piano.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Nothing!!

I can do everything. :D

[Dave B]

For me, it's not so much what I'd want to learn, but what I which I'd never forgotten.

I've got A-Level French and Grade 8 piano (which in theory means I can play the greatest hits of Charles Aznavour), and yet through lack of practice I'm currently rubbish at both.

I wish I'd kept practicing the piano, I used to play for two hours a day before I discovered alcohol and women; and I wish that I'd tried harder at parlezing the old Français on the booze cruises.

Regrets, I've had a few.... :p

[555-04Q2]

Nothing!!

I can do everything. :D

Except spell your name right mate :laugh: ;)

[555-04Q2]

Regrets, I've had a few.... :p

I've has Sandras, Melanies, Tracys, Michelles, Barbaras, Alices but never a Regret ;) :D

[slinkster]

Learn to play drums... I'd love it... or be much better at guitar than I am.

I get impatient though. I'd rather not have to learn and just wake up one day being able to play! :D

[Erki]

Everything.

[555-04Q2]

Learn to play drums... I'd love it... or be much better at guitar than I am.

I get impatient though. I'd rather not have to learn and just wake up one day being able to play! :D

I can play the drums, quite well infact, but I cant play the guitar :(

[CarlMetro]

I've always wanted to play the drums. I nearly brought a 2nd hand drumkit from the local rag after talking to my Dad's ex drummer. He said the best way to start is to sit behind a set and get the feel of the drums, then take a few lessons. Sadly the suggestion didn't go down too well with the wife :s

[555-04Q2]

The problem with drums Carl is unless you have a soundproof room, neither the wife nor neighbours will approve. Thats when you pull your rockstar move and tell them you dont give a #@$% :p :

[Daniel]

I've always wanted to play the drums. I nearly brought a 2nd hand drumkit from the local rag after talking to my Dad's ex drummer. He said the best way to start is to sit behind a set and get the feel of the drums, then take a few lessons. Sadly the suggestion didn't go down too well with the wife :s
I'm sure the son would like it too :p

[Robinho]

i can play the guitar a bit, i'd like to be better, i'm a purple belt at Karate, i'd like to be better, i can manage a little French and Spanish, i'd like to be better.

i had an itch to scratch for learning so i went back to Uni to learn what my job is so i do that one day a week.

i'd like to learn to play golf.

i think that will do for next years resolutions!! ;)

i'd love to learn how to make enough money to go racing/rallying

[555-04Q2]

i'd like to learn to play golf.

You dont learn how to play golf. You learn to chase a little white ball from trees, to bush, to bunkers, to water all the while cursing yourself for being such a useless ^%$#* ;)

[Robinho]

You dont learn how to play golf. You learn to chase a little white ball from trees, to bush, to bunkers, to water all the while cursing yourself for being such a useless ^%$#* ;)

in which case i am more highly skilled than i gave myself credit for! do you get extra credit for missing the ball altogether? :)

[grassrootsracer]

I forgot to mention sailing.

[sxis]

I'd like to learn how to treat my outside Xmas lights with concern & the respect they deserve & not threaten them with dire consequences if they don't work THIS time aaagh!

[schmenke]

Learn to wipe with my left hand.








I like to set realistic goals :mark:

[Ian McC]

Except spell your name right mate :laugh: ;)

Dammit you beat me to it :D

[Ian McC]

Learn to wipe with my left hand.


You dont get out much do you :p :

[Dave B]

Learn to wipe with my left hand.




I use toilet paper, personally... :p

[Hazell B]

After this afternoon's pathetic attempt, I'd like to learn about the planning system for agricultural housing, how much sheep cost at various times of the year and what sort of offer I need tender on some land I'm trying to buy.

In short, I'd like to develop my googling skills. I'm utter pants at the moment :s

[schmenke]

I use toilet paper, personally... :p

Give me time... I have only just mastered "scrunch". Working my way up to "fold".

[Vivianita]

Learn to dance tango
Speak italian :)

[AndySpeed]

Learn to wipe with my left hand.

Personally I don't see the need! The extra effort of reaching accross burns more calories.

I need to master the art of one hand tearing, mind.

[fandango]

I'd like to learn Chinese. Mostly because it's so different. The saxophone would be the instrument I'd like to learn, or the glockenspeil.

[race aficionado]

Play the piano.

. . . . and I will do so eventually before I depart this lifetime . . .
:)
tick . . .tick . . . tick . . . tick . . .

[jim mcglinchey]

Weld.

Any eejit can MIG weld, takes about a year to be skilled at stick welding. TIG welders are thee men.

Id love to be able to wheelie a motorbike and the coolest thing I can imagine is doing the high chair, ie sitting on the headlight while wheelieing, on a super bike down Main Street.

[Ranger]

I'd like to play guitar at a professional level, even if I mightn't become a musician.

I'd like to learn the keyboard/piano/Hammond B3. It would help musical skills as well as just be awesome.

I'd like to get a racing license as well. Can't go wrong with that.

That's all for now.

And learn how to drive. But that is going to happen in the near future.

And learn to ride a motorcycle as well.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Except spell your name right mate :laugh: ;)

I can occasionally do that. ;)

I am 76% illiterate.
But I can dress myself

[Mp3 Astra]

I want to be able to speak German well enough so Germans see me as one of their own :D Seriously, I really want to be fluent; that's why I'm doing it for A-level.

I would also like to learn how to shuffle and deal a deck of cards.

Finally, I want to be able to be able to be better than my Ukrainian friend at chess :)

[SEAN-B.]

i'd love to learn how to make enough money to go racing/rallying


That is the key to most of our whimsical wishes that you've pointed out,-money!Not only that,learning how to make a whole lot more of it and spending or investing it wisely.

....and learn how to play the guitar well. :D

[Ranger]

I would also like to learn how to shuffle and deal a deck of cards.

I was wanting to do the same myself when I realised I was the slowest dealer in a game of "Big 2". :p :

[Hazell B]

Any eejit can MIG weld, takes about a year to be skilled at stick welding. TIG welders are thee men.

Id love to be able to wheelie a motorbike ......

I'll second the welding point. I learned MIG in about twenty minutes and stick in a few weeks (to the stage where I'm good enough but no genius) then stopped while I was ahead!

Wheelies took longer to perfect and I'm pretty sure I couldn't do one now if I tried (and still had the nerve) without major wobbles. In fact, I don't miss that part of riding motorcycles at all now ... which means I'm getting old and far too sensible :s

[jim mcglinchey]

[quote="Hazell B"]I'll second the welding point. I learned MIG in about twenty minutes and stick in a few weeks (to the stage where I'm good enough but no genius) then stopped while I was ahead!

Resspecctt. Dont tell me , this was back in '85 and you'd just been to see Jennifer Beals as the worlds singingest, dancingest welder in Flashdance.

[nicemms]

I'd like to learn software design/creating. Anyone know how to?

[Ian McC]

I would like to learn how to lose better, I am a poor loser as my wife will testify, so I think learning to lose with a little grace may come in handy.

[stevie_gerrard]

Skiing, its one of the few sports ive tried, and it looks a lot of fun and such a thrill :) The worry is of falling down and rolling down the hill for ages, i want to do it well. :(

[Hazell B]

[quote="jim mcglinchey"]

Er, no :p :
About six or seven years ago a friend taught me in another friend's welding company. I made Christmas 'cards' with stick and sent them out. There's one still hanging about in the pub, I think.

Then I went for the NVQ and the idiot tutor had me messing with bits of skinny wire as he thought I wanted to fix jewellery. After a brief discussion I was taken to my spiritual home, the Big MIG Room. The rest is history.

[Drew]

Learn how to impress girls ;)

[Caroline]

I would like to learn about the stars and constellations and be able to identify them.

Would like to be a proficient cook and make food that looks nice.

Quite a few things I'd like to do when I start to think about it :)

[Hayden Fan]

learn to play the guitar. I have one but am confused on how to learn by myself.

[MadCat]

I'd like to learn to play the piano and drums

learn to speak norwegian

learn welsh (although i lived in wales for 12 years i've forgotten most of it now :( )

oh and like Drew, learn how to impress the girls ;) ;)

[Daniel]

Learn Welsh? Why? :p

[fandango]

Skiing, its one of the few sports ive tried, and it looks a lot of fun and such a thrill :) The worry is of falling down and rolling down the hill for ages, i want to do it well. :(

The trick to learn how to ski is to make sure you go for a few days. If you try it for a day you probably won't do it again. It's soul destroying. But then, Bambi-like, you start to fall less often, and get your stuff together, and next thing you know you fall down gracefully rather than any other way. I don't know what happens after that, but I'm happy enough to do it that well.

I notice lots of people want to play the guitar. I used to be a guitar teacher - maybe I should go back to it. And nobody wants to be a DJ anymore...

[Daniel]

I reccomend snowboarding. I did it for one day about 6 years ago and it seemed a lot easier than skiing :mark:

[millencolin]

id like to re-learn how to skate... took 2 year off and now im shocking

learn the guitar

and learn how to brew my own beer

[Storm]

I notice lots of people want to play the guitar. I used to be a guitar teacher - maybe I should go back to it.
A guitar and English teacher :crazy: :) :up:

Hayden Fan maybe this will help..
http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/index.htm

[Christina]

Well.. i've done two of my big goals.. which were Hanggliding and Kitesurfing.. my next aim is Paragliding, because a hangglider just isnt that portable, and i want to fly europe.

Umm.. languages i'd like to learn are French, Spanish, Italian and Finnish. because it'd make it much easier to travel around. perhaps german too.. i'm gonna spend a lot of time studying languages!!

i'd also like to be able to sing well. I've got a singing voice like a strangled cat, so it's never going to happen, but still.. it'd be nice..

[donKey jote]

I would like to learn about the stars and constellations and be able to identify them.


-"Okay, okay, I see it now, yeah, the big shiny one right there, right? That one there"
-"That's the MOON!"
:laugh:

Really quite easy actually. Lots of the brighter stars have weird and wonderful names to learn too. Used to be my speciality, went down a treat with the girlies ! :p :

Jupiter is still one of my favourite "stars" though: you can even see some of the larger moons with binoculars. :s mokin:


http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_3_166.gif

[schmenke]

Donkey is spaced out :dozey:

[donKey jote]

that was when I could see them without glasses :dozey:

[Tomi]

read minds, and it would also be nice if could walk and talk at same time

[Caroline]

that was when I could see them without glasses :dozey:

Did you see the whole of the moon?

[AndyRAC]

Again, impress the ladies...


sad, innit??

[Drew]

Welsh? Eek!

Christina, take it from me, you really don't want to learn German :p :

[Dazz9908]

Astrophysics, Build rockets, recycle everything, how gravity works and produce it and get off this god forsaken planet.lol

More like how to to happy with what have.

[Storm]

Really quite easy actually. Lots of the brighter stars have weird and wonderful names to learn too. Used to be my speciality...


Its pretty interesting too..used to be my speciality as well (not really but knew quite a few of 'em funny names and shapes)

Betelgeuse is a favourite of mine though, also a possible supernova candidate....hmmm