# Goodbye old friend... **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 15, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647 "2014-03-15T23:11:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/61 "2014-03-18T13:49:23Z")
> [@Mrjackthepoodle](#): > > Oh ya. They will eye you up, steal your money, and kill you… Yea I had a vending machine steal a quarter from me ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/62 "2014-03-18T13:56:12Z")
> [@Erik\_kerber](#): > > Yea I had a vending machine steal a quarter from me Just be lucky it didn’t take out its pent-up rage on you in a more harmful way. ---
**Author:** ![jbritter3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jbritter3/32/1265_2.png) [@jbritter3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jbritter3)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/63 "2014-03-18T14:44:08Z")
> [@Erik\_kerber](#): > > Yea I had a vending machine steal a quarter from me One of my friends was supposed to give him one quarter as change for something that cost $1.75 and it spit out 8 quarters lol so he bought another haha. ---
**Author:** ![oops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/oops/32/683976_2.png) [@oops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/oops)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/64 "2014-03-18T19:56:04Z")
You guys are really brave. I wouldn’t jump in to save another human being out of fear of drowning myself but apparently half the people on the internet would jump in to save a yoyo that surely sank like a rock the moment it hit the water. Although it sucks that the yoyo is lost forever, when it comes to things with sentimental value being lost or broken beyond repair, I try to remind myself that it is more the memories that the thing brought back than the actual item itself that had the most value, and you will always have the memory of that Project. ---
**Author:** ![Gambit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gambit/32/1358_2.png) [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/65 "2014-03-19T09:42:47Z")
> [@oops](#): > > You guys are really brave. I wouldn’t jump in to save another human being out of fear of drowning myself but apparently half the people on the internet would jump in to save a yoyo that surely sank like a rock the moment it hit the water. Hahaha! I second this notion. I’m not going to end my life for the sake of a yoyo. I say end and not ‘risk’, because I can’t swim to literally save my life, so there’s a 100% chance that I’d sink to my watery grave. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/66 "2014-03-19T12:18:50Z")
> [@oops](#): > > You guys are really brave. I wouldn’t jump in to save another human being out of fear of drowning myself but apparently half the people on the internet would jump in to save a yoyo that surely sank like a rock the moment it hit the water. > > Although it sucks that the yoyo is lost forever, when it comes to things with sentimental value being lost or broken beyond repair, I try to remind myself that it is more the memories that the thing brought back than the actual item itself that had the most value, and you will always have the memory of that Project. Trying to save a drowning person is incredibly difficult as they are in full panic mode and will be struggling a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Gambit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gambit/32/1358_2.png) [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/67 "2014-03-19T12:51:14Z")
> [@Yoyo](#): > > Trying to save a drowning person is incredibly difficult as they are in full panic mode and will be struggling a lot. I’m in two minds as to what I’d do if I saw a drowning child. On the one hand, I’d want to jump in and help, but on the other hand I know that I would be absolutely zero help and probably just end up dragging the poor thing down with me. 😛 I really need to learn to swim. I just wish that public pools weren’t so dutty. ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/68 "2014-03-19T14:22:55Z")
> [@Gambit](#): > > I’m in two minds as to what I’d do if I saw a drowning child. On the one hand, I’d want to jump in and help, but on the other hand I know that I would be absolutely zero help and probably just end up dragging the poor thing down with me. 😛 > > I really need to learn to swim. I just wish that public pools weren’t so dutty. Swimmings not to hard once you get used to it. There must be a nearby lake or something where you can get some swimming practice. ---
**Author:** ![Gambit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gambit/32/1358_2.png) [@Gambit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gambit)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/69 "2014-03-19T14:53:47Z")
> [@Erik\_kerber](#): > > Swimmings not to hard once you get used to it. There must be a nearby lake or something where you can get some swimming practice. All our dirty UK lakes are full of shopping trollies and used condoms. I’ll end up catching something. 😛 I can actually swim, it’s just the staying afloat part that evades me. I dived off a small pier into a lake in Ireland last year, only to THEN discover that I sink like a rock and can’t tread water. Thing is even though I was in the middle of drowning, I didn’t want to make an idiot of myself in front of my mates, so I tried to play it off like I wasn’t as I swallowed by bodyweight in dirty water. Never again. ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/70 "2014-03-19T16:52:22Z")
> [@Gambit](#): > > All our dirty UK lakes are full of shopping trollies and used condoms. I’ll end up catching something. 😛 > > I can actually swim, it’s just the staying afloat part that evades me. I dived off a small pier into a lake in Ireland last year, only to THEN discover that I sink like a rock and can’t tread water. > > Thing is even though I was in the middle of drowning, I didn’t want to make an idiot of myself in front of my mates, so I tried to play it off like I wasn’t as I swallowed by bodyweight in dirty water. Never again. Come to the U.S. there are a lot of pools here and there are a lot of clean lakes too! :wink: ---
**Author:** ![rizki\_yoist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rizki_yoist/32/7925_2.png) [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/71 "2015-01-25T20:09:38Z")
One rule of thumb, not sure if anyone has said this before, if someone say he/she can yoyo, let him show you his throwhand finger, if it has that certain yoyoer callous then 99% chance that he is an actual yoyoer, otherwise most likely he isn’t or still a complete newbie. Also stop him immediately if he don’t even know how to make/use a slipknot. ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/72 "2015-01-25T21:08:50Z")
> [@rizki\_yoist](#): > > One rule of thumb, not sure if anyone has said this before, if someone say he/she can yoyo, let him show you his throwhand finger, if it has that certain yoyoer callous then 99% chance that he is an actual yoyoer, otherwise most likely he isn’t or still a complete newbie. > Also stop him immediately if he don’t even know how to make/use a slipknot. I’ve been yoyoing for three years and I don’t have a callous so I think asking him who is his favorite yoyoer or his favorite bind would be better ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/73 "2015-01-25T22:14:13Z")
> [@mr.nightshadow95](#): > > I’ve been yoyoing for three years and I don’t have a callous so I think asking him who is his favorite yoyoer or his favorite bind would be better Or if he actually yoyo’s he should have a yoyo in his pocket ---
**Author:** ![gijoey959](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gijoey959/32/7958_2.png) [@gijoey959](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gijoey959)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/74 "2015-01-25T22:17:55Z")
even though this thread was dug up and zapped back to life for no reason, I’m in awe of the OP :o Sucks doesn’t even begin to describe that situation, and is why I will never let anyone try my metals unless they have one too ---
**Author:** ![rizki\_yoist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rizki_yoist/32/7925_2.png) [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/75 "2015-01-26T07:04:06Z")
I didn’t know that this was an old thread, this just happen to be in the first page. Maybe there was a deleted spam before my post that bumped this up again. ---
**Author:** ![gijoey959](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gijoey959/32/7958_2.png) [@gijoey959](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gijoey959)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/76 "2015-01-26T07:14:33Z")
> [@rizki\_yoist](#): > > I didn’t know that this was an old thread, this just happen to be in the first page. > Maybe there was a deleted spam before my post that bumped this up again. Maybe, I just noticed the time between posts since I went back to read the thread. Anyway, it’s not like it bothers me 😛 Seriously though, I haven’t stopped thinking about this thread since I read it, I wonder if it is possible to dive down and get it back… And also bringing my proyo with me everywhere now ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647/77 "2015-02-04T16:47:30Z")
> [@Erik\_kerber](#): > > Or if he actually yoyo’s he should have a yoyo in his pocket I sometimes don’t carry my yoyo with me so that is why I did not propose that. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/goodbye-old-friend/64647.md?page=3)