Things that freaked you out the first time you did them but now...

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Posted: 2/21/2016 10:22:59 PM EDT

they seem totally normal and don't make you nervous at all.

For me I think the worst was when I bought a new MC from a dealer in Phoenix and had to ride it home on the freeway. I had grown up riding dirt bikes and had ridden some on street bikes where I live but had never been out on the freeway or in a big city. Gawd Damn! I don't think I would have been more uncomfortable or felt more exposed if I had been naked on that ride!

The second worst was when I started carrying concealed. I felt like a had a neon sign above my head that kept flashing..."He's got a gun! He's got a gun!" Now I realize that most people have no clue, hell, there could be a sign and most still wouldn't notice!

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:24:15 PM EDT

[#1]

Your experience mirrors mine exactly.

The second experience sort of mirrors mine. AIWB a G19....

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:25:38 PM EDT

[#2]

Being in close proximity to gunfire... Not at a range

Edit: or should I say a two way range

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:26:30 PM EDT

[#3]

First rappel off the skid. Weird stepping off into nothing. Oddly didn't feel weird first time skydiving.

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:26:56 PM EDT

[#4]

LSD

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:27:30 PM EDT

[#5]

First time I fired my newly homebuilt and first AR-15. Longest trigger pull of my life.

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:28:55 PM EDT

[#6]

HALO

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:29:43 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/21/2016 10:29:57 PM EDT

[#8]

Colonoscopy.
Only have had one but clearly is not as big a deal as your mind tells you it is

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:29:58 PM EDT

[#9]

Chest tube....... watch one, do one, teach one........... I loved being a Army Medic

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:30:50 PM EDT

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I had a Honda Helix in 1987 and had no problem riding it anywhere. It sat in mothballs for 15 yrs. I hopped on it after riding my R1150RT and jumped on the interstate. Let's just say I'm glad my sphincters worked. That thing got pushed around like crazy. That's the last time I did or will do that again.

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:31:09 PM EDT

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.MIL HALO?

What unit?

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:31:21 PM EDT

[#12]

Use a tablesaw.

Break in a camshaft. Fucked it up too

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:37:02 PM EDT

[#13]

8.20 @ 160Mph.

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:37:30 PM EDT

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The tablesaw

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:39:31 PM EDT

[#15]

Fisting

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:40:17 PM EDT

[#16]

What no one is claiming masturbation

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:40:24 PM EDT

[#17]

Same as the two in OP.
Witching to find and dig up "mystery" septic tanks.
Pulling water well pumps, still nervous setting up and using the rig since I never had a chance to have someone guide me through it.
Doing the initial test drive after extensive auto repairs (transmission rebuilds, engine rebuilds).

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:41:17 PM EDT

[#18]

Driving a 53 footer through Atlanta

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:43:06 PM EDT

[#19]

Cutting something boney on the bandsaw

Scared the hell out of me when the blade spun it around.

The saw still scares me but I expect it and know when I need to let go.

I cut meat for money.

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:43:12 PM EDT

[#20]

blood wings.....

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:43:42 PM EDT

[#21]

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Same here and jumping out of airplanes with a T-10C parachute strapped to your back. Learning a few months later that the rigger company at Ft. Bragg had the highest percentage of Soldiers getting busted for illegal drugs.

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:44:58 PM EDT

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I loved being a medic too. Second best was being a grunt!

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:45:05 PM EDT

[#23]

I would say my first time on a street luge. I was pretty terrified, but now, I enjoy the rush.

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:47:44 PM EDT

[#24]

Gutting and quartering a body in the dark, in bear country, alone...

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:49:39 PM EDT

[#25]

Going down a 24" wide ramp off the back of a semi trailer with 300 pounds of product on a two wheel dolly. You can't see the ramp or the ground. I just knew I was going to go off the edge.

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:50:15 PM EDT

[#26]

Stepping backwards off of a cliff.

Presenting a case in court.

Posted: 2/21/2016 10:58:02 PM EDT

[#27]

starting gate, motocross race.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:00:56 PM EDT

[#28]

Surgery...

I had Lasik last year - had an EGD a few months back - and had my Mandibular Tori removed last week.

I still never get used to it - that stuff makes me a nervous wreck.

Carrying on a plane (had to travel on official duty for work). Had a 300+ lb woman sitting next to me in a 3 row. She was in the middle and I was on the outside - I would of had to lift her gut-flaps to draw if anything had gone down. Luckily, she didn't have enough blood flow to her skin flaps to realize she was draped across my P2000.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:03:00 PM EDT

[#29]

My first solo flight had me shitting bricks.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:03:17 PM EDT

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this is ARFCOM

Follow up story is a must. even if half of it is made up

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:06:23 PM EDT

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Quoted:
they seem totally normal and don't make you nervous at all.

For me I think the worst was when I bought a new MC from a dealer in Phoenix and had to ride it home on the freeway. I had grown up riding dirt bikes and had ridden some on street bikes where I live but had never been out on the freeway or in a big city. Gawd Damn! I don't think I would have been more uncomfortable or felt more exposed if I had been naked on that ride!

The second worst was when I started carrying concealed. I felt like a had a neon sign above my head that kept flashing..."He's got a gun! He's got a gun!" Now I realize that most people have no clue, hell, there could be a sign and most still wouldn't notice!

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OP your motorcycle experience freaked you out? Your experience will make you like this story:

I was looking for a bike that was a little better on road than my XR600R. I'd only had it for 3 months. I hadn't had a bike since I was a kid. I'm 43.

my coworker told me how much he loved his KLR650, so I started looking for one just to see what they are like.

two weeks later I find one, but it's in Vegas, but it's in GREAT shape, and it's a good price. I'm in Salt Lake.

within 30 minutes of seeing it, I had a ticket on the plane, less than 8 hours after seeing it I was on the plane, and less than 12 hours after seeing it I was on the bike in Vegas.

sight unseen, with a guy I'd never met, flew to vegas with a bag full of winter clothes (it's Feb, which in Utah, is ass cold) and a glock.

I have never even seen a KLR650 with my own eyes before. Never got on one, and only talked to 1 person who'd owned one lol.

rode it about 8 hours back home on the freeway, sketchy as hell, but one of the literally most fun things I've ever done in my life.

Other things that were crazy at first but now ok: driving on the left side in traffic. freaky as hell at first

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:07:05 PM EDT

[#32]

Making a left turn on a red arrow.

Shooting both barrels of a SxS at once.

The first time I told my dad "no, I won't."

Reloading a Garand.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:08:41 PM EDT

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This.

Also the first time I held the throttle wide open on motorcycle on the banking at Daytona speedway. That was pretty crazy. I was actually stuttering when I came off the track. I'm used to it now and have done it many times since but not in 7 years so I am sure it will scare me again

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:09:09 PM EDT

[#34]

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Same as the two in OP.
Witching to find and dig up "mystery" septic tanks.
Pulling water well pumps, still nervous setting up and using the rig since I never had a chance to have someone guide me through it.
Doing the initial test drive after extensive auto repairs (transmission rebuilds, engine rebuilds).

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Witching? You mean like magic?

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:10:35 PM EDT

[#35]

My first difficult airway was a little exciting.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:11:46 PM EDT

[#36]

no one said pegging..

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:12:33 PM EDT

[#37]

Turning the key after replacing a timing belt

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:23:58 PM EDT

[#38]

Playing live music in front of an audience.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:26:08 PM EDT

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First rappel off the skid. Weird stepping off into nothing. Oddly didn't feel weird first time skydiving.

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I was going to write virtually the exact same thing. Rappelling was weird, but skydiving was almost boring.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:29:47 PM EDT

[#40]

Spending time in prison.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:30:31 PM EDT

[#41]

I wish I could tell you...but it would freak you out.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:32:41 PM EDT

[#42]

The first time I went to court.

The first time I drove a car.

The first time I shot a gun.

The first time I ran a surface grinder. Chainsaws fit into this category, too.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:33:23 PM EDT

[#43]

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I was going to write virtually the exact same thing. Rappelling was weird, but skydiving was almost boring.

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First rappel off the skid. Weird stepping off into nothing. Oddly didn't feel weird first time skydiving.

I was going to write virtually the exact same thing. Rappelling was weird, but skydiving was almost boring.

Never been skydiving but repelling doesn't bother me.

Swimming in 1000' of water is pretty freaky when you look down and can't see the bottom and you look up and it looks like the boat is floating in the air.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:34:45 PM EDT

[#44]

Firing a new G20...

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:35:26 PM EDT

[#45]

Highway on my first motorcycle? Piece of cake. But I had 30 years of bicycling with cagers.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:37:06 PM EDT

[#46]

Getting a Six o'Clock Rustler from a good friend.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:39:04 PM EDT

[#47]

PUt in contrace lenses

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:39:33 PM EDT

[#48]

working aloft on a tallship, used to scare the shit out of me.

also going put to the end of a spinnaker pole to spike free the spinnaker used to freak me out. also used to that now.

*neither of these pics are actually me. but you get the idea.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:40:33 PM EDT

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Firing a gun.

I'd never done it before. My father knew nothing about guns, and bought a CZ100 in 40S&W, which is about the worst gun possible to learn to shoot on. Heavy caliber for a newbie, ported for more noise, short barrel, and a trigger pull that compares favorably to dragging a piano down a gravel road with only your index finger. After 3 shots I said "No more."

Then I went out and bought an AK and a Beretta 92, and I've been hooked ever since. And I've shot WAY bigger calibers too.

Posted: 2/21/2016 11:40:43 PM EDT

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First time I fired my newly homebuilt and first AR-15. Longest trigger pull of my life.

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Lulz built mine early internet days before info was everywhere

I held it out like a pistol for the first shot

Also +1 to the OP on a motorcycle onnthe free way . wasn't so much the freeway but leaning the bitch over to merge onto it.

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