More Childhood Memories

Today in Engineering Physics, we began discussing some of Newton's Laws of motion and such, and it reminded me of one of my trademark childhood memories that I totally forgot to mention in my earlier post. Anyways, as a child, I obviously knew very little about physics, and therefore found myself attempting to defy many physical properties. I especially enjoyed trying to defy gravity, which brings me to the story. Anyways, one day I was outside riding my tricycle when I got a brilliant idea, or at least it seemed like one at the moment. I somehow gathered that if I could ride my tricycle fast enough off of the edge of something, I would be able to hover in the air, and therefore, I would be that much closer to actually flying. But, rather than being a normal person and trying to go off of some stairs or something like that, I decided to go from outside in our driveway through the basement window so over about a six foot drop. Also, opening the window apparently slipped my mind in the excitement of the whole endeavor, so in the end, I rode my tricycle at breakneck speed up the driveway only to go crashing through the closed basement window. Luckily, I didn't actually go through the window myself, so there were no injuries, only a broken window. Yeah, definitely not the smartest thing I ever did, but still a rather hilarious memory looking back. I also always wanted to try parachuting off the roof with a bed sheet, but fortunately for me, my parents kept the ladder well out of my reach. Maybe things haven't changed that much after all...hee hee!