daveinspain Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Scuba thread got me thinking... What's on your to do list before you die? Here's a few things on mine. Not sure if I'll do any of them though. 1. Sky dive 2. ride in a hot air balloon 3. Pilot a jet (not gonna happen) 4. Drive a race car (could happen) 5. Play guitar well (working on it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Well, I really don't have any true "bucket list" items. To address some of Dave's: #1. I see no reason to jump out of an airplane that's running perfectly fine. #2. Have close friends who dam near got killed when the hot air balloon they were in hit some elec wires in a wind, severed the basket and they free fell about 40 feet. Two others on the baloon were not so lucky. #3. Ditto, and no desire to fly in anything. #4. Been there, done that, and WOOHOO #5. Right there with ya Dave, and I'd add my 5 string banjo and Ukelele to that as well. #6. Maybe finally figure out how the heck to record myself using something that a moron like me can understand! In all honesty, nothing more than those. I've either done it or have no desire to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FennRx Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 play a gig. doesn't have to be anything special- a dive bar will do. perhaps one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 1 : Meet Gina Gershon 2 : Have dinner with Gina Gershon 3 : Have Gina Gershon ask me to come back to her house to see her Ecthings ... 4 : Put up a nobel fight, but finally succumb to Gina Gershon's advances ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 play a gig. doesn't have to be anything special- a dive bar will do. perhaps one day. Played in a cover band in the mid '60's. Definitely something every musician should experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 **** on someones lawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug the Old Geezer Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Piloted a Starship. Maybe one of these lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Build a guitar (in progress). -Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 go on one of the Bermudan charters that dress you in "chain maile" , set a scuba set on your back, and drop you to the bottom to hand feed Blue fin and the occasional Great White sharks tuna halves from a bag on your side.....hold fish out, shark approaches, a split second before it snaps, yank your hand back... the chain maile suit won't prevent broken bones if you're bitten or attacked, but will prevent severed limbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Quite like to see America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Take a boat ride down the Amazon River. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matonanjin Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 1) Learn to fly 2) Very similar to Karloff's. Just substitute "Halle Berry" ---> "Gina Gershon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances50 Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Visit Scotland. Already working on the other bucket list quest of learning to play guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Be able to watch TV without endless drug company and lawyer commercials.JK. I know that's impossible. OK, seriously. Drive a 1975 Corvette across the US. Aimlessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69tele Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Driven a racecar for my 40th last year so that's off my list of things to do. no intention of jumping from moving aircraft... also met quite a few of my heroes (inc Les Paul,Alan Parsons and the members of Toto), I suppose playing a gig with a famous band would be up there I think ! would also like to travel to the far east once my kids are older. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4umwRrLHgA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted May 22, 2014 Author Share Posted May 22, 2014 Be able to watch TV without endless drug company and lawyer commercials.JK. I know that's impossible. OK, seriously. Drive a 1975 Corvette across the US. Aimlessly. Nice... Once I drove my 1984 Corvette from Germany to Spain. As I was entering on to the ramp to the Autobahn I realized I was about to fulfill a childhood dream. Driving a Corvette on the Autobahn, no speed limit... I cruised at 120 mph for a couple hours straight. At times i didn't even notice any sensation of speed except for the yellow blur in my peripheral vision as I passed huge fields of flowers. Think the fastest I got up to was 132. I didn't want to blow the engine so I let up. Was a gas.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awel Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Well, good question: 1) being estimated by people as an amazing soulful blues player; 2) See the earth from space; 3) see the shooting a an episode of 'The walking Dead'; 4) meet Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton; 5) have a threesome with 2 girls :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingarmadillo Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Scuba thread got me thinking... What's on your to do list before you die? Here's a few things on mine. Not sure if I'll do any of them though. 1. Sky dive 2. ride in a hot air balloon 3. Pilot a jet (not gonna happen) 4. Drive a race car (could happen) 5. Play guitar well (working on it) 1.) Not out of a good airplane- But I always wanted to have to eject at least once. 2.) Fun unless it's windy 3). Done that over Mach 1; more fun than #4. 4). Define "race car" - you can get a NASCAR "experience" fairly cheap. I've raced SCCA T3. 5.) Working on it too. 6.) Summit at least 2 of the continental high points - or all of the 50 state high points (I have 15 of 50 now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Be happy. And that can be very hard too. The work of a lifetime. Best wishes Mr L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Dunno how to answer this one. I've done more than a lotta folks; some of the stuff I haven't done could kill a guy my age pretty easily. I guess the best answer is to say I wish I had the cash to do what I reasonably felt like doing, when I felt like doing it. For example picking up a nice trailer sailer and floating down the Missouri and Mississippi, or... perhaps having a 1991 Jeep Grand Wagoneer restored to pristine and just driving away with a cupla guitars in the back seat... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy60 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 everyday, i wanna do something i've never done. but i also don't wanna go to prison either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 find and re-purchase this car..... or buy a '57 Fairlane "project car" and rebuild it.. to see if it brings back Mrs.Bs recurring nightmares she HATED my car.....and it didn't love her either....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 1. Drive stick (because the coolest cars are standard) 2. Be a "dad" (because I don't want to be preggo, I just want the baby to arrive via airmail) 3. Have a vintage car to fix up and tinker with and be proud of (mainly to drive it sporadically and be under the hood in a beater all greasy) 4. Wear a dress and heels and feel confident and pretty (last time I wore a girlie thing AND felt sexy I was 13 and I was in my schoolgirl uniform...being girlie without feeling ridiculous is hard O.o ) 5. Be a professor (because I'm happy when I teach and I love to lecture) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Izzy... I hear you on the professor thing. With increasing frequency I daydream of being a professor of classical literature, philosophy or history. As for you looking good in "girly" apparel... It's my observation as a photographer that much of the confidence in such things has much to do with appropriate fit - not only in clothing size, but also in context of wearing it. Then again, I'm old fashioned and think it's attractive to see a female professor <grin> in a well-fitted knobby tweed or navy blazer with a khaki skirt and 2-3 inch heels, depending on the woman's size. The women I've known so-attired tended to ooze self-confidence - including one of my German language teachers in college who also enjoyed smoking a good pipe tobacco in a lady's style pipe. For what it's worth, the same shows through in men's apparel. We get a lot of vacationers who'll buy "western" outfits when they visit during our rodeo season and - they all tend to stick out like a sore thumb. Then again, so do the city folks of both sexes wearing their shorts and sandals. Perhaps the better attitude is "I've got __(fill in the blank for 'confidence,' 'sexiness,' or 'class')" and it shows in photographs. Edit: FYI, it wasn't just the German language prof - it also was the professor of classics who gave me my copy of Plutarch many years ago. She had a university dorm named after her but... there's no longer a professor of classics at that university. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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