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Title: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Becky10 on March 25, 2010, 11:23:55 PM
This is really one of my favorite things to share. I was adding to my bucket list and I though it would make a good topic.

I'll kick it off:
- Fly a plane
- Ride a motorcycle
- Get a tattoo
- Truly love and respect someone
- Protest
- Pass out
- Donate $10,000 to charity
- Help someone with their bucket list.


So who's next?
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: angusmacinnes on March 25, 2010, 11:55:10 PM
Places to see before I die.

Scotland 

Japan 

Malta 

Tuscany 

Australia 


Israel

Hawaii again XXXDoneXXX

Alaska again 

London again 
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Welsh Wench on March 26, 2010, 07:57:13 AM
Back to Paris and stay forever.

Spend a year in Italy.

See Hadrian's wall.

Publish my manuscripts.

Be happy.

Extreme skiing.
And if I do that, it WILL be the last thing I do before I die.
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Cateyes on March 26, 2010, 08:26:18 AM
Bats day at Disney.  I am such a dork but I bet the outfits are very interesting!  I would totally wear my steampunk stuff there.  Too bad I live so far away.
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Blackbead on March 26, 2010, 08:34:43 AM
 :P  Repay EVERY debt I owe.
8)  Get Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush to read "A Tale from Devil's Tavern" as a duet - Depp reading the narrator's part and Rush reading "the laughing unbeliever."
;D  Take my wife to the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Paris, London, Prague, and Rome.
:o  PIRATES IN PARADISE!!!
::)  Make a living from my writing, my jewelry, my t-shirts, and me wits!
:)  Write ONE thing that everyone in the world wants to read.
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Lady Christina de Pond on March 26, 2010, 10:00:28 AM
ohhh i think i need to edit my list lol
 ;D see Ireland
 ;D return to germany and touch Eltz Castle(yes i've been to germany but i got cheated out of seeing all the castles i was a baby)
see all other castles in germany
spend some time in Venice
get the hay day out of this town
move to south America
open my dance and puppetry studio
have honey bees
get fresh honey from the honey bees
ride a bull(insanely crazy i know but still its kinda a Adrenalin rush i want to try even just once)
  to street luge( again even if it's just once i want to try it)
and the Hugely important one that matters over all them even if i don't do any of the others i want this one...
TO FALL IN LOVE WITH MY SOULMATE AND MARRY HIM no matter how long it take for us to find each other
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Ambrosine on March 26, 2010, 10:22:19 AM
See Venice again, only got to spend 8 hours there, was not enough!
See Ireland
See Greece
See Japan ( I know that one doesn't fit well with the other three)
See my little boy get married and have his own family ( no dying tomorrow, he's only 2  1/5)
make millions so I can leave it to my son and leave him financialy set and not have to struggle as I  have.
pet a tiger ( I love big cats)
find homes for my 4 cats and know they will be loved.
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Merlin on March 26, 2010, 11:05:23 AM
Quote from: Becky10 on March 25, 2010, 11:23:55 PM
This is really one of my favorite things to share. I was adding to my bucket list and I though it would make a good topic.

I'll kick it off:
- Fly a plane -- done it
- Ride a motorcycle -- do it regularly
- Get a tattoo -- got one
- Truly love and respect someone -- still do
- Protest -- oh yea
- Pass out -- yeppers
- Donate $10,000 to charity -- donate regularly but not that much
- Help someone with their bucket list.


So who's next?

Oooo... cool thread.
Let's see....

Travel to Hawaii and Scotland
Buy a Porche 911

Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: arbcoind on March 26, 2010, 12:08:36 PM
Mine is pretty simple.  I'd like to retire early, live many years and be able to afford it.

Gina
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: LadyElizabeth on March 26, 2010, 12:47:42 PM
Fall in love with a man who loves me in return and have a gorgeous wedding
Have a child of my own body
Travel the world (every continent at least once!)
Meet or at least see a real Prince, Princess, King, or Queen
Jump out of an airplane
Fly an airplane
Have a beautiful Queen Elizabeth crown made of gold
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Merlin on March 26, 2010, 01:46:54 PM
Quote from: LadyElizabeth on March 26, 2010, 12:47:42 PM
Fall in love with a man who loves me in return and have a gorgeous wedding
Have a child of my own body
Travel the world (every continent at least once!)
Meet or at least see a real Prince, Princess, King, or Queen
Jump out of an airplane
Fly an airplane

Have a beautiful Queen Elizabeth crown made of gold


Do these on separate days
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: DonaCatalina on March 26, 2010, 04:59:51 PM
Travel to Ireland and see Ballynahinch castle where my mother's family originated.
Airport scanner put the nix on that.

See Goliad, Texas one of the landmark sites of Texas Independence.

Stay in the hotel in Alpine where Teddy Roosevelt recruited his rough riders.

Ride the train around the circumference of the U.S.
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Rapier Half-Wit on March 27, 2010, 06:13:09 AM
Start over and try to do all the right things the second time.

As that's not going to happen...

Own a home.
Find all the friends that I have lost contact with to see how they are doing.
Spend more time with my guitar.
Learn a trade and escape from the corporate prison.
Find all the bad managers I ever worked for and tell them that I hope their kids turned out bad.
Walkabout in the UK, visit the old places and not the tourist spots.
Open a pub and spend my days playing guitar for the patrons and drinking good beer.
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Noble Dreg on March 27, 2010, 12:45:03 PM
Find the secret to immortality...
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Demetrius on March 27, 2010, 07:10:18 PM
Quote from: Noble Dreg on March 27, 2010, 12:45:03 PM
Find the secret to immortality...

...i.e., live long enough to see the Cubs win the World Series.
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: DeadBishop on March 27, 2010, 07:25:20 PM
Quote from: Demetrius on March 27, 2010, 07:10:18 PM
Quote from: Noble Dreg on March 27, 2010, 12:45:03 PM
Find the secret to immortality...

...i.e., live long enough to see the Cubs win the World Series.

Wait, that's the secret of improbability, not immortality... ;D
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: irish on March 28, 2010, 08:11:12 AM
Hmmmmmmmmm....
Visit Ireland.....see some relatives.
Go to Egypt and meet Dr. Awass, Egyptologist, in Cairo.
Make sure the younger generation in my family, have great educations and are very happy, in their lives.
irish


Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Lady Christina de Pond on March 28, 2010, 12:00:48 PM
Quote from: Noble Dreg on March 27, 2010, 12:45:03 PM
Find the secret to immortality...


dude i thought everyone knew the secret to immortality is to be published they may not always remember who you were but your name will never vanish (unless someone burns all your books then your just up the creek without a paddle)
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Demetrius on March 28, 2010, 08:36:25 PM
Quote from: DeadBishop on March 27, 2010, 07:25:20 PM
Quote from: Demetrius on March 27, 2010, 07:10:18 PM
Quote from: Noble Dreg on March 27, 2010, 12:45:03 PM
Find the secret to immortality...

...i.e., live long enough to see the Cubs win the World Series.

Wait, that's the secret of improbability, not immortality... ;D

That is hysterically funny- and well said!   :)
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: dfloyd888 on March 28, 2010, 11:58:16 PM
Quote from: Noble Dreg on March 27, 2010, 12:45:03 PM
Find the secret to immortality...

I misread that as "Find the secret to immorality".
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: dbaldock on March 29, 2010, 10:00:50 AM
Quote from: dfloyd888 on March 28, 2010, 11:58:16 PM
Quote from: Noble Dreg on March 27, 2010, 12:45:03 PM
Find the secret to immortality...

I misread that as "Find the secret to immorality".


Check around, there are probably some Rennies who know that secret.   ;)   8)
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Lady Christina de Pond on March 29, 2010, 10:14:23 AM
i would say there are more than a few
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Rapier Half-Wit on March 29, 2010, 06:07:53 PM
Ok, be honest, how many out there felt guilty, even for a moment....?

<crickets>

You either?    COOL!!  ;D
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Molden on March 29, 2010, 07:33:33 PM
Make good on me threat t' give an unattended child an espresso and a puppy...then be able to watch th' parentses deal wi' th' aftermath.  ;D
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: angusmacinnes on March 29, 2010, 08:24:11 PM
I like that one Molden.  ;D
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Capt Spleen on March 29, 2010, 08:28:29 PM
Just Live.... until I die.
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: dfloyd888 on March 30, 2010, 01:38:39 AM
Quote from: Molden on March 29, 2010, 07:33:33 PM
Make good on me threat t' give an unattended child an espresso and a puppy...then be able to watch th' parentses deal wi' th' aftermath.  ;D

Hmm, wonder if the wee ones like chocolate covered coffee beans.
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Ambrosine on March 30, 2010, 08:17:10 AM
Quote from: Molden on March 29, 2010, 07:33:33 PM
Make good on me threat t' give an unattended child an espresso and a puppy...then be able to watch th' parentses deal wi' th' aftermath.  ;D
Next time your at BARF you can try to give the espresso to Aidan I give you full permission. I think he will just spit it out to tell the truth. With the puppy can you just be sure to make a cute one and one that gets big? No small dogs allowed in my house!
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Welsh Wench on March 30, 2010, 03:19:14 PM
I want to be Layla.
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Becky10 on March 30, 2010, 05:22:56 PM
Tomorrow I'll be checking off an item from my list when I audition for a play. Wish me luck! If I do well i can check off another one (be in a play).
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Ambrosine on March 30, 2010, 08:25:38 PM
GOOD LUCK!
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Becky10 on March 31, 2010, 07:01:17 PM
Thank you lady Raven! The director asked me why I hadnt auditioned for anything earlier and i feel like i have a good chance of getting in! Finally things are coming off that list! ;D
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Amyj on March 31, 2010, 09:51:08 PM
This is just ONE of the things on my list...but (weather permitting) I plan on going skydiving for the first time on my 40th birthday....not to bad eh?  Well.....my 40th is on a Friday the 13th...and in 2012 (the year the world is supposed to end).  I'm thinking it's a trifecta!!! I am going to do a tandem jump...I'm not COMPLETELY nuts!!!!  I figure either way it works out is good...either I survive and I'm celebrating with cocktails later or I don't survive and I become an urban legend!!!  ;D
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: SirRichardBear on April 01, 2010, 01:10:11 AM
buy a small farm and go self-sufficient even to the point of plowing and harvesting with horses.  Be nice if the nearest nieghbor was around 20 miles away.
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: xavierzsada on April 07, 2010, 11:40:11 AM
VERY EASY- start a museum- and I am already doing it, but I could use some help!  Please check out my link and vote- http://www.refresheverything.com/gryffinshyre   Becky- I saw that you wanted to donate 10 grand to charity :) that was one of the things that I wanted to do for my managers. Instead of giving them a bonus at Christmas (depending on our revenues) I wanted to give them $10,000 to donate to the charity of their choice.  I got a charity gift card one year and I loved it.  I don't have much, but I don't need much either.  And I definitely don't need another coffee cup or nic knac... If I remember correctly I gave my $25 to provide mosquito netting to I think it was 100 people in a tribe in Africa... a little goes a long way there.  My very favorite charity is Heifers International, but that Charity wasn't on the website.  That is why I want my managers to be able to choose freely. Or they can break it up and give it to many charities.  Hope you vote for my idea ;)
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Becky10 on April 07, 2010, 01:29:32 PM
Voted and posted on my facebook, good luck! ;D
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: xavierzsada on April 07, 2010, 01:40:26 PM
Thanks and good luck with the duck :)  I didn't realize she had a baseball ;)  and I definitely wouldn't get a goose...they are only for protection :)
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: mpullen on April 07, 2010, 06:17:27 PM
Buy a submarine (only $35M).

Return to ancestral homeland NE of Glasgow Scotland (I'm 4th in line for Chieftainship of clan Mackinlay following matriarchal lineage).

Build my house using an old Roman design with few outside windows and looking inward to a central garden/pool. Did I mention the gun emplacements on the outside border?

Design a warp drive and sell for a percentage of all future freight tonnage.

Hmmm, maybe the first should be to win the Texas Lottery.
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: Molden on April 07, 2010, 06:59:51 PM
Lets' say I wanna do this loooong before I die, like this year or next -

Golf with a Llama as me caddy! There are 2 courses here in North Carolina that have such a thing. At Sherwood Forest GC, the Llama will actually stomp the ground when they agree with your club selection!  :D

Add geese in the fairway - an' I be in pirate golfs heaven I tells ya!  8)
Title: Re: What do you want to do before you die?
Post by: ladylissame on April 08, 2010, 07:29:55 PM
My goal is to become a published author. Got to finish my story first though..
I want to see Ireland, Scotland, and England.
I want to get a tattoo. Well, 3.
Get my castle house built
Buy an RV and visit the faires across the country (that is actually our retirement plan. Seriously)
Make my patchwork crochet blanket