| Author | Message | ||
     Lake_bueller |
I read an interesting article recently about creating a "Life List". It's basicly a list of things you'd like to do during your lifetime. Some can be small (drag a knee) while others may be large (fly into space). I've started my list recently. While it's still a work in progress (as it should be) and quite small, here's a sampling from my list: -Attend a race car school -Teach (not sure what yet) -Hike the rim of an active volcano -Travel the Pan-American Highway by motorcycle -Set a land speed record (I have an obscure idea for this one. Sending some info around to get specifics. I think it's an uncharted category) -Drag a knee (remember that from above  ) So what's on your list??? | ||
| Djkaplan |
My list is XXX rated. | ||
| Chainsaw |
The first one that comes to my mind... Attend a party at the Playboy Mansion while Hef is still alive...and as long as I'm dreaming, be the first Man on Mars! | ||
| Danny |
Prudhoe Bay, AK by bike Key West, FL by bike Build a car basically from scratch (one only, no delusions of starting a new company) Help put my nieces and nephew (11yrs, 8yrs, 7mos) through college Own a house free and clear (only 14 years to go!) Forgot one: California Assemblyman, 25th District ... Hmm. I really thought this topic would get more response. (Message edited by Danny on June 30, 2005) | ||
| Sportsman |
I wanted my next adventure to be an ultralight. But if the Wall mart guy couldn't buy a safe one, I might have to rethink that. | ||
| Kenb |
want to do the baja 1000 before i'm too old, currently i'm 42. | ||
| Bomber |
150 club at bonnie attend Isle of Man TT Stand Tall at my daughter's wedding keep my girlses smiling lastly, I've been asking for a temporary exit pass from the gravity well for YEARS! just one time is all I need ;-} (Message edited by bomber on June 30, 2005) | ||
| Dustykat |
1) Cross country trip by motorcycle. (Done 1996) 2) Professional wrestle (Done 1998) 3) Play college football (Done 1987) 4) Play semi pro baseball (Done 1989/90 Single A no pay) 5) Do a track day (Done 2004) 6) Live in california (Doing) 7) Visit Asia (Done 2002) 8) Go to England | ||
| Bcordb3 |
I'm afraid to make a list because I may just complete it and then what? I have done it all from sky diving to scuba diving. Won't do two things: Bungee jump - you have to insane to trust your life to a carnival ride (and that is all that it is) and besides I won't tell anyone my true weight. Hang Glide - Trust a kite that could loose lift then crash and burn (They were killing a bunch at Point Fermin in San Pedro Ca. a few years ago.) (Message edited by BCordb3 on June 30, 2005) | ||
| Charlieboy6649 |
I take life one thing at a time. Right now I'm thinking adventure race... I think if I start training now, I could make Taho later this year! | ||
| Gearhead |
It's a well documented fact that those who set goals and write them down have a much, much higher chance of accomplishing them. You must write them down and place them somewhere that you'll see them everyday. Needless to say I have mine written down and encourage others to do the same. There are personal goals (private) and public goals. Public goals are the ones you tell everyone about. The idea is that if you tell others about your goals they can help you attain them. I.E. one of mine a few years ago was to attend a track day, well that's been done many times over, now but partly because I talked about it and others convinced me to do it by going with them. Here are a few of mine... Learn to play the guitar - doing that now and it's one of the toughest tasks I've ever tried but great fun!! Get my motorcycle roadracing licence, no delutions here!! Finish my M.A. Build my own house | ||
| Skeenix |
My Life List is pretty short. I've done a lot of the things that I want(ed) to do already. However, the number one thing for me is definitely outer space. Zero G living for a few days has got to be just mind blowing. Not to mention, the view of the Earth has got to be breathtaking. I've seen pictures of the Earth from space and it looks really cool, but to see it with your own eyes has got to be beyond words. It must be like seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time, or having sex for the first time, -- but maybe even better. Now, I don't know that it will ever happen -- but I'm hopeful. I guess second to that would be seeing some of the world wonders like the pyramids at Giza, Victoria Falls, and some of the weird world wonders like the giant 6 foot earthworms in Australia, Cadillac Ranch, coelacanth, Stonehenge, Colossal Squid, Chupacabra.... Actually Madagascar, Egypt, and Japan are all on my list of places to see. I'd also like to drive an F1 car on city streets... just once. | ||
| Buellgirlie |
life goals i've attained college degree (1996) taken a year off to play (1996) survived by working 4 jobs at one time (1996) take a trip to someplace new alone (1997, actually 1984 but i was just a kid doing an "unaccompanied minor" plane flight - although it was to asia from texas!) got a harley (1998) started a company (1999) got a buell (2004) spend significant time abroad (2004, 6 weeks) got my motorcycle roadracing license (2005) got a ducati (2005) masters degree (2005) bought a house (2005) got a great job that i can see myself at for a long while (2005) things yet to happen (in order of materialistic, to serious stuff): i want to own a super silly impractical sportscar - perhaps a lotus elise or corvette z51 or an old shelby cobra.... i want a fancy sedan - perhaps a bmw 645ci convertible or a cadillac cts-v start motorcycle racing on the roadracing circuit other toy possibilities - mini cooper, audi tt, vespa scooter, dirtbike, atv, jetski, snowmobile, small plane, power boat, maybe a sail boat....  get a pole barn set up in the country to hold all my playtoys, because i like living in the city! get a new dog as a playmate for my 4 yr old black lab - maybe a springer spaniel in the next few years? i want to get rid of my school and credit card debt - and pay off my house (although my toy wish list makes that difficult!) i want to learn to cook (started with some baking classes) i want to learn to sing. i want to learn to dance. i want to travel extensively, go "native" on all continents (starting with italy and greece next month, and australia/china/mexico soon after that). see amazing sunrises and sunsets in all corners of the world, try different cuisines, understand different cultures, meet new people, appreciate things that i am new to. i want to marry someone who i connect with emotionally, physically, intellectually, and socially. someone to play with for a lifetime. and one day, be a good mother. i want to take care of my parents as they get older, to thank them for all the gifts i was given. i want to make a difference in this world, by helping someone less fortunate than i am - through hands-on interaction, like helping someone get back on their feet and back to work - getting someone's self-esteem and self-sufficiency back - inspiring someone to see that they can become something better. i'd rather make a huge difference in a small amount of lives than donate anonymously to a charity superfund. (Message edited by buellgirlie on July 01, 2005) | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
My life list is short and simple, live for another year. I have been beating those odds every year so far since 1988. With the number of times "I should have died" I am very happy to keep that as my life list, everything else is just gravy | ||
| U4euh |
Buellgirlie-I salute you. All that charisma and you're not married yet? You must be intimidating(sp?) the guys. Hey if they can't hang, leave'em. 1) Go to college, done and doing again. 2) Financially stable, learned that this is almost impossible with the desire for TOYS! 3) Wanted to be a pilot in USAF, long story that required organ transplant 4) Get new Kidney(see above), done Oct 5th,04 5) Get married have family, done Oct 24th, 98 6) would really like to tour Europe on Moto. 7) I think going into space for a while would also be pretty cool. 8) Live long enough to watch the world change some more, still waiting! | ||
| Tramp |
i completed all mine, i'm on borrowed time. i am a lucky man living a lame-duck life | ||
| Prez |
hey skeenix...u forgot the worlds biggest prairie dog in Oakley Kansas...hahahahahaha... i grew up in that area and ppl i have met all over the U.S. know the signs about the worlds biggest prairie dog...funny thing is...it's a 10 ft tall cement statue of a prairie dog...too funny ....they have it all blocked off so u have to pay to see it...classic sideroad americana...prez | ||
| Prez |
but as far as my list... #1 live a good life...emotionally not financially #2 always stay true to my faith... #3 take my life into my own hands...this is the financial one.. #4 find a girl who is a crazy rocker on the outside..but a loyal and loving woman on the inside... #5 have a couple of crazy rocker on the outside,but loyal and loving kids #6 be the guy who's the "cool dad" ,even though i'm not a pushover dad #7 have a couple of crazy rocker etc grandkids...lol... #8 be the "super cool grandpa",who spoils grandkids so much that the original crazy rocker kids think how unfair it is...lol... #9 live to a minimum of 90 years old so i can enjoy the sense of being a senial ol' man...and shoot my gun off the porch of my country retirement home...all while in my underwears..lol.. #10 (and the last one i'm tellin yall about)...never regret the decisions i make in life,now matter how bad they seem,or seemed,at the time...i've made some doozies in the past,but i think they've made me the man i am now,and will become... p.s.#11..lol...do the horizontal mambo with salma hayek...hey...u said we could dream dammit..lol.. prez  | ||
| Prez |
COMPLETED LIST #1 visit europe..check #2 tour with my favorite band..check #3 get off drugs..check..check..check..almost 5 yrs sober now.. #4 learn to surf...check..dude..lol.. #5 learnn to fly helicopters..check..well..semi check..learning now.. #6 own my own buisness...check..not bad for 26.. #7 own a house...check... #8 buy a buell...check #9 have a big ol' threesome with 2 chicks..check..hey it just used to be a dream ..but hey..u know how spring break is..lol #10 tell ppl that i did the horizontal mambo with salma hayek even though i know i didnt...lmao.. hahaha prez | ||
| Ceejay |
1. own a chunk of land, with water next to it 2. own a black 1 1/2 ton dump painted black with a chrome bed chrome like tinted windows and that onyx alloy accents, three chainsaws, a bobcat in the same colors as above, and keep my business going 3. make it so my kids don't have to worry about what they're doing when they get out of school-hopefully they won't take too long 4. keep my employees as happy as possible 5. see the northern lights from the outside of a tent, while drinking some fine alaskan whiskey 6. canoe from hudson bay to the superior 7. See the Mackinaw Bridge, either by above or by scooter(M2) 8. Drink beer and poke smot with Willy 9. See my wife smile 10. Watch the sunset in the pacific 11. Visit Ireland, and ride a bicycle from bar to bar... | ||
| Knotrider |
hey girlie, until that gettin married and reproducing talk you seemed to be perfect. do as i say and not as i do. DON'T DO IT !!! | ||
| Knotrider |
my list, don't have a list.i'm just waiting for the inevitable sweet relief. | ||
| Bryguy269 |
watch the sun rise on the east coast, and the sun set on the west coast...in the same day | ||
| Tramp |
"hey girlie, until that gettin married and reproducing talk you seemed to be perfect. do as i say and not as i do. DON'T DO IT !!!" i don't know- I'm with Girlie. I still (@43) have yet to have crumbsnatchers, and can't wait. I mean, the cat's great and all, but..... | ||
| Knotrider |
bryguy thats really easy. go to fla. i'll bet hawaii can do it to tramp don't do it. if you like kids just visit someone who has some for an hour or two a week. trust me. | ||
| Slaughter |
Done some adventure stuff since I was too young to realize I coulda/shoulda had a list. Now it's pretty basic: Return to New Guinea Get at least one more podium finish The above, I've done before and want to do again. some things I've NEVER done: Balance my checkbook. Pay off my VISA S**t regular | ||
| Tramp |
thanks knotrider- i hear both arguments from parents constantly. call me selfish, but i want MY genetic material to continue my legacy of fun-loving idiocy after i'm gone, and while my cats are a great boon to this end, we share no genetic encoding, AND i'll outlive 'em, especially at the rate they party.... | ||
| Grndskpr |
Alaska by Bike Tieara Del Fuego by bike Califonia by bike Key West by bike Have a kid Finish my House Finish A College Degree R | ||
| Imeazy |
Mine was: Get married have kids and live the American Dream! Accomplished all the above until 12/22/1995 when my wife passed away. Sure do miss her! Now: Survive until my son turns 18. Seven years to go and then I can have a life again(fingers crossed). Probably be like a kid in a candy store. I won't know what to do or where to go first. laughs I would like to ride to/through all the lower 48 states in one trip. Never know... I have penty of time to plan it all out. Thanks to all that posted... you have definately given me some ideas. | ||
| Jlnance |
#9 have a big ol' threesome with 2 chicks You weren't in that office space movie were you? | ||
| BadS1 |
I can't think of anything hmmmmm!!!! I know I still haven't mastered the Rubixs cube that my parents bought me in 82. (Message edited by bads1 on July 06, 2005) | ||
| Naughtynurse |
Got a college degree - done Got a great and fufilling career - done Had 2 great children-done and enjoying watching them grow up -doing daily Got married -done and been together for 10 Years!! Got my Motorcycle licence -done Got a bike - done soon will have bike #2 Have owned 2 houses-done Things I want to do- Buy a new sports car not a used one and drag my husband and win(I always lost) Take a vacation that involves flying!! G0 back to college and get my masters so I can teach nursing Grow old gracefully | ||
| Knotrider |
hey tramp, i've yet to do it...but, i hear they got places where you can go and drop off a batch. not the kind where you pay. they actually pay you to leave a little something when you go. think about it...theoretically you could have a little tramp about every other day or so. don't know how old you are but i'm figuring in even 5 years time you could have started a small army. you just wouldn't know where they are. or how much they cost to maintain. this way when someone wins the nobel peace prize for curing aids or cancer you can say "that might be my son/daughter". on the other side of the coin...you have the same deal with the next bundy/hitler. if you want to test out a big one (19 years old) let me know. he even knows how to burn out and how to crash buells. |
