What's on your "bucket list"? [Serious]
 

This post, If you (God forbid) died tomorrow... got me to thinking about this again and this post Hello From Alaksa!, since the location is listed as Fairbanks, I'm sure they meant Alaska, reminded me of one of my bucket list items.

So, just like in the movie "The Bucket List" , what's on your "bucket list"?

My top one is to do my best to make sure my wife and sons never has to worry about money, but for reasons I won't expound now, that one ain't lookin' so good so far, I need to work on it more.

My second one is to get to Alaska to see the Northern Lights. Other than that, I'd like to take my wife on a cruise some day though I'm not sure where to, I'd probably let her decide where she wanted to go.

I'm sure I have others that escape me at the moment and that I will, in time, come up with additions. But I figured this was enough to start the thread.

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#1). Cheat death.


:)

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Nozero did put [serious] in the topic title for a reason Tom ;)

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I'm sure he would seriously like to cheat death. where is your list? :tg

1. travel the world

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Thanks bro, but no problem here. If that's what Tom really wants on his list, so be it. His call. Humor can be taken seriously too, no?
:)

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I want to move to the Keys in a few years. I'm gonna make birdhouses and go fishing when I'm not diving. Aside from that, I got nothin.
I'd like to smoke a cigar and watch the Steelers today, though. :tu
I wouldn't mind giving Kim Basinger a poke, if that's allowed on the list. :)

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Bingo!

I knocked Ireland off the list a year ago, although I certainly would like to go again.

I know that most of my dreams (say to play in an NHL game) are fantasy and could never happen.

Realistic list items?

SoCal Herf....hopefully in '09. :)

Scott reminded me of another....to live in Florida again while my health is good enough to enjoy all it has to offer.

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SoCalX add that to my list. even if Im going in March :D

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That gives me one to add. To herf with as many inmates as possible when the opportunity permits.

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See more of the world.
Australia, New Zealand, China and Japan
Egypt for the Pyramids and Sphinx
Venice
Galapagos Islands
Own a Porsche 911 and a Shelby Cobra
Play golf at Pebble Beach
Retire comfortably with good health so I can work on this list. :D

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Mah bucket list:

1) have kids with the woman

2) buy house to house those kids

3) get furrkids for the kids

4) build a cigar room for myself (the room would have a wall humidor)

5) bicycle (yes, two wheels, human-propulsion) around the world (or at least across Canada and the US)

6) retire and become a college professor

7) work entirely from home as a professional blogger (working on that one)

... more to be added later I'm sure. :)

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I'd like to get to Graceland.
And maybe Venice, to see where my Grandfather was born.

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Fly to Ireland & Scotland and ride a Harley throught the country side. And make it to the Shack for a herf with alot of you folks!

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1. Travel to Europe (Germany in particular)
2. See my kids grow up
3. See my grandchildren (will have some someday, hopefully later than sooner)
4. Go to a Cincinnati Reds game (in Cincy)
5. Attend a Wrestlemania
6. Travel the US and visit Major League Baseball stadiums (all of the old, historic ones will be first on the list)

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1. Have my children believe I was a good father
2. Be a good husband every day
3. Live on a golf course
4. Shoot my age on a golf course
5. Bowl a 300 game
6. Live in a climate that doesn't require a winter coat
7. Skydive
8. Ride a motorcycle
9. Sit behind the Red Sox dugout in Fenway

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Tour Europe on my motorcycle.
Ride to Sturgis.
Go on an elk hunt.
Cruize to Greece with the wife.
Get an Indian Larry origional bike.

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Always an interesting look into people's lives when you look at lists like this. Really gives you a good idea of their personalities and what type of people they are.

1. Visit Cornwall, UK with my wife
2. Watch the sun set on the ocean in Bora Bora
3. Drink espresso at a cafe on the street in Paris
4. Write a screenplay and see it actually become a movie
5. Watch the sun rise in Japan (either Shinjuku or Kyoto)
6. Get a traditional tattoo from Horiyoshi III
7. Drink Rum and enjoy a cigar in Havana
8. Sail the Pacific Seas for six months or more
9. Visit and tour the Vatican
10. Make love in the rain in New Zealand

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DITTO!

1. Make sure my kids are OK spiritually
2. Make sure my wife and kids are OK financially
3. Play a gig with the Allman Brothers
4. Visit Scotland, Ireland, England, and Germany

Deep topic! I'll be back when I've had time to think a little.

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1) Go to a Liverpool Match at Anfield... I might cry. really
2) Visit Scotland
3) have a beer with my brother when he returns
4) go hunting with my Grandfather
5) have a kid. or 3, with Amy and raise 'em right.

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Nothing really.

I am struggling to word this hard, but I don't have a negative thought about who I am yet at the same time I never really thought I was much of anything special or going to go anywhere.

I think I've proved myself wrong in what I've done in my short life. If something happens it does, there is a ton i'd love to do but nothing I feel that is important enough to hit the bucket list.

I guess if anything it would be either a peaceful or positive passing assuming something was to happen tomorrow I rather be known as that guy who just didn't wake up or that guy who *put selfless action here* then that guy who got side swiped by a bus.

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I just want to find a woman that can put up with me.

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You gonna pay my airfare?



:r :r :r :r

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As an auto racing fan, I have always thought that the year that I retire (providing I can retire with any cash) I would do a special races tour. The races on the schedule are....

1. Daytona 500
2. Monte Carlo GP
3. Indianapolis 500
4. A race at Laguna Seca (hopefully the IRL will return there)

Of course the problem in this is that Monte Carlo and Indy are usually the same weekend. The tour will have to begin at one of them and end at the other.

Also, I want to play a round at St. Andrews Old and Pebble Beach.

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Maybe I should be depressed, but I don't really have anything for my bucket list. I think maybe I've done what I set out to do:

Married a great gal (our 40th anniversary is next March)
Raised two wonderful daughters who are happily married and doing well
Wife, kids and I have good health
Ran a successful cattle operation for 30 years
Built my own airplane and flew it for 475 hours all over the USA
Retired to a beautiful place where I enjoy fishing, backpacking, pistol shooting and cigar smoking

So, I guess what's on my list is to keep doing what I'm doing for as long as possible.

WyoBob

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You are my hero... I hope I can say the same thing when all is said and done! Your a lucky man. :ss

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I'm still somewhat young (37) so these are quite possible:

1. Get Ph.D. (started it this year, but had to postpone after 5 weeks of utter chaos trying to balance a demanding full-time job, a family of 4, and the reading and papers required)
2. Buy a house (Current job requires NYC 5-boro residency, so this is a stretch and a half right now)
3. Move to the west coast of France (great surfing)
4. Learn to speak French (required for #3)
5. Cruise with the Mrs.
6. Visit Melbourne Australia and bar-hop with my friends who live there
7. Finally catch a fish that outweighs me (I've come close a few times, but haven't quite hit that mark)

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Meet & smoke wtih Smokey Joe, Icehog3, ahc4393, and a feew more.



Go hunting with my brother.

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FWIW, I don't think you have anything to be depressed about. I think you've done very well for yourself and yours!
:tu

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I sure hope I am a long way away from needing the list... but there just isn't a lot on mine:

#1 Sitting at the bar in the Bar Floridita, sipping a rum on the rocks with a twist of lime, and smoking a large stick in honor of Papa Hemingway.

#2 Going back to Germany and spending a couple of months eating, drinking, and making new friends.

#3 Getting an invite to "The Jack Daniels BBQ Invitational."

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Let's start planning! :D

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I'll tell ya what Big Guy.... I'll split the airfare with you but this time YOU bring the marshmallow fluff. I'm sick of having to explain it to TSA agents.

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To "make it" on every Continent in the world.
To fly at top speed on an SR-71 black Bird.
crash an Ferrari while in a high speed chase. (the way I want to die) sorry tom.
I'm my being serious

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Post a frivolous post is a [SERIOUS] thread. :ss

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I got a connect with TSA....I will bring the marmalade. ;)

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Make it to Hawaii

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1. marry the love of my life
2. have children after number 1
3. become a police officer
4. help as many people as possible
5. go elk hunting in the wild west before it loses its wild...

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1) do a polar bear dip

I'll work on the rest.

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Hmm.

OK.

Basics:
X Married
X House
X Muscle car
Classic car
Bass boat

Around the World:
Fish in:
X Persian Gulf
X Atlantic
X Pacific
Amazon
Nile

X Visit Germany
Visit Scotland
Hike all 46 Adirondack High Peaks (Currently 6/46, darn global war)
Jog the Erie Canal
Visit all the National Parks (my wife's, but we can share)

Military:
X Become an NCO
X Become an Officer
X Deploy overseas
X CIB
Retire honorably

Education/Career:
X Bachelor's
Master's
Doctorate
Retire with a pension
Get a retirement job just for kicks

Misc:
X Actually write down bucket list (finished today)