Ten Surprising Things...

[nohmi2]

Originally Posted by jinlo

I adopted four dogs from shelters and took another from a neighbor that was going to give her up.

I've thrown more tennis balls for them to retrieve than I can count.

I've dug out walking paths through the snow longer than my driveway.

I've gone to the vet more than I've gone to the doctor.

I've slept on the very edge of the bed because they wanted the middle.

I've slept on the floor after one had surgery.

I've purchased rawhide bones by the case. (My Max went through 2 a week.)

I've given up vacations to stay home with them as they got old.

I've watched four of them pass on to a better place.

I thought I was doing it all for them, but I finally realized I was also doing it for me.

Having a dog is having an adventure.

Praiseworthy, selfless and admirable.

Cheers

[M0zza]

Travelled SE Asia for a year (and fined for leaving Thailand after my visa expired)

Rode an Elephant in Thailand

Chased dolphins in Bali, watched whales in Bermuda and New Zealand and swam with sharks in Thailand and The Galapagos Islands

Got into a big shouting match with an armed MP in Laos (me speaking English, him in Lao) and didn't get shot/arrested/beaten up.

Met my Wife in Cambodia, got engaged in Thailand, got married in San Francisco.

Worked in Bermuda

Emigrated to Australia

... No can't make 10 truly amazing things.

[Mortis]

Originally Posted by M0zza

Travelled SE Asia for a year (and fined for leaving Thailand after my visa expired)

Rode an Elephant in Thailand

Chased dolphins in Bali, watched whales in Bermuda and New Zealand and swam with sharks in Thailand and The Galapagos Islands

Got into a big shouting match with an armed MP in Laos (me speaking English, him in Lao) and didn't get shot/arrested/beaten up.

Met my Wife in Cambodia, got engaged in Thailand, got married in San Francisco.

Worked in Bermuda

Emigrated to Australia

... No can't make 10 truly amazing things.

Doesn't everyone get fined for over staying in Thailand? I meant, doesn't everyone over stay in Thailand? Last I heard the fine was 100 Baht per day so thats about $3.00 USD? $90 Us a month give or take. I met a guy in Phuket that hadn't left the country in 13 years, he's working but with no working permit, he figured it would be easer to deal with the fines later and enjoy the life

Kidding. !0 things you have your lifetime to achieve, so even if you're in your 70's there are truly amazing things that can be done. You could be the oldest man to walk the Great Wall?

Life's not over till it's over. (I know someone said that first, but I don't know who it is )

[8annika.yael]

this is like an ideas for life thread. i've gone through and put together a bucket list, so to speak.

[Mortis]

My bucket list is constantly revised, at one time I wished to be in the circus, but with time that faded. Bucket lists are great and needed, at least for me. I have a few on my bucket list that I will eventually cross off as completed as well as one or two that I doubt will be. You never know Summer Glau, Olivia Wilde and Jennifer Morrison might all be available at the same time and the Hilton will have the price reduction at that time, you never now

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Mortis

My bucket list is constantly revised, at one time I wished to be in the circus, but with time that faded. Bucket lists are great and needed, at least for me. I have a few on my bucket list that I will eventually cross off as completed as well as one or two that I doubt will be. You never know Summer Glau, Olivia Wilde and Jennifer Morrison might all be available at the same time and the Hilton will have the price reduction at that time, you never now

And like a good boy scout, you must be ready!

[Freeshadow]

well but tempus fugit - and one may end up saying:
"Wait - I'm sure I'll remember where I put my Viagra after I took my Ginkgo"

[Mortis]

I don't think I could ever be ready for that, but I'll die trying!

[rhmorrison]

1. Scuba certified at age 14.
2. Solo in a Cessna 150 at age 15.
3. Built a teletype demodulator, age 15.
4. Built a tesla coil, age 17.
5. Earned private pilots license, age 18.
6. BSEE from Ga Tech & commisioned as 2nd Lt in Air Force, age 22.
7. Maintained microwave relay station on top of the Zugspitz, Germany.
8. Got Married.
9. Raised a Son.
10. Built a 3d printer (am working on my second one).

[M0zza]

Originally Posted by Mortis

Doesn't everyone get fined for over staying in Thailand? I meant, doesn't everyone over stay in Thailand? Last I heard the fine was 100 Baht per day so thats about $3.00 USD? $90 Us a month give or take. I met a guy in Phuket that hadn't left the country in 13 years, he's working but with no working permit, he figured it would be easer to deal with the fines later and enjoy the life

They also make a record of you and add a very unusual stamp in your passport. Luckily it doesn't stop you going to Thailand again, otherwise I would not have been able to get engaged there.

[Mortis]

Originally Posted by M0zza

They also make a record of you and add a very unusual stamp in your passport. Luckily it doesn't stop you going to Thailand again, otherwise I would not have been able to get engaged there.

I've met many people that over stayed their Thai Visa's, most of them just pay the fine. Here in Malaysia, you are arrested and spend some quality time at the Immigration holding area at KLIA, I have heard it's not as bad as Pudu Prison, but no were near as nice as a Canadian prison There is also an Immigration prison up North by the Thai/Malaysian border, supposed to be very scary!

Not on my Bucket list!

[Steve Vernon]

Originally Posted by Ziguezon

Yes, Charlottetown is a lovely place indeed. I couldn't believe how many restaurants there were in such a small city. We nearly got to try them all before moving away, but missed out on a handful.

By the way, Halifax is one of the cities I lived in. Twice in fact. I worked in one of the towers at Purdy's Wharf and frequently went for walks on the waterfront boardwalk early in the morning before starting work. What a nice memory!

I love Halifax. It's getting tired these days. Barrington Street has really slid downhill. The Historic Properties has become nothing but a shed with a couple of diehard shops remaining. Statutes and bylaws accumulate like unswept litter, but I still love this little rockbound pocket of sea water and stubborn bluenose attitude.

[mike_bike_kite]

Originally Posted by rhmorrison

10. Built a 3d printer (am working on my second one).

I understand everything else but why would you want to build a printer? I'll admit it's a surprising thing to do though. Have you tried building an arcade cabinet using Mame - that might appeal as well.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite

I understand everything else but why would you want to build a printer?

A 3D printer. Something that can create physical objects from digital files.

[Mortis]

Lets see, lets digitize Kelly LeBrock and she can teach the nerdy guys, thats us, how to live and love in the real world

Why do I get the feeling a lot of you won't get the reference?

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