What's on your Bucket List?
What's on your Bucket List?
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v15ben

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16,217 posts

270 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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I've been asking my students this very question for the past couple of weeks and had some cracking answers.

One kid wants to be a pirate, another wants many pretty girls to be his slaves.

It got me thinking about my bucket list, what I really want to do and what things I've been lucky enough to tick off over the past few years.

It also got me thinking what would be on other peoples' lists. What is on yours?

My current list has:
  • Travel the Americas (from Canada to Argentina) - ideally driving!
  • Get a Masters degree
  • Visit Japan
  • Visit North Korea
  • Own a proper 2 seater sports car
  • Continue my "1 Photo Per Day" project for as long as possible
I've been lucky enough to tick off a few recently:
  • Live abroad and leave the UK 9-5 behind.
  • Teach English abroad
  • Drive the Nurburgring and do a European road trip
  • Visit China
How about you? smile

10 Pence Short

32,880 posts

246 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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A mop.

Mark.H

5,790 posts

235 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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skydive over a desert and jungle (i already did alpine mountains
dive with a great white shark
own a 993
drive a formula 1 car (well it is my bucket list, might as well aim high)
have a ride in a military jet/helicopter through some mountains while humming the theme to airwolf (again aiming high)
step foot on Everest
visit Japan (I had the trip paid for but the tsunami hit a week before my flight
live to see commercially available hover cars
set a world record (I thought of trying to set the worlds fastest mexican wave over 100m)
Oh and dive truk lagoon.

vescaegg

30,218 posts

196 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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Own an ariel atom 300 (I would say the v8 but may as well be at least a teeny bit realistic).

Climb everest. Not so far out of reach these days. Bloody pricey though!

And since reading Mark.H above, dive truk lagoon! Wow!

Edited by vescaegg on Monday 23 May 07:13

MagicalTrevor

6,481 posts

258 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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I don't have a link available but I'm pretty sure this has been done before.

v15ben

Original Poster:

16,217 posts

270 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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MagicalTrevor said:
I don't have a link available but I'm pretty sure this has been done before.
yes Probably has been done, but search was as useful as ever wink

geeteeaye

2,369 posts

188 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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Why are you calling it a bucket list? Not heard that term before.

Mr Pointy

13,355 posts

188 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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geeteeaye said:
Why are you calling it a bucket list? Not heard that term before.
It's a list of things to do before you kick the bucket. Mine has Keira Knightly on it.

zac510

5,546 posts

235 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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Tell me about the 1 photo per day project, it sounds interesting. Just what it says on the tin I suppose? biggrin

phumy

5,827 posts

266 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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Wing-walk on an F15 Eagle hehe whoooosh

Jasandjules

72,588 posts

258 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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1. Back flip off the tail gate of a C130.
2. Dive with a Great White Shark and an adult Whaleshark
3. Base jump Angel Falls

The Lukas

2,773 posts

223 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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Get a tribute act going
Finish album, have it produced
Buy and renovate a house
Explore west coast of America
Buy a classic American car (ie Ford Mustang) in the States to drive over there and explore.
Live in Australia
Live in Canada
Do a Euro road trip in a tasty car
Crazy Euro rally
Do a Euro bike trip
Bike trip USA
Get married (debatable) 

George H

14,714 posts

193 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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- Own an Ariel Atom
- Drive a car at over 200mph
- Get my bike license, and a Ducati 999R
- Do the Cannonball run
- Own a Unimog
- Visit Moscow
- Do a lap of Spa, and the Nurburgring

Fun Bus

17,911 posts

247 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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Visit Hong Kong.

Drive the 'Ring.

Build my own house.

Own a Ferrari.

Have a road-trip across America.

See my Son (and any other Children that may arrive) achieve success and happiness in their lives.

eg Watermelon

79 posts

185 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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George H said:
- Drive a car at over 200mph
Ooh this one ^ and get caught doing it too...

lambysdad

939 posts

268 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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Sell everything and spend it all on coke and hookers
Acheive the same mighty Godliness as 911chumpfeatures
Get a photo of that bloody Dog!!!

killsta

1,842 posts

257 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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Road trip across the USA with mates. In a muscle car.

Road trip across Europe, with mates. In something more economical because petrol's expensive.

Promised Land

5,415 posts

238 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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zac510 said:
Tell me about the 1 photo per day project, it sounds interesting. Just what it says on the tin I suppose? biggrin
Something that was done on youtube years ago, a sad bloke took a photo of himself everyday for about 5 years that put them together in a weird film with music, most his pics though were in the same settings and wearing more or less the same clothes.

I suppose it would be quite hard to keep changing the background everyday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B26asyGKDo

I think he was the first to do it.

ErnestM

11,621 posts

296 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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Kate Beckinsale. With or without the Selene costume.

killsta

1,842 posts

257 months

Monday 23rd May 2011
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ErnestM said:
Kate Beckinsale. With or without the Selene costume.
Can I have her when you're done?