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oldpink
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PostPosted: 01:49 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: bucket list, outliving it ?? Reply with quote
what do you do ??

personally I have two to tick off
base jump (not hard to achieve) and to fly in space (now possible in a year or two)

I never thought that I could afford a space trip, but if the press are correct (that will be a first)
Virgin are taking bookings for 120K ish (10% deposit) gives me hope I can tick all of mine off
well almost, but visiting every country on earth is a bit of a stretch and cheaper to go into orbit Thumbs Up


https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/science/space/day-of-firsts-for-a-spaceship.html?_r=0
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PostPosted: 12:35 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you outlive your bucket list, the best thing to do is make a new one, I reckon.

Although I've still not even made the first one...
What *do* I want to do before I snuff it?

*bites lip thoughtfully*
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PostPosted: 12:38 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
That Richard Branson, what a card he is.

Don't see the point in spending a fortune to possibly go on a spaceship trip that might not happen before I die.

I'd want to come back from it alive, so I think I'd rather let the first few (hundred) depart safely and carefully with *other* intrepid passengers, before I bothered to check myself in for that one.
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PostPosted: 13:09 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
The only bucket list I have is the one I'm going to kick.
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PostPosted: 13:26 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Re: bucket list, outliving it ?? Reply with quote
oldpink wrote:
what do you do ??

personally I have two to tick off
base jump (not hard to achieve) and to fly in space (now possible in a year or two)

I never thought that I could afford a space trip, but if the press are correct (that will be a first)
Virgin are taking bookings for 120K ish (10% deposit) gives me hope I can tick all of mine off
well almost, but visiting every country on earth is a bit of a stretch and cheaper to go into orbit Thumbs Up


https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/science/space/day-of-firsts-for-a-spaceship.html?_r=0


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My Bucket List:

- Buy a house
- Have some kids
- Get to ultimate peak fitness
- Learn to paraglide
- Learn to kite surf
- Snowboard Alaska
- Learn to scuba dive
- Learn to play an instrument
- Learn to knee down a bike
- Learn to wheelie a bike
- Do some outdoor climbing on some crags
- Buy a spares/repair bike, pull it apart and rebuild
- Start my own business in something I enjoy


There is more but can't think at the moment.
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PostPosted: 13:34 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
The only thing I really want to do is this https://www.faceadrenalin.com/

Haven't jumped before but that looks like a good starting point.
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oldpink
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PostPosted: 13:39 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Re: bucket list, outliving it ?? Reply with quote
Bubbs wrote:
My Bucket List:
- Buy a house - if I win the lottery
- Have some kids - done that
- Get to ultimate peak fitness - when I was in the marines
- Learn to paraglide - Done that
- Learn to kite surf - doing that this year
- Snowboard Alaska - Italian alps years ago
- Learn to scuba dive - tried it but felt uncomfortable
- Learn to play an instrument - guitar & keyboard
- Learn to knee down a bike - yes, but while falling off Embarassed
- Learn to wheelie a bike - try a moto x bike, easy
- Do some outdoor climbing on some crags - only if I can Base jump from it
- Buy a spares/repair bike, pull it apart and rebuild - did that a few times
- Start my own business in something I enjoy - yep ticked


There is more but can't think at the moment.


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PostPosted: 13:51 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
At the grand old age of 35 I'm about half way through my bucket list without really trying, most of which I've ticked off in the past decade or so. I think I'm just going to have to reach a bit higher.
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PostPosted: 14:36 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
angryjonny wrote:
I think I'm just going to have to reach a bit higher.


This.

Finishing your bucket list shows that the list wasn't ambitious enough in the first place. It should be a constantly mutating thing anyway, surely as you check one thing off it will often lead to new things being added? Mine certainly does. Any 'learn to ....' has a logical development unless simply attaining the basic level at which you can say 'I can do that' is enough for you.
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oldpink
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PostPosted: 14:59 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bendy wrote:
angryjonny wrote:
I think I'm just going to have to reach a bit higher.


This.

Finishing your bucket list shows that the list wasn't ambitious enough in the first place.


I thought getting into space was a pretty high ambition, could maybe add getting my footprint on the moon
just to keep it interesting Laughing
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PostPosted: 15:18 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bendy wrote:
Finishing your bucket list shows that the list wasn't ambitious enough in the first place. It should be a constantly mutating thing anyway, surely as you check one thing off it will often lead to new things being added? Mine certainly does. Any 'learn to ....' has a logical development unless simply attaining the basic level at which you can say 'I can do that' is enough for you.

I suppose it depends what your bucket list was for. If it's a mechanism you use to force yourself to experience and achieve more, then it's important to keep adding to it. If it's simply the yardstick you're going to use on your deathbed to convince yourself you lived life to the full then just finish it and admire all the ticks in their boxes.

Some things lend themselves to further pursuit. Others are less quantifiable. Learning to ride was on my bucket list, for example. I've done that and there's nothing I feel I need to add other than to keep riding and improve. So although it's something I want to keep doing there's no bucket-list item for it. On the other hand, learning to scuba dive was also on the list. After I did my OW and AOW it naturally spawned other bucket list items like "dive with sharks" (done) "dive on a big wreck" (done) "dive on the Great Barrier Reef" (to do) etc. Whereas "be better on the bike" is a difficult one to tick-off. Some people might want to get into trackdays, racing leagues, mechanics. Not me. I can ride and I'm happy to just ride now.
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Bendy
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PostPosted: 15:22 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
oldpink wrote:


I thought getting into space was a pretty high ambition, could maybe add getting my footprint on the moon
just to keep it interesting Laughing


Easy to put a couple of pretty non-achievable things on there so you never finish it.

The point was, you asked what you do when you out live your list. I would say that is a sign that you need a new hobby.
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PostPosted: 17:14 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Which is sadder; having a bucket list and completing it so soon you spend 20 years just waiting to die or not having one at all?
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PostPosted: 17:19 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's sad that we have to have one at all. Did Ernest Hemingway, WG Grace & IK Brunel have bucket lists? Unlikely. Did they each achive more than I could in ten lifetimes? We'll see.
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PostPosted: 17:29 - 30 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
1) Be kind.
2) Have fun.
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