I read somewhere that a good excercise is to make a list of 50 things you would like to do in your life, ranging from things that are very likely, to pie-in-the-sky dreams. I won't bore you with all mine: learn to type, learn sign language, have a book published, get a patent, build a car around my flathead V-8, build my own house, etc. One item is to finish the list! I've gotten a few done, but have a long way to go,. I avoid things that are truly impossible (compete in the Olympics? I'm too old) I group them in likely, do-able, and pipe dreams. But, if I won the lottery, 'build my own house' would go from pipe dream to likely overnight! What do you want to do?

 

Hike the entire Appalacian Trail, from Georgia to Maine, and get out of debt. My only 2 real goals.

 

My big one is to design and build my own castle. I have ten acres to build it on so i guess thats a start.

 

Out of debt is one of the big ones, then to finacial security.
I've hiked sections of the A/T in West Virginia and Virginia. Not likely to finish it.
Get my pilots lisc.
Spend a season sailing the bahamas.
Drive thru the U.S. over a summer, including Alaska.
Spend a month touring Europe, mainly the Vatican City.
Backpack Ireland.
Tour Tokyo and Singapore...
Then to Australia for a 4x4 trip in the outback.
All said and done.....
I'd be happy knowing I lived a decent life, and be a great husband & father.
The rest is just stuff I'd llike to experiance.

 

I would just like to catch up with unfinished projects.

 

FL Gargoyle: I took American Sign language in college last year and it was fun. There are two things that are important to remember, it is not the english language with your fingers and the other is it is a repition type learning. it is neat, another good part of it was that there were hardly any guys that took it so i was in a room with almost all females for three-four hours. I highly recommend ASL to anyone.

Pep, you tour of the US sounds good. When you get bored when you get to Ohio let's take of and go, my truck will make it.

What would I like to do:
If I could do it I'd quit work and just farm, I've always enjoyed it but the operations I've been around would have to get bigger for me to buy it out. It would be a big investment to buy out two that would sell out to me but I don't think it's profitable enough to recover my investment.
I would also like to build my own house, in fact I'm lookin for a house to buy now but seriously thinking of building on the back side of the family farm.
Right now I don't have to worry about being a good husband or father, I hope someday I have that worry. Of course that's like death, I want to go to heaven but not tonight.
Go to heaven someday. If hellis orse thatn some places i've been I want no part of it. I just hope they have a good bird dog for me up there, I know of one that's been sent there.

 

Gotta go crackin on my truck. I see how it is.

 

I have a list on me, printed reeeeeal smal and in my wallet and in my office hidden away for those especially brutal days.

#1 is to have a wife and a junior...carry on the name and legend. I also want to build a car, and rip it across the country, donating to each county I cross via speeding tickets. I also have had a thing for Ferraris since I was a wee lil guy, so I'd want to take the trip back in one.

 

hmm...my list is pretty diverse
Finish learning ASL
Get my pilot's license
Buy a sports car
Go drift-racing in Japan in said sports car
learn to dance
and oh ya,
I've got to bag Christina Scabbia, Rachel Hunter, and a few other hotties.
After that I can die a happy man.
Greg

 

To be able to do anything that does not cause pain.
Be with my son when he gets his first elk.
To be out of debt.
Have a F-450 crew cab PSD and a 30' 5th wheel to travel in.
To be able to fill my current F-250 with fuel and not choke to death over the price.
To always be here for my wife and kids when they need me.

 

Take an Alaska cruise. I heard they were incredible.

 

I want to be independently wealthy. Everything else (materially) comes after that!

For real: I want to drive a rig as a team with my wife someday.
Own some property and a Victorian-style house in the country.
Visit Alaska.
Restore old cars.
Build my dream truck.
Own a garage big enough for all the projects.
Live long and be healthy.

My wife:
Go back to California to visit.
Travel the U.S.
Visit Ireland.
Learn to paint.
Go to Barrett-Jackson auction as a registered buyer, and buy something.
Work for a newspaper.
(pipe dream) find out exactly how long it takes to blow a million bucks.

 

Buy a Bullet 20xd Bassboat with a mercury 2.5 liter engine that has been tuned by a factory certified merc technician to put out around 380 hp and drive it as fast as i can.

Win the Bassmasters classic
Restore my Ranger
I got lots more but dont wanna bore yall.

 

My list is pretty small

- Get back with the love of my life who I lost a few months ago
- Design and build my own home
- Finish losing my weight so I can get into the military

I'm about 65-70% of the way to completing #3

- Chris

 

Get out of Upstate New York and move to Myrtle Beach. Play golf in the morning and hang on the beach in the afternoon!