As Stroller's excellent thread has explored all the things we haven't done perhaps a more revealing thread will be what are ten things you have done that many people never get the chance to do? Trying to think of things I hadn't done made realise how many things I have done and the list grew longer as I tried to fill my 'not done' list. Anyway here's my ten for a starter... 1. Piloted a plane (under instruction) 2. Paraglided attached to a speedboat 3. Had a helicopter flight over the Grand Canyon 4. Ridden a speedway bike (badly) 5. Ridden a motorbike at more than twice the speed limit 6. Been down 150 metres in a submarine viewing coral reef off Barbados 7. Been through the Panama Canal 8. Been at the top of the Post Office Tower in 1968 9. Seen Maradona play at Wembley England v Argies 1980 10. Played Jimmy White at snooker in 1976 Over to you...
It was 150 feet, my mistake... https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attra...Bridgetown_Saint_Michael_Parish_Barbados.html
Caught a 14lb 12oz Barbel Been married twice Including current had three properties in France Been well off and destitute Played against QPR in a friendly Had cancer Surfed some top spots Won a lot of skateboard comps and still ride a few ramps when I can Canoe as often as I can Had some great cars
Been shot at Jumped from a heli Been in the Danakil Depression (hot as f••k) Absailed duneen cliffs Been ADC to Irish Taoiseach (PM) Drank 18 large bottles of bulmers (magners) Saw my hero Alan McDonald play Have an international (military) football cap Played golf in only course in Eritrea Dived off Oman coast
Walked over the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge Trekked to Everest base camp Lived in the jungle in Central America Parachuted multiple times (lost count - most was about 6 in one day) Fed the lions at London Zoo Bungee jumped in US and NZ Stage dived whilst Nirvana were on stage Invited (and went) for drinks at Downing Street with John Major Went to Mardi Gras in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina Jumped off the roof of a hotel into a swimming pool in La Ceiba, Honduras (yes, lots of drink was involved first!) Plenty more on the list....
Jeez - no pressure then. Chaired a United Nations meeting Snorkeled off the Great Barrier Reef Played rugby with Nigel Melville and Rob Andrew (training session and I was in the youth team so the first team joined in a match) Did the three peaks within the allotted 24 hours Nearly got beaten up by one of the singers in the Men they couldn't hang Was in the stadium for an England game that got abandoned Had dinner with Nikolas Sarkozy (and 300 others) Thrown up in the Clock End
Interesting...but anything I can write seems positively dull after Steel Monkey's contribution. Swum with sharks on the great barrier reef Lived in Paris for nearly 8 years Dislocated my shoulder, twice. Discovered I only have one kidney. Slept in a tree hut above the Amazon River. Seen pink dolphins in the Amazon. Had a major organ removed due to illness. Watched the sun rise over the Indian ocean.
Very interesting thread, and worryingly I have a few crossovers with DT - Had a beer with Gazza Survived an earthquake in Cairo Spent a few nights behind bars Had cancer Seen the Hoops grace Wembley 3 times Was at the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese Surfed in Bali Lived up North / married a Northener Had (and still have) some great cars Been bitten by a dog Lived in some great international cities Lived in some ****hole international cities Can still knock up a mean Yorkshire pudding Own a lurcher and a whippet Somehow managed to help create 2 fantastic kids
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
