Thirty Things To Have Done By The Age of 30

[Sodafin]

Thirty things to have done by the age of 30...or maybe 40:

How many have you done?

(And no, I haven't done them all either!)

Activities
- sky dived
- bungy jumped
- scuba dived
- climbed a mountain
- been downhill skiing

Travel:
- visited New York
- visited Paris
- visited Asia
- visited Africa
- visited a tropical island or atoll


Special experiences:
- been arrested
- been fired
- been married
- been dumped
- been mugged

Skills:
- learnt another language to conversational level
- attained a degree
- won an award for your work
- been published
- attained a drivers license

Personal experiences
- cooked an excellent 3 course meal
- won a sporting event
- painted a picture or written a poem
- read (and understood) an 18th or 19th century novel
- seen a ballet or opera

Spiritual/Emotional Experiences
- visited Auschwitz, the Killing Fields or similar
- visited ancient ruins such as Angkor Wat, Pagan or Borobudur
- entered a mosque and a synagogue
- visited the Wailing Wall
- seen a large animal in the wild (tiger, elephant, shark, whale or gorilla)

 

[Missourian]

I've got all the "special experiences" covered...many times over.


Activities
- sky dived
- climbed a mountain
- been downhill skiing

Travel:
- visited New York
- visited a tropical island or atoll


Special experiences:
- been arrested
- been fired
- been married
- been dumped
- been mugged

Skills:
- learned another language to a sub-conversational level
- won an award for your work
- attained a drivers license

Personal experiences
- cooked an excellent 3 course meal
- won a sporting event
- painted a picture or written a poem
- read (and understood) an 18th or 19th century novel
- seen a ballet or opera

Spiritual/Emotional Experiences

- visited an archeological dig at Big Eddy, MO
- entered a synagogue
- seen a large animal in the wild (tiger, elephant, shark, whale or gorilla)

 

[Sodafin]

I've got all the "special experiences" covered...many times over.

Hopefully some more than others!

I've been mugged twice (Mexico City & Bogota), married twice, arrested once, never been fired, but have sure been dumped a few times!

 

[strollingbones]

i have climbed a small mountain, i have alpine skied (kinda shocked by that one being a milestone)

i have been to nyc...does the outer banks count ?

i have been arrested, been married, been dumped, been fired never been mugged.


i have been published, gotten a degree, does ebonics count? had a driver's license since i turned of age too.


would a road rally be considered a sporting event? i can check all those off...ballet opera blah blah blah

only the last one...seeing wonderful animals in the wild...but i count many more...sea lions, eagles, hawks, bears,

i found gettysburg very emotional.

military graveyards, the list goes on...but no big places.

 

[strollingbones]

i am not getting mugged to keep up with you two....

 

[Sodafin]

I'm at 25....I'm a little embarrassed to realise I've never attended an opera or ballet, and never won a sporting event....at least not since a soccer tournament when I was about 10!

Bones -

i am not getting mugged to keep up with you two....

You've done well to avoid it!

Not a nice experience, but certainly a powerful one. Particularly the second one really shook me up for a while.

 

[Luissa]

Activities
- jumped off a bridge and cliff
- gave birth
- been downhill skiing and snowboarding

Travel:
- visited Canada and Vegas

Special experiences:
- been arrested twice
- been fired
- been dumped


Skills:
- attained a drivers license
- I can burp the first few lines of the Gettysburg address

Personal experiences
-
- won many softball league championship
- painted one painting and designed my dream house to scale
- read many books and understood them
- seen a ballet

Spiritual/Emotional Experiences
- hike near Indian painted rocks
- went to a dinner at a synogue
- I have seen a bull up close, many them actually and I almost pissed my pants
- saw a moose in the parking lot of my friends apartment building
- saw a buffalo at Yellowstone, my dad was an idiot and pulled up next to it[/QUOTE]

 

[Sodafin]

I did consider adding 'giving birth' to the list, but then it didn't seem very fair, as 50% don't get to have a go at that!

But you definitely get points for designing a dream house - that shows real skill. More so than my poem, anyway!

 

[noose4]

Activities
- sky dived no
- bungy jumped no
- scuba dived no
- climbed a mountain no
- been downhill skiing yes

Travel:
- visited New York live here
- visited Paris no
- visited Asia no
- visited Africa no
- visited a tropical island or atoll no


Special experiences:
- been arrested yes
- been fired no
- been married no
- been dumped no
- been mugged no (but attempts have been made)

Skills:
- learnt another language to conversational level no
- attained a degree no
- won an award for your work no
- been published yes
- attained a drivers license yes

Personal experiences
- cooked an excellent 3 course meal no
- won a sporting event yes
- painted a picture or written a poem yes
- read (and understood) an 18th or 19th century novel yes
- seen a ballet or opera yes

Spiritual/Emotional Experiences
- visited Auschwitz, the Killing Fields or similar no
- visited ancient ruins such as Angkor Wat, Pagan or Borobudur no
- entered a mosque and a synagogue no
- visited the Wailing Wall no
- seen a large animal in the wild (tiger, elephant, shark, whale or gorilla) no

 

[Sodafin]

Noose -

You've never been dumped?

Amazing!

 

[noose4]

Noose -

You've never been dumped?

Amazing!

I have had amicable splits but never what I consider to be dumped, then again I havent had that many serious relationships, not really into getting serious.

 

[Ringel05]

Thirty things to have done by the age of 30...or maybe 40:

How many have you done?

(And no, I haven't done them all either!)

Activities
- sky dived
- bungy jumped
- scuba dived
- climbed a mountain
- been downhill skiing

Travel:
- visited New York
- visited Paris
- visited Asia
- visited Africa
- visited a tropical island or atoll


Special experiences:
- been arrested
- been fired
- been married
- been dumped
- been mugged

Skills:
- learnt another language to conversational level
- attained a degree
- won an award for your work
- been published
- attained a drivers license

Personal experiences
- cooked an excellent 3 course meal
- won a sporting event
- painted a picture or written a poem
- read (and understood) an 18th or 19th century novel
- seen a ballet or opera

Spiritual/Emotional Experiences
- visited Auschwitz, the Killing Fields or similar
- visited ancient ruins such as Angkor Wat, Pagan or Borobudur
- entered a mosque and a synagogue
- visited the Wailing Wall
- seen a large animal in the wild (tiger, elephant, shark, whale or gorilla)

I picked my nose once. Does that count?

 

[007]

I picked my nose once. Does that count?

So that's how you lost half your brains.

 

[Ringel05]

I picked my nose once. Does that count?

So that's how you lost half your brains.

That was the left nostril. Live and learn!

 

[Anguille]

Thirty things to have done by the age of 30...or maybe 40:

How many have you done?

(And no, I haven't done them all either!)

Activities
- sky dived
- bungy jumped
- scuba dived
- climbed a mountain
- been downhill skiing

Travel:
- visited New York
- visited Paris
- visited Asia
- visited Africa
- visited a tropical island or atoll


Special experiences:
- been arrested
- been fired
- been married
- been dumped
- been mugged

Skills:
- learnt another language to conversational level
- attained a degree
- won an award for your work
- been published
- attained a drivers license

Personal experiences
- cooked an excellent 3 course meal
- won a sporting event
- painted a picture or written a poem
- read (and understood) an 18th or 19th century novel
- seen a ballet or opera

Spiritual/Emotional Experiences
- visited Auschwitz, the Killing Fields or similar
- visited ancient ruins such as Angkor Wat, Pagan or Borobudur
- entered a mosque and a synagogue
- visited the Wailing Wall
- seen a large animal in the wild (tiger, elephant, shark, whale or gorilla)

Add to that quit smoking, if you are a smoker.

 

[SFC Ollie]

Well I can't say before 30 but I've got 21 of those if an 8 ft Alligator counts.

 

[Ringel05]

Thirty things to have done by the age of 30...or maybe 40:

How many have you done?

(And no, I haven't done them all either!)

Activities
- sky dived
- bungy jumped
- scuba dived
- climbed a mountain
- been downhill skiing

Travel:
- visited New York
- visited Paris
- visited Asia
- visited Africa
- visited a tropical island or atoll


Special experiences:
- been arrested
- been fired
- been married
- been dumped
- been mugged

Skills:
- learnt another language to conversational level
- attained a degree
- won an award for your work
- been published
- attained a drivers license

Personal experiences
- cooked an excellent 3 course meal
- won a sporting event
- painted a picture or written a poem
- read (and understood) an 18th or 19th century novel
- seen a ballet or opera

Spiritual/Emotional Experiences
- visited Auschwitz, the Killing Fields or similar
- visited ancient ruins such as Angkor Wat, Pagan or Borobudur
- entered a mosque and a synagogue
- visited the Wailing Wall
- seen a large animal in the wild (tiger, elephant, shark, whale or gorilla)

Add to that quit smoking, if you are a smoker.

Add to that: cure a hanging effigy of Anguille in a smoke house.

 

[Luissa]

I did consider adding 'giving birth' to the list, but then it didn't seem very fair, as 50% don't get to have a go at that!

But you definitely get points for designing a dream house - that shows real skill. More so than my poem, anyway!

I am not saying it was a great design but I spent a year and half on all the plans, and the model. I didn't finish the model because it was my senior year and I got a little lazy at the end of the year.