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50 Things To Do Before You Die
« on: January 21, 2013, 12:30:31 PM »
According to the Daily Fail...  ::)

1. Become a millionaire
2. Travel the world
3. See the Northern Lights
4. Trek the Great Wall of China
5. Be mortgage free
6. Go to the Inca Trail
7. See all seven wonders of the world
8. Visit the Egyptian Pyramids
9. Invent something that changes lives
10. Visit Antarctica
11. Go to the orient express
12. Go on an African Safari
13. See the Taj Mahal
14. Learn to play the piano / guitar / drums
15. Stay a night at the world’s best hotel
16. Build your own house
17. Drive Route 66 in the US
18. Go to Lapland
19. Swim with dolphins / sharks
20. Emigrate
21. Learn to speak another language
22. Own an island
23. Dine at a Michelin star restaurant
24. Write a novel
25. See Gorillas in the wild
26. Live and work abroad
27. Hot air balloon ride
28. Fly a plane
29. Travel New Zealand in a Winnebago
30. Start  and run your dream business
31. Ride a Segway
32. Go to Disneyworld
33. Gamble in Las Vegas
34. Act as an extra in a Hollywood film
35. Dedicate time to volunteering
36. Try out an F1 car
37. Learn to fly a plane or helicopter
38. Have a family
39. Be an extra in a movie
40. Climb a mountain like Everest
41. Buy a yacht
42. Meet your idol / favourite celebrity
43. Run a marathon
44. Watch a World Cup final
45. Meet the Queen
46. Learn to surf
47. Go to Harry Potter World in Florida
48. Abseil down a mountain
49. Do an army assault course
50. Deep sea dive

20/50 is not bad I suppose....  rubschin:
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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2013, 12:34:13 PM »
#7 seems to make several others tautological.  ::)

I would add:

51. Not forget the previous 50.
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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2013, 12:39:17 PM »
#7 seems to make several others tautological.  ::)

I would add:

51. Not forget the previous 50.

I did say it was the Daily Fail...  lol:

I bet the spotty yoof that made the list couldn't even spell tautological...   ;)
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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2013, 12:46:32 PM »
I have done 16 of them. Actually 17 if the Northern lights are the Sunderland Illuminations.  rubschin:

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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2013, 12:58:02 PM »
I have done 16 of them. Actually 17 if the Northern lights are the Sunderland Illuminations.  rubschin:

I've done 21 if The Taj Mahal is that Indian restaurant in Maidenhead high street...  whistle:
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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2013, 01:07:56 PM »
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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2013, 01:17:51 PM »
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22 if watching the footy on the telly counts, 23 if marrying somebody with a sprog counts and 24 if Mount Timpanogos (11,700 feet) counts...  Thumbs:

Oh and 25 if Spearmint Rhino counts for number 18...  redface:
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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2013, 01:47:37 PM »
Does #9 only mean human lives?

If not, I can claim the DS 'Rat Zapper' which changes rodent lives permanently.








Also works on squirrels  redface:
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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2013, 01:50:29 PM »
I want to drive a Vauxhall Frontera up to the top of Snowdon.  whistle:  cloud9:
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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2013, 01:51:31 PM »
I want to spend 22 months in clink too! lol:

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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2013, 01:54:39 PM »
I want to spend 22 months in clink too! lol:

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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2013, 01:58:02 PM »
I want to spend 22 months in clink too! lol:

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Well that'll be a damned sight more than this Bear gets here at G Towers, Im can tell you. sad32:

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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2013, 01:58:39 PM »
I was in the crowd at Donnington when they filmed Silver Dream Racer with David Essex.  ;D

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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2013, 02:00:11 PM »
I was in the crowd at Donnington when they filmed Silver Dream Racer with David Essex.  ;D

Is that 1/50 then?  point:
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Re: 50 Things To Do Before You Die
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2013, 02:04:56 PM »
I was in the crowd at Donnington when they filmed Silver Dream Racer with David Essex.  ;D

Is that 1/50 then?  point:

Probably a mixture of 16 and 17 as well.

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