Just read one of those cheesy lists, and thought I'd take a stab at putting together my own list. Yeah, Monday mornings have a way of making one face one's mortality. At least when facing a soul-stripping week of Excel spreadsheets and sales figures... ;)
So here's "Jay's Top Ten List of Things He Wants To Do Before He Joins the Choir Invisible":
1. See my children's children.
2. Tour the USA, ideally on my Harley.
3. Buy a Corvette.
4. Learn to play the guitar.
5. Tour Italy to see the ancestral homeland.
6. Learn a martial art.
7. Actually vote for a Presidential candidate rather than against their opponent*
8. Three words: Hawaii-Australia trip.
9. Go hunting for deer.
10. Learn to dance.
*This one may perhaps be too optimistic
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Dude, you come to Louisiana, and I'll provide the deer, duck and hog hunting.
I'd like that. 'Course, how on earth I'll get there is another matter entirely, but... ;)
There is your chance, Jay. Besides even if you got snuckered it would be worth the trip just to listen to AD's stories.
Mike
"I'd like that. 'Course, how on earth I'll get there is another matter entirely, but... ;)"
I know it's a challenge for you city folk, but here's how it's done:
Go outside before dawn. When the sun pinkens the sky, turn and face it. Then hop in your car and turn 90 degrees right, and keep going until you hear banjos and see lots of overalls and buck teeth.
You'll know you're there when EVERYONE pronounces things with a hard "r," including the words that don't even have an r. Down here, we paRk the caR in HaRvaRd yaRd.
And when you arrive, I'll feed you boiled crawfish and take you snipe hunting. ;)
Jay, regarding #'s 2 and 9... I'll be hitting the hunter safety course in Shirley next month - care to join me?
As for #2... let me know when you're leaving if you don't mind a guy on a Beemer tagging along. It's old and slow, though, so we can't go much above 100.
Ross
I can't blame you for wanting to buy a Corvette. At least you aren't wanting to own and drive it. Feh. Get a sports car instead.
Mike,
That's an excellent point. Even if I didn't get to see a deer, I'd be in good company. :)
AD,
There's just a one minor point not addressed in your directions - explaining to Mrs. G. why I'm going to be gone for 2+ weeks.
And I don't know what kind of farmer you take me for, but I know all about snipe hunting. There's no way you're getting me anywhere near one of those things without something in the bazooka family... ;)
Ross,
I'm hoping to take the Hunter Safety Course at Haverhill Hound, Rod, & Gun (which I am going to join as soon as Mrs. G. goes on days), but thanks for the offer.
As for #2, oh hell yeah. I am firmly of the opinion that it's not what you ride, it's that you ride. And I've never even hit 90 on the Electra Couch, let alone triple digits. In fact, I've never gone above 80 on two wheels...
triticale,
If I could find a "sports car" for ~ $10K that wasn't completely beat to hell I'd consider it. I have always loved Porsches, but for what I'd spend on a beat-to-shit 944, I could get a 10 year old C5 Corvette... And that ain't bad... And for less money I could get a late '70s/early '80s 'Vette in really nice shape...
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