Things That You Really Want/Wanted to Do That Don't Make Sense to Others.
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Your wife may think it's nuts.
You may think it's nuts.
I may think it's nuts.
It may in fact BE nuts.
But I can't think of a single reason you shouldn't do it. I can't think of a reason you would want to get one, but I can't think of a single objection either. Who would it hurt?
Go for it!
You may think it's nuts.
I may think it's nuts.
It may in fact BE nuts.
But I can't think of a single reason you shouldn't do it. I can't think of a reason you would want to get one, but I can't think of a single objection either. Who would it hurt?
Go for it!
Of course, stupid me, I say "well, just tell me which walls are yours, and which are mine.."
She just looks at me..... you know....that look. Although, once she said I could hang it out on a garage wall....
LOL ...Every time I say I want to do it, she says, "you're not putting that on MY wall".....
Of course, stupid me, I say "well, just tell me which walls are yours, and which are mine.."
She just looks at me..... you know....that look. Although, once she said I could hang it out on a garage wall....
Of course, stupid me, I say "well, just tell me which walls are yours, and which are mine.."
She just looks at me..... you know....that look. Although, once she said I could hang it out on a garage wall....
To me it looks such a cute idea
Blain, I drove a truck for ten years. A few of which spanned 48-States and Canada. You would be surprised at the different culture caches throughout our countries here. You can have a pretty good time, but you don't have time to pause and take photos.
Blain, I drove a truck for ten years. A few of which spanned 48-States and Canada. You would be surprised at the different culture caches throughout our countries here. You can have a pretty good time, but you don't have time to pause and take photos.
Too many new things to see and experience.... just one "wow" after another, until you get sort of numb to the wonder of it all. Much like we did in the British Museum. Seeing old Egyptian statues and things like that. You finally get to the point of saying, well, there's another lion statue... instead of actually looking at it, and marveling at the workmanship, and the amazing fact that something like that has lasted for a couple of thousand years.
an "overload" condition of your senses....
an "overload" condition of your senses....
M
I wanted to meet my Maker before my 60th birthday.
Guess we all know how that worked out.
I traveled the world while I was young enough to do it. Been to places as remote as Chuuk Lagoon and Bikini Atoll. Thru Europe and Israel twice (lol I just found an old picture of me being baptized in the Jordan River in 1990). Done the Holocaust tour and then some. Dove with sharks among WWII naval wrecks. Done things and gone places very few in this world get to do or go. Planes trains and automobiles (and ships!).
But like Blain said, it costs money. And children. Never could have done it if I'd had children. Kinda one reason why I wanted to meet my Maker before 60. Now I gotta figger out who's going to take care of me as I senile out
Ya ya, I know, I'm already there
Guess we all know how that worked out.
I traveled the world while I was young enough to do it. Been to places as remote as Chuuk Lagoon and Bikini Atoll. Thru Europe and Israel twice (lol I just found an old picture of me being baptized in the Jordan River in 1990). Done the Holocaust tour and then some. Dove with sharks among WWII naval wrecks. Done things and gone places very few in this world get to do or go. Planes trains and automobiles (and ships!).
But like Blain said, it costs money. And children. Never could have done it if I'd had children. Kinda one reason why I wanted to meet my Maker before 60. Now I gotta figger out who's going to take care of me as I senile out
Ya ya, I know, I'm already there
Did you get anything interesting out of all your adventures.
M
I wanted to be a veterinary assistant but never got the opportunity.
I did 3 weeks work experience as a 15 year old at a vets, that was brilliant.
I even got to help with the operations. In one a dog had swallowed a ball I had to
swab the stomach while it was stitched up. Then the vet started rummaging around
inside the dog showing me different bits like the spleen it was a strange
purple colour. It was awesome!
A friend who was with me fainted. lol
I had to sit with a dog on a drip to make sure it didn’t wonder off.
Plus wrap up a cat so it didn’t scratch the vets face off.
Catch a budge when it bit the vet and flew off.
Hold down a snake while it was wormed.
Help look after a gerbil with piles!
Plus much much more.
Absolutely loved every minute.
I did 3 weeks work experience as a 15 year old at a vets, that was brilliant.
I even got to help with the operations. In one a dog had swallowed a ball I had to
swab the stomach while it was stitched up. Then the vet started rummaging around
inside the dog showing me different bits like the spleen it was a strange
purple colour. It was awesome!
A friend who was with me fainted. lol
I had to sit with a dog on a drip to make sure it didn’t wonder off.
Plus wrap up a cat so it didn’t scratch the vets face off.
Catch a budge when it bit the vet and flew off.
Hold down a snake while it was wormed.
Help look after a gerbil with piles!
Plus much much more.
Absolutely loved every minute.
D
I really want my novel to be published traditionally through an agent. It's looking less and less like that will happen.
Might end up trying directly with a publisher next, or maybe indie publishing. Kind of stuck on the first idea, so who knows what happens if that doesn't.
BUT one of the reasons I wanted it agent has come true. I wanted an agent to see if it was good enough to be published traditionally. One agent asked for the full ms. Another one gave a personalized rejection letter. She liked it. She just didn't get to full-on loving it.
Agents already have clients, so they only rep books they fall head-over-heels with. Because I won't seek representation from agents who push the world's agendas, I only had a list of 89 agents to query. Since my novel is about stuffed animals, (a very niche book), it has been good to learn it is good-enough, even if they didn't fall in love with it.
Might end up trying directly with a publisher next, or maybe indie publishing. Kind of stuck on the first idea, so who knows what happens if that doesn't.
BUT one of the reasons I wanted it agent has come true. I wanted an agent to see if it was good enough to be published traditionally. One agent asked for the full ms. Another one gave a personalized rejection letter. She liked it. She just didn't get to full-on loving it.
Agents already have clients, so they only rep books they fall head-over-heels with. Because I won't seek representation from agents who push the world's agendas, I only had a list of 89 agents to query. Since my novel is about stuffed animals, (a very niche book), it has been good to learn it is good-enough, even if they didn't fall in love with it.
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wow that places looks beautiful on google if you ever go make sure to take plenty of pics so I admire them
We went to the Natural History one, and barely got out of the lobby. (HUGE dino skeleton in the lobby. Who wants to leave that? lol) I think the aeronautics museum has moved since we went, but imagine seeing a Mercury capsule, the Wright brother's plane, Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, and a Boeing 727 all in one room! MASSIVE! (The Spirit of St. Louis looked like a model airplane, the room was so big.)
If you ever get to DC, plan a week of nothing but Smithsonian. And you'll still never see all of it!
We went to DC for a weekend, and came home wondering if we'd ever get around to seeing "The Smithsonian." We never went to see the White House or Lincoln Memorial. (Did see the Korean War Memorial. Went to DC before the VN War memorial was done, so didn't see that either.) I've been to DC twice. Both times the Washington Monument (big needle) was closed for repairs. All in all, the Smithsonian was all we did, besides just enjoying the sights, and we barely touched it.
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LOL ...Every time I say I want to do it, she says, "you're not putting that on MY wall".....
Of course, stupid me, I say "well, just tell me which walls are yours, and which are mine.."
She just looks at me..... you know....that look. Although, once she said I could hang it out on a garage wall....
Of course, stupid me, I say "well, just tell me which walls are yours, and which are mine.."
She just looks at me..... you know....that look. Although, once she said I could hang it out on a garage wall....
D
Nope. Definitely one big WOW! And the WOW last forever. But I do remember a lot of it. Most of it was proportion stuff. Like "They came back from outer space in that tiny little thing?" And then when you get up close to it, it's still small, but not the type of small that you can't see how they could do it. It might fit in my living room, but there would be no room for living in anymore. And then compare that capsule to St. Louis? Suddenly Lindy doesn't seem quite as loony. (Ah, he really does. No one can fly such a dodgy plane over the Atlantic.) And then to go from there to a 727? A jet I've been in before? Sheer comfort happened somewhere along the way.
I would love to go back to compare the 727 with the Challenger. It's very much a proportional Wow!, along with a "How nuts were those guys to even try this?" Wow!
Every boy should go to the aeronautics museum, no matter how old he is. (And, obviously quite a few girls too. lol) It's Christmas morning for men.
As a woman, I admired the guts of many men of the past to do what they did. As a guy? I suspect mechanics was more on hubby's mind than "Were they nuts?", but I'm sure "Were they nuts?" settles in the brain. Along with, "Thank God for nuts!"
It was one big room, (big enough that the 727 looked small too), but going inside the 727 is like going inside a room within a room.
I would love to go back to compare the 727 with the Challenger. It's very much a proportional Wow!, along with a "How nuts were those guys to even try this?" Wow!
Every boy should go to the aeronautics museum, no matter how old he is. (And, obviously quite a few girls too. lol) It's Christmas morning for men.
As a woman, I admired the guts of many men of the past to do what they did. As a guy? I suspect mechanics was more on hubby's mind than "Were they nuts?", but I'm sure "Were they nuts?" settles in the brain. Along with, "Thank God for nuts!"
It was one big room, (big enough that the 727 looked small too), but going inside the 727 is like going inside a room within a room.