Bucket Lists

[LeighP]

Very sorry to hear about your mother......lost mine to pancreatic cancer in 89....from diagnosis to the end...3 months. Best wishes to her for the strength to enjoy the time with her family.
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my own list....hmmm,
1. Already flown aircraft, including old school twin radial powered C7A's at low level and dodging around cloud formations ...now that is a real buzz...thank you airforce for the opportunity! ......Tick!
2. Sailed good sized yachts in open waters...if you haven't done this, try it...its something special to stand at the helm of a 40 odd foot yacht, running down the swells with nothing but wind and wave moving you just the way men have been doing for a thousand years. Timeless! .......Tick!
3. Would love to break 200mph on the salt.....Bonneville would be nice, but Lake Gardiner here in Australia is bigger and has a yearly speed event - so thats one to do.
4. Finish my resto on the 71 Firebird.....well on the way towards that one.
Can't think of any more at the moment......two down, two to go.....

[drivethechevy]

1. raise my daughter to be a better person then i have been (working on it)
2. provide a better life for my family (giving it 200%)
3. make my dad proud of the man ive become (accomplished!!)
4. help my brother aford to go to college (in progress)
5. finish my 66 tempest and drive it all over the country (someday)
6. re-restore my 1971 chevy k10 pickup with my dad (someday)
7. buy a 1966 chevy caprice and restore it and give to my dad as a present when he turns 66 (saving money)
8. own my own restoration company (someday)
9. buy land and build a house and large home shop (saving)
10. build a car with my daughter (someday, she likes eating and playing with the cars i buy her)

[Rhino]

I'm lucky enough to have already crossed quite a bit off my list at a relatively young age. Including a few that I thought would be next to impossible.
Some of the stuff that'll keep me busy the next few years; From the mundane to the outlandish.

Attain a 100% passive income.
Actually commit and follow through with a crazy business idea, even if it's a failure.
Finish the Missouri 340 (Kayak race across Missouri).
Finish Bike across Kansas. (Bike race west to east across KS)
Run (and finish) the NYC marathon.
Become a certified Sommelier.
Hop a train, hobo style, across the continental divide.
Live short term in another country.
Watch a shuttle launch in person.
Get my Astronaut wings.
Drive Highway 1 in my '68 with surf rack on top.
Surf up the Chilean coast (see above).
Complete a road trip from NY to LA.
Get a car feature in print.
See one of my photos in print.
Visit all 7 wonders of the world.
Octoberfest in Germany.
Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan.
Burning Man.
Glastonberry.
Finish off what's left (still possible?) of my "top 100 bands to see live". Next up: U2
Shake hands with the current president, whoever it may be.

[trapin]

1.) See my sons grow up to be good men and great fathers. (so far so good)
2.) Dance with my wife at our 50th wedding anniversary (gotta lose the weight)
3.) See Detroit Lions win the Superbowl. (we all need one impossible on our list, right?)
4.) Watch Steve Yzerman raise the Stanley Cup (check, saw it 3 times)
5.) Meet my all-time favorite athlete; Nick Lidstrom (check, great man).
6.) See the British Isles (all of it, Scotland and Ireland included).
7.) Lose all the weight and be skinny again (I'll do it eventually).
8.) Watch the Space Shuttle launch (probably not going to happen).
9.) Visit the Island of Sicily, specifically Alcamo and Balestrate in the region of Palermo where my grandparents were born.
10.) Finish my Camaro (last on the list because there are more important things in life than these stupid cars).

[69stang]

Fly an aerobatic plane - done, friend let me take the stick for a while, no stunts.
Fly in a jet fighter
Drive my 69 mustang cross country with a teardrop trailer behind it.
Visit Zettersheim (sp?) France, my ancestral home.
Do a castle tour of europe
Visit Australia
See my kids get married
Shake hands with Richard Petty
Build my dream house & garage, I already designed - hope I hit the lottery
Would have loved to talk with my grandpa about his WWII experience before he died - one big regret on this one.
There's a couple of old friends I haven't seen in years I'd like to visit with.

[Nine Ball]

Nice thread, enjoyed reading the responses so far. Some of them gave me ideas of my own!

1. Put myself through college, earning a mechanical engineering degree - check
2. Marry the perfect woman that puts up with my car nonsense - check
3. Have a son that I can teach to do guy stuff like throw a football and work on cars - check
4. Work hard and earn my first million - check
5. Build a custom home on property and build my own car shop - check
6. Own/drive a 200 mph standing mile street car
7. Get an SCCA license on the roadcourse
8. Build a magazine car - check two times
9. Build my son's first car with him, he is 11 now
10. Become a Grandpa someday

Tony

[Bow Tie 67]

1. Survive raising 3 teenage daughters ( its day by day for now )
2. Own a car that will pull a wheelie
3. Fly an open cockpit biplane doing aerobatics
5. Race on a road course ( Check )
6. Build my dream garage
7. Drive a Formula car ( yeah right )
8. Build a car with my step son ( hopefully soon )
9. Drive all of route 66
10. ................

[DarkBuddha]

My list is pretty short too... just 2 things...

1. Make bucket list and complete everything on it, or die trying.
2. Repeat.

[Vegas69]

Create bucket list....

[protour73]

1. Completely do a resto-mod build of a '73 Camaro CHECK
2. Have car I built appear in a magazine (childhood dream) CHECK
3. Drive the car I built on a road circuit (almost - Motor State Challenge 2011)
4. Attend a Formula 1 race CHECK (6 years straight - USGP at Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2000-2005)
5. Marry a beautiful understanding woman that could handle me and the car hobby part of me CHECK
6. Attend an NHRA event CHECK
7. Attend a NASCAR event CHECK
8. Travel to Hawaii CHECK
8. Fish the flats for Bonefish in the Florida Keys CHECK (8lbs)
9. Ski out west CHECK Colorado and Utah
10. Travel to Europe (Ireland and/or Italy) (not yet)
11. Along with #10. Visit the Ferrari plant in Marinello, Italy (not yet)
12. Live to see 90 (38 years to go)
13. See the Cubs win the World Series (it's #13, nuff said)

Scott

[Northeast Rod Run]

12. Live to see 90 (38 years to go)
13. See the Cubs win the World Series (it's #13, nuff said)

Scott

I think after reading your #13, you're gonna need to extend #12

[cornfed]

in random order. . .

1. Reassemble and drive dad's '63 Galaxie down the 1/4mile (in progress)
2. Visit the Giza site (check)
3. Ski the Swiss alps (check)
4. Octoberfest in Germany
5. trace ancestral migration in reverse back to Isle de Oleron in France (family is one the first 50 families that built Ft. Pontchartran- which eventually became Detroit)
6. cage dive with great white sharks
7. attend international rally event and be one of the cowbell ringing spectators on a switchback
8. learn to surf
9. buy a round at a crowded bar while celebrating a major life achievement milestone
10. drive an AC Cobra at speed
11. Visit grandmother's hometown in Mor, Hungary
12. travel throughout the former Soviet Bloc
13. Snowboard India, Japan, Chile
14. Grizwald/old-school style cross-country family vacation

[protour73]

I think after reading your #13, you're gonna need to extend #12

LMAO ................... you are so correct.... Might need to double #13!!

[CRCRFT78]

Great thread. Gives me alot to think about.

I would love to finish my Nova and throw my Mom the keys whenever she wants. Also would love to drive it top down with my 3 daughters in the back and a huge grin on my face.

[scogin918]

1. Make sure I take time out to enjoy the life I have
2. Provide more opportunities in life for my sons than I had
3. Finish an Ironman(already done the half and numerous sprints)
4. Run a 19+ minute 5k(still need to shave :50/mile) and break 1 hour 10min in the sprint triathlon(less than 3 minutes away)
5. See Paul Scholes play in Old Trafford before he retires. If you don't know who he is Google him. One of the few pro athletes who has his priorities straight. He will be remembered forever along with Ryan Giggs for his time at Manchester United.
6. Attend the Monaco GP and Daytona 500
7. Finish and enjoy my car with my family(getting there; plumbing, wiring and paint)
8. Finish School
9. Buy a motorhome to take the kids up to Clemson football games in the fall to tailgate.

Honestly though, I've lived a pretty full life up until now, so I couldn't complain if none of these were to happen. I do like the idea of my wife having to change my diaper when I'm older. Or maybe turning the table on my kids and making them do it.

[Neil B]

Here are the main items, in no particular order:

1) See the world (working on it - Spain, Australia/New Zealand and South Africa are still on the list)
2) Live on the water (check)
3) Own my own company (check)
4) Attend the Daytona 500, Indy 500 and Monaco GP (check)
5) Build an engine from scratch and dyno it (in progress)
6) Jump out of a plane (check)
7) Go 200 mph in a streetcar (planning a standing mile event next year)
8) Race at Daytona (check, with a podium finish)
9) Race at Road America and Watkins Glenn (no current plans)
10) Attend SEMA (just got back)

A few more for good measure...

11) Bleach my hair blond before there's nothing left (did it 2 weeks ago)
12) Make sure my true friends and family know how much they mean to me (tougher than it sounds)
13) Learn not to sweat the small stuff (working on it)
14) Learn to weld (nothing planned yet)
15) Learn to dance (ok this is really for the wife, but it's still on the list)
16) Live in NYC/Manhatten for at least 3 months (no current plan)

After experiencing a significant health challenge last year at only 40 years of age, my key learning and advice is to NOT WAIT to do the things that make you happy. Make it happen.

[Wesley J]

I'm working hard on my list every day. I died a couple of years ago but fortunately for me, I didnt stay that way. This pushed the list to the forefront rather than just being dreams to get to someday.

So, these arent dreams, this is more of a serious to do list

1: Find my dream girl and start a family and be the best dad possible (ongoing)
2: do something big to help the environment/society (still thinking)
3: build my dream car - working on it as we speak
4: ride my motorcycles all over the world
5: retire early to help, not just watch my kids grow
6: go into space
7: make my dad proud, really proud (not just with grand kids)
8: have a workshop I'm satisfied with
9: Attend an F1 race. Planning for Montreal next year
10: Learn to REALLY drive my car

Wesley J

[Tony_SS]

in random order. . .

14. Grizwald/old-school style cross-country family vacation

I'm stealing that one!

1. Grizwald style vacation in an old school, DVD'd, A/C'd 2WD Suburban I'm currently shopping for.
2. Live long enough to watch my kids growup happy and have kids of their own.
3. Maintain our quality of life and retire by 55.

[airrj1]

In no particular order:

1. Drive my Chevelle at Bonneville
2. Attend a David Letterman Show in person
3. Go to Antarctica (check) still working on getting to the South Pole thought
4. Be a Fire Chief (check)
5. Build a dream shop and have time to enjoy it (started, bougth the property and building last week)
6. Hike the John Muir Trail
7. Drive an open wheeled race car on a road course (check, Formula Ford in NZ)
8. Write a book.
9. Build a '63 Impala for my father to enjoy.
10. Not have to work a 9 to 5 job (check)

Please note that these change about every 20 minutes. And notice that I didn't even mention anything about watching the Bills win a Super Bowl or the Sabres win a Stanely Cup. I have to be realistic.

[Tony_SS]

Hey, if the St. Louis Lambs can win a superbowl anything's possible.