Things to do before 50

[scott&ligaya]

I have just started my 50th year and got thinking last night about what I want to do/try/see before my 50th Birthday in 362 days, visiting the Himalayas for a month (Tibet/Nepal) is right up there.. literally!!!


So what would be your suggestion for

before 50

before 60

before 70

when you are Arthurs age LOL... sorry Arthur :):):)

[grahamw48]

Get stocked up with Viagra ?

Have your heart checked out...before it's too late.

Have a quick check around to see how many of your friends are still alive. :cwm3:

[scott&ligaya]

ok on the 1st one....:Sex::Sex::Sex: not yet required hehehehehehe

have an annual health check wih BUPA (including the prostrate check (yuk)

Have noticed I am getting invites to retirement parties and occasionally funerals LOL

[Moy]

i should be the famous chef of the PH like Gordon Ramsy when im 50's:D:yikes::icon_lol:

[fred]

i should be the famous chef of the PH like Gordon Ramsy when im 50's:D:yikes::icon_lol:

PH? Dont you mean the FK?

[scott&ligaya]

just thought of one... KILL THE BOSS :NEW4::behead::xxmixed-smiley-017::xxmixed-smiley-017::Bricks::NEW3::action-smiley-060 AND THE BLOODY computer Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh::CompBuster::CompBuster:

[Moy]

PH? Dont you mean the FK?

PH mean Philippines :icon_lol: sorry for the used word ;)

[Tawi2]

I have several years left before I am 50 so I still have time to do a few more things,got a trial microlight lesson booked in 2 weeks time,I always wanted a microlight and a decent one can be picked up for 20 k so who knows :)

Tibet/Nepal
Both great places,I prefer Nepal,went into Tibet from Xinjiang back around 1990'ish,still got my alien travel permit as tibet was closed to foreigners back then but I went anyway as you were still able to watch the sky burials just outside Lhasa,I also met the Dali Lama and shook his hand in India's Dharamasala(little tibet) I went with a spiritual hippy type girl who was studying meditation in Bod Ghaya,I wasnt interested in meetimg the Dali Lama,I was more interested in getting inside her knickers to my eternal shame :icon_lol: Happy days ;)

[Englishman2010]

I went with a spiritual hippy type girl who was studying meditation in Bod Ghaya,I wasnt interested in meetimg the Dali Lama,I was more interested in getting inside her knickers to my eternal shame :icon_lol: Happy days ;)

:xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3: I hope it worked:D

I did a microlight lesson about 20 years ago, it was a great experience. Much better than flying a Cessna because you get a real feeling of being outside. They're pretty safe too, if the engine runs out of fuel or stops, you just glide back down to terra firma.

I've got another 6 and a bit years till I'm 50 and have done a lot of the things I wanted to do before I was 50. I've always believed in doing things instead of just dreaming about them, the only excuse that counts is lack of money. I don't want to be on my death bed thinking to myself, I wish I had done that or done this.

In my earlier years a lot of my goals centred around cars and travel, I've done cars to death now and have owned a couple of full blown Italian supercars, I'm not really bothered about that anymore. Travel is my main obsession and some of the more unusual things I want to do are along the following lines:

Travelling the entire length of Eurasia overland
Travelling the Pan Pacific Highway from Tierra Del Fuego to Alaska
Visiting some of the 10 tallest buildings in the world (including, the Burj Tower, Taipai 101, Petronas Tower....etc) Fortunately I did the WTC in 1993

The only continent I have never visited and have absolutely no desire to visit is Africa.

My ultimate goal is to have set foot in at least 100 different countries by the time I'm 65.

[grahamw48]

I just have another year to go before my son will be off to Uni'.

Then...FREEDOM ! ....TRAVEL ! :D

The only reason I didn't cycle to Hong Kong before was because I couldn't bear to be away from him....so. :Erm:

[Englishman2010]

I just have another year to go before my son will be off to Uni'.

Then...FREEDOM ! ....TRAVEL ! :D

The only reason I didn't cycle to Hong Kong before was because I couldn't bear to be away from him....so. :Erm:

You could have got a tandem .....and made him pedal :icon_lol:

[grahamw48]

His friend apparently passed his driving test today, and my son announced that he was going out in the friend's car with him this evening.

Both boys are 17 years old. :cwm24:

Am I a worried dad ? :cwm3:

[Englishman2010]

His friend apparently passed his driving test today, and my son announced that he was going out in the friend's car with him this evening.

Both boys are 17 years old. :cwm24:

Am I a worried dad ? :cwm3:

There was talk of restricting young drivers from taking out passengers until they are 25 years old:xxgrinning--00xx3:

I'm sure they will be fine Graham:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[stevewool]

well i have passed my 50, so 60 70 80 and 90 just to be alive and well would do me just fine :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[scott&ligaya]

ok i knocked one of my list of things to do.... involved a heated outdoor swimming pool, my mahal and nearby hotel guests who were none the wiser LOL

[grahamw48]

I hope you didn't leave anything swimming about in there. :cwm24:

[scott&ligaya]

hehehehehehe well it could be possible

[Moy]

Looking for a personal mantra as you prepare to tee off down life's back nine? How about this one: Habits kill. By now, you may have seen more of other parts of the world than you've actually seen of your own hometown because you've been a good little Pythagorean and mastered the straight line between A and B and never got beyond point C.

But now is the time to get lost, at least metaphorically. Take that road you've never taken. Go to work by bus instead of train. Or get really radical, and walk somewhere. Mix it up. And be sure not to plan too much. It takes all the fun out of it.:icon_lol::omg::D

[Tawi2]

Just been on the Phone,my initial microlight lesson is booked for next saturday at 4pm :xxgrinning--00xx3: got an hour,if I can scrape the cash together I have found a school in Thigh'land that runs a course without the vagaries of british weather :rolleyes: I have flown in one before over Pinatubo,but that was a fixed-wing microlight,the one I am taking the lesson in is a flex-wing :) we only live once ;)

[grahamw48]

I hope they give you a parachute. :Help1:

[les_taxi]

Things not to do include downing lots of beer and about 5 Jägerbombs as I did out on the lash last night:icon_lol: Cream Crackered now:)

[Tawi2]

I hope they give you a parachute.
I always get a strong urge to jump,I normally feel odd standing on the edge of cliffs and suchlike as it something seems to tell a person to fly :cwm24: I dont want to jump from a microlight,heights are a buzz :)

[grahamw48]

Well, thanks for showing your cream-crackered face at last Les. :icon_lol:

Next time I'm in Harrogate it will be ...Taxi !!! :D

[grahamw48]

I always get a strong urge to jump,I normally feel odd standing on the edge of cliffs and suchlike as it something seems to tell a person to fly :cwm24: I dont want to jump from a microlight,heights are a buzz :)

Me too...ever since falling 40ft down one and bouncing my back off the rocks at the bottom . :cwm3:

[les_taxi]

If you do come through let me know i will give you a free taxi in Town.
Blueline 01423 530830 ask for Cream Crackered Les:D

[Tawi2]

bouncing my back off the rocks
I did both my ankles and my shoulder :cwm24:

i will give you a free taxi
To Surrey :cwm24::D

[grahamw48]

Les...you're on mate.

We'll have a right good moan. :laugher:

[les_taxi]

To Surrey
Yes free but it's £300 for my company:D

[les_taxi]

We'll have a right good moan.
Yes if only me mate Dedworth was nearer we could have a world class moan:laugher:

[Tawi2]

but it's £300 for my company
:yikes: Thats two microlight lessons.


cycle to Hong Kong
Worked out your intended route?How long do you think the trip will take roughly?

[grahamw48]

cycle to Hong KongI had reckoned on about 6 months...mostly camping en route. :)

I was a bit fitter 4 years ago though. :Erm:

[Tawi2]

Sounds like an awesome trip,get in touch with an independant film company or one of the channels with a view to filming it,I think your son will be proud to tell his kids of their grandads trip,not everyone who suddenly decides on such an adventure :) iran-pakistan-china?

[Arthur Little]

The only continent I have never visited and have absolutely no desire to visit is Africa.

That's "funny", Ian :rolleyes: ... because Myrna's often said she doesn't fancy visiting any of the African countries either! :NoNo:

[Arthur Little]

So what would be your suggestion for

before 70?

:yeahthat: ... JUST! Only 3 yrs - and marginally over 2 months - to go ...


when you are Arthurs age LOL... sorry Arthur :):):)

... not to worry, Scott ... you're forgiven ... :olddude: Arthur's already booked his :wheelchair: in advance -it's Myrna he feels sorry for! :bigcry:

[grahamw48]

Sounds like an awesome trip,get in touch with an independant film company or one of the channels with a view to filming it,I think your son will be proud to tell his kids of their grandads trip,not everyone who suddenly decides on such an adventure :) iran-pakistan-china?

Originally, yes.

My brother speaks fluent Farsi, and has contacts in Asia Minor and Pakistan, which might have helped.

Even if it becomes too much on the bike, I could buy an old car and continue on in that way. :)

I have read so many incredible stories and internet blogs, it has become a 'must do'.

Life is just too short to squander it on watching Eastenders and the like. :rolleyes:

[Tawi2]

I did the old silk route when I was a kid,going through Baluchistan was incredible,as was entering Xinjiang,I dont even speak fluent english but I made it,we only live once,I have some stories to tell my kid that when he is old enough to understand I was never a bad guy just because of past actions,I always wanted to try everest,I have been to namche bazzar,but its around £25000 for a place and then theres associated costs and three months acclimatization,I couldnt justify splashing £25000 even if I had it :icon_lol:

[scott&ligaya]

now if you could get Dedworth, Les , Graham48 and the banned Aposhark round a table, it would beat the Monty Python Four Yorkshiremen sketch...... and you try telling the young folk of today!!!! hehehehehe

[scott&ligaya]

Hi Arthur, what about a tandem sky dive.:yikes::yikes::yikes:

[Arthur Little]

Life is just too short to squander it on watching Eastenders and the like. :rolleyes:

:Rasp: ... life's too short [literally!] for some of the characters on Eastenders ... unless they're part of the feuding 'Mitchell' clan ...

[Arthur Little]

:Rasp: ... life's too short [literally!] for some of the characters on Eastenders ... unless they're part of the feuding 'Mitchell' clan ...

... "aoow, Phaioh!" :icon_lol:

[Arthur Little]

Hi Arthur, what about a tandem sky dive.:yikes::yikes::yikes:

Eh? :omg: ... on yer bike, pal !

[hawk]

my plan is to go up in a ww2 bomber b17 fortress then again have you tried parachuting i did jumping out a plane at 5/half 1000 feet now thats gets ya ticker going lol

[scott&ligaya]

when I was a teenager I was an air cadet... flew on aN 11 hour AEW flight onboard a shackleton ...basicallya descendant of the Lancaster, a 10 hour fishery protection flight on a Nimrod and went solo 1 day after my 16th birthday in an old kirby cadet wooden glider, still glide now and again. the take off in a fully fuelled Shack WAS SOMETHING ELSE , the gap between take off velocity V1 stick back and v2 safe airspeed no stall V2 was muuuuchhh loonger than I would have wished, could almost hear a collective sigh of relief from the crew over the headset LOL.

[les_taxi]

now if you could get Dedworth, Les , Graham48 and the banned Aposhark round a table, it would beat the Monty Python Four Yorkshiremen sketch...... and you try telling the young folk of today!!!! hehehehehe
Quality Sketch
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[scott&ligaya]

hehehhehehe see what I mean...!!!!!:icon_lol::icon_lol:

[grahamw48]

Who does this remind me of ? :Erm:

.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPSzPGrazPo

[scott&ligaya]

eeeeeee... I don`t rightly know

[Tawi2]

Microlight lesson is cancelled due to forecast heavy rains this afternoon :bigcry: Bit of a downer :NoNo:

[scott&ligaya]

Hi Tawi2, go to the rant thread on straw that broke the camels back you started.. it may cheer you up

[stevewool]

Microlight lesson is cancelled due to forecast heavy rains this afternoon :bigcry: Bit of a downer :NoNo:

be another day:xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Tawi2]

I rescheduled it,he is fully booked for a few weeks so I wont do the lesson till august,thats the problem with learning and the vagaries of the UK weather.:NoNo:

[Tawi2]

rant thread
My rants are like my temper,they last all of 2 seconds then its back to normal :icon_lol:

[stevewool]

wow show me how you do that my temper and rants seem to last a day with work:NoNo:

[Tawi2]

temper and rants seem to last a day
I never get a temper mate,its not worth it,I used to have anger management problems but nowadays I am tranquil and chilled :)
I might pop over to the Barrio Fiesta and walk around listening for a Pinay quoting Confucius :icon_lol: Moy :laugher:

[stevewool]

enjoy the day take that brollie

[stevewool]

things to do before i am fifty, MOVE

[scott&ligaya]

I had a crazy thought last night that I would like to walk the length of the UK. need to consider which charity to try to support.. my preference would be for a local childrens charity or even an individual child in need.... any one know of a deserving case? Now to research the routes, I think North to south and probably around May/June next yr.

[ozzmantel]

I shamelessly pinched this off another wimdu (http://www.wimdu.com) forum....

50 things to do before you are 50 - if you want to be able to say you have lived

01. Bought the whole pub a drink.

02. Swum with wild dolphins.

03. Climbed a mountain.

04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive.

05. Been inside the Great Pyramid.

06. Held a tarantula.

07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone.

08. Said “I love you” and meant it.

09. Sung karaoke.

10. Done a striptease.

11. Bungee jumped.

12. Visited Paris.

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.

14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise.

15. Seen the Northern Lights.

16. Gone to a music festival.

17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables.

19. Touched an iceberg.

20. Slept under the stars.

21. Changed a baby’s nappy.

22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon.

23. Watched a meteor shower.

24. Got drunk on champagne.

25. Watched wild whales.

26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope.

27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment.

28. Had a food fight.

29. Bet on a winning horse.

30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill.

31. Asked out a stranger.

32. Had a snowball fight.

33. Ridden a roller coaster.

34. Been arrested.

35. Taken a road-trip.

36. Been on t.v.

37. Taken a midnight skinny dip.

38. Stolen a sign.

39. Crashed a party.

40. Seen a total eclipse of either the sun or the moon.

41. Won a fight.

42. Got a tattoo.

43. Been awake for more than 30 hours straight

44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking.

45. Kissed in the rain.

46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.

47. Had sex in a public place.

48. Been propositioned for sex by the opposite sex.

49. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country.

50. Been to 5 Capital cities.

[scott&ligaya]

not sure if this is a good thing, but I do not have many left to do hehehehehehe, touch an iceberg would be good

[Tawi2]

I had a crazy thought last night that I would like to walk the length of the UK.
Thats not crazy at all,we all have our own personal mountains to climb and roads to tread,hope you do it :)

[Terpe]

not sure if this is a good thing, but I do not have many left to do hehehehehehe, touch an iceberg would be good

9 things I never did before 50
6 things I have no intention of doing

Me too, never touched an iceberg. But thinking about it, I'd love to.
Better still lick an iceberg.

[Tawi2]

Did 36 from that list,cant imagine getting a tattoo however :NoNo: havent touched an iceberg but have done several glacier-crossings and showered in glacial meltwater in the Hindu-kush,it gave incredible brain-freeze :icon_lol:

[Terpe]

I had a crazy thought last night that I would like to walk the length of the UK. need to consider which charity to try to support.. my preference would be for a local childrens charity or even an individual child in need.... any one know of a deserving case? Now to research the routes, I think North to south and probably around May/June next yr.

I actually did that, from John O'Groats to Lands End.
I was 19 years old and did it with a team of 6 other apprentices from my old company.
We raised over £3000 between use. Not much these days, but then it was a huge amount and made 2nd page on the local newspaper.
Most of our sponsors paid per the completion rather than per mile. Lucky for them as we walked (and staggered) over 1500 miles. No idea how we got it so wrong!!!
Quite a bit more more than other teams.
But, hey the company paid us our wages for the whole trip (well almost), we missed some wages since we took much longer agreed.
We did this expedition during what was then called "factory fortnight", which was the annual factory shutdown. We were allowed 1 month to do it and got full holiday pay for the whole 4 weeks. Well actually our team took just over 6.5 weeks in total, so the company woulod not pay for 2.5 weeks. We didn't worry or care about that one little bit.
It was without doubt one of my lifetime treasured wonderful experiences and such a heartwarming memory.
All the proceeds went to a local childrens home.
I must look out the official 'start' photo and upload. Gosh! so many years ago now.
Good job I was so young. I wonder how long it would take me now to walk that distance.

Sorry for the long post all. Happy memories!

[stevewool]

not sure if this is a good thing, but I do not have many left to do hehehehehehe, touch an iceberg would be good

done that:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Tawi2]

I actually did that, from John O'Groats to Lands End.
Good achievement :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Terpe]

Good achievement :xxgrinning--00xx3:

I was only 19, very fit and totally unattached in every way.
It might sound very corny, but that period truly made me a man and was a real lifechanging time. It has never ceased being a positive impact in my life.
But yes, it was still an achievement I'm so proud of.
(well mostly):icon_lol:

[Terpe]

done that:xxgrinning--00xx3:

That's really great Steve!!
I've seen some in the far north of Sweden but never gotten close.
One day ................. hopefully

[scott&ligaya]

hi there Terpe, never really did a long distance trail other than the west highland way about 90 miles over three days so will be a massive challenge but the idea is still growing and I am now looking at the routes (anything form 874 to 1200 depending on how off road you go) and the timing.

I imagine I can take up a month away from work as I tend to contract these days and could just time it to coincide with finishing one and choosing not to start the next one. I imagaine my wife driving a motor home as support and the kids would see large parts of my Scottish homeland and of the rest of the UK.
To achieve this ditance in 30 days would rrequire around 35 miles a day with a rest day every week. I am sure I could consistently achieve 3 miles an hour so need 12 hours of walking every day .. hmmmm perhaps three stints of 4 hours with 30 minute breaks 13.5 hours.. factoring in blisters, tendon pain, other injuries perhaps this is ambitious. might need a bit longer.

I will let you all know when I firm up the plan..... anyone fancy joining LOL

[sars_notd_virus]

Things to do before 50

gather and scan pictures when you were young, put it on your cake , shirt, balloons on the BIG day

[Terpe]

Things to do before 50

gather and scan pictures when you were young, put it on your cake , shirt, balloons on the BIG day

Funny you should say that................. I just started doing exactly that a couple of weeks ago.
Takes quite some time to a good range of settings, but it's all going well so far.

Most of my early ones are black & white :olddude:

[stevewool]

most of my early pictures are on tablets of stone:icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

[Tawi2]

Microlight lesson is cancelled due to forecast heavy rains this afternoon Bit of a downer
Clearprop at Blackbushe airport :NoNo: I just phoned to confirm my lesson today,cancelled yet again because the instructor wont be in today,slightly p*ssed-off,at £130+ an hour you would think they could have tried a little harder :rolleyes: