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Name things you have done that 99% of people on this forum haven't done.
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I'm in the US Air Force. I was able to get on a trip of a lifetime..... Took a break from the war and hopped on one of our C-17's and flew to Christchurch New Zealand....very cool place if you've never been. From there, we flew to McMurdo Station, Antarctica every other day in support of the US Antarctic Program. Some of the scientists we picked up.....looked like they had been there too long and lost their marbles.
I made my trip down to the ice. We landed on Pegasus Ice Runway....not far where Scott perished in the race for the south pole. I wrote my wife's and kids name in the ice. It is very dry there. The snow/ice was almost like a dry ice....very little water content. I am at work now, I'll post a few pics when I get off work from my MBP.
Our bird, acft 181...flew awesome the whole time we were there:
My US Flags under the Antarctica sign. They have been just about everywhere....even combat:
I made my trip down to the ice. We landed on Pegasus Ice Runway....not far where Scott perished in the race for the south pole. I wrote my wife's and kids name in the ice. It is very dry there. The snow/ice was almost like a dry ice....very little water content. I am at work now, I'll post a few pics when I get off work from my MBP.
Our bird, acft 181...flew awesome the whole time we were there:
My US Flags under the Antarctica sign. They have been just about everywhere....even combat:
Very cool! I definitely haven't done that. A friend of mine was able to fly out to an air craft carrier and spend 24 hours on it. Incredible experience.
It was a good all round trip. We stayed in Christchurch for a hair over two weeks. We left in Oct/Nov, so it was NZ and Antarctica's spring time. I would go back in a heartbeat. The Kiwi's are very nice people. We stayed at Pepper's Clearwater Resort....awesome place!
Antarctica has to be experienced. Its hard to explain it. Deadly and beautiful at the same time. It is very windy as well. Travel is still very treacherous there. The sun down there is no joke. It will burn you to a crisp if you're not careful even with how cold it is. I had 3 layers of clothes on and was perfectly comfortable, with the exception of my face going numb.
The military does have its perks. Been all over Europe and Asia. But I have been to far more unpleasant area's than I care to talk about...
Visited 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino! - Made my parents take a day out of their holiday
Looks like Im the other 1% thats done that.
Well:
1. I have applied for x-factor (currently still waiting to hear on audition)
2. Got a distinction in a grade 8 music exam
3. Complete the Devizes to Westminster 125 mile canoe marathon!
4. Almost od'ed on paracetamol when I was younger (didn't mean to ofcourse I just liked the pills)
5. Been to every continent bar 2 (asia and antartica!) before I was 16!
Been meaning to say congrats on that for a long time now, so Congraulations
How much did you raise in the end?
Been meaning to say congrats on that for a long time now, so Congraulations
How much did you raise in the end?
Thanks for the sponsorship and dealing with the situation! Between me and my partner we raised over £1,500 for what I believe is a good cause!
If you would like to see what happened then I did create a short video of footage compiled by my sister and dad!
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CBD233C72055221A
This is my favorite. Among all the reckless and stupid things that people have done, this is a nice change.
Congrats.
Did you ever teach at a church camp in the late 90s (maybe 2000ish)? I had a counselor who told that exact story...
No, can't say that I did.
If he's not a member, I'm still good for 1%.
Didn't really hurt much, bled pretty bad and scar doesn't show.
Scared my folks more than it did me and the Dr. got a good chuckle as he stitched me up.
Cutting your scrotum open while hopping a fence must be more common than I previously thought.
Worked "security" for a free Grateful Dead concert in the late '60s.
Did the same for The Who.
Went to a College that booked The Who, even booked Lead Zeppelin for Home Coming.
Lived to write this on MR 40 years later.
Dale
Did the same for The Who.
Went to a College that booked The Who, even booked Lead Zeppelin for Home Coming.
Lived to write this on MR 40 years later.
Dale
I bow to you sir. I doubt that many have done that, and if they have, that they would admit to it.
My only contribution is... I gave birth to two children, both without anesthetic or pain killers.
My only contribution is... I gave birth to two children, both without anesthetic or pain killers.
I bow to you and the pain I will never know
My pop did that on a barbed wire fence, one of my uncles ripped his on a spike in a barn, and one of my cousins had a sideways bent penis thanks to a collapsing fence tie he was urinating on. WTF!!!! Are you from kentucky too??? oh hell even worse are we related?????????
That happened in Ohio - close enough.
As for my pop I guess not he just decided to get a roll of black tape and wrapped it up, my cousin and my uncle went to the hospital and got tetanus shots. This was decades back though, my family wasn't exactly the sanest group of hillbillys running around those parts his cousins used to play "tag" with 22 rifles when you were IT that meant you got shot in the ass.
I bow to you and the pain I will never know
They say the closest a man can come to experiencing the pain of child birth is to pass a 5mm+ kidney stone through his urethra. I cannot imagine this pain
Women deserve a medal for natural child birth. Although several women have told me that once they start pushing, the pain is sort of "blocked." Likely due to endorphins, just guessing.