stanat1722york




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  1. 1. connect with old friends
    1 entry . 9 cheers
    23 people
  2. 2. Ride my Harley
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    5 people
  3. 3. go to space
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    427 people
  4. 4. Work out more
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    829 people
  5. 5. See the aurora borealis
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    1,692 people
  6. 6. Witness a total solar eclipse.
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    64 people
  7. 7. To work for NASA
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    4 people
  8. 8. study abroad
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    2,294 people
  9. 9. Watch a space shuttle launch
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    949 people
  10. 10. Learn morse code
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    234 people
  11. 11. go to New Zealand
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    640 people
  12. 12. live in Montreal
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    96 people
  13. 13. Ride a tandem bike
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    20 people
  14. 14. take bagpipe lessons
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    2 people
  15. 15. move to the UK
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    121 people
  16. 16. see the northern lights
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    16,374 people
  17. 17. live by the ocean
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    613 people
  18. 18. live in Hawaii
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    284 people
  19. 19. Visit Japan
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    5,367 people
  20. 20. Take an Outward Bound course
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    7 people
  21. 21. create a 5 year plan
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    316 people
  22. 22. own a hybrid car
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    594 people
  23. 23. Swim with dolphins
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    7,143 people
  24. 24. stay in an ice hotel
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    93 people
  25. 25. Buy a place by the beach.
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    2 people
  26. 26. Bask in the Tuscan sun.
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    3 people
  27. 27. learn to play the harmonica
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    779 people
  28. 28. attend the burning man festival
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    230 people
  29. 29. Learn Japanese
    9,413 people
  30. 30. finish my tattoo
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    175 people
  31. 31. Swim in a bioluminescent bay
    272 people
  32. 32. open a bed and breakfast in the country
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    2 people
  33. 33. get my pilot's license
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    715 people
  34. 34. drive a semi-truck
    23 people
  35. 35. See the Tournament of Roses Parade in person
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    6 people
  36. 36. run a marathon
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    9,896 people
  37. 37. backpack to see petroglyphs
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    1 person
  38. 38. Hike Bryce Canyon, Utah
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    6 people
  39. 39. find my way back into Heather's heart
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    2 people
  40. 40. On ne voit bien qu’avec le coeur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  41. 41. Fly in an original plane from the 2nd World War
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    1 person
  42. 42. Walk on the Great Wall of China
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    261 people

How I did it
How to say "YES" more to experience more in May 2009
It took me
2 days
It made me
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Recent entries
take many many roadtrips
Key West is everything you can imagine ... 5 months ago

Key West is everything you can imagine … I stopped into Jimmy Buffet’s place and drank a toast to an old friend Heather. And found a great book he wrote “How to quit you job and move to Key west” this place has great sunsets and is a few blocks from the southern most point in the USA. The shops have loads of fun stuff. The book explains the ins and outs of life there .. food, flats, police, rules, old timers and locals. It’s as great as the state of California but smaller. I continue to read and plan my escape from Memphis which was voted last year by the FBI as highest crime city in the US. It’s time to say “Been fun … Gotta go”



See the US and Canada
... Chicago ... who would vacation there .... 9 months ago

WOW !!!! what an incredible city. I stayed outside the city and picked up a rail pass for little of nothing. The hour train ride was an adventure in itself. All those small towns with their main street right next to the rails. Seeing the small shops and quaint little garden backyards. In the city you come up to not just big buildings but F*ing HUGE skyscrapers. The kind of buildings that makes you lean back to see them. they really do scrape the sky. How about that Sears Tower 110 stories tall. WOW….. Take a water taxi from Union Station to Navy Pier and ride that giant Ferris wheel.
There are so many things to do … my friends said oh you have to see yada yada yada. This is really a great walking city. 9 hours walking on just the first day. You have to see the aquarium, planetarium, Millennium park, Grant Park, Navy Pier, Zoo, the boat yards, skyline at night, from Navy Pier ride the Segway six hour tour down the beachfront to Oak Beach and back thru the park and downtown neighborhoods. I’ve been in major cities all over the world and this rates in my top three.
Don’t forget to sample the food too … Harry Carrie, Mulroney’s, Bubba Gumps, Chicago pizzas and hotdogs, the ball parks, ride the “EL” just out to the end and back. All these years I wondered why would anyone go on holiday in Chicago. I’m back to say I’M GOING BACK real soon. Why did I wait so long for this adventure.

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go to the kentucky derby
.. OMG, you've never seen so many hats ... 11 months ago

Someone gave me tickets to the KY Derby for both days. Thousands of hats everywhere you look. This was my first visit to the Derby and it was really impressive to be there. You have to walk all over and see the presidential floor and the infield too. The vendors and the groups spread out on their blankets on the lawn. There was a hefty man reaching into his pants and pulling out Ziploc baggies full of whiskey. He told me that’s how you bring the booze in. Be aware they will search you when you enter the gates. You are required to empty your pockets and purse onto a table. Then you have to put your items in a clear plastic bag and be scanned with a metal detector wand. The baggies of whiskey are undetectable. Rooms are expensive so plan ahead. Don’t try to park close to the Downs as there are no spaces. Park at the stadium and take the shuttle bus. If you like to walk it’s only a mile from there. Hang by the paddocks where the jockeys mount up. They are wearing clean uniforms going out and coming back in they are covered in mud (except for around their eyes). They will sign autographs as they pass thru the crossing area. They raise the crossing barriers as the jockeys come thru be sure to be on the side you need to be as they keep the ropes up until all the jockeys have passed thru. At the end of the races they pass out gorgeous roses from the winners circle too.



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