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    Quote Originally Posted by Ocean1 View Post
    I'm not very imaginative. The stuff that I can think of is stuff I've already done but wouldn't have thought to put on a list. Getting to buy an old lady's air fare to see her daughter one last time.

    Or should have been on someone else's list. The wife getting to cuddle a baby elephant.

    Meh, can't be bad if I don't have any unfulfilled life-long ambitions can it?



    Still. Maybe I can hang on until they start doing Lunar tours.
    Orbital flight seems on the cards soon.

    Lunar tours with Aeroflot in the not too distant future.

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    Never thought i would get a chance to see one of these in the flesh but did today...its all class.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ocean1 View Post
    I'm not very imaginative. The stuff that I can think of is stuff I've already done but wouldn't have thought to put on a list. Getting to buy an old lady's air fare to see her daughter one last time.

    Or should have been on someone else's list. The wife getting to cuddle a baby elephant.

    Meh, can't be bad if I don't have any unfulfilled life-long ambitions can it?

    Still. Maybe I can hang on until they start doing Lunar tours.
    Good for you! We haven't got any real biggies either as we've tended to knock them off as we went along. Retiring at 60 was the best thing I did to create time to do them whilst the body was in decent nick.

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    Bucket list should include lines of coke from a Russian hookers flat stomach until you go numb,even suggested to the mrs we do it together but no it seems.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    Never thought i would get a chance to see one of these in the flesh but did today...its all class.
    Did you ask if he'd put modern CV joints in the drivetrain ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post
    Did you ask if he'd put modern CV joints in the drivetrain ?
    Didnt speak to the bloke that owned it.To be honest i never knew the things were fwd until today.Interesting afternoon as a bloke with an old Ford started yapping about my GTP and turned out he has an oldish TLS in the shed...an hour or so later with a pissed off mrs we left lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackbird View Post
    Good for you! We haven't got any real biggies either as we've tended to knock them off as we went along. Retiring at 60 was the best thing I did to create time to do them whilst the body was in decent nick.
    Good if you can manage it. Guess in the long run that's what later life choices boil down to, don't it? Playing the cards you've got to try to balance lifestyle choices before retirement with lifestyle options after.

    Would help we knew how long the game has to run, but that would be too easy, and easy is never all that satisfactory.
    Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon

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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    Bucket list should include lines of coke from a Russian hookers flat stomach until you go numb,even suggested to the mrs we do it together but no it seems.
    The coke or the hooker?

    Oh, right, I gedit.
    Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ocean1 View Post
    Good if you can manage it. Guess in the long run that's what later life choices boil down to, don't it? Playing the cards you've got to try to balance lifestyle choices before retirement with lifestyle options after.

    Would help we knew how long the game has to run, but that would be too easy, and easy is never all that satisfactory.
    Good point mate but to be fair events of late for me personally say throw caution to the wind,a very good friend of mine took a trip to the doc with what he thought was as simple as a sore back...straight to hospital for rays then 3 months later was all over and the last few weeks were disgusting.Great bloke doing everything right re family/providing etc etc.
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    Travelling on this last year...



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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    Bucket list should include lines of coke from a Russian hookers flat stomach until you go numb,even suggested to the mrs we do it together but no it seems.
    If your missus has a flat stomach what do you need the Russian hooker for???
    "So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ocean1 View Post
    First time I've seen politicians exercise any ...
    "So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    If your missus has a flat stomach what do you need the Russian hooker for???
    Well...there was a scene in Sopranos with 2 Russian hookers,never been able to shake it.
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    A little perspective...

    ... for the Chicken Little brigade.

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    Auckland, Sydney, and Vancouver join European cities among the Top 10 destinations with the highest quality of living, while certain Western European cities, cities in New Zealand, and Singapore are the safest for international employees.
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