Smoke anything by inhalation. I will still use my smoker for meats.
Visit a 3rd world country.
Skydive, bungie jump, rock climb, mountain climb.
Eat stuff that comes from many foreign countries.
Get married again. 3½ times is enough.
Every person I’ve met who has attended Burning Man has raved about the event and experience. Many of them also said they checked off a bucket list item by doing so. Good for them.
I will never attend Burning Man.
I am with Kropotkin in that I have never actually kept a bucket list and don’t really fancy putting one together now. Most of my life has been about taking care of people and surviving.
If timely opportunities arise within my abilities and financial means I will participate.
In the last 10 years that I have had without any of these responsibilities I have discovered that my favorite thing to do is travel.
However, there are a few places I avoid simply because of my disabilities.
I guess if I had an anti-bucket list it would involve food. I am a notoriously picky eater and for the most part a vegetarian.
I will never, ever try any of the over the top foods, particularly the disgusting, smelly Surstromming fish delicacy. I just cannot imagine paying for and eating rotten fish.
Hey, I read that Jesus Cleansing The Temple story. So if he came back, he’d stop by the Ark Encounter and tear it down. Preferably in as noisy and scary a method as possible, then have a dove swoop in and sit atop the rubble with an olive branch…
I’m not going anywhere that everyone else wants to go. Too crowded.
What do you think Fugu tastes like?
I will do a spoiler for you, cooked in batter it tastes like the most delicious, light, fried chicken that you ever had.
You’ll never see me caving or spelunking.
Although I wouldn’t mind jumping out of a plane, I am overweight and have a bad back. I take that as a sign that it wasn’t meant to be.
I don’t want to walk on Antarctica. Actually, I do, but so do a lot of truly thoughtless people who call themselves ‘eco-tourists’. That continent doesn’t need more humans tramping on it so I refuse to join the herd. Same with climbing Everest.
I love to travel, but I also want to be green so I’ve cut my travel in half and am looking to spend time doing green up/clean up instead.
I will not get my pilot’s license. This was a goal of mine when young but I pushed it back due to fiscal reality and now I’m hanging up the idea. Just don’t need to do it.
I will not ride a motorcycle.
I will not race a cigarette boat.
I will not bobsled or participate in skeleton.
I will not hunt fox, wolves, bears, moose, big cat, giraffe, zebra, etc. I might hunt geese.
I will not fish, though that is because of a phobia so not really a bucket list type of item.
I will not read Chinese.
There’s not much on anybody’s bucket list that I’d have to hard pass on except any kind of sport/trophy hunting. If I’m going to shoot it, it’s going into my freezer.
That said, there’s a long list of things I’m not going to spend my own money on, but if Elon Musk calls me up and says, “Jammer! Dude! Skydiving this weekend, my treat!” I’ll be “Fuck yeah! Let’s do this!”
I will never ever go anywhere near Times Square on New Year’s Eve.
Prepared that way, does it have the lightly-numbed lips effect that I thought was part of the appeal of the dish? I’ve not tried fugu, and I’m not fond of the similar effect from Szechuan peppercorns.
Ironically, considering their sheer number and popularity here, I’ve never been in a strip club, and have no desire too. I’ll pass on Burning Man and New Orleans Mardi Gras as well.
Things I have done but have no particular desire to ever do again:
[ul]
[li]Skydiving: I made three static-line jumps when I was younger, but it just seems like you are rolling the dice every time you jump, and I made a conscious decision to no longer want to press my luck.[/li][li]Smoking: I smoked a little (usually only in bars) when I was younger, but thankfully never got hooked. When I was older I used to occasionally smoke a cigar, but decided that the little pleasure I got out of it wasn’t worth the health risks. Now I can’t stand the smell of tobacco smoke.[/li][li]Go to the Las Vegas strip[/li][li]Go to a casino[/li][li]Go to a strip club[/li][li]Scuba dive with sharks[/li] [/ul]
Things I have never done, and don’t ever intend to:
[ul]
[li]Cave diving: simply too dangerous, IMHO[/li][li]Wreck diving[/li][li]Deep diving (beyond recreational scuba limits)[/li][li]Caving/spelunking (other than those set up for tourists)[/li][li]Climb Mount Everest[/li][li]Trophy hunting (e.g. bears, moose, big cat, giraffe, elephant, zebra, etc.)[/li][li]Get a tattoo or piercing[/li][li]Bungee jumping[/li][li]Wing suits[/li][li]Recreational drugs other than marijuana[/li][li]Chewing tobacco or snuff[/li][li]Eating contests[/li][li]Visiting North Korea[/li][li]Visiting Mar-a-Lago or any building and/or facility with the word “Trump” in the name[/li][/ul]
Things I have never done, but would consider it:
[ul]
[li]Hike the Appalachian Trial (if I could ever find the time, which is unlikely)[/li][li]Ride in a hot air balloon[/li][li]Hang-gliding[/li][li]Rocket launch (undoubtedly dangerous but would be worth the risk)[/li][/ul]
Things I have done and would do again (that are on other people’s anti-bucket lists):
[ul]
[li]Go to Walt Disney World[/li][li]Go on a cruise (especially on Disney Cruise Line)[/li][li]Scuba diving (recreational, preferably in tropical locales)[/li][li]Downhill (alpine) skiing[/li][li]Wilderness tent camping[/li][/ul]
Yeah, I can see that. In my case, many of my so-called bucket-list items are things that I’ve always wanted to do, but never had the time or money to do it. Two big items for me were scuba diving and downhill skiing. I started doing both about five years ago, just as my son was finishing high school and heading off to college.
I also want to travel more, but have been prioritizing travel to scuba diving locales and ski resorts right now while I’m still healthy and fit enough to do these activities. Unfortunately my wife doesn’t do either, which complicates things.
Their website also touts “extreme safety”. I wonder if they rounded pi to 3 to help out with their extreme engineering calculations.
I’ve done the swimming with dolphins thing. The dolphins were unimpressed, as was I.
Bungee jumping, skydiving, scuba - not on [del]my[/del] your life.
No more camping - driving somewhere and then sleeping on the ground has lost what little appeal it ever had. I like hot water, mattresses, and things like that. My ancestors evolved culture for a reason, and it seems ungrateful for me to abandon that.
Also, no sexual experiences that leave marks or involve a third party. My safe word is “ouch” and a threesome just doubles my chances of being laughed at.
Regards,
Shodan