I want to row my own raft through the Grand Canyon.
A Cutlass, because I have a really nice pirate hat and it seems silly to wear it without a good sword.
A Mini-excavator, because it will make the yard work much easier.
A Bermuda Sloop, because once I have the hat and the sword I oughta get the boat to go with it.
If you like stock cars, you can ride in one at Bristol Motor Speedway in TN. I can’t remember the dates but you could check.
Like elbows and Octarine, I’d want unlimited time in the museums.
I’ve never shot a rifle of any kind. It’d all be new. Having seen slow-motion video of one of those puppies firing, though, I’ve got to imagine that the frizzen lighting the powder gives a somewhat different experience than a modern gun…
A pair of Irish Wolfhounds, and of course, a big enough yard for them to run around in.
One of those folding slides that can go over your staircase. Like this.
Pretty much everything at “thinkgeek,” but especially the full set of pathogen plushies.
A harp.
I’m not very good at taking pictures but I have a craving for a Leica M3.
I shot my first rifle this year. My son’s Mosin-Nagant. There’s even a pic of me on MPSIMS Portrait Gallery doing so - page 20, I believe. It’s not a good pic - I wasn’t really standing or holding it like that at the moment that I actually shot it. The rifle is too heavy for me, but it was still a hell of a lot of fun shooting it. I plan on buying a hand gun this year. Not sure what kind yet.
When are you going to be in Houston next? Cause I can do that for you. They are FUN! I’ll show you how to sharpen the flint and talk your ear off about making powder…corned powder is much safer than hand mixed powder, so we will corn it before we shoot.
Like others, I also want to have a zero g experience. I was once in a fighter plane and the we went zero g, but I was strapped in. Maybe I should jump out of a plane, but I’m a weenie.
I want a monocle.
Houston? Likely never, but if I am, I will definitely look you up.
A neanderthal hand axe, flint blade, or anything of that sort. I mean, a tool crafted by a non-human species! Something about this strikes me as just incredibly cool.
And cleaning -------
Depending on how close the OP is to PA/Ohio though, I could help him/her cross that one off the list easily and maybe get them thrown into a F&I battle packing one as well.
I think I mentioned this in another Christmas thread but right now I’m seriously hot and bothered to find a mini-bike I remember. It was your standard 3hp type but chopped and sold commercially as a “Rat Fink” model. I forget if Big Daddy Rat was actually involved with the company or not but the image is burned in my brain and now, after not really thinking about it for 40some years, I really want one. I’ll probably call a friend after the holidays and get him searching.
There is this place in Illinois: http://www.camprentalchannel.com/rentalcamps/Camp-Manitowa-1100.html.
Can’t vouch for its quality, but several Ohio state parks offer yurts. They can be reserved online.
For myself, flying lessons and the use of an aircraft. I don’t want to own it, let somebody else handle all of the hassle.
A good quality dslr with a reasonable set of accessories. Or even better, a darkroom and all of the actual supplies for it, plus a good medium format film camera.
Introductory paragliding lessons don’t cost much, and short flights down training slopes are a lot of fun. They’re crazy easy to fly- the hard part is inflating them and getting them overhead. But learning that is part of the fun.
I know, which is why I brought it up. But to me $55 for 2 minutes or $95 for four minutes is a lot for a really short time.
An E-flat contrabass clarinet. A Selmer Paris one, preferably.
Don’t know how far Buttcrack, Illinois is from central Ohio, but…
Yurts and wild animals! Luxury yurts, at that.
To the OP, there are several Washington State Parks with Yurts. If you do move, renting one is trivial.
The things that I want are things that I probably could get for myself, but haven’t (due to other stuff getting in the way).
- A full course of paragliding lessons (and the equipment so that when I’m done with lessons, I can go paragliding on my own.)
- Horseback tour in Mongolia
- Sailing lessons
A ride-along in an F-15 fighter
Take a year off work and sail around the world
A couture gown designed for me
Play piano onstage at Carnegie Hall (no audience to suffer through it, just me tinkling the ivories on the stage)
BMW Isetta