And here, post the things you feel you absolutely want to do and want to experience during your life time. Anything!
Some things I'd like to do:
- make discoveries of fundamental importance for finding a cure against many common neurological/neuropsychiatric diseases and disorders such as schizophrenia or Alzheimers.
- visit Antarctica and climb the sea cliffs of South Georgia. Visit samarkand (in Uzbekistan) , South Africa and the burning mountains in Azerbadjan (the burn because of natural gas). See the national park in Turkey with all the salt formations.
- Go with a berber trading caravan through southern Sahara (on camel, of course)
- Go by boat along the Huang-ho river
- reproduce
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Originally posted by C Elegans - make discoveries of fundamental importance for finding a cure against many common neurological/neuropsychiatric diseases and disorders such as schizophrenia or Alzheimers.
- visit Antarctica and climb the sea cliffs of South Georgia. Visit samarkand (in Uzbekistan) , South Africa and the burning mountains in Azerbadjan (the burn because of natural gas). See the national park in Turkey with all the salt formations.
- Go with a berber trading caravan through southern Sahara (on camel, of course)
- Go by boat along the Huang-ho river
- reproduce
You're not planning to do the reproduction thing while caravaning with the Berbers, are you?
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Originally posted by fable You're not planning to do the reproduction thing while caravaning with the Berbers, are you?
Ah, why not? I'm sure I and the husband can get a tent of our own
posted by Gwally Yay! I've done one of the things on CE's list!
Frankly, I'm quite impressed by that knowing that both you and your wife have had very active careers as researchers - I can't imagine how to find the time to raise children.
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Originally posted by C Elegans Frankly, I'm quite impressed by that knowing that both you and your wife have had very active careers as researchers - I can't imagine how to find the time to raise children.
Thanks, but I can't shake the feeling that I maybe shoulda started at the top of your list.....
Actually, being 'Daddy' to my girls is the best thing I've ever done. All else pales.
That there; exactly the kinda diversion we coulda used.
I wanna walk across the USA.... seeya all in a couple years.....
It's pretty easy, I mean just go kill a dragon, get laid.
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Originally posted by Gwalchmai Yay! I've done one of the things on CE's list!
Make that two of us!
Seriously, I would like to travel round the world and learn about the cultures of other people. European countries such as Spain, Austria and Switzerland have always held a fascination for me.
Originally posted by Tamerlane I want to fly either into space or just in the sky.
But not in the corny tourist sense or the rich private plane type.
I want to earn my wings...
I'm afraid genetic engineering can't give you wings at this stage...have you considered hanggliding? It's IMO the closest man can come to flying like a bird.
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Originally posted by C Elegans I'm afraid genetic engineering can't give you wings at this stage...have you considered hanggliding? It's IMO the closest man can come to flying like a bird.
Sky diving is on the near horizon. However thats more falling than flying.
Mind you those wings will make for an interesting conversation at parties.
Originally posted by Tamerlane
Sky diving is on the near horizon. However thats more falling than flying.
Mind you those wings will make for an interesting conversation at parties.
What about paragliding? It's like falling very slowly
I'm sure you'd look great in wings, trouble is that you can't grow them, and transplants would be rejected by your body. Hm...cultivating stem cells into wings, perhaps? I foresee some slight technical problems, though...
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Originally posted by Tamerlane Well if I ever become a billionaire from now on to my death. And you see a news report about a guy trying to get wings. It'll be me.
However paragliding seems a good idea, that is until I get behind the controls of a multi-million dollar fighter jet.
LOL, I'll remember that when I see the headlines of some lunatic with delusions about wings
Paragliding is a very nice sport, it's very easy to learn (the easiest of all flying sports I've tried) and also the least expensive. *sigh* I wish I had time to take mine and go away somewhere hilly - I always go away when I want to fly because it's very flat around here.
More things I'd like to do during my lifetime:
- Learn samba and Argentinian tango
- See an Emerald boa while hiking in the Papua New Guinea rainforest
- Publish in both Nature and Science
- Meet a group of manta rays
- Learn to surf
- See the needle cliffs in the middle of Sahara
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