Bucket list.....

I have one thing on my bucket list. I want to fly to Australia; jump in shark cage and see a Great White swim by.

Edit: I apologize, I am very sorry for your loses, and I hope your father can recover. i will keep him in my prayers.

I would like to go to Japan. I've only ever been through the airport.

I'm sorry to hear about your losses, and I hope your dad gets well soon.

There are some places I would like to see again, the A.F. museum, Lackland A.F.B., Little Rock A.F.B. and city, a couple bases  I was assigned to during VIetNam, Kadena A.B. in Okinawa as well as some other spots in Japan, or see my family's old ancestral mountain in what is now Italy.  But none of this is very likely to happen.

Nice bucket list Armornut!  Sorry that so much bad stuff happened to you in such a short time.

I also want to go to the Smithsonian, plus peek at all the dusty airplane stuff hiding at Silver Hill.  The dinosaur bones thing is truly magical, if there is an adequate way to describe seeing them.  I felt like I was 5 years old again the first time I saw some at the Ueno Science Museum in Tokyo.  It boggles the mind to stand next to a Tyranosaur or Stegosaur and imagine that these things actually roamed the Earth.  I have been to a couple of Nationals and can confidently say you should absolutely make your way to at least one; it will be worth your time.  Even if you go stag (i.e. without a model), it is still worth seeing.  But do take a model to enter.  The more the merrier.  Plus the nail-biting stress adds to the experiece. 

For me, #1 on my bucket list is to finish the models that really mean something to me, and get rid of all the others before I expire.  No really.  I have recently seen the aftermath of several modelers' deaths and it's not fun dealing with their stash.

I have been fortunate to have been able to check off some bucket list items, like going to the IPMS Nationals (even one in the UK!), seeing the USAF Museum, going nuts shopping for model kits in Japan (and attending one of their Plamo shows), and one "almost" - driving a DeLorean.  It was on a used car lot and the salesman seemed desperate to unload the high-mileage vehicle.  I got the keys, hopped in the car, turned the ignition...and just like in "Back to the Future" the car wouldn't start!  We couldn't get the bonnet (or is that "boot", as the car is rear engined) open to check the battery becaust the release handle was torn off!  Still, it was thrilling to sit in the car and soak in its ambiance.  Almost "lived the dream"...

I hope your days get better soon!

I had a huge bucket list...most of which had been achieved before I even hit 30.

I've seen pretty much the whole country. Not much left that I just HAVE TO DO. Seeing more places would be cool...but I don't feel a NEED or have a very strong desire. The only things left, that I'd really like to do are skydiving, and put an elk, moose, and caribou in my freezer(all taken with bow/arrow).

Being lucky (but not rich) and being 73 years old (and starting to realize that I am mortal) I've planned and pulled off several Bucket list things in the last couple of decades. Alaska was one with my wife winning tickets to anywhere in North America--good start. A good friend flys planes and took me both to Oshkosh and Dayton. A cousin lived in DC and escorted me through the Smithsonion complex several times. (Everyone should go to the Smithsonian and DC. before they die.) Another friend lived near Pensacola and went with my wife and I for a 2 day blast at the Naval Air Museum. Seattle Air museum and Mt. St. Helens Knocked out in a week with friends who had us out. I built a vintage cross-country motorcycle and raced "The Last Great Race" in a National Cross country two years ago and survived. I won't bore you with more but the answer is YES. Live life while you can and quit putting it off! Hmm, I'm trying to figure out how to get to Yellowstone as we speak. Go for it!  

Max

Hope your Dad's doing better, thoughts go out to you and yours.

As for my list....really short one...not to kick it until I get at least 5 more kits done and a few more campouts done.  Should fill in the next 2-3years nicely, especially with a little metal detecting and gold mining tossed in for desert.

Unlike some others, no desire to travel.  Saw enough in my travels in the service.  Have not seen all there is in my little corner, and never will.  I don't want to go back to places remembered.  The way things have changed and are going, those are memories best left as is.

Sorry to hear of your dad and the losses.

My bucket list is quite a list:

Travel to England (I'd like to spend a couple months in the UK plus attend an air show at Duxford)

Travel to Italy, China, and take the Band of Brothers tour

Travel to San Diego, Black Hills for Mt. Rushmore, go back to DC, etc...

Go bungie jumping, parachute out of an airplane, go zip lining, go up in a hot air balloon, fly in a glider, parasailing....

Fly in a fighter jet be it a Hornet, Tomcat, or F-16

Fly in a vintage aircraft - P-51 Mustang, Spitfire, C-47 Skytrain, Stearman, Lancaster, B-17, B-25, and a vintage WW1 aircraft.

Own a classic car to my liking - 1965 or 1967 Chevy Impala SS, 1955 Ford Custom, 1964 Dodge Dart, or either a 1969 Shelby Cobra or 1967 Shelby Mustang.

armornut

I have had a really tough couple weeks, a co worker and veteran dies suddenly of natural causes at the age of 30, a friend of a friend's wife dies in a car wreck the same weekend, father has a heart problem, many things. Got me to thinking about how short life is and how much there is out there to see. Not sure why I want to share but my impromptu bucket list is so far, I want to attend and put something on the table at an IPMS National Show/ Contest, travel to Wa. DC to see the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and Natural History Museum, I have never seen dinosaur bones, plus the monuments. I would also like to go back to Hong Kong and hit the Kowloon side of the bay for some hobby shop action. All of this is possible so long as I have breath and a drive. Does anybody else have a bucket list? 

 

I extend my condolences for the loss of your friends and your Dad's health issues, I wish him a good recovery and comfort.

I'm 75, retired commercial pilot, have flown over so many beatiful places over the years, never saw them from the ground. A fellow pilot friend and I had the same regrets, so we did the "old guy's bucket list" trip together last June/July.

Saw where his Scottish Grandparents settled in Montana, then Glacier Park. Into North Dakota and the Grasslands area, bison farms, wildlife like you can't imagine. Still in N.D. and the farm where I grew up, found the spot where my childhood dog Spike is buried, visited our families farm grave yard where virtually all of my loved ones are buried.

Over to the Tetons and Jackson Hole, then Yellowstone, the Sawtooths and the Bitter Roots, visited so many local, small museums, then worked our way home. The US has so many great things to see, really MUCH more beautiful at ground level, as opposed to 35 to 40K feet.

I'm so glad we did it, our wives suggest we do another bucket trip list every 6 months, we came home very happy. So, we are already planning our winter trip, the Southwest holds great appeal for us.

Go see as much as you can, trust me, it's great.

Patrick 

Some sports related stuff,college football at the Big House in Michigan,and Notre Dame.College basketball at Duke.A Super Bowl,The Golf Masters at Augusta.

Visit Normandy,Paris,London,Japan,Egypt,Seychelles.

More stuff that ain't happening

Sail on a Carrier or a Submarine

Fly on a modern fighter jet or a classic fighter

Drive in the Bovington Tiger

In the past year I've been able to take my father and son to see the USS New Jersey and USS Olympia in Philly, and make two trips to the Air Force Museum in Dayton.  I found out recently I had ancestors on the Mayflower, so I'm thinking a trip to New England is in order.  One part of the country i have never visited.

 While I'm up there I'd also like to see the USS Constitution and the USS Massachucetts.

We are also planning a trip to the Air and Space Museum in the near future. 

 Took a trip to Montana a few years ago.  Beautiful state.  We hit everything between Glacier through Yellowstone,  then worked our way through Canyonlands in Utah to Grand Canyon in Arizona.  Been to a lot of parks, but never seen Yosemite or the  Pacific Northwest.

Have to say I am thankful to still be able to take these trips with my father.  He's in his seventies and has always had a love of history.  As a child we took TWO trips to Gettysburg lol!  All vacations included historic sidetrips, and I am grateful

Hope your father is on the mend...You get older and you start to realize what real men they are.  We lost my father in law last year who was a WWII Pacific Theater vet and had the fortune to meet General Eisenhower when he was fresh out of basic training.  Ike asked him how he liked the army and my father in law said he loved it!  " I was lying through my teeth!" he told me.  Great story to pass on to my son and daughter....

Hi;

    I have actually managed about half of my first list . I didn't re-do it until I had a heart attack and checked out in the dr's office . I got brought back and when I got home I changed the list . Now the only thing left is to command the S.S. United States ( all nicely restored ) on her second maiden voyage !

 I know , far out , right ? But the doctor said by making unreachable goals I would keep striving and moving forward . He was right . No really , there isn't much I want to do . Did most of it with the two Ladies that married me at different times and then went to be angels .

     What's left ? Oh I don't know . Just share what I've learned and done over the years with the greatest group of modelers I've ever known and get to put a face to the names here . I do consider all of you my extended family , and thank God every day that you all are willing to put up with this old man .It's nice to belong .     Tanker - Builder

There is one thing that's on my bucket list...

I vowed never to go to Yellowstone. Too many clueless idiots there who can't read and know enough to stay away from animals - buffalo, elk, etc...

I have enough idiots in my hometown. I don't need to go elsewhere to find more at Yellowstone.

The last straw was the news about some idiots took a buffalo calf in his car and took it to a ranger'station because they thought the calf was cold. End result, they had to put it down after several attempts to reunite it to the herd. Sad...

Jerusalem.

Thank you all for the well wishes for my father, good news is he is on the mend after a second stint, thank goodness it was not a by pass. From the looks of it my bucket list is right along the lines with the rest of most middle aged men, AWESOME. Now where will next National be held? Gotta start booking travel arrangements.

Yellowstone is absolutely beautiful. Great variety in all aspects. First time, I was 8. We stayed for a week, and did the regular stuff. The second trip...so much more amazing. I went on a fishing trip with my Uncle (he was in the "higher ups" for Kansas Fish and Game), through Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas. Anyway, we stopped in at Yellowstone for a couple days, and my Uncle knew some people. We were able to get off the beaten path, into the real wilderness, that not many people get to see. My 12 year old mind was blown, and still is to this day. So much more there, than what the average traveller gets to see. I wouldn't care to go back now...can't even imagine the crowd...unless I could get to some "untouched" areas, but then...they would be untouched anymore...don't wanna be that guy!

I totally understand about the people though...the "citiots" (city/idiot), that think nature is tame and/or think they're helping, but only doing more harm than good...or getting themselves hurt. One of the neighbors of a property I hunt is a good example. My bro shot a deer, it ran across her property...so we asked permission to track it through her property (she obliged, and understood), she kinda started crying, and "ohhh, it was probably one of the ones we raised"...she went on to say that they find "abandoned" fawns in their woods all the time, and bring em in to the corral and raise em until they're old enough to be released (and NOT affraid of humans)...in a non confrontational way, I explained that they are not abandoned(most likely), they are still on moms milk...mom goes to forage for food...the fawns "hide", because they are not yet strong/fast enough yet to safely go along with momma...also, fawns have no scent, momma does, so she keeps some distance so as not to attract predators. She had no idea that that is how they "worked", and felt horrible (not my goal). "Momma's never too far away, and the fawns need to learn what they need to be affraid of, from their mother".

Fermis, who was your uncle? I'm from Kansas and knew several people in the Kansas Fish and Game through conservation projects, contributing photography to their magazine, and working on wildlife related projects through the Audubon society. I'm also an amatuer biologist and have helped on several of their projects. Someone I know?

Thanks!

Max

Hodakamax

Fermis, who was your uncle? I'm from Kansas and knew several people in the Kansas Fish and Game through conservation projects, contributing photography to their magazine, and working on wildlife related projects through the Audubon society. I'm also an amatuer biologist and have helped on several of their projects. Someone I know?

Thanks!

Max

 

Lee Quail, from Pratt KS.

Thanks Fermis, I didn't know him but he had the right name for the position!

Just checking,

Max

Of course, I'd love to attend any model show - even the IPMS Nationals.

Been to my bucketlist-pearl harbor! Awesome in every way. I would love to visit some Civil War battlefields as well as the Imperial War Museum.

All the best to you and yours armornut, hang in there.

My bucket list:

I'd like to speak fluent German, visit Germany and be able to order from the menu.

I'd like to be a better drummer than I am now.

I'd like to be able to comfortably retire and enjoy it in good health for twenty years.

Other than that, I'm content.

Hey Blacksheep, if youi ever do get to italy, look up my family's former mountain, Monte Baldo.  It used to be part of Austria until that disagreement in 1914.  At the end, Italy took possesion of the mountain but it kept our name.  I'll never get to see it, so somebody should.  We also found out that at one time we had "Von" in our family's name. 

Cool! I'll keep it in mind. Speaking of which, I dabbled in genealogy a few years back and during that time, I came in contact from someone over in the UK who was looking for a certain relative. I told him I was a 7th generation of the family name. One of the persons he was looking for happened to be my GG Grandfather. Now imagine the flood gates of wealth and family history I opened up for him. He was excited. LOL!!

We kept on touch for a few years until one day his son emailed me that his dad had passed on from a heart attack. I was devastated of the news.

My bucket list:

-- two of those big white plastic ones from Lowes.

-- a nice gray one, identical in size and shape.

-- a smaller yellow one I aquired years ago that I used to stock the bird feeders.

-- a cool antique steel or tin one that we picked up at a garage sale a few years ago.

-- a very generic white one with paint advertising on the side.

-- lastly, a coal bucket from my grandpa's house. A family treasure from Coal Country, Scranton Pa!

I'm working on acquiring more. Always on the lookout for a good, useful bucket.

the doog

My bucket list:

-- two of those big white plastic ones from Lowes.

-- a nice gray one, identical in size and shape.

-- a smaller yellow one I aquired years ago that I used to stock the bird feeders.

-- a cool antique steel or tin one that we picked up at a garage sale a few years ago.

-- a very generic white one with paint advertising on the side.

-- lastly, a coal bucket from my grandpa's house. A family treasure from Coal Country, Scranton Pa!

I'm working on acquiring more. Always on the lookout for a good, useful bucket.

 

They do tend to come in handy.

LMAO Doog, that was funny hadn't thought of the literal. Maybe a nice orange one from that other home improvemenT DIY store. Or NAPA , you know National Aeronautical Parts Authority.

armornut

LMAO Doog, that was funny hadn't thought of the literal. Maybe a nice orange one from that other home improvemenT DIY store. Or NAPA , you know National Aeronautical Parts Authority.

 

Aw heck, I've got 2 BRUTE trash cans. Yup, my bucket list is complete...