The Bucket List ...

[Doc Safari]

To see a dog collar from the time of the Egyptian empire really put life into a new perspective.

You'd probably like some of the Roman ruins, then, too. When I studied ancient history in college there were a lot of artifacts like this. There were frescos at Pompeii and/or Herculaneum where Romans were fond of painting "CAVE CANEM" on their house walls. "BEWARE OF DOG"

[SteyrAUG]

You'd probably like some of the Roman ruins, then, too. When I studied ancient history in college there were a lot of artifacts like this. There were frescos at Pompeii and/or Herculaneum where Romans were fond of painting "CAVE CANEM" on their house walls. "BEWARE OF DOG"

Absolutely. I could geek out in Rome for a month.

[Doc Safari]

Absolutely. I could geek out in Rome for a month.

What's interesting about Pompeii and Herculaneum is that they were resort towns. Explicit sex acts and other sexual-themed art were depicted on the walls of prostitutes' quarters (i.e. the hookers were advertising their "specialties") and other buildings. According to a wealthy business owner I new back in the '80's the people who take the tourists around don't necessarily show the tourists those parts of town. I suppose that could have changed by now since people aren't as priggish about admitting to such sleazy parts of their history these days. He never did tell me if they got to see some of the racy stuff or just heard about what they had missed later. The point is: if you go to Herculaneum or some of the other Roman sites with intact buildings you might want to enquire if they're going to show you 'EVERYTHING'.

[BuzzinSATX]

Very cool thread. Some pretty neat ideas and I hope y'all get to live and enjoy as many of your bucket stuff as possible.

I've traveled the world a bit thanks to Uncle Sam and the USAF, and while I've never been any kind of HSLD operator, I have experiences some pretty cool stuff in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Alaska.

I've not really put a list together, but a few of the things I'd like to do before I kick it for good are...

1. Go on an extended RV trip that would start/pass through Great Falls, MT (old stomping grounds) and head up the ALCAN into Alaska. I've driven the ALCON both ways before, but I want to do it without a timetable, on my time, where I can stop and fish/golf/hike/sightsee whenever I want. I want to fish for grayling in the Interior, Reds and Kings on the Kenai, Halibut in Deep Creek, and Silvers in Valdez, before heading back south and taking the western route back down through Washington (never been that way).

2. Spend a week or so in Hawaii and golf the Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course every day and smoke a good cigar with a glass of Lead Slingers whiskey every night watching the sunset

3. Take a road trip and explore the north side of the Grand Canyon and the caverns and areas around the Four Corners region

4. Take another trip to Gunsite with my wife and daughter, specifically the week prior to the Gunsite Alumni Shoot weekend, and hang out for the party on Saturday.

5. Spend a couple weeks camping the State and National Forests in Montana and Wyoming during the month of June (before schools are out).

6. Go on a tour of the bourbon distilleries in Kentucky, and sample the wares or the smaller, less known companies.

7. Go looking for America on a 1000 mile drive without ever getting on an interstate highway.

[Firefly]

I'd like to add that once I finish my walkabout....

I want a rumpus room. Not a "man cave" because no woman/sexbot is taking over my crib, but a good ol' fashioned rumpus room with a billiards table and like a MAME setup for retro games and a dartboard. And an old big couch.

And a sign that says trespassers will be offered a shot.

And a Jukebox but with cool music.

Like it will always be 1989 in my Rumpus Room

[Honu]

my most memorable besides my kids of course and glad I did these pre kids cause I could do it with no worries

dive the USS Arizona memorial with Gene Hackman great guy to

live off the land for 6 months hunting fishing gathering ever day on a smal island

lived in the Caribbean for a year

worked in Chuuk or Truk Lagoon diving WWII shipwrecks every day

and all that was with in a two year period the rest of my life was pretty much like that non stop go until I hit about 45 then it slowed down with kids etc..

only thing left is to see my kids grow up as great adults

maybe have a nice decked out sprinter 4x4 my wife and hammock and travel the US
some property with a small comfortable home as base
but travel and keep traveling mainland US and Australia and Japan

[glocktogo]

Find peace and contentment.

Seriously, I used to at least think I knew where they might be found, but apparently I lost the map somewhere along the way.

Other than that, I'd like to get a Sprinter 4X4 like Honu and travel the country. Some of the time I'd like to have an Allison XB2002 hitched up behind it, because that would also fulfill my wish to drive a boat over 100 mph.

[SteyrAUG]

What's interesting about Pompeii and Herculaneum is that they were resort towns. Explicit sex acts and other sexual-themed art were depicted on the walls of prostitutes' quarters (i.e. the hookers were advertising their "specialties") and other buildings. According to a wealthy business owner I new back in the '80's the people who take the tourists around don't necessarily show the tourists those parts of town. I suppose that could have changed by now since people aren't as priggish about admitting to such sleazy parts of their history these days. He never did tell me if they got to see some of the racy stuff or just heard about what they had missed later. The point is: if you go to Herculaneum or some of the other Roman sites with intact buildings you might want to enquire if they're going to show you 'EVERYTHING'.

Actually that wasn't just the red light districts. Many of the normal Roman homes had art work we would consider explicit. Their values were not our values. And for decades it was a hidden part of the archeology that could only be viewed by academics and such.

Of course once you've seen the Japanese dance a giant penis down the street during the “Festival of the Steel Phallus" the Romans don't seem that odd in comparison.

[Firefly]

Being sexually uptight and repressed is a relatively modern concept.

I mean if it weren't for sex, none of us would be here.

Like showing people consensually doing it is pornography and obscene but watching folks get cut in half with an M-60 is like PG-13 now.

We humans are weird, weird creatures

[CDR_Glock]

Visit Antarctica.

Visit the Great Wall of China.

Visit Greece.

Visit Italy/Vatican City.

Take a train through the Canadian Rockies.

Visit/Tour Mongolia.

Visit Japan.

Visit/Tour Australia and New Zealand.

Ride on the Palace on Wheels in Rajasthan, India.

See my kid perform on Broadway.


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