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RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia


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Is there anything on your lifetime to-do list that you really want to do before you die, that 100 dollars (approx. USD 75, GBP 45) would buy? If yes, are there any good excuses for not having done it already- $100 isn't a lot of money in the big picture.



Not stuff like "I want to buy $100 worth of green beans, break into my bosses house when he's on holiday and plant them in his carpet so that he'll have a luscious sprout rug when he returns.."



Somewhat down to earth, achievable stuff that you've always wanted to do, but just have been procrastinating for some reason- e.g. bungee, buy a leaf blower, have a roasted pig on a spit, go to that classy hotel in the city for high tea, plant a tree outside your window, build a birdhouse, have lunch on that riverboat you always see on the river etc..



I've always wanted to go see Madama Butterfly at the opera. $95. Haven't yet because it's come these parts yet (there is some kind of performing arts infrastructure here, so I'm crossing my fingers). Else one day I'll travel somewhere just to see it.



Haven't been to the opera before either. Have listened to a few arias here and there, but haven't ever been a diehard fan of the genre. Just thought if there was one opera to see, it should be a Puccini.




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Hana4BRONZE Member
burner
90 posts
Location: Perth, Australia


Posted:
Interesting...

I think my "to do list" is full of things that would cost over $100 to achieve or that money can't buy.

Hmmm....will ponder this some more....

BansheeCatBRONZE Member
veteran
1,247 posts
Location: lost, Canada


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There is this beach near my place, you can kayak to it in about an hour. It happens to be called Chocolate Beach. A friend and I sometimes paddle out there for sunsets. It is lovely, but I must say I was quite disappointed to find the name a misnomer.

No chocolate on Chocolate Beach!!! What???!!!

So, if I had a spare $100, I would buy a few varieties of really really amazingly good chocolate, and a secure sealing antique box. I'd make it beautiful, yet waterproof, seal it with beeswax and a stamp.

Then bury it somewhere deep , on the Chocolate Beach , with an "x" to mark the spot.

Why haven't I done this yet? Oh, I will soon, dont you worry... Just always have a gazillion projects on the go, and the weather hasn't been nice enough to enjoy a lazy kayak trip. Soon though.

Hmmn. Is that desire a little too much like planting green beans at your neighbors? wink Sorry. Most of my dreams and life goals have little to do with small sums of money and more to do with large quantities of time!

Big hug and some chocolate to you Ry!
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Oh! I just thought of a seriousgoal. I could spend it on a computer tutorial, and learn how to use mine properly! Maybe even how to watch videos in different formats!
Now thats an idea...

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RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia


Posted:
But. If you were on a secluded beach, dug up chocolate (!) would you actually eat it very non-suspiciously? ubblol

mm money vs time.. interesting point.

Computer tutorial chuh.. I bet you still haven't tried to watch that vid! tongue Don't worry.. it's not that great anyway. Maybe there's just a message in it saying 'this vid was produced to help andrea develop her goal of watching vids in different formats..' ubblol

ben-ja-menGOLD Member
just lost .... evil init
2,474 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia


Posted:
ry i think u ment to call it

Lifetime To-do List < $100

the aligator is greedy so it always wants to eat the bigger number smile

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RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia


Posted:
Ah. Indeed I did. Whoever said a PhD education wasn't useful.. ubblol Edited wink.

SethisBRONZE Member
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom


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I want to take my GF out to the most posh and bloody expensive restaurant I know of for dinner. We'd wear formal dress and look absolutely stunning, and listen to the live music there. I haven't done it yet because I kinda need every single penny at the moment just to survive... damn student finances... frown

I will though, maybe for our anniversary or something. smile

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afghan_bingoSILVER Member
member
116 posts
Location: Calgary, Canada


Posted:
you both wear dresses??

one thing i want to do before i die....
a prostitute.... in the bum.... vacuum packed and painted green

we were somewhere near barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...


TinklePantsGOLD Member
Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
4,219 posts
Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom


Posted:
I'd get a ticket and go down to manchester southampton or london to see some of my favourite hoppers. Oh and also visit my mum lol

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Juggling Jack FlashGOLD Member
Sneaking
1,207 posts
Location: Free falling through time, United Kingdom


Posted:
I'm gonna go scuba diving (I would have already if I did'nt live in the mountains)

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ickleMattenthusiast
242 posts
Location: L.O.N.D.O.N.


Posted:
Ok its a little out of budget but I think you'll allow me.

For 50 UK pounds buy half a car in the Plymouth to Banjul rally https://www.plymouth-dakar.co.uk

Anybody want to go half way and stump up the rest for 2007? I think a 4x4 Panda should do the job. Or maybe a Lada.

IgirisujinSILVER Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom


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that 100 dollars (approx. USD 75, GBP 45)





Bit limited with only 45 quid, well I think ive allready done it I orderd some flags and Michal Kahn's Poi Spinning book last night lol

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BansheeCatBRONZE Member
veteran
1,247 posts
Location: lost, Canada


Posted:
ya, I'd eat the chocolate. Of course.

Probably fall asleep and wake up in fairieland, but oh well.

Oscar Wilde once said " I can resist anything , except temptation..." wink

"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."


Rouge DragonBRONZE Member
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13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia


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I think you need to make it 100 of each currency, considering in my experience the exchange rates aren't equal, but the value of what it will buy in-country, is pretty close.

And I am going to think about this at work all day.

i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey

Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
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Pogo69SILVER Member
there's no charge for awesomeness... or attractiveness
3,764 posts
Location: limbo, Australia


Posted:
Maybe, learn to play my djembe? Have had 2 of them (only little ones) for years, but never got around to learning to play them...

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ValuraSILVER Member
Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia


Posted:
I would buy a ticket to a Jeff Martin concert in Freemantel and go off like a frog in a sock. smile

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_Aimée_SILVER Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom


Posted:
For 100squid?
I really don't know...

I'd say the things that are going to make me happy that I want 'to do', are going to be priceless smile

alien_oddityCarpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees


Posted:
For a £100 i thing i'd like to go up in a glider or take some flying lessons biggrin

Patriarch917SILVER Member
I make my own people.
607 posts
Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA


Posted:
Monthlong pass for my wife and myself to the local Renaissance Fair. $100 would be exactly enough.

RyGOLD Member
Gromit's Humble Squire
4,496 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia


Posted:
Nice one Wayne.. I think that would be $100 spent in a good place beerchug smile..

BansheeCatBRONZE Member
veteran
1,247 posts
Location: lost, Canada


Posted:
A hundred could pay for a sky dive! That would be great. I will do that this summer...

"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."


FoxInDocsSILVER Member
Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia


Posted:
goodness me ry, you have some good ideas...

I don't know if there is anything i've always wanted to do...

mebbe buy a top-hat...

or yeah, get dressed up really formal with a whole bunch of friends and go out somewhere flashy... i never went to my school formal, so i've not done that whole girly go out and get hair and makeup done propperly and have a pretty dress and ride in a limmo frown i think i'd like to do that... but that one would end up a bit over your budget there i think...

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_khan_SILVER Member
old hand
768 posts
Location: San Francisco, California, USA


Posted:
There's a spot on the Yuba River in the Sierra foothills in Northern California that is truly the most beautiful place I have ever been. A friend's mother lives up there and about a mile into the woods from her house (mostly cedar & ponderosa pine -- so huge trees) there's a swimming hole. I don't know how deep it is, exactly, but people dive off this cliff overlooking this spot on the river. Heights freak me out a little bit, and everytime I've been there, I've wanted to dive off the cliff but haven't felt brave enough to do it. So that's my thing.

On the other hand, the way gas prices are right now, it might cost me $100 in gas to get there!

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Hana4BRONZE Member
burner
90 posts
Location: Perth, Australia


Posted:
I know!

I've given it much thought and I've come up with the cheapest thing that I've always wanted but has thus far eluded me. It's... a basil plant that doesn't die clap

Have any of you managed to keep a basil plant alive longer than a month or so?

EveishGOLD Member
*Tickles pretty strangers*
610 posts
Location: Australia


Posted:
I think most of the things on my to do list aren't things that money can buy. those that it can, I tend to do.

Speaking of to do lists..
This year I had a funny new years resolution story...
It was the morning of the 1st jan, I got up and made tea, thinking to myself about a new years res' I decided that I really wanted to perform in the big top.. so I set about acheieving my goal.
At 7pm that night, I walked on stage in the big top, for the "Big Big Circus Show"

I guess I need a new challenge wink

What if I should fall right through the centre of the Earth and come out the other side where people walk upside-down?!


GnorBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia


Posted:
 Written by: Dexta


I know!

I've given it much thought and I've come up with the cheapest thing that I've always wanted but has thus far eluded me. It's... a basil plant that doesn't die clap

Have any of you managed to keep a basil plant alive longer than a month or so?



I did one year.

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Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

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pop_n_freshmember
48 posts
Location: Scotland


Posted:
ive always wanted to see van morrison, but i have never had any money everytime he has come round, and i wouldnt mind going to see page and plant, but i missed them at glastonbury one year =(

i will make a point of goin to see them soon (if they are still touring), seeing as my guitar idol died before i went to see him cos i didnt wanna spend £120 just for a download ticket, then another 100 on beer. i have regreted it ever since.

and i want a tophat.

Just call me Pop.


pop_n_freshmember
48 posts
Location: Scotland


Posted:
also 45 quid realy doesnt go that far in the UK, you should maybe make it 100

Just call me Pop.


monseratSILVER Member
My flabber is gasted
737 posts
Location: waaaay south of heaven, United Kingdom


Posted:
Learn to ride a horse at full gallop, and at the same time conquering my fear of getting on a horse. No idea how much riding lessons are though not sure how far 45 quid would get me!

A proper freefall skydive is on the list too.

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ArnwynSILVER Member
old hand
1,065 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia


Posted:
This is a good one Ry, I would love to holiday in Bora Bora - but that's more than 100, so I have to say bungee jumping in Bali, its in the middle of the rainforest over a river/lake thing - really beautiful! bounce

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PukSILVER Member
Sweet talented nutter
2,615 posts
Location: Brisbane Oz, Australia


Posted:
OOO hhh i like this thread im going to be thinking of the things under a $100 .

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