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Anybody have anything they wish they would have done when given the opportunity and didn't?
i have a list, guns I wish I would have boughten sometime ago, there is a list of people I wish I could turn back time and either apologize to or said to them. I guess hind sight is always 20/20, but who knew I would lose that chance.
I guess I am having a self reflection night for some reason.
ZERO THEORY
10-06-2013, 00:30
-Started wrestling freshman year of high school
-Gone straight edge at the same time
-Started taking diet and exercise seriously along with the aforementioned
-Knocked a couple of real shitheads out when I had the chance
-Never bought a Ford
-Kept my M&P 9 full size
-F*cked a couple of chicks I blew off/chased off when I had the chance
Aloha_Shooter
10-06-2013, 00:57
- Spent more time with my dad before he died.
- Told my grandparents how much I appreciated them while they could enjoy it.
- Interviewed my grandparents on videotape about life in the 20s and 30s.
- Kept my 400 shares of stock in Apple instead of selling it (for $36/share) to buy a car.
It's probably a safe bet that every one of us wishes we had spent more time with a loved one when they were still alive.
encorehunter
10-06-2013, 06:56
I don't know about changing things, because there were a couple things done that made me the person I am today.
-listening to a stock broker talk us out of our investment, costing my parents their retirement and me a nice sum for my bank account
-take the generator to a better mechanic (a week before it burned the house down)
-not fill the generator when hot and ran out of gas after only 30 minutes (something clicked in my mind, just didn't act on it)
-RIGHT DECISION - fought with doctors about getting skin grafts
SuperiorDG
10-06-2013, 07:56
Do people who wish they did things differently in the past not like what they are today? I wish sometimes that I never married my ex, but I am very thankful I have my two boys. Oh, philosophy with a cup of coffee[Coffee]
StagLefty
10-06-2013, 08:04
Planned better -wasn't supposed to live this long [ROFL2]
blacklabel
10-06-2013, 08:17
Sure there are things that I should have done differently but I'm pretty damn happy with where I'm at so it's not something that I dwell on.
BPTactical
10-06-2013, 08:46
Yesterday is our heritage.
Today is our responsibility.
Tomorrow is our challenge.
We all have "coulda, woulda, shoulda" in our lives. The only time I reflect on them is when a current day situation is similar and use the past as a reference.
I do however regret never having served...
Not serving because of a woman. Voting for Obama 12 times. I think there should be a recount and impeach him.
That's a long list given the day.....Never having back surgery seems to leads the list....Every time ( We all do it ) I hit one of these ..."I wish I'd had " moments........I look at my wife daughter and realize that it's not that important. We all get a lot smarter, stronger and more handsome in hindsight.
SideShow Bob
10-06-2013, 10:23
02 must be on the 8th Step of the program....
hurley842002
10-06-2013, 11:19
- Kept my 400 shares of stock in Apple instead of selling it (for $36/share) to buy a car.
At least you didn't sell your share of the whole company for $800 like Co founder Ronald Wayne did, doh!
lllRorlll
10-06-2013, 12:42
Yesterday is our heritage.
Today is our responsibility.
Tomorrow is our challenge.
..
Too cool
hghclsswhitetrsh
10-06-2013, 12:46
I would've joined the Marine Corps. Mom already lost a son(not serving) and didn't want to lose another.
screagle2
10-06-2013, 12:57
Well said!
Zundfolge
10-06-2013, 13:05
I don't think Foxtrot has a large enough server for me to list all the things in my life I should have done differently.
Lots of guns and cars I should have bought or shouldn't have sold.
Lots of women I should have stayed the hell away from.
Lots of opportunities I should have taken and a few I should have avoided.
Moved the body before construction began...
..oh wait.
02 must be on the 8th Step of the program....
Sounds more like he's writing his 4th..[Coffee]
But looking back sure there is a lot of stuff I wish I could have changed,but who knows what the outcome could have been?
It could have led me down a different path that might have been worse.
Either way I'm content with where I'm at now.
Daniel_187
10-06-2013, 13:19
Shoulda went to school for something anything, instead busting my back in warehouses.
02 must be on the 8th Step of the program....
Kinda took a few minutes for it to sink in, that's funny shit...
wctriumph
10-06-2013, 14:35
I would not have wasted so much time with high school football and should have played baseball instead.
I should have hung on to the K98k I sold to alxone
I think that's about it.
BushMasterBoy
10-06-2013, 15:03
I regret having anything to do with the .gov & .mil...
SamuraiCO
10-06-2013, 15:42
Yesterday is our heritage.
Today is our responsibility.
Tomorrow is our challenge.
We all have "coulda, woulda, shoulda" in our lives. The only time I reflect on them is when a current day situation is similar and use the past as a reference.
I do however regret never having served...
Well stated. For me I would also add never having children,
mdflem51
10-06-2013, 17:39
Been born an affrimitive action "student" from Indonesia?
There ain't enough bandwidth on the whole Internet for me to list it all.....
Jeffrey Lebowski
10-06-2013, 21:32
I do however regret never having served...
Seems a couple here agree.
I do as well - my dad did and insisted I did not.
But I would've loved to see if I could have made a good marine or maybe a PJ or something....
It's probably a safe bet that every one of us wishes we had spent more time with a loved one when they were still alive.
I regret current fights I have with alive family. I also regret not being able to get past them, in some cases.
Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way
I will never have to regret posting my regrets on a public forum [Flower]
If you'd have asked me 13 years ago I'd have had a huge list but today I wouldn't trade my wife and kids for any other possible life.
Butterfly effect. I'm 100% happy with where I am so I wouldn't change a thing.
1- knew Colorado 7 years ago when had a better economy position
2- don't spend my money in stupid stocks that leave me extremely poor in 2 months, better put all money in big cans, dig a hole and sow it.
3- never trust in a man, mostly for as a Business Partner
4- never sold many guns that I missed everytime.
Kraven251
10-07-2013, 13:39
The only regret I think I have is how long it took me to remember who I was, where I came from, and that if you aren't true to yourself you are hollow inside.
spqrzilla
10-07-2013, 14:59
I wish I'd never learned about dinosaur erotica (http://www.amazon.com/Taken-T-Rex-Dinosaur-Erotica-ebook/dp/B00FI9JFFO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1381179529&sr=8-3&keywords=dinosaur+sims).
lllRorlll
10-07-2013, 15:46
i would have let threw my hands up at my divorce and said TAKE IT! take the house... ill sign everything over to you now.... relieve me of the debt.. and ill take my clothes and guns, and dog. thank you and have a nice day
wctriumph
10-07-2013, 15:55
I wish I'd never learned about dinosaur erotica (http://www.amazon.com/Taken-T-Rex-Dinosaur-Erotica-ebook/dp/B00FI9JFFO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1381179529&sr=8-3&keywords=dinosaur+sims).
That there is just wrong. [Coffee]
I wish I'd never learned about dinosaur erotica (http://www.amazon.com/Taken-T-Rex-Dinosaur-Erotica-ebook/dp/B00FI9JFFO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1381179529&sr=8-3&keywords=dinosaur+sims).
+2 That is just really wrong. Although, you have now fulfilled my quota for the day. I've always known that there is erotica for everyone. Today I learned that there are some people who are into prehistoric bestiality.
spqrzilla
10-07-2013, 18:51
I've got another link related to that, and if you don't Paypal me $10 each, I'll post it.
[Coffee]
tmleadr03
10-07-2013, 20:19
+2 That is just really wrong. Although, you have now fulfilled my quota for the day. I've always known that there is erotica for everyone. Today I learned that there are some people who are into prehistoric bestiality.
Clearly you did not read the reviews.
It is not bestiality. She is revealed at the end of the book to be a Megasoreass.
Clearly you did not read the reviews.
It is not bestiality. She is revealed at the end of the book to be a Megasoreass.
Well I'm laughing as this thread spirals out of control.
BPTactical
10-07-2013, 21:30
Butterfly effect. I'm 100% happy with where I am so I wouldn't change a thing.
Maybe not quite 100% here but pretty much what you said. Couldn't change it anyway soooooo.
I wish I'd never learned about dinosaur erotica (http://www.amazon.com/Taken-T-Rex-Dinosaur-Erotica-ebook/dp/B00FI9JFFO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1381179529&sr=8-3&keywords=dinosaur+sims).
Seems like there would be a lot of pressure if one ever went on a date with that author. How do you live up to a boyfriend the author never even had?
Here is the author:
http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/hilary-hanson/headshot.jpg
And here is another lady whose picture comes up WAY more times than the actual author's, and is probably not happy about it.
http://ioneblackamericaweb.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/christy-sims.jpg?w=630
Made my night, thanks.
Limited GM
10-08-2013, 19:17
Listening to a recruiter when he said desert storm would be a short fight. (It was, but I didn't sign up, because I was afraid it would be over and I'd not get to fight. )
listening to my Dad, a former Marine, when he talked me out of joining. I'll never really know why. He's gone now.
A couple things that the statue of limitations hasn't ran out on.
Never getting arrested and going to jail! Wanted to become a US Marshal. Spent more time with my grandpa when I went to visit him.
Can't change the past. No sense in dwelling on it.. no regrets.
Meeting monky...... lol
I'll remember that!
killianak9
10-09-2013, 15:39
My regrets would be :
1)not beating the shit out of my uncle on the day of my moms funeral when he thought it would be a good idea to tell me he didn't agree with our decision to her go!
2) not sticking to my gut feelings when it came to Trusting people and thinking blood is thicker than water. It's amazing how everything comes out in the wash when some one dies!
You can pick your friends but you can't choose your family.
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Wish someone would've told me about "NEVER trusting farts" as I got older. -_-
Trusting my Uncle a second time after he had stolen my identity before. He did it again.
Sometimes I think I should have stayed in the Army. I had a decent MOS, liked about half the people I worked with, I'd still be in better physical shape and I'd only be 5 years from retirement at this point.
Wish I had read a book instead of playing football in Germany that day.
Tinelement
10-11-2013, 13:42
Have 1000's of regrets.
But as of today, I have 2 healthy kiddos, a wife that loves me (somedays!), and run my own business.
So are they regrets????
I'll remember that!
Oh you know I'm just playin!
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