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2001 things to do before you die

Miss Chicken

Miss Chicken

Little three legged cat with attitude
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I have just scanned through a book with this title and I decided to select 1% of the things (i.e.20 things) and see how many people have done them.

1) write your name in wet cement
2) chop wood
3) make paper dolls
4) slide down a banister
5) create your own comic strip
6) learn to juggle more than three balls
7) make your own bread
8) bowl a 300
9) tango
10) pan for gold
11) serve on a jury
12) win a game of Trivial Pursuit
13) attend a Star trek convention
14) build a tree house
15) be an extra in a movie
16) stand on your head
17) go up the down escalator
18) own a ferret
19) donate blood
20) walk on stilts
 
4) [x] oh yes, all the time in school; we had the perfect banister for that and the teachers hated it. :D
6) [ ] hm, I'm ok with 3 balls, have never tried 4 though
7) [x] yes, with this recipe. It tastes amazing, but the downside is that you have to start preparing it 24 hours in advance, so when I'm out of bread and hungry, I just buy it in the store.
8) [ ] yeah right; I'm happy when I even reach the triple digits. ;)
16) [x] easy
17) [x] yup, did that all the time as a kid
18) [ ] no, why?
19) [x] I do that regularly.
 
I won a game of Trivial Pursuit (actually, I win most of the time), I've been to a Star Trek convention (I was a regular once, but now it's been a while), and I donate blood.

As for the rest, zilch. :lol:
 
I have

1) written my initals in wet cememt (when I was a child)
2) chopped wood. When I a newly wed we lived in a plqce with a fireplace and my husband could get wood for free.
3) made paper dolls
7) sometimes I make my own bread.
8) not really though I did managed to get 300 once while playing bowling on the Atari
10) I once panned to gold at a gold-mining tourist town
11) once about 20 years ago
12) I used to win at Trivial Pursuit quite often but I haven't played it for
years.
14) I have built cubby houses but never in a tree
16) yes
19) yes, used to regularly
20) only on tin can stilts
 
1) write your name in wet cement - No but I think I made a footprint

2) chop wood - not that I recall.

3) make paper dolls - Yep.

4) slide down a banister - Maybe, at least part of the way. I have been pushed down stairs though.

5) create your own comic strip - Yep.

6) learn to juggle more than three balls - Nope.

7) make your own bread - Yep.

8) bowl a 300 - All the male relatives in my family bowl and have bowled in leagues. I'm the odd one out.

9) tango - Nope.

10) pan for gold - Possibly when I was younger on holiday at one of those authentic old timey town places.

11) serve on a jury - Nope.

12) win a game of Trivial Pursuit - Yep, although usually when I've been teamed with someone.

13) attend a Star trek convention - Yep

14) build a tree house - Nope

15) be an extra in a movie - Nope

16) stand on your head - Briefly.

17) go up the down escalator - No but I have been down the up one.

18) own a ferret - Nope but I have a friend who does.

19) donate blood - Nope but I have a friend who does.

20) walk on stilts - Yep.
 
1) write your name in wet cement - Nope.
2) chop wood - Yes.
3) make paper dolls - No.
4) slide down a banister - No.
5) create your own comic strip - No.
6) learn to juggle more than three balls - No.
7) make your own bread - No.
8) bowl a 300 - No.
9) tango - No.
10) pan for gold - No.
11) serve on a jury - No.
12) win a game of Trivial Pursuit - No.
13) attend a Star trek convention - Yes.
14) build a tree house - No.
15) be an extra in a movie - No.
16) stand on your head - No.
17) go up the down escalator - No.
18) own a ferret - No.
19) donate blood - Yes.
20) walk on stilts - No.

Though I would like to do many of these things.
 
2) chop wood
3) make paper dolls
11) serve on a jury
13) attend a Star trek convention
19) donate blood
 
1) write your name in wet cement - no
2) chop wood - does using a log splitter count?
3) make paper dolls - no
4) slide down a banister - I think I have, but can't remember!
5) create your own comic strip - no
6) learn to juggle more than three balls - can't even juggle 3 balls!
7) make your own bread - no
8) bowl a 300 - you wot?!
9) tango - no
10) pan for gold - no
11) serve on a jury - no
12) win a game of Trivial Pursuit - yes
13) attend a Star trek convention - yes
14) build a tree house - no
15) be an extra in a movie - not yet!
16) stand on your head - not since I was a child!
17) go up the down escalator - no
18) own a ferret - no
19) donate blood - not allowed to
20) walk on stilts - no
 
1) write your name in wet cement--no
2) chop wood--yes
3) make paper dolls--all the time when I was young
4) slide down a banister--yes, at my old convent school
5) create your own comic strip--no
6) learn to juggle more than three balls--can't juggle 2!
7) make your own bread--regularly
8) bowl a 300--not even on the Wii
9) tango--no
10) pan for gold--no
11) serve on a jury--no
12) win a game of Trivial Pursuit--yes
13) attend a Star trek convention--well, sci-fi conventions
14) build a tree house--no
15) be an extra in a movie--no
16) stand on your head--many, many years ago
17) go up the down escalator--no
18) own a ferret--no, but I've had lots of rats
19) donate blood--used to, not allowed anymore
20) walk on stilts--with my vertigo I'd end up in ER
 
This is what I have done:

2) chop wood - Every year
4) slide down a banister - As a kid.
5) create your own comic strip - Ah, I miss my 'Skipper the Parakeet' comic from Jr. High School.
6) learn to juggle more than three balls - I can juggle 3 balls, clubs, and rings. I can sort of juggle 4 balls, but it's just two in each hand at the same time. I can't seem to get the crossing pattern down for 4 balls.
10) pan for gold - I live in Colorado, gold panning is all over the place.
12) win a game of Trivial Pursuit - Who hasn't?
16) stand on your head - As a kid. Can't do it now.
17) go up the down escalator - I got thrown out of Southglenn mall doing this as a kid.
19) donate blood - at least 4 times a year.
 
1) write your name in wet cement--yes
2) chop wood--yes, a lot
3) make paper dolls--probably while playing with my daughters
4) slide down a banister--yes
5) create your own comic strip--no
6) learn to juggle more than three balls--I'd probably hurt myself
7) make your own bread--yes, but my wife is much better at it
8) bowl a 300--are you kidding?
9) tango--yes
10) pan for gold--yes
11) serve on a jury--no
12) win a game of Trivial Pursuit--yes, usually
13) attend a Star trek convention--no
14) build a tree house--yes
15) be an extra in a movie--no
16) stand on your head--yes
17) go up the down escalator--yes
18) own a ferret--why?
19) donate blood--not allowed; lived in England for 2 years in the early 90's
20) walk on stilts--yes, I even built them
 
1) write your name in wet cement - no
2) chop wood - I use a wood splitter. Technology baby.
3) make paper dolls - Yes, probably
4) slide down a banister - Yes
5) create your own comic strip - When I was a kid, I made a Star Trek knockoff for my neighbour once a week.
6) learn to juggle more than three balls - No
7) make your own bread - I used a bread machine, does that count?
8) bowl a 300 - Hell no
9) tango - Yes
10) pan for gold - No
11) serve on a jury - No
12) win a game of Trivial Pursuit - Usually
13) attend a Star trek convention - No
14) build a tree house - No
15) be an extra in a movie - No
16) stand on your head - No
17) go up the down escalator - No
18) own a ferret - No. Dear lord why?
19) donate blood - No, I hate needles
20) walk on stilts - No
 
1) Write your name in wet cement - Never seen any wet cement, so not really had a chance.. yet.
2) Chop wood - Nope. I live in a suburban neighborhood.
3) Make paper dolls - Probably tried when I was a kid.
4) Slide down a banister - Yep. Almost broke my neck in the process.. :lol:
5) Create your own comic strip - Again, probably at some point.
6) Learn to juggle more than three balls - I can't even do two.
7) Make your own bread - Nope.
8) Bowl a 300 - Not really sure. I've had strikes, but that's it.
9) Tango - Definitely not.
10) Pan for gold - Never had the chance.
11) Serve on a jury - Technically not old enough. Another 4/5 months.
12) Win a game of Trivial Pursuit - Never played.
13) Attend a Star trek convention - Nope, but I want to!
14) Build a tree house - I built houses in bushes. Does that count?
15) Be an extra in a movie - I had a chance to be in a TV show, but never was.
16) Stand on your head - Not really sure. Probably at some point.
17) Go up the down escalator - Yep. Also those walkways at the airport.
18) Own a ferret - Had two at one point.
19) Donate blood - Legally not allowed with CFS/ME :( But I very much want to.
20) Walk on stilts - Yep, and promptly fell off them. :lol:

Why aren't you allowed to donate blood because you lived in England? Just curious is all. If it were to do with Mad Cow disease, surely any person who currently lives in the UK, and was born before 1990 wouldn't be able to give blood either?
 
1) write your name in wet cementYes, garage of my boyhood home
2) chop woodno
3) make paper dollsmaybe in pre-k
4) slide down a banisterprobably
5) create your own comic stripyeah, in school
6) learn to juggle more than three ballsno
7) make your own breadno
8) bowl a 300no way!
9) tangonot sure
10) pan for goldyes, but in a Massachusetts creek as a boy
11) serve on a juryno
12) win a game of Trivial Pursuitnot sure. Haven't played it in a while
13) attend a Star trek convention o
14) build a tree houseno. Shouldnt have let dad try
15) be an extra in a movieno
16) stand on your heaheadrestas a kid
17) go up the down escalatoryes
18) own a ferretno
19) donate bloodno
20) walk on stiltsyes
 
Mad Cow Disease and donating blood

Situation in the USA

In December 2003, the first case of BSE in the United States was detected in a dairy cow in the state of Washington. Before that, a devastating, major outbreak occurred in the United Kingdom (England and Ireland) in the 1980s. BSE and resulting cases of vCJD in humans have been diagnosed in the UK and in European countries such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Norway, Sweden, and Yugoslavia. Because there is no way to detect BSE in blood, people who have lived in these areas from 1980 to the present are not allowed to donate blood in the US, under January 2002 guidelines from the US Food and Drug Administration.
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http://www.emedicinehealth.com/mad_cow_disease_and_variant_creutzfeldt-jakob_dis/article_em.htm

Situation in Australia

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)
Although the number of cases of vCJD (the human form of 'mad cow disease' or bovine spongiform encephalopathy) in the United Kingdom is declining, in the absence of a screening test, the full extent of exposure is not known.
Since 2004, there have been a small number of reported cases of patients in the United Kingdom (UK) diagnosed with vCJD who have been infected through blood transfusion.



Based on this information, and in the absence of a reliable screening test for vCJD in blood, the Blood Service has implemented policies to reduce the risk of vCJD transmission through blood transfusion in Australia. Currently we exclude people from donating who:
  • Have resided in the UK between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 1996 for a total (cumulative) time of 6 months or more,
or
  • Have received blood transfusions in the UK since 1 January 1980.
Unfortunately, because of the extensive time period covered by the deferral and the possibility of unknowing exposure to beef or beef products, it is not possible to exempt vegetarians who have resided in the UK for a cumulative period of six months or more during the risk years.
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http://www.donateblood.com.au/faq#10n279
 
1) write your name in wet cement - not that I recall
2) chop wood - yes
3) make paper dolls - probably, though I don't really remember
4) slide down a banister - no
5) create your own comic strip - no
6) learn to juggle more than three balls -no, though I can do 3 for an extended period of time
7) make your own bread - no
8) bowl a 300 - depends on your perspective. If you mean "a perfect game", then no. But my top score in five-pin (where a perfect game is 450) was 343. My top two games in ten-pin were both achieved on the same night - 235 and 244.
9) tango -no
10) pan for gold - no
11) serve on a jury - no
12) win a game of Trivial Pursuit - yes
13) attend a Star trek convention - but of course. I used to work on one (Polaris hasn't been strictly Trek in years, which is why I say "used to" :) )
14) build a tree house - no
15) be an extra in a movie - no
16) stand on your head - yes
17) go up the down escalator - no
18) own a ferret - no
19) donate blood - I did a few times, but haven't been allowed to since 1990
20) walk on stilts - yes
 
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