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66Mustang
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Thanks to @janer1967 for this idea.
Here we share unusual things we have done - things that people wouldn't expect we have done or things that most people haven't done!
For example a couple from me:
I have been locked in a police prison cell.
I have driven around an F1 circuit.
I realise I am not very interesting and I've ran out of interesting things...I'm sure you can come up with more!
Over to you!
Here we share unusual things we have done - things that people wouldn't expect we have done or things that most people haven't done!
For example a couple from me:
I have been locked in a police prison cell.
I have driven around an F1 circuit.
I realise I am not very interesting and I've ran out of interesting things...I'm sure you can come up with more!
Over to you!
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I have swum with dolphins
I have had all my hair shaved off for charity
I have rescued a child who was in trouble in sea drifting out
I have been on a cruise down the nile
I have lost over half my body weight (put some back on now) -
I have received an award from the Queen
I gave birth in a shopping center
I was married to a famous person
I saved a lady's life by getting her out a burning building -
I once saved the life of a hedgehog by gently rolling it across a busy road to the other side. (Well I wasn’t going to pick it up..they’re prickly! ?)
i also saved the life life of a dove chick by hand feeding it. When I released it into the wild it actually came back when I called and sat on my arm. We were good friends for quite a while. ?“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
― Dalai Lama XIV -
I once saved the life of a hedgehog by gently rolling it across a busy road to the other side. (Well I wasn’t going to pick it up..they’re prickly! ?)This image has brightened up my evening @leeCal. Adorable!
I'm also quite boring, and can't really think of anything right now...
I've had a poem published in a book (it was in primary school and there wasn't much competition but we can gloss over that detail).
Nice thread @66Mustang! -
I bought a house, in a country I couldn’t speak the language of, by accident.
kayaked with a pod of killer whales…it was an accident, I was kayaking, then the whales popped up, then I was kayaking with whales, in a kayak that suddenly smelled of wee!
won an award from the Vatican for bravery…I love telling people that the Pope said I am brave!
got hypothermia at the top of Ben Nevis…NOT the ideal place.
Got bitten by a Lion.
opened a restaurant, and bar, without having pulled a pint, or served a meal before…this was another of my “I know why don’t we…” ideas.
the list really does go on for quite a while, but I will stop there.
Bipolar means you really do get to the very top, and very bottom! -
Hmmm I think I'll just sit on the side with ☕
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I've held a snake, not a python but still...
Yeah, i'm not exciting eitherDisability Gamechanger - 2019 -
Wow we have some seriously interesting people on here
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Ami2301 said:I've held a snake, not a python but still...
Yeah, i'm not exciting eitherExciting stuff is also, often, incredibly scary too.
Telling a tale of being stuck on a mountain ridge as a gale force wind decided to come through, it was so strong it was pushing me over the edge, there was a couple lying down in the snow to wait it out she was clearly terrified, as was I. The only way down was a black run with all of the snow ripped off it, leaving just ice. Going over the top I knew that there would be a few crashes on the way down, so carefully planning which snow (I hoped, that could have been ice too) once moving my recent ice skiing lesson really paid off and I managed to hit the bottom without crashing once, which was a relief, as crashing on a run that steep can end very badly, as you won’t stop until you hit thick, soft snow, a tree, or the bottom !
Really exciting to tell…Scary as heck to experience.
it takes quite a lot to get my adrenaline running now! -
I have had brain surgery that lasted 4.5 hours
I have had kidney stones three times
I have let my family down by becoming disabled.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡 -
@woodbine you haven't let anyone down it was hardly your choice to become disabled
Your support on here helps others and you no doubt wouldn't be here without your disability -
I have played snooker with a very famous (now deceased) player... no surprise he won!!
I have saved the life of a giant tortoise that didn't need saving as it was only going for a walk (only in Turkey)
The rest of my life is quite boring
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janer1967 said:@woodbine you haven't let anyone down it was hardly your choice to become disabled
Your support on here helps others and you no doubt wouldn't be here without your disability2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡 -
I have stood on the glass floor at the top of the Blackpool tower...
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woodbine said:I have had brain surgery that lasted 4.5 hours
I have had kidney stones three times
I have let my family down by becoming disabled.
not just being polite, don’t think this way (although I suspect we all do) and keep facing forward! -
I have been to Dominican Republic
I have flown in a helicopter
I have been on the Dragons Wing at Six Flags
I have been rafting and canoeing
I have graduated from High School & College -
@Ayoung1979 I have been to dominican Republic too would love to go back
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@woodbine
You're not the only one who has let your family down, I have too. I went to Medical Assisting College and made it to graduation with a B. Worked at a Physicians office and failed. I no longer work in the Medical Field. -
Ayoung1979 said:@woodbine
You're not the only one who has let your family down, I have too. I went to Medical Assisting College and made it to graduation with a B. Worked at a Physicians office and failed. I no longer work in the Medical Field.
you are still being a success, in a different field.
I went from high flying sales management position, earning fantastic money, to benefits of £100 a week…I felt I had failed, everybody, we had to sell cars, houses, all sorts of things I had become VERY attached to.
I took a good year to finally accept what was happening, now I am feeling a success again, building guitars, and selling the wood to make them.
(still skint though)
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@janer1967
I would love to go back also!!
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