i've done something, you haven't done!

[hellomimi]

"Climbed Mount Everest", (only joking, haven't done that one of course)

I tried to reach the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania but I failed miserably. I wanted to give that name to my kid but his dad protested

 

[Pepper]

Thank you for this thread. It's good to have something positive to think about during this difficult time {chemo}.

I know what you mean, unfortunately. Yes, this place is good to hang out at. Every name has a real human behind it. Glad to see you here, @Duster

 

[grahamg]

I tried to reach the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania but I failed miserably. I wanted to give that name to my kid but his dad protested

If only you'd got to the top your dear son might have been called Mount Kilimanjaro, (and/or hubby acceded?)?
You don't think the boy might have become a target in school perhaps?
A guy from my village didn't make it up the same mountain either, due to some illness, but went back a year later and did succeed, (his surname is "Pike" btw, the name given to peaks in our Lake District funnily enough!).

 

[hellomimi]

If only you'd got to the top your dear son might have been called Mount Kilimanjaro, (and/or hubby acceded?)?
You don't think the boy might have become a target in school perhaps?

No mount, just Kilimanjaro. That's what he said to me and I yielded.

 

[Ellen Marie]

A lot of these things are NOT on MY bucket list.

 

[Gary O']

Been;
shot
stabbed
jailed
knocked out

Came in on a dead stick landing in a '48 trainer tail dragger

Rode the rails throughout the west

Damn near got offed in Mexico when looking for my buddy

...other things I don't care to remember

Then I grew up, met my wife

 

[Kadee]

Climbed to the top of kings canyon and did the 6 km rim walk when I was 60
It was a hard 100 mtr climb / walk to get to the top
https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/kings-canyon-nt

Its about 300 km between both places

We also visited what’s now known as Uluru however we always knew it as Ayers Rock
however in respect of the traditional owners who request no climbing of the rock we just did the walk around the base 10 km ( a few days before Kings Canyon )
Both are in Northern Territory about 450 km from any major towns
https://ulurutoursaustralia.com.au/guide-to-uluru/

I’ve got photos on my old laptop of the walks


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[chic]

Met John Travolta and Mother Teresa. They were NOT together.

 

[grahamg]

I managed to convince an architect to move the site of a proposed building by ten metres, and he quickly saw the benefits of doing so, (my manager was a bit surprised at my temerity, but all were pleased enough when the alteration to the plans saved construction costs too. ).

 

[Shalimar]

Belly dance in Montreal to help pay for my university education

 

[grahamg]

Belly dance in Montreal to help pay for my university education

"Any video evidence available?" .

 

[grahamg]

Met John Travolta and Mother Teresa. They were NOT together.

Quite some dance partnership though, if they had met, it would have gone down in history !

 

[Shalimar]

"Any video evidence available?" .

Not that I am aware of lol

 

[chic]

Quite some dance partnership though, if they had met, it would have gone down in history !

It may have been but I met them a year apart. Each was a guest at my university.