One thing you always wanted to do and didn't!

One thing you always wanted to do and didn't!​


I always fancied sharing a cup of tea with our late lovely Queen, but I was told that the Royal Corgies had a tendency of cocking their legs up and peeing on men, so I always declined when Liz gave me a bell. 😊
 

CallMeKate said:
My daughter has been talking about seeing Vesuvius for years now... she has even researched the hotels and restaurants within walking distance.
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Then she must be planning an extensive tour, visiting both Pompeii, Herculaneum and hiking Vesuvius?
Mind you, the closest hotels near to Vesuvius is around 6km … a lot of walking. Depending on the time of year it gets very hot.

She is in for a treat… wonderful place to visit.
 
I have two places of interest.
The first one would be to visit the Sheldrick Trust Nairobi Elephant Orphanage in Kenya.
The other one would be to volunteer at Best Friends Animal Society that operates the largest sanctuary for homeless animals and provides adoption. (Located in Utah)
 
Learn to drive an 18-wheeler, including backing it up to a dock. I can back a trailer up that is hitched to the back of my SUV, but backing up a semi probably takes a lot more skill. I have seen ads for truck driving schools that last anywhere from 6-12 weeks. That tells me that driving, parking and backing up a semi is no picnic.
 
Old Salt said:
It's just a dream now, @Murrmurr, I don't even have a passport anymore to let me cross the border. Too late for just about everything, so I watch Vegas on video instead! :cry:
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I like your sentence - too late for almost everything. I feel like that.
A time comes when it is too late and you don't even want to any more. I'm content to do very little and go nowhere. I'm too tight to spend the money anyway.
 
I have only been to Vegas once....on a stopover during a cross country trip with my parents. I was only 12, so I would like to go again now that I am old enough to have fun. I live a day trip away from Atlantic City. And have been there several times. But not the same
 
Murrmurr said:
I do charcoal, pencil, and pen and ink drawings, but I haven't been painting. And I doubt I'll get back into it; it's an expensive endeavor and takes up a lot of space.

I used to do scrimshaw, and that's something I'm thinking of taking up again. It's really enjoyable and not expensive at all. And it's marketable, so that's a plus.

Oh, by the way, you don't have to use solvents with oils. I avoided them most of the time.

Here's an article about it:

Oil Painting without Solvents
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Watercolor is an inexpensive alternative. You can buy supplies at the Dollar store and have fun with it. I haven't tried oil painting or scrimshaw.
 
Marie5656 said:
I have only been to Vegas once....on a stopover during a cross country trip with my parents. I was only 12, so I would like to go again now that I am old enough to have fun. I live a day trip away from Atlantic City. And have been there several times. But not the same
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I watched a James Bond movie (Diamonds Are Forever) a week ago. It has a car chase through Las Vegas in it, and I was shocked how things have changed so dramatically in such a relatively short time! It's almost like "Fantasy Land" now, with all the differently themed Casinos! Does Trump still own a Casino in Atlantic City, @Marie5656?
 
palides2021 said:
Watercolor is an inexpensive alternative. You can buy supplies at the Dollar store and have fun with it. I haven't tried oil painting or scrimshaw.
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I've worked with watercolor but I was never happy the results. It's a vastly different medium from oils, of course. You don't have nearly as much control nor freedom with watercolor as you do with oils, so that was difficult and frustrating. The complete absence of texture was another serious frustration.

I think if I could be inspired by mid-century art and artists, maybe I could manage better with watercolors, but I worked more like the classic masters of oil painting, and I just couldn't make the adjustment.

Scrimshaw is a totally different form of art in every aspect, so that works for me. I enjoy the process and I'm usually happy with the results. When I'm not so happy with it, I can just grab another piece of substrate and try again. There's virtually zero prep work.
 
Nathan said:
If you're in Las Vegas some time you could drink some Colorado River water just about anywhere. ;)
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It's not the destination; it's the journey! I believe it takes a whole day to get down to the bottom of the canyon. There is a phanton ranch down there but I believe it's booked for years. The same for taking a mule ride down. Just too many people with too much money.
 
Been There said:
Learn to drive an 18-wheeler, including backing it up to a dock. I can back a trailer up that is hitched to the back of my SUV, but backing up a semi probably takes a lot more skill.
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Not as much as you'd think
A utility trailer is much quicker to respond than a semi trailer
Unless it has tandem axles (those're quite forgiving)

A typical OTR semi has a 40' trailer
Setting up to back up is the key
Coming in with the dock on the left takes out a lot of guess work (no need to contend with the blind side if you have that choice)
Pulling past the dock lane parallel with the back end of the trailer gives you an edge if it's there to take
Get into the position as shown on my crude drawing
and yer half way there

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Open the trailer doors
Clear your rear
Back s-l-o-w-l-y
 

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