Thread: Been There, Done That (Third Edition)

I said I was leaving it here. I just aint got time for this. Like riding on a trash boat to get to shore in Honduras and sleeping in the beach on top of a table by a thatched roofed restaurant/bar....I just aint got time to tell you about Garifanu parties on the black Honduran coast listening to KC and the sunshine band buying up all the beer and getting the natives drunk.....I aint got time to talk about the typhoons we ran from in the Pacific walking on the walls of the ship. (Not really but darn near close to it.) Or the bar in Cape Charles Virginia called the NO NAME. Or shooting up rounds with the Navy Seals enroute to Philippines to train Filipino Marines.

Originally Posted by offroader

I have
Waterskied on the Persian gulf on Christmas
Parachuted once, used two chutes
Watched a Denver vs San fran football game from the pressbox
Fished in the English channel
Been charged by a moose
Hiked Buckskin Gulch, Wikipedia says it may be the longestslot canyon in the world at 13 miles

Water skied on Persian Gulf? Fished in English Channel? I didn't water ski in the Persian Gulf but I rode in and out of there a few times with mine escorts. Was in Al Jubail, Daharan, Bahrain and fueling up at the UAE. Never fished in the English Channel, but saw the cliffs of dover and saw some hail coming down on deck bouncing around.

Originally Posted by MRSDS1DONNA

That is quite a list! Here is mine:

I have . . .

- Gotten lost enough to wander onto a nude beach in CA (my sense of direction is not amazing)
- Walked across the Brooklyn Bridge
- Seen whales breaching in Maui
- Watched a group of cyclists complete their cross country ride by dropping their bikes and running into the ocean at Cannon Beach, OR
- Been on the Bozo show (okay, as a child but still)
- Flown on the delivery flight on a brand new 737-900ER
- Skied in the Austrian Alps
- Been to Mad Ludwig's castle
- Ran a half marathon in Prescott, AZ (look it up, Whiskey Row Marathon) earlier this year - my first!
- Driven down I-95 NH to FL then across I-10 FL to CA and up I-5 to the bay area (my mother's sense of direction is worse than mine and she didn't want to get lost)
- Had my picture taken with Mickey, Minnie, Cinderella and Tigger all in the same day
- Watched a float plane take off in the remote town of Yakutat from my front porch
- Seen a bald eagle in the wild - up close

"Flown on the delivery flight on a brand new 737-900ER".

That's pretty cool. I did that on a B-757 from HNL to GUM in 1997. Smelled like a new car.

Originally Posted by spongebue

Ok, my memory is being jogged a little bit here. I have:

Sat in UA's GlobalFirst both overseas legs of a trip (*drool*)
Gone to Alaska and Hawaii for day trips (maybe that's not too special around these parts, but it's sure fun to tell others who aren't in the industry)
Gone around the world (Entire routing being EAU-ORD-IAD-MAD-SVQ/SVQ-PMI/PMI-FRA/FRA-HKG/HKG-SFO-MSP/MSP-ORD-MSN
Landed an Airbus 320 simulator and ridden in a 747 simulator (ok, this was at my workplace, but still pretty awesome!)
Had my picture taken with a sea turtle behind me, a monkey on my head, a parrot in my hands, and a baby tiger I was petting. Not all in one picture.
Flew to COS and back just so I could try flying on a plane I hadn't been on before
Met Mike Tyson in line for security at LAS
Had my carry-on bag (which had my suit in it) go on a different flight than me the day before an interview, only to be unable to find it when I arrived at IAH
Celebrated $8 in winnings in RNO with a $10 prime rib
Proposed to my now-wife during a Norwegian festival in tiny-town, Iowa.
Flew to ORD so I could avoid a 6+ hour drive with the rest of my class
Been unexpectedly stuck overnight somewhere on a REVENUE ticket (never as a nonrev)
Flew to ORY with a cold so bad, I couldn't pop my ears on the flight. Or after the flight. Paris seemed like a really quiet city. But I bought the tickets a couple months prior and had a great deal on them, so I couldn't give that up.
Went to a Spanish birthday party. It lasted all day, with a ton of food and drinks. The kid was turning 11.
Crossed the border into Canada to take advantage of a lower drinking age

Maybe not the same huge flashy things as some of you guys have, but for a guy who turns 26 next week, had to work with school schedules for most of my life, and doesn't generally have much vacation time at work, I think I'm doing ok.

Lets see. You're 26 years old? I'd say you're on a pretty good track. PS. I got your suit here at IAH. heheheheh.......