| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again 10:18 - Aug 20 with 11023 views | Konk |
As the title suggests:
1) Music festivals: I went to Reading in '92, and despite loving live music and camping, I've never been to another music festival. We borrowed a tent (from the 1950's), which when we unpacked it, seemed to be made from bamboo canes and carrier bags. Whole thing collapsed at about 4am during a storm on the Thursday night and was fu cked for the rest of our stay. Just looked at the line-up to remind myself who played, and can't remember any of it. What I can remember is the lad who was sharing a tent with me, using a multipack of Wotsits for a pillow, and another mate returning to his tent to find that someone had shat on his sleeping bag. Good times. Loads of mates have done countless festivals in the UK and Europe since, but I've never felt the urge. Not sure why - I enjoyed Reading and should love festivals.
2) International football tournament: I took redundancy to do a bit of travelling, started off with a month in Portugal for Euro 2004, and had an amazing time. Loved travelling around a great country, got to watch ten games at some cool grounds, had a top time drinking with friends from home, locals and fans from all over Europe. Spent a month laughing and having a great time. No bother at all, our idiots were easy to avoid, and I was sure I'd get to loads more tournaments. Haven't been to a single international game since.
3) Skydiving. 2004 - I had no interest in doing a sky dive, but I was in NZ and my mate's Dad, who was 70-odd at the time, had just done one, and I sort of felt embarrassed not to. I did a tandem jump, so didn't have to do much other than jump out of a plane, but it was easily one of the best experiences, I've ever had. Absolutely loved it. Couldn't sleep that night because of the adrenalin rush, and was convinced I'd be doing it again at every available opportunity. Haven't been anywhere near a parachute since.
4) Sailing. 2004 - I did a lot of eating and drinking on boats with friends in NZ and Australia, but only had one day of actually helping to operate a sailing boat. Really enjoyed it. Again, I was sure that when I got back to London, I would get my mates into sailing and we'd all spend our weekends pis sing about out at sea. Never happened.
5) Dogging: 3 weeks ago, I found myself in our local cricket club car park watching a middle-aged couple going for it in a Burgundy Nissan Note. The bloke was wearing a fleece jacket. Light drizzle, 10pm, my wife and son asleep at home. I was struggling to work out what was happening and what all the fuss was until an experienced dogger turned-up with a headtorch. Extraordinary. Haven't been back since, though.
What activities/experiences have you had that you thought would become a big part of your life, but haven't? | |
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| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 13:06 - Aug 21 with 1886 views | stowmarketrange |
I live quite close to an airfield and I was tempted to try to learn to fly,but I’m not sure it’s worth the expense at my age.And what could I do with a ppl without a plane?
I did have a free glider flight a few years ago and that was good,but going without an engine doesn’t appeal to me very much. | | | |
| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 13:32 - Aug 21 with 1858 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
Camp Beaumont.
Motorbikes, go-carts, haystacks, boarding schools. | |
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| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 15:54 - Aug 21 with 1772 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
Few more
FA Cup Final 82
FA Cup Final Replay 82
League Cup Final, the one we apparently lost or a bad dream
Play-off Final in Cardiff
At a play-off final, we won [Post edited 21 Aug 2020 19:35]
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| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 18:30 - Aug 21 with 1678 views | BrazilNutR |
Snowboarding - went for a week in Bulgaria.. bloody loved it, thought it would become a yearly thing, instead found myself moving to Brazil and never even seeing snow again.
Although mates I went with still go most years. Barstewards | | | |
| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 19:27 - Aug 21 with 1638 views | simmo |
Holly Carpenter. | |
| ask Beavis I get nothing Butthead |
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| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 19:49 - Aug 21 with 1599 views | HantsR |
Went gliding at Lasham with a college/work friend who was one of the top 10 rated glider pilots in the country. He let me take over the controls for a short while and overall it was quite an exhilarating experience. Never got the chance to repeat it as he was a passenger on the UTA 772 flight that was blown up over Niger in 1989. | | | |
| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 19:50 - Aug 21 with 1596 views | Gloucs_R |
I'm still trying to work out if the dogging comment was true or not.....😲 | |
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| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 19:56 - Aug 21 with 1589 views | johncharles |
One of my brother’s mad mates gave me a lift to school on the back of his Beeza Gold Star. “How fast” I asked him. “Only 90” he said. We’re talking North Wales roads in the 1960’s â˜ ï¸ [Post edited 21 Aug 2020 19:57]
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| Strong and stable my arse. |
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| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 20:46 - Aug 21 with 1535 views | BlackCrowe |
An evening with a swedish girl on the island of Syros in Greece in '84. She was utterly lovely in every way. (Interestingly enough, the next morning i was walking back along the shoreline to meet up with mates and a wave lapped my wallet onto my feet. I didn't even know i'd lost it.)
Stonehenge festival 1983. Played the drums on the main stage for about 20 mins. Badly.
Oh and blue Mexican mushrooms at glastonbury in around '88, whilst working on a jewellery stall . | |
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| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 21:05 - Aug 21 with 1513 views | aston_hoop |
Told my boss to go fck himself. Luckily his English isn't perfect but he's learning so I might not do it again | |
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| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 21:06 - Aug 21 with 1513 views | eghamranger |
Same.... my wife has a burgundy Nissan note and I was working that evening....
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| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 22:07 - Aug 21 with 1481 views | toboboly |
Jo Taylor | |
| Sexy Asian dwarves wanted. |
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| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 22:17 - Aug 21 with 1471 views | LongsufferingR |
#metoo | | | |
| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 22:22 - Aug 21 with 1462 views | Monahoop |
Flying lesson in a Tiger Moth at Headcorn Kent back in the 90's. It was the oldest Tiger Moth still flying, 1931 vintage. Never felt more like Biggles that day. Proper flying. Wonderful! Tally Ho Ginger old boy!! | |
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| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 22:55 - Aug 21 with 1420 views | Northolt_Rs |
I always wondered why you walk a bit funny Mel.... | |
| Scooters, Tunes, Trainers and QPR. |
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| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 03:46 - Aug 22 with 1343 views | SonofNorfolt |
How would having a flying lesson make me walk funny?
A cruciate injury and training for the World butt plug clenching Championships have done that. | | | |
| Things you did once, loved, but have never done again on 03:48 - Aug 22 with 1342 views | SonofNorfolt |
Have you got photographic evidence?
If not, I have.
Weheyyyyyyyyy
It's in the contract. | | | |
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