I had this random thought that I have done a few things in my life that the average person will never experience. I thought I would write a post entitled:
“Ten things I’ve done that you probably haven’t.” It developed a little like this:
Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty things I’ve done that you probably haven’t
I arranged them in reverse alphabetical order, just for the sake of it! Then I thought of an added one, or four. So, here we have:
Some things I’ve done that you probably haven’t
- Travelled down the Rhine on a Duck
- Transferred between Royal Naval ships at sea by Jackstay
- Transferred between Royal Naval ships at sea by helicopter
- Spent time in a prison cell
- Sat in a Harrier Jump Jet
- Rowed in a coxed 4 at sea
- Regularly travelled to work by helicopter
- Qualified as a helicopter handling marshall
- Played bugle and drums in a Cadet Force band
- Helped to spy on Russian spies
- Helped to open a Playboy Club, with no women, in Bahrain
- Handled, and repaired Enigma machines
- Gassed hundreds of people, some several times
- Fallen out of the top of an oak tree
- Driven a tank
- Crawled under the Queen’s bed
- Crash landed a glider
- Been underwater in a submarine
- Been inside a radome
- Been in the impact area of High explosive shells
- Been an unpaid tourist guide
- Been totally alone on an island
- Been a sound engineer for The Gibraltar Song Festival
- Been a cave guide
All of these were achieved before the age of 40 but, if you have a large outstanding bucket list, do not despair, it is never too late!
I must admit that there is an amount of poetic licence involved, but where that is will only be revealed as I expand on each tale.
No state secrets will be revealed during the making of these blogs.
You may be waiting a while!
Wow this is so cool Peter!!!!!
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All those sound really cool! But number 13 involves some spicy food, right? 😉
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Damn, you guessed!
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Hahaha
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Crawled under the queens bed!! Very very cool list!!
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These look like 24 potential stories.
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They certainly are Frank. Just recalling the bare facts has stirred all sorts of memories that I had secreted away!
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Brilliant teasers for a series of stories 😊
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Fantastic list Peter. 1-5 you’ve got me. 6. I rowed in coxed 4’s, in a billabong of the Murray River at the Rutherglen Rowing regatta, 7-12 you’ve got me, 13. Haha accidentally gassed 6 of my work mates, as a plumber, turned on the gas but forgot to cap off one my connections… 14. I’ve fallen out of a pepper-corn tree. 15, they used to call my old Bedford work-truck an old “Tank”, And you’ve definitely got me on the rest. Your list was so very interesting Peter, especially being under the Queen’s bed…
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Is under the Queen’s bed better than on or in it?
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I’m not sure… I’d have to ask the queen.. !!
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Yoinks, that’s quite a list. You’re right, I haven’t done any of those things. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t want to do some of those things 🙂
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Some of these lent to some creative thinking….picturing the events. 😉
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I promise to reveal all……..in time!
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I look forward to it 🙂
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very creativ…: )
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Why do I get the feeling that if you tell us your stories, you will have to kill us?! haha! This is a great idea for a challenge – I’m now trying to think if I’ve done anything that others haven’t…
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Well if that’s not an ad for joining the Forces then nothing is!
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This is amazing! I can’t wait to hear the expanded tales. You’ve obviously had some interesting adventures! Can’t wait to hear why you were under the Queen’s bed!
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I really like this and had to share. This looks like it will be a fun series!
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Thank you Lynn. It’s amazing the memories I’ve dragged back from the depths!
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I think this is so interesting and love the first story!
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No women eh, must be a Gay Playboy club! Now that directs me toward the Royal reference. You kept this very quiet Peter… Very much under cover stuff eh!!
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You’ll have to be patient Sue. All will be revealed (well, not quite all), but in strict order!
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Pleased to hear it… On all counts!
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Unfortunately, patience is not one of my many virtues!
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lol, number 11 got a laugh. Nice list!
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I have photographic evidence…….somewhere!
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Hahaha that would be an amusing post unto itself I’m sure! 😉 lol
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I think this is a great post idea and prompt for the day! -OM
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Very exciting. I will be pondering my own list, though I doubt with such fireworks as your list! I look forward to future stories.
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Pretty cool list. Sounds like you’ve been leading quite an interesting life. I’m sure if you could tell us all about it, we’d be surprised at least.
I’m curious about the Duck. Was it one of those duck boats? Or that giant yellow rubber duckie they’ve been sending around the world?
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Already published yesterday.
https://pollymermaid.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/travelling-down-the-rhine-on-a-duck/
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great story, I bet you’ve got a bunch more. I was hoping it was the big rubber ducky, but riding with the military men must’ve been pretty cool too.
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What a fantastic life you have had the wonderful opportunity to experience. I can say for sure I have done none of those, but 1 – #15 I fell out a huge maple tree when I was very young and #18, , but man they sent my imagination in motion, out all of those the one that stood out to me was, you being under the bed of a queen…LOL I am thinking a book of wonderful short stories is in your future, at least I hope it is…LOL thank you for sharing….Kathy
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Keep a look out for more details!
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Whoa! That’s quite a list, so now you don’t have to worry about your bucket list. 🙂
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Nothing wrong in having dreams, no matter what age, or how extreme!
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😉
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I’m relieved you weren’t ‘in’ the Queen’s bed!
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I think that would result in “Off with his head!”
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Alice would have saved you!
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Sorry This Anke was me anie. Autocorrection put me Anke there.
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You’re right… I have done zero of these things.
I’m very curious what you were doing under the Queen’s bed, though
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You’ll have to wait for that one!
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I am certainly looking forward to these stories! Now I need to go out and have some more adventures so I can make my own list a bit more interesting.
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This is a reblog of a series I started in October 2017. I thought I should resurrect it in order to attempt to get it completed. Perhaps it could take the place of my Lundi limerick series.
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And now it’s my turn for a spot of de ja vue.
Just as enjoyable the second time around. 🙂
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Just where did those three years go?
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OK. WOWOWOWOW!!! My mind is officially blown all over the place! All before the age of 40?!! I’m completely gobsmacked! What a life You’re leading! I vote YES, please!!! Make this a regular entry! I’d love to know more. Perhaps it doesn’t have to replace the Limericks? Maybe they could dance in and out of the spot…but YAY and more please!!! 😃💕😊
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Great list, but some of them I don’t have an interest in doing. However, I’m going to search your site for stories that explain how these events happened. I hope you have some. Whatever, you’ve lived an adventure, and that’s cool.
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And now we must wait… I hate waiting! All of them are intriguing. What a life!
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Whoa! Such a dull life I\ve lead!
But I have been an unpaid tour guide more than once 😉
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Hmm. Haven’t done much that most people haven’t. Did have dinner with the Three Stooges and just our family. Also had a sister-in-law that was a human cannon ball. Shook a general’s hand with baby poo on mine. Helped three elephants find a place to spend several nights. Sat behind Maria von Trapp in the University of Notre Dame’s football stadium during a Catholic Charismatic Mass there. Met Edward G. Robinson. Have a son who teaches at an Orphanage in Cambodia for children born HIV Positive. Played Murder in the Dark at a Country house with a future ambassador to France and his wife (and others). Rode a metal luge down a small mountain near Salzburg. When I was about seventeen our home was bombed because my father wrote an editorial supporting a black candidate for the school board while the schools were still segregated. Heated with a wood burning stove for several years in a house with glass walls and cathedral ceilings and one year had no electricity, water, or heat for eighteen days during an ice storm. But none of these are accomplishments, just experiences.
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