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07-26-2013, 04:28 AM
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#21
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 2,083
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I have never had a cup of coffee (tried a sip once).
I have never been a parent.
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07-26-2013, 04:28 AM
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#22
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 534
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I never watched a single episode of Star Trek, nor seen any of the movies.
I've never been to the Hamptons.
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07-26-2013, 05:07 AM
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#23
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,350
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I have never...
- Had even a sip of coffee.
- Had a cigarette or cigar or any other similar product.
- Used an i-anything. No i-pad,pod,phone or any similar product from any competitor. No kindle, no mp3, never even touched a smartphone or blackberry or anything like that beyond a basic cellphone
- travelled outside of North America. Only time I left the US was a family vacation at age 17 that included crossing the border to Canada by 10 miles for 2 days.
- Been to jail(other than visiting a friend) or in the back of a police car.
- Lived in a home over 1000 sqft
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07-26-2013, 05:37 AM
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#24
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 335
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I've never said never.
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07-26-2013, 05:47 AM
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#25
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 402
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NW-Bound
How can someone never have coffee?
Up until recently, I could have said I never had a shot of Tequila by itself and not in a Margarita.
That was corrected, and man, I had been missing out... Oh well, better late than never.
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I've never eaten the worm at the bottom of a bottle of mezcal, as far as I can recall, I think. Hmmm...
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"The future's uncertain, and the end is always near. Let it roll, baby, roll." - The Doors
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07-26-2013, 06:33 AM
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#26
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 16,600
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I'll add myself to the list of those that have never had a cup of coffee.
I've never baked anything in an oven other than a frozen pizza.
Never ironed clothing
Never piloted a vessel longer than 16'
Never spent the night in a foreign country
Never been to an opera or symphony
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07-26-2013, 06:34 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
Posts: 25,340
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Never spent the night in a hospital as a patient. Well, I did, but I was three weeks old at the time so don't remember it.
No broken bones. Yet.
Never jumped out of an airplane. Frankly, I think anyone who does (unless it's fully involved in flames) is, shall I put it, "half a bubble off center". Same for bungee jumping.
Never been to Europe. Might go some day.
Visited all fifty states. That would be kind of neat.
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When I was a kid I wanted to be older. This is not what I expected.
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07-26-2013, 06:36 AM
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#28
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Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 40,714
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I've never turned down an opportunity to try something at least once.
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07-26-2013, 06:39 AM
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#29
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 1,495
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Never been on FB or Twitter.
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07-26-2013, 06:51 AM
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#30
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gone traveling
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 333
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Never "missed" voting in a US presidential election since I was of legal age. [Mod Edit]
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07-26-2013, 06:54 AM
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#31
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooked
...never inhaled....
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...never exhaled...
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Have Funds, Will Retire
...not doing anything of true substance...
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07-26-2013, 06:58 AM
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#32
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,695
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I have never been one to try new things.
I have smoked anything legal or illegal. Never tried any illegal drugs, never drank anything alcoholic.
Never drank any coffee. I do like the smell of coffee, though.
Never eaten anything green. Or anything that swims or lives in the water.
While I have used other people's cell phones a few times, I have never owned one nor have I made any cell phone calls myself. I have spoken on them a few times after the cell phone's owner either made the call or handed me one with the other caller on the line already. Same idea for any of those i-gadgets. Never texted, too, of course.
I have never swum underwater. Never jumped off a diving board, either. It takes me several minutes to get into a pool, even last week with that heat wave.
I have never been outside the United States.
I am childfree so I have never been and never will be a parent.
I tried Facebook for a few days but found it boring and stupid so I canceled the account, enough for me to claim I have never really been on it. Never twittered, either.
While I was in some casinos in Atlantic City 2 years ago, I never did anything beyond play a poker machine a few times. Never played any of the conventional table games such as roulette or craps. No interest in going back there again.
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Retired in late 2008 at age 45. Cashed in company stock, bought a lot of shares in a big bond fund and am living nicely off its dividends. IRA, SS, and a pension await me at age 60 and later. No kids, no debts.
"I want my money working for me instead of me working for my money!"
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07-26-2013, 07:22 AM
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#33
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Leeward Oahu
Posts: 17,914
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Never changed a diaper.
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Ko'olau's Law -
Anything which can be used can be misused. Anything which can be misused will be.
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07-26-2013, 07:27 AM
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#34
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: yonder
Posts: 2,851
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I imagine that someone here has never valet parked.
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07-26-2013, 07:33 AM
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#35
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2008
Location: No fixed abode
Posts: 8,765
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"When my times up, I'll hold my own
You won't find me in an old folks home
You got that right
Well you got that right
Said, you got that right
Sure got that right
I tried everything in my life
Things I like I try 'em twice
You got that right
Sure got that right"
My philosophy, as stated by Ronnie Van Zandt and Steve Gaines.
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"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement." - Anonymous (not Will Rogers or Sam Clemens)
DW and I - FIREd at 50 (7/06), living off assets
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07-26-2013, 07:44 AM
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#36
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 17,774
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Never got caught.
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“Would you like an adventure now, or would you like to have your tea first?” J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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07-26-2013, 07:46 AM
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#37
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 421
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I've done most of the above with the worst being eating at jack in the box, but I have never seen the movie ET.
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07-26-2013, 08:25 AM
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#38
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Conroe, Texas
Posts: 18,731
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Reading much of the above makes me think of the things I have done, not have not:
I had a cell phone continuously since 1988. Sometimes more than one.
I drank coffee since I was about 14 years old and still do.
I smoked cigarettes, cigars, pipes and some other *stuff* (I don't smoke anything now).
I change my own oil, do my own brake jobs, wash my car, and fix anything that it needs, provided I have the tools.
I cut my own grass, plant whatever needs planting, paint my house, replace siding, fix any electrical problem.
I have eaten things in foreign countries that were unrecognizable.
I have fished from an oil production platform in the Java Sea and flown in helicopters that had no doors.
I have owned six motorcycles and raced Motocross.
I have been to the grand Prix of the U.S. at Watkins Glenn 4 times.
I have broken my arm, shoulder, ankle and have a titanium hip implant and steel plates in one arm.
I have not been to prison, but I have had a few wives.
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07-26-2013, 10:26 AM
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#39
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Colorado
Posts: 254
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Don't you know that dynamite always blows down ? --- Moe to Curly
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07-26-2013, 10:27 AM
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#40
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: North Bay
Posts: 1,251
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I've never been arrested (my brother has).
I've never been tasered (my wife has).
I've never spent the night in the snow alone in the mountains (my son has).
I've never been a decoy in a police sting (my daughter has).
I've never gotten a ticket (but I've deserved many).
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