Bucket list... Is this part weird?

Page 3 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Mar 11, 2004
23,444
5,852
146
Re: #6 - At 36 I am 85% of the way there. Helps when one was a DINK for almost 8 years, works insanely hard at a huge law firm for 5+ years, and spends almost no money. As it stands, I could put nothing else away for retirement and retire comfortably at age 60 assuming modest (7%) returns. FWIW I'm not bragging. I sacrificed a lot to save that much money (been saving 20-30% of my income since age 18), and given the opportunity to do things differently I would not chose the career path that enabled me to save that much in the first place. Life is too short.

As for #8 - I'm only one person removed from an introduction to Christian Slater (has a summer home a few miles away and is a friend of a friend).

Regardless, go find your own bucket (list) to crap on.

Popular celebrity not found.
 

MrRamon

Senior member
Apr 28, 2006
342
4
81
Bucket list in my opinion should include experiences and accomplishments, not things.

E.g., mine includes -

1. Travel to Australia, New Zealand, The Orient (I know that's horribly vague)

2. Go to at least one stanley cup final game

3. Shoot a machinegun

4. Catch and release a bluefin tuna

5. Play golf in Ireland (already shot a hole in one)

6. Become a millionaire by 40

7. Build a brand new house

8. Befriend at least one popular celebrity and then dump them because they are not cool enough.

These look like a good starting point for me, thanks.
 
Last edited:

sjwaste

Diamond Member
Aug 2, 2000
8,757
12
81
Not saying he is a major celebrity, but its hard to argue that he is not at least somewhat popular given that he has appeared in over 100 movie or tv roles, in many cases as the lead actor.

Hahaha, so that story has filtered down your way as well? Their dogs are really good friends!
 

sjwaste

Diamond Member
Aug 2, 2000
8,757
12
81
My list is fairly short, constantly changing, but kind of out there. I kind of try to keep it to things that are borderline unattainable, otherwise it's going to be filled with shit like buying monitor calibration tools.

1. See my daughter's kids grow up (I'm 31, she's 1, I'll be an old fart)

2. Spend 1-2 years living and working in western Europe

3. Own a place near both coasts (closest, since we already live in coastal Maine and are saving for a down payment in San Diego)

4. Have a single malt older than me (this stays on the list, and since I turned 21, hasn't been done)

5. Retire comfortably by 50 (not likely)

6. Travel to all 7 continents
 
Jul 10, 2007
12,041
3
0
Bucket list in my opinion should include experiences and accomplishments, not things.

E.g., mine includes -

1. Travel to Australia, New Zealand, The Orient (I know that's horribly vague)

2. Go to at least one stanley cup final game

3. Shoot a machinegun

4. Catch and release a bluefin tuna

5. Play golf in Ireland (already shot a hole in one)

6. Become a millionaire by 40

7. Build a brand new house

8. Befriend at least one popular celebrity and then dump them because they are not cool enough.
Define millionaire. Net worth or cash?
 

JoetheLion

Senior member
Nov 8, 2012
392
3
81
Now this is something you should add to your bucketlist. Making a few bottles and keeping them safe in your wine rack in your cellar for special occasions like 50th birthday or marriage anniversary, birth of a child or to just to lure chicks. :D