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If only I would have...........
Listened to my mother about running with scissors. {still have the scar}
Spent as much time on school books as I did learning the guitar. {I'd have 3 degrees now} Bought real estate in 1970 instead of pools and Porsche's. Married that rich girl from Pasadena I was dating. {her grandfather died leaving the family millions} ................................................. |
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Sold all the stock in my 401K about one year ago.
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Good thread.
Gone to college instead of chasing the rock star dream.... Realised the dream wasn't going to happen and gone to college then. Gone to college instead of settling for what I thought would a lifetime of employment. Dumba$$!!!
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learned a decent trade skill in addition to my college degree
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Very unhealthy and counterproductive to "if only."
It's one of the worst things you can do to yourself. |
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we're very self deprecating here
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Si non potes inimicum tuum vincere, habeas eum amicum and ride a big blue trike. "'Bipartisan' usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." |
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Bought that z28 prototype for $5000 Bought Microsoft in 1988 Bought more real estate earlier Not bothered with the MBA Traveled before career Studied less Gotten a clue regarding my career earlier Purchased a 911 before I was 43! Larry |
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Whenever I play this game, I usually realize that the alternative was worse.
Most of mine revolve around banging some crazy chick when I got the chance...and realizing that then I'd have a clingy crazy chick to deal with....
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You can drive yerself nuts with "coulda-woulda-shoula"...best that you avoid it.
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so you change one thing..
which changes everything.. and one of those changes... you died 4 yrs ago.. I pass... Rika |
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Rikao-
You are so right. I may not have met my wife not had 2 children with her. Man, if we could only peek into the future when we are young. 
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Studied Chinese instead of Japanese!
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Stopped playing with it earlier, told my son what could happen, he said "I'm over here Dad"
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Yes.
But, if you had done those things you may have driven through the traffic light 30 seconds earlier and been killed by that drunk driver. You may have gone to a different bar that evening and the chick you banged had aids. We are all pretty lucky. Mind you I did date a girl from the Tresseder family. REALLY cute (they were small and pointy) and her family was worth phenominal money. Silly me. |
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the daughter of the owner of Adobe had the hots for me in college. my friends and i still talk about it.
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He turned into a riffle. He got sideways in the current and I was slow to release the fly line from my icy fingers.
I was in Alaska fishing in the Katmai. Cold afternoon getting ready to call it a day. It was an ENORMOUS trout. Big even for Alaska trophy trout. After I hooked him he made a fast upstream run. I was stripping in line as fast as I could. He turned. He was still on. When he jumped the first time, the guide was stunned. All he could say was "Damn..." I was using pretty fine leader. Can't muscle this fish. When he runs he has the rod bent severely and I'm quietly praying for my knots to hold. I kept him on for about 5 minutes, I guess. He made countless runs and jumps. He was HUGE. His last run was upstream. Too fast to keep the line on the reel I furiously stripped in fly line. He turned. Twang! The line broke and he was gone.
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I've got lucky in many of those "wish I did" situations, all by pure luck. Shoulda bought into the 911 market that really took off? I did - bought my car less about a year before the market hit the roof. Even now that it's cool, it's worth 2 1/2 x what I paid for it. Shoulda bought into real estate before that took off? Again, got lucky. Our house went up over $75K in value by sheer luck, and some work.
No regrets. Ever.
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1978 Porsche 911sc Targa 3.0 
2015 
1972 Porsche 911T 2.4
