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What did you want to be / do when you grew up?

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What did you want to be / do when you grew up?
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RE: What did you want to be / do when you grew up?
May 23, 2016 at 5:42 pm
Quite a few members of my family have served in the military and I always wanted to do that too, but I can't due to past instances of depression.
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RE: What did you want to be / do when you grew up?
May 23, 2016 at 5:50 pm
Having gone to a private school, dad had dreams of me being a doctor or a pilot.

I hate the sight of blood and I don't like heights but apart from that ....
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RE: What did you want to be / do when you grew up?
May 23, 2016 at 5:53 pm
I'm pretty sure the first thing I said was firefighter. Then when I was a little older it changed to baseball player. Then I had no idea. twenty years later and I still don't.
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RE: What did you want to be / do when you grew up?
May 23, 2016 at 5:53 pm (This post was last modified: May 23, 2016 at 6:01 pm by c172.)
I wanted to be a test pilot/CEO with my BFF of an aircfraft/spacecraft manufacturer. I used to enjoy drawing concepts on graph paper. 

In my younger years, I wanted to be a tow truck driver. I liked all the amber lights and big, manmobile trucks with hooks on them.

In reality? No driver's or pilot's license, and retired to to disability. I still am an aviation buff and enjoy watching aviation-minded YouTube accounts, like...

https://www.youtube.com/user/MrAviation101

I kind of enjoyed The Weather Channel's reality show on towing and salvage in northern Alberta and BC. I can't remember the name to save my life, though.
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RE: What did you want to be / do when you grew up?
May 23, 2016 at 5:56 pm
(May 23, 2016 at 5:50 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Having gone to a private school, dad had dreams of me being a doctor or a pilot.

I hate the sight of blood and I don't like heights but apart from that ....

Blood and heights don't bother me in the slightest. I used to watch a lot of surgical operations on the TV when I was younger, so I guess I just kinda numbed myself to the sight of blood.
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RE: What did you want to be / do when you grew up?
May 23, 2016 at 6:00 pm
I wanted to fly F-14s off'n carriers.

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What did you want to be / do when you grew up?
May 23, 2016 at 6:13 pm
(May 23, 2016 at 6:00 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I wanted to fly F-14s off'n carriers.


I was in the Navy stationed on the Washington. It was amazing watching the F14s take off and land. Absolutely amazing.
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RE: What did you want to be / do when you grew up?
May 23, 2016 at 6:18 pm
I never did settle on one. As a result, I've done a lot of different things, which is okay.
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RE: What did you want to be / do when you grew up?
May 23, 2016 at 6:19 pm
I loved F-14s as a kid. My aforementioned BFF was into F-16s and we argued over it. We agreed that SR-71's were super cool, though.
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RE: What did you want to be / do when you grew up?
May 23, 2016 at 6:26 pm
I wanted to be a writer and pen the next great American novel. I think I have the talent to write something decent, but life has eaten away any ambition I once had. Maybe if I can ever get my depression under control, I'll turn back to writing. I've got a good story on the back burner.
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