What is your most memorable "I can't believe I did that" moment? Any age. Mine was swimming with the dolphins down in

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Bahamas.

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1. I was 16 years old

And I dated a girl in Sandstone MN for a summer and we lay out on a clear sky holding hands feeling that we were the only two people in the world who saw the Northern lights that evening.
No hanky panky, just two kids listening to The Allan Parsons Project in love with life.

It was Eye in the Sky album, seriously.

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2. Wonderful, sweet story, Thank you John.

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3. I almost fell into the Changhe River in Beijing.

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4. Oh my . Glad you are okay and with us today. rsdsharp

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5. Well, so much for anonymity ...

My "I can't believe I did that!" moment was getting sober. 34 years later it still wows me.

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6. Thank you sweet Dorothy V , Rich reached his 37 soberity. Still goes to meetings on Sunday mornings.

Congratulations. Tells me everyday that he feels that urge to drink. Especially since he had cancer. Love, you

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11. Congrats to Rich!

Yeah, that urge is always around, sometimes stronger than other times.
Also congrats on his beating cancer!
Hugs for you both!

[CanonRay]

7. Snorkeling in a sea cave

Had a huge Manta Ray come right up to me.

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9. Oh wow.always wanted to snorkel. Thank you very much CanonRay

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8. I told Gary Wright of "Dream Weaver" fame to shut the f up.

The college (now a university) that I attended attracted a lot of big-name concerts back in the day and I worked backstage and stage security. I met Frank Zappa, Aerosmith, Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton, Roberta Flack, Genesis when Peter Gabriel was still with them, Joe Walsh, Sly and the Family Stone, George Carlin (hilarious), Martin Mull among others. They were all professional, cool, polite, and awesome to be around. Everyone except Gary Wright. He was whining about everything. The snacks weren't good enough, he hated the Michigan weather, he couldn't find his wife and he kept whining, "Where's Tina? Where's Tina?" If I were married to him, I'd get lost too, lol. I'm usually pretty laid back but he irked the hell out of me so I finally said to him, "Oh, just shut the fuck up, will ya? He looked at me like I'd slapped him, but he shut up and went back to his dressing room. Everybody cheered when he was out of earshot.

I still can't believe I did that.

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10. Thank you very much. catbyte. A slapdown of the one hit wonder.

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12. Mine was when I sat on a Court Martial panel

I was an AF Senior NCO and was selected to be a panel member (juror) for a Court Martial on an NCO with 17.5 years service charged with illegal use of amphetamines. I was one of two senior NCOs along with five officers ranging in rank from Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel. After hearing testimony, the judge gave us our instructions. There were four questions the judge said we'd have to unanimously say yes to each one for conviction. The questions were:
Did the defendant take the drugs?
Did the defendant knowingly take the drugs?
Did the defendant know the drugs were illegal?
Did the defendant taking the drugs was illegal?

When we took our first vote, it was six-to-one for guilty with myself being the lone not guilty vote. I dissented because the prosecution provided no evidence the defendant knowingly took the drugs. We went back twice to the judge for further guidance. After about 90 minutes of discussion, we returned with a unanimous Not Guilty verdict. The other panel members agreed there was no evidence the defendant knowingly took the drug and since all four questions had to be answered Yes, the fact that this question was answered No meant we could convict her.

What I did wasn't because the defendant was a NCO but because I had to follow the judge's instructions and to withhold any preconceived opinions and I did that. Turning six others opinions wasn't easy but in the end the agreed I was right. After the trial, the Chief Master Sergeant (E-9) the defendant worked for asked me about how we came to our decision. It turned out he sat on a similar Court Martial two months earlier concerning drug charges and found the defendant Not Guilty for the same exact reason.

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13. 4 years ago.

Took a trip to Georgia, spent a weekend with a good friend, then flew to northern California and spent 5 days with my oldest sister.

(She and BIL moved back here to Sheboygan county now)

Got to see how friendly people are in Georgia, toured a now-closed gold mine, walked out on Fisherman's Wharf, rode in a car over the Golden Gate Bridge, walked out up to my ankles in the ocean at Muir Beach, and went to Muir Woods, seeing magnificent redwoods.

The whole trip was something I'll remember the rest of my life.