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22. High road: I need to spend another evening with my dad. Gone 23 years now.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 11:58 AM

Dec 29

Low road: I want to ride my dirt bike over the dunes.

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What's one thing you'll never do again that you wish you could? [View all] True Dough Dec 28 OP

Seeing loved ones who have passed will be high on everyone's list biophile Dec 28 #1

Definitely. highplainsdem Dec 28 #11

Run a sub 5-minute mile Redleg Dec 28 #2

Well, at least you achieved that mile in your life. viva la Dec 30 #29

Spend more time with my parents and grandparents. pandr32 Dec 28 #3

Ride a horse SheltieLover Dec 28 #4

I can help you with that one Bayard Dec 28 #7

Lol SheltieLover Dec 28 #12

I have the same affliction..... Bayard Dec 29 #16

... SheltieLover Dec 29 #17

Return to Antarctica. sinkingfeeling Dec 28 #5

The big xmas eve gathering, Bayard Dec 28 #6

... SheltieLover Dec 28 #13

Downhill skiing in VT and NH Ritabert Dec 28 #8

Same bamagal62 Dec 30 #45

Seeing my parents again and down hill skiing. I quit at 72 and miss it surfered Dec 28 #9

Backpacking. lastlib Dec 28 #10

Yeah.. One last childhood Christmas in my Grandmother's living room with my parents, my aunts uncles, sister, cousins hlthe2b Dec 28 #14

+1 Auggie Dec 29 #20

Feel my dog's head laying on my lap JoseBalow Dec 28 #15

Vote for Bill Clinton! Ziggysmom Dec 29 #18

You can always write his name in! nt Shermann Dec 31 #56

That's true! Ziggysmom Dec 31 #59

Eating grandma's homemade bread. Emile Dec 29 #19

Have a conversation with my dad. Mad_Dem_X Dec 29 #21

High road: I need to spend another evening with my dad. Gone 23 years now. quaint Dec 29 #22

Dunk A Basketball ProfessorGAC Dec 30 #23

Would that be True Dough Dec 30 #24

Not Quite ProfessorGAC Dec 30 #27

How tall are you? True Dough Dec 30 #42

Not Close ProfessorGAC Dec 31 #47

Remarkable! True Dough Dec 31 #48

Too Soon ProfessorGAC Dec 31 #49

You could dunk? underpants Dec 30 #32

I Could ProfessorGAC Dec 30 #36

Play volleyball LogDog75 Dec 30 #25

Having a 3 some. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 30 #26

I thought I had a threesome once... LuckyCharms Dec 30 #28

I'm pretty sure I had one. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 30 #33

I can barely make it through a onesome. LuckyCharms Dec 30 #34

I've given up on 1 somes. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 30 #35

. LuckyCharms Dec 30 #37

Will never forget an old friend years ago telling me he was getting divorced MichMan Dec 30 #44

Lasagna dinner with my parents. Skiing. A summer at the cottage with family and friends. applegrove Dec 30 #30

Ride my Honda 750 Gold Wing duckworth969 Dec 30 #31

To hold my blessed grandma's hand Grim Chieftain Dec 30 #38

Play good golf surfered Dec 30 #39

LSD Kali Dec 30 #40

Visit England. Jeebo Dec 30 #41

Well, the obvious one is sit down and spend time with someone you've lost, but I will add a very selfish one... Ferrets are Cool Dec 30 #43

Superficial - After 2 hip replacements, y clog dancing days are over. 3catwoman3 Dec 30 #46

Water ski, and watch a Steeler game with my dad. Dulcinea Dec 31 #50

Quaaludes blm Dec 31 #51

"714" walkingman Dec 31 #54

Know as many like-minded people as I did in the 70s - most have passed. Different world. walkingman Dec 31 #52

La Paz enid602 Dec 31 #53

1. Run a 10k. Ilsa Dec 31 #55

Dive or jump from heights into water. Prairie_Seagull Dec 31 #57

Snort heroin bif Dec 31 #58