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37. A scientist

Reply to LogDog75 (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 02:57 PM

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As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up [View all] LogDog75 Jul 2025 OP

I had two big ones when I was little.. FirstLight Jul 2025 #1

Superman. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2025 #2

Retired enid602 Jul 2025 #3

For awhile I wanted to be a pirate - an odd goal for a little girl, Ocelot II Jul 2025 #4

Lol JMCKUSICK Jul 2025 #31

F16 pilot purple_haze Jul 2025 #5

Me too! Nt leftieNanner Jul 2025 #8

weatherman, being in texas where things got wild. way to much higher math skills needed tho nt msongs Jul 2025 #6

I wanted to be here today, to watch the ...... calikid Jul 2025 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Silent Type Jul 2025 #9

Ballerina!!! elleng Jul 2025 #10

In order: Astronaut, Soldier, "Scientist", Mathematician, Astrophysicist, and finally Musician LudwigPastorius Jul 2025 #11

I wanted to be a seamtress. Figarosmom Jul 2025 #12

when I was 8 I wanted to be a Greyhound Bus Driver gopiscrap Jul 2025 #13

First a ballerina oberle Jul 2025 #14

i be t u make lovely music whilst at it . thanks for your gift. AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #17

Baseball player sakabatou Jul 2025 #15

train engineer , airline pilot , well u know . but due to eyesight and dexterity issues . couldnt. didnt have a clear AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #16

Large animal vet sinkingfeeling Jul 2025 #18

I wanted to smoke cigars and drive a Harley Davidson Emile Jul 2025 #19

Caboose occupant, lighthouse operator, Zamboni driver. Harker Jul 2025 #20

I wanted to be a marine biologist and do research like Jacques Cousteau. lark Jul 2025 #21

A lawyer or a book editor. I work in Luciferous Jul 2025 #22

A dancer! Nittersing Jul 2025 #23

An actress, which I did all through high school; but when I got to college, Sogo Jul 2025 #24

Originally, a pilot Oeditpus Rex Jul 2025 #25

A school teacher. LoisB Jul 2025 #26

Oh, a glamorous movie star! I wanted to be Elizabeth Taylor because she was so beautiful! CTyankee Jul 2025 #27

My most consistent area of interest was biology/science, even in elementary school. 3catwoman3 Jul 2025 #28

Movie stunt man Danascot Jul 2025 #29

A writer llmart Jul 2025 #30

I wanted to be a cab driver. JMCKUSICK Jul 2025 #32

A Chinese chop suey maker. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2025 #33

Hegemon Solly Mack Jul 2025 #34

A doctor and an ice skater berniesandersmittens Jul 2025 #35

A cardiovascular surgeon. I was a child when Michael DeBakey became famous. NNadir Jul 2025 #36

A scientist bif Jul 2025 #37