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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:23 PM Original message |
Opportunities missed. What are the greatest opportunities missed you can recall? |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. i could have had a one night stand with an intense and |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not marrying the P.O.S. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Radio Officer's Union. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Got myself on the guest list to see Guns'N'Roses in a club back in 1987. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. My Mom didn't buy the Delorean she was offered |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Too many, unfortunately. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. I was metal and she was punk. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. 1981 |
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OriginalGeek (589 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. OW - that hurts ALMOST as much as the one I gave away |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Damn |
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OriginalGeek (589 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. My first car was a 1968 Firebird |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. My best friend and recording studio partner has a lot of Gibsons |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
44. Ouch. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. I was a 70's MGM student in California. I was offered a scholarship to a school few can afford, |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. Not buying that '88 Colony Park in mint condition. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. 1967 Mustang fastback 390 4-speed for $1000 |
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Denninmi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. I was the subject of a Mrs. Robinson's affections. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Well I did, and I don't regret it. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I had that opportunity too |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Accepted job offer from the firm I clerked with after second year |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Aw Cambridge is gorgeous. You are lucky to live there. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. That was a LONG time ago! |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. Not finding that buried treasure. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. Beautiful young lady offered to share an umbrella |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Bus stop.............. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. I was offered a job in Norway in the early 1980s |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. Oh, gosh. You could have been chilling in a country untainted by Bush this whole time. nt |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. The night before my first wedding |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. Don't get me started. :-) |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. Right out of college, I turned down a job to teach music for a year at a private school |
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idiotgardener (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. I thought $80 was too much for a ticket to see David Bowie. |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. Janis Joplin sang a couple of miles away in Marin County. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. my whole college career |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. i stayed home for college |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. ... |
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Maccagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. I visited London and didn't do the Abbey Road "crosswalk thing" |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. I could have bought 2 copies of the Beatles' "Butcher cover" album for $100 in 1981 |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
35. Maybe I should have accepted another temp assignment |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
36. Two come immediately to mind. |
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Grantuspeace (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. Not personally, but this years Milwaukee Brewers and Wisconsin Badgers. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Joining Microsoft whenit was still dicking around with tiny BASIC nt |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
39. Maybe if I had answered that email from the nice guy in Nigeria........... |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
41. Decided not to buy Apple at $27. because I was worried what would happen if Jobs died. |
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wysimdnwyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. What could have been Mrs. Wysimdnwyg |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
43. Not many but I've dodged a hell of a lot of bullets! n/t |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. Passed on the chance to attend Barnard. |
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