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Posted: 10/21/2001 5:34:19 PM EDT

from the day you graduated high school, what would you do different knowing what you know now?

[beer]

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:37:25 PM EDT

[#1]

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from the day you graduated high school, what would you do different knowing what you know now?

[beer]

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Joined the military, THEN gone to college.

[beer]

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:38:54 PM EDT

[#2]

Bought a whole butt load of pre-bans.

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:39:09 PM EDT

[#3]

Not a damn thing. While I've screwed up more than a handful of times since graduating from High School, all of them have led me to where I am now, and I'm very happy here. I wish I had completed college, but then I wouldn't have any of the blessings I have received since them.

I've got a wonderful wife who loves me and doesn't give me grief about my shooting habit, as she shares it, two beautiful children, a nice house in the burbs, and I've gotten back in touch with God and am no longer angry at him for the death of my father.

God Bless Texas

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:39:39 PM EDT

[#4]

I had more chances to get laid than I realized at the time. If I had another chance...

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:43:47 PM EDT

[#5]

never gone to grad school. biggest waste of money. especially since i won't be using it. unfortunately i figured out what i wanted to do [i]after[/i] already spent all that money.

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:44:20 PM EDT

[#6]

Enlisted in the Air Force, persuing a position with Military Police/Security.
Looking back, I would have wanted to stay in for the career.
At 18, I was pussywhipped (but, damn, it was good!).
By 19, my Dad had died and I misspent my young adulthood in blue funk of self-imposed depression...looking for approval from a bunch of losers. Geez Louise.

Yeah, wouldn't it be nice to take the middle-age attitude back to the high-school years?

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:47:17 PM EDT

[#7]

Just to see how it went, I would have gone to college then joined the military.

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:48:22 PM EDT

[#8]

Gone to Seattle to look up some lame-assed geek named Bill Gates, who was in Grade School at the time!

And then become his best, best buddy ever![:D]

'What's that, Bill, old buddy, need a coupla' hundred bucks to but some IBM computer parts?
Here you go!'

Eric The(AndWhereDoBritneySpear'sParentsLive?)Hun[>]:)]

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:49:52 PM EDT

[#9]

Would have quit drinking a LOOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG time before I did. Took me a while to learn.

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:52:11 PM EDT

[#10]

Should've gone to the Annapolis when it was offered. My life would sure be different now but I really wanted to fly fighters.

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:53:51 PM EDT

[#11]

Good question..got me thinking about a conversation I just had with my 17 year old daughter..

"Follow your [i]heart[/i], not the dollar when choosing your major".

I have warned her about all the things I did in excess, partying, drinking, etc, and hope that she will not do the same.

[beer] not too many though!

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:56:50 PM EDT

[#12]

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I had more chances to get laid than I realized at the time. If I had another chance...

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Hey Attman!Lets get together and take turns kicking each other in the ass! I feel like it sometime when I think of what I missed!

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:57:38 PM EDT

[#13]

Bought some pre-ban rifles & I wouldn't have gotten married, especially to the B*t*h that I did end up marrying!

Jamie

Posted: 10/21/2001 5:59:13 PM EDT

[#14]

Stayed in the Air force Security police /Law enforcement on the EST team

Posted: 10/21/2001 6:42:49 PM EDT

[#15]

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never gone to grad school. biggest waste of money. especially since i won't be using it. unfortunately i figured out what i wanted to do [i]after[/i] already spent all that money.

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What is your degree in? I hold a Master of Science in Quality and it was well worth the time. It damn near doubled my pay.

Posted: 10/21/2001 6:46:36 PM EDT

[#16]

I should have married my high school girlfriend instead of breaking up when I had the chance to do.

Posted: 10/21/2001 6:55:01 PM EDT

[#17]

Pursued a career in something I love(firearms).

Posted: 10/21/2001 7:00:18 PM EDT

[#18]

Other than correct a couple of really dumb but minor moves I honestly don't know.

Posted: 10/21/2001 7:03:08 PM EDT

[#19]

I would have never had sex with the bitch that I did and spent the worst 9 years with. I would join the army and stay there for about 20 years or so and hope to find a nice wommen latter in life like around 30 or so.

Posted: 10/21/2001 7:04:37 PM EDT

[#20]

I sure as heck would have done BETTER in highschool... then tried to go to A&M or something... maybe tried to go to the USAFA like my father did. I missed out on a lot of things because of indecisiveness around that age...
There are a lot of things I'd do differently if I could go back to various points. Remember, hindsight is 20/20, but you can't go forward while you're looking back.

Posted: 10/21/2001 9:43:57 PM EDT

[#21]

I would have not gone to the meeting and got involved with those people.

Posted: 10/21/2001 10:26:35 PM EDT

[#22]

There is only one thing I would have done diferently.

I transferred to a private college when I was 21; it was the perfect place for me and I was completely happy and satisfied.

But my parents refused to help me with tuition, even though they were perfectly able to. My father used his money to buy his girlfriend a farm in the San Juan Islands, my mom used her money to eat out every night and buy furniture. I went to a state college I hated.

If I had it to do over, I would have worked for a year and re-applyed for financial aid to my college of choice as an independent man, and never spoken to my parents again.

Posted: 10/21/2001 11:09:04 PM EDT

[#23]

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Bought some pre-ban rifles & I wouldn't have gotten married, especially to the B*t*h that I did end up marrying!

Jamie

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i hear you bro. me 2

Posted: 10/21/2001 11:20:35 PM EDT

[#24]

Oh where do I begin? Should I have insisted upon going to college more locally than I did, thus allowing me to continue dating my highschool sweetheart (probably would have gotten married to her - saw her later, and i would [b]not[/b] have been disappointed) and gone into the career that I am not attempting to get into on a part-time basis (of course it doesn't pay at this point... had I started then I'd be at the top by now)

Or failing that, I should have chosen the Navy instead of the army when I enlisted... and followed that plan... which included a hitch, then college via ROTC and otehr assistance, then back in (officer material)... and I'd be retiring this year...

Or, perhaps the Seminary? (yeah, I know, quite a difference there)

As it is, I am most likely where I am supposed to be right now... my problem is figuring out where I should go/do next!

Posted: 10/21/2001 11:23:40 PM EDT

[#25]

Bought sub guns, Prebans and magazines prior to the ban. Stayed married the 1200 a month child support I pay makes the few problems in my marriage look small. Bought and SOLD Dot Com stock before it died [B)]

Ropes

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