-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Too easy! First, BBQ with the entire family - we have a big one. Then go out with a bang while fufilling every guys favorite fantasy.
Havin' fun,
Checkers
-------------------- a.k.a. Brian Born www.CheckersCustom.com Harrisburg, Pa Work Smart, Play Hard Posts: 3775 | From: Harrisburg, Pa. U.S.A. | Registered: Nov 1998
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I'm still thinking too (since I hope to have many many years to figure that one out) ...but one thing I know already... I don't think I have a fantasy you could fulfill Brian
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Not necessarliy in this order: *Go thru the house and tag all the family heirlooms with post-it-notes listing a brief history & saying who they go to *Tell everyone to come to the house & bring a covered dish (I have 3 brothers, 3 sisters, a Mom, 9 great-nieces and nephews and 17 nieces and nephews) *tell everyone I love them, especially my 3 kids *get right with The Big Guy upstairs... FAST! *paint SORRY CHARLIE! across my shop sign with a foamie * log on to Letterville & IM everybody "Guess what! No more pesky Jillbeans IMs!" *give away all my sign equipment *give away all my clothes *eat ladylocks and drink beer *call Stevo and tell him to get on a plane NOW *make sure to line up a bagpiper for my funeral and a party the next day *tell folks that I DON'T want laid out or embalmed and to bury me in bare feet .......that's all I can think of right now! Love...Jill
-------------------- That is like a Mr. Potato Head with all the pieces in the wrong place. -Russ McMullin Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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Hmmmmm....24 hours......I think I'm going to agree partially with Checkers....big family gathering for cookout with all the favorite grill goodies, relatives, friends...
A quick call to OP to see if he, too, has 24 hours to live. If he does, then a quick trip to the local meat market. I'll buy about 2,000 packages of hamburger and line them up around the perimeter of my property. I know OP wouldn't dare breach a meat barracade...thus ensuring he doesn't cheat me out of my 24 hours.
A quick spiritual consultation with the pastor to make sure I haven't forgotten anything important,
Rent a Ferrari convertible (Scent of a woman?) and see how fast I can make it to Detroit and back, taking pleasure in the beauty of the design, both physical and mechanical.
Then, I'd make a video of myself expressing my love and admiration of my wife and kids...taking special care to point out their very individual and special attributes....offer advice to the kids on what to avoid, and what to embrace in life. I'd describe to my kids the personality traits of mine that they don't want to emulate...and the one's that I would consider honorable and life enriching (there are a few).
As the final moments tick away, I'd be laying in my bed and watching Andy Griffith Show reruns...like I always do after a stressful day...it puts me in a good mood as I harken back to the simpler times.
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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If I had 24 hours left, I can guarantee you I'd only make to to hour 8! I know myself well enough to know that I would stress out over who is going to take care of who, who will do what and of course I think I am the only one who can do it! I would have a major stroke by hour 8.
As far as relationships go, my Mom taught me many years ago to live each day as though it were your last. So I have a habit of telling people I love them. Appologies and acts of forgiveness or not something we should put off.
There are lots of places I want to go, but how much fun would it be to have to hurry? I'd just stay home. That is where my life and loved ones are.
And...if you won't be here tomorrow, why worry about a possible hangover?
-------------------- Kathy Joiner River Road Graphics 41628 River Road Ponchatoula, La.70454
Old enough to know better...Too young to resist. Posts: 1891 | From: Ponchatoula, LA | Registered: Nov 2000
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Me? I would take a long walk on the beach and stare up into the heavens taking deep breaths of fresh air into my lungs. I would relish in all the wonderful memories of my life and wonder what lies beyond. Just the normal stuff that people do towards the end.
-------------------- Bob Stephens Skywatch Signs Zephyrhills, FL
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Drink beer for 4 hrs..switch to Rum...all while flying to Mexico.
Once there, eat Tix n Chix and all the ceviche I can find.
Give Shirl a kiss and thank her for putting up with me all these years!
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
-------------------- Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, And Dance like no one's watching. :) Mike Lavallee Mike Lavallee's Pinstriping & Airbrush Art Everett, WA Posts: 449 | From: Everett, WA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Ok, Mike.... You've been to Butler and you've never had a Ladylock? I admit these are a pale substitute for the real thing. Next time you're in town, stop by. I'll get you the regular kind AND the chocolate kind with sprinkles! MMMMMMmmmmmmmm! Love...Jill
-------------------- That is like a Mr. Potato Head with all the pieces in the wrong place. -Russ McMullin Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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Go see the brand new great nephew, give my sister my cat back, give T. my cockatiel after I watch all three "Lord of the Rings" again, and read "Proud Spirit" by Rosemary Altea again to get ready. No way am I going to sleep until my time is up!
-------------------- Debbie Posts: 674 | From: USA | Registered: Feb 2001
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Ray..Wasn't that a Jimmy Buffet tune?.."Let's get drunk and screw"?
I assume he was talking about getting drunk and then srewing drywall/sheetrock to the walls on the new shop, OF COURSE!!!
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
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I agree with Ray, but it must be after I said goodbye to all of my family members, however I probably couldn't reach them all within 24 hours. So, I would contact the ones that answered, and leave a message for the rest that I was dying doing what I love. (With my wife of course)
-------------------- Jeff Poitevint Sign-A-Rama Augusta 4015-M Washington Rd. Martinez, Ga. 30907 706-364-6393 augustasigns@comcast.net www.augustasigns.com Posts: 102 | From: Augusta, Ga. | Registered: May 2004
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-------------------- Frank Magoo, Magoo's-Las Vegas; fmagoo@netzero.com "the only easy day was yesterday" Posts: 2365 | From: Las Vegas, Nv. | Registered: Jun 2003
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the difficult part is whether you let anyone else know you have just 24 hrs left or not. Do you try and ignore fate, or hide it, or announce it? You don't want sympathy or regrets. Do you do something humourous, or memorable? Memorable to whom?
Jilly,tagging the bits & pieces here with a little history will take longer than 24 hrs, so I'd need a rain check on that!
I'd not have thought of it so quickly but I like the family gathering & the video tape idea of Todd's.
Todd,what's up? Do you know something that we all don't know which will happen to you at 6:17am on the 23rd of July? You haven't just fallen in a vat of frog juice by accident have you-hope not!
-------------------- "Stewey" on chat
"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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ok!! 12 hours to try to teach Doug a couple of french words ...so he gonna be able to understand my banner in portfolio section and 12 other maybe in hawaii too
-------------------- Steven Girard steven@lettragesgirard.com
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todd....264 magnum, 24x scope, at 650 yards....you wont hear the bullet that takes out you left eyeball.....heheheheheheheheh meat bracade wont help........that stuff is nasty......heheheheheh and its gona kill ya....hehehe
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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I would hold my 7 month old daughter until she went to sleep, Have a nice dinner with my wife, and go through old photos of our lives.
If you really want to know what someone who may have a limited time to fight might do, check out a brave lady in my family we affectionately call "Sis".
They (she and her husband) are sharing thier thoughts.
You can read her story here. Some things just don't matter to me anymore
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Help Mike Boone spend a million dollars in one hour.
-------------------- Terry Baird Baird Signs 3484 West Lake Rd. Canandaigua, NY 14424 Posts: 790 | From: Canandaigua, New York | Registered: Dec 2002
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i am going to live to be 200 so i can aggravate everyone then get shot by a jealous husband.
-------------------- Jimmy Chatham Chatham Signs 468 stark st Commerce, Ga 30529 Posts: 1766 | From: Commerce, GA, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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just messin with ya todd...i never went to nam, i knew that one was wrong too.
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Hehehe...I know you're messing with me OP But what's this "too" stuff?! Nope....nevermind...rules are rules...I'm not going there buddy. Hahahaha.
Have a good one.
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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ok..1st i wana do christian agular, stuff myself with CAJUN FOOD, meat included, then for the last 2 hours....i want the purest OPIUM i can find to smoke.....and from there i could care less......
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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