If you could do it all over again...

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

Bingo!

Plus I've done more things in my time than most people will ever do.

Both good and bad things

Overall , its been a blast

Fun and *stuff*... Things my son's son's will sit on my knee and hear..

[Nickatilynx]

Originally Posted by Trev

Fun and *stuff*... Things my son's son's will sit on my knee and hear..

and he won't believe him

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

and he won't believe him

They'll be the best damn stories going.

[Red]

I would invest in the stock market, since I would know what companies will do well.

I would follow my dream.
When I was 18 I was accepted to study acting at the Actor's Studio with Lee Strasberg, but my parents wouldn't pay for me to live in NY and take classes.
I didn't have the guts to just pack up my tapshoes and get on the Greyhound. I settled for a local comedy group and community theater. If I could do it over, I'd face my fears and go for it.

[Nickatilynx]

Originally Posted by Red

I would invest in the stock market, since I would know what companies will do well.

I would follow my dream.
When I was 18 I was accepted to study acting at the Actor's Studio with Lee Strasberg, but my parents wouldn't pay for me to live in NY and take classes.
I didn't have the guts to just pack up my tapshoes and get on the Greyhound. I settled for a local comedy group and community theater. If I could do it over, I'd face my fears and go for it.

No you wouldn't.

You'd do the same exact thing at that time and place.

You'd still be the same person.

Plus if by a miracle , you did , you'd change your whole life as it is now.
For better or worse.

I'd never take the unknown option for running the risk of not meeting my wife and having my kids and knowing the people I do.

[Red]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

No you wouldn't.

You'd do the same exact thing at that time and place.

You'd still be the same person.

Plus if by a miracle , you did , you'd change your whole life as it is now.
For better or worse.

I'd never take the unknown option for running the risk of not meeting my wife and having my kids and knowing the people I do.

No, I really would. I'd have money, since I would have knowledge of the stock market so the fear of starving in NY on my own wouldn't be there.
I wouldn't have a problem with taking the unknown option and changing my whole life. The known option was my first marriage. Thanks, but no thanks.

[Robin]

I would have screwed everyone I dealt with and made twice the money and then buggered off!

...NOT!

I am proud that all my deals were win/win for everyone.

So what would I really have changed?

I would have used some of the profits to buy out the copycats and remain unique. Instead I let them compete and although they were second best they cut into our income. We could have made more by buying and consolidating.

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by Robin

I would have used some of the profits to buy out the copycats and remain unique. Instead I let them compete and although they were second best they cut into our income. We could have made more by buying and consolidating.

Yeah, but then there would be a lot of folks making their total living by running around copying Robin Nixon, ya know

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by Red

No, I really would. I'd have money, since I would have knowledge of the stock market so the fear of starving in NY on my own wouldn't be there.
I wouldn't have a problem with taking the unknown option and changing my whole life. The known option was my first marriage. Thanks, but no thanks.

Oh, I didn't know that the rule was that you could carry the knowledge forward...

Let's see 18 and the knowledge I have... Oh, that is fucking easy.

I would just invest in Microsoft

[Red]

Originally Posted by sarettah

Oh, I didn't know that the rule was that you could carry the knowledge forward...

Let's see 18 and the knowledge I have... Oh, that is fucking easy.

I would just invest in Microsoft

Yes, that's the rule. You would retain all of your knowledge and memories.

The book is called Replay, written by Ken Grimwood. It's the story of a 43 year old man who has a heart attack and dies, only to wake up in his 18 year old body with all memories of the future in tact. He makes changes in his life and when he reaches 43 again he has the same heart attack and replays his life again and again only starting further along in his life with each replay. It's a fascinating book.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

No you wouldn't.

You'd do the same exact thing at that time and place.

You'd still be the same person.

Plus if by a miracle , you did , you'd change your whole life as it is now.
For better or worse.

I'd never take the unknown option for running the risk of not meeting my wife and having my kids and knowing the people I do.

That's the horrible catch in the "what would you change?" mental game.
There is something in my past that is so horrible it's effected every aspect of my life. (Don't ask, this is just brought up to give me a kick off point for what's coming next.) Now, it's the sort of thing that if you had preknowledge you'd desperately want to change. However, changing it would create a ripple effect that would take away everything I have now.

I wouldn't go through be 18 again for anything.

[Red]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

That's the horrible catch in the "what would you change?" mental game.
There is something in my past that is so horrible it's effected every aspect of my life. (Don't ask, this is just brought up to give me a kick off point for what's coming next.) Now, it's the sort of thing that if you had preknowledge you'd desperately want to change. However, changing it would create a ripple effect that would take away everything I have now.

I wouldn't go through be 18 again for anything.

I can understand your feelings since you've got a great husband and kids.
I gave up my dream and I'd love the chance to go for it again, regardless of the ripple effect.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Red

I can understand your feelings since you've got a great husband and kids.
I gave up my dream and I'd love the chance to go for it again, regardless of the ripple effect.

If anything in my life could be called an "unfulfilled dream" it would be a degree in mathematics. I never wanted to actually be a mathematician, I just wanted the degree. Life just never worked out that way, though.

[sarettah]

If I could do it all over again....

I'd be born as a rock