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Take the money and run. I have no idea what the time line would look like as I changed my timeline. | |||
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| No double standards |
I can't argue with it. I do very amateur woodwork, 35 years ago thought of it as a profession/career but went another way. I haven't had a car in my garage since 1986 due to my woodworking tools. And I still have all my fingers (although with a scars from times I was sloppy). "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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Don't Panic |
$30M here. Think about it. Most of that extra time, you'd be all 'What the HECK was I thinking!?! Could have gotten $30M and instead I got acne all over again."  | |||
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Alienator |
I often regret a lot of life choices but then I would never be where I am now, and it's a pretty awesome time. One of major regret was dropping out of the AFROTC when I was being offered a scholarship. Having to know what major and my entire school career scared me when I figured out very quickly I did NOT want to be a programmer. If I had of done that, it's doubtful I would have met my wife or had my baby girl. I'll take the 30 million gladly. I'm 34 so I have a lot of time to live off of that. SIG556 Classic P220 Carry SAS Gen 2 SAO SP2022 9mm German Triple Serial P938 SAS P365 FDE P322 FDE Psalm 118:24 "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" | |||
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Caribou gorn |
$30 million absolutely. I did some dumb stuff when I was young, but I made way more right choices than wrong. Good parents, a relationship with Jesus, focus on what I wanted to do with my life, etc. I've got a great wife, great kids, great job, nice house, plenty of guns, and a 4wd truck. Now just show me the money. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
Boom. The past made you who you are today. SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!! | |||
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There isn't a day that goes by where I don't think about what I could have done with my talents. I had pieces that I made when I was in high school in a museum in Portland. I just couldn't convince myself that I could make a living. The amount of time it takes to produce a truly good piece is staggering and if I made it and couldn't sell it I would miss my mortgage payment. In the end I pussed out and got a job that means nothing to me but a paycheck. Life's a bitch isn't it? | |||
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Truth Seeker |
If I could go back to 18 knowing what I know today I would do it in a second as there are some things I would do different, but having the option to have $30M then I would take the money for sure! If I went back to 18 then I could risk the chance I may have never met my wife so I would never take that chance. To be able to have my wife and $30M, yes I will take that option. Although there are things I would have changed growing up, I am happy with my life. Hell, even given the choice of no money or go back to 18, the more I think about it I would stick with my life today. NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
Yup. Especially I don't think any "mistakes" I made were so incredibly bad that need a redo. And, that darn timeline thing. According to Star Trek, I might not have met my wife, if I went back.  Yeah, give me that 30 mil, I can do a lot of good with it. Q | |||
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30 mil!!! There are really only a few things I have regrets over ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live today as if it may be your last and learn today as if you will live forever | |||
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Go Vols! |
That dot com stock bubble would sure be fun to invest in when you know who wins and loses. | |||
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delicately calloused |
Given what I know now, I'd go back. I could have far more than 30 million by the time I get back to my age now. Plus I think I would enjoy life more and worry less the second time around.....and I'd build Mrs DF a carport instead.  You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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| Do the next right thing  |
I'll take the cash. | |||
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While going back to 18 might be a fun thing, there are things that cannot be undone. I'd take the cash and see what I could do with the knowledge of those and the money to fix some future issues. ———- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup. | |||
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| Knows too little about too much  |
Absolutely! Screw the past. RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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| What is the soup du jour? |
$$$$$$ | |||
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E tan e epi tas |
I'd go back not to correct mistakes just to relive it. Well that and with what I know 30 million would be chump change. "Guns are tools. The only weapon ever created was man." | |||
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Not really from Vienna |
I'd take the $. "No regrats". | |||
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Spread the Disease |
Easy- the money. What I've done in the past has made me who I am today, and I'm ok with that. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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Honky Lips |
I regret the last 10 years of my life, I am 30, I'd go back in a heartbeat. | |||
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