Turns out, what I wanted to be when I grew up was "retired".

Can't say that I appreciate "wrinkled" being part of the deal tho.

I wanted to be a military pilot since I was 5 years old. Built tons of model airplanes growing up, reading about pilots and airplanes. By the time I was in junior high I could name just about any WW2 aircraft you showed a picture of.

I’m fortunate and thankful that I got to fulfill that childhood dream. But I never did grow up or out of my love a flying and airplanes.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Turns out, what I wanted to be when I grew up was "retired".

Can't say that I appreciate "wrinkled" being part of the deal tho.

I can deal with wrinkles, it's the knees that I find annoying.

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Originally posted by flashguy:
Rich.

flashguy

Is that before or after Uncle Sam got his cut?

Wallowing indefinitely in middle management. Hurray!!!! I made it!!!

My goal was to race a sports car at the Le Mans 24-hour race. My occupational test in high school said I was best suited to be a history teacher.

I spent 22 years in the military and retired with an engineer degree.

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Originally posted by Scoutmaster:

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Turns out, what I wanted to be when I grew up was "retired".

Can't say that I appreciate "wrinkled" being part of the deal tho.

I can deal with wrinkles, it's the knees that I find annoying.

Fer shure. Shoulders full of bursitis ain't high on my list either.

Baseball player and then a Marine.

a dirigible, can you get a better view? I think not

I wanted to be a designer and apply for a shitload of patents. My current job won't allow me to have my own patent, so I'm sitting on roughly twelve ideas that I'll apply for as soon as I retire. So honestly?

Who here didn't want to drive a train?

I can't say I had any desires for any as a kid.

Got interested in politics in high school and it was then they I figured out about the best job on the planet was U.S, Senator. Figured the best way to get there was starting as an attorney. Marriage got in the way of law school and by the time I finally got around to taking the LSAT and applying, I was too old to ever recover the cost.

The Senate would still be my grail job though.

^^^
I would vote for you,but I live elsewhere.

I wanted to be a commercial pilot, but 9/11 happening during my Sr. year of HS tanked the industry and killed that dream along with it.

a dirigible, can you get a better view? I think not

electrician but could never pass the math, it just never made since to me, funny thing is I program my cnc everyday using trig.

Helicopter pilot. I read a book about a Vietnam helicopter pilot and decided it was what I wanted to do.

Left alone.

Archeologist/Anthropologist.....Became a Firefighter/Elect., Apartment Owner/manager/janitor/fixer. Retired now and still enjoy looking and picking up old remains of time past.

A policeman, and I actually did, in the USAF and my son became a K-9 deputy.

An architect...wanted to design buildings....but wound up as a cop.