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Besides having children and falling in love, what are some life changing experiences everyone should have? I'll start: Experiencing true dark sky. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Apr 14 '24, 19:09

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walking around all night talking to a person you just met. -- nm - Andie Apr 15, 06:01
Snorkeling in a coral reef. - colin Apr 15, 05:42 1
- An abstract one; having a conversation that is fully honest, that let's you express your fears, wishes, regrets, mistakes. - colin Apr 15, 05:46
Working in retail and/or food service -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 05:03
dancing in the moonlight -- nm - David Apr 15, 00:20 1
- Everybody! -- nm - rollo Apr 15, 05:56
Doing something(s) you fear. -- nm - pmb Apr 14, 21:12 1
- Travel outside your comfort zone. -- nm - psilotum Apr 14, 23:10
mushrooms -- nm - rollo Apr 14, 21:03 2
- The first time you do them, absolutely. - colin Apr 15, 05:50
- mushrooms :) -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 14, 21:44 [youtube]
Losing a loved one. -- nm - Pippy with a French Beret Apr 14, 20:50
swimming in my money bin -- nm - Uncle Scrooge Apr 14, 20:35
Total eclipse... seeing someone you love in the ICU wired and tubed up like a matrix battery... first time flying -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 19:40 1
- well I missed the bit about experience everyone SHOULD have, but it is one of those things that are likely to happen someday -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 19:42
Divorce. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 14, 19:33
seeing the Grateful Dead on LSD. -- nm - Bill Walton Apr 14, 19:26
seeing a giant sequoia, seeing the northern lights -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 14, 19:25 11
- 2/2 -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 20:07
- Right, I need to talk to ST tomorrow about Northern Lights. Mom has expressed in interest an going to Fairbanks to see them. -- (edited) - ty97 Apr 14, 19:45 8
  - It's also possible to see them in a dark skies area. -- nm - . Apr 15, 02:52
  - the *best* way to do it is work in mineral exploration in the arctic. otherwise winter is better than fall just because more darkness, and generally - mafic Apr 14, 20:37 3
    - Pretty sure Mom's not looking to come out of retirement to start a new career :) -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 20:42 2
      - srsly though consider the moon. that's probs the biggest factor in your control. -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 21:41
      - And yet, she may surprise you if you ask -- nm - Pippy with a French Beret Apr 14, 20:49
  - Other than cruises I would say go to Scandinavia, because you can get further north, which increases your chances. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 20:09 1
    - I don't think I could ever get Mom on a cruise ship. And flying to Alaska is a stretch for her, I'm not getting her to go to the Nordics. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 20:41
  - I saw them on an Alaska cruise in September. There are Northern LIghts cruises in various places. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 20:07
- 0/2 -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 14, 19:33
city people, smh -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 14, 19:19 1
- actually I am just messing with you, I remember how it was when I lived in Seattle -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 14, 19:22
True dark sky scares me though -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 19:17 6
- Any night time power outage under overcast skies feels like the dark is collapsing on you, but when it happens on an island - Max Apr 14, 22:02 1
  - Power outage in Manhattan was unsettling. -- nm - colin Apr 15, 05:38
- You don't like clouds? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 14, 19:23 3
  - Nature scares me - ty97 Apr 14, 19:44 2
    - Most of them are indifferent to you. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 20:07 1
      - But not all of them! -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 20:42
meditation -- nm - psilotum Apr 14, 19:10 1
- Mediation. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 14, 19:33

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