Skinning a Cat. Part 113 Jun 2019 19:49
Bucket List
The Bucket List is a film with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson where two elderly men (one extremely wealthy) decide to write a list of things they would like to achieve before they are hit by the bus. We are all one day going to be hit by the bus. You may not actually get hit by a bus but metaphorically we all will one day.
I never knew the phrase Bucket List but I had a list of things I wanted to achieve by the age of 25 all in my head. I wanted to enjoy myself before I settled down and did not want to think (at my current age) I wish I had done this or achieved that.
I wanted to have done things that were legal but maybe not possible (due to lack of money or courage) I cut the candle in two and burned it at both ends. I had a nice car in my teens (Triumph 1500, leather seats, walnut dashboard and large rear seats) My top Bucket List item was to walk in Central Park, Climb the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building and walk down Wall Street. All achieved in the Autumn of 1979.
Other things on the Bucket List were travel by Greyhound Bus from New York, Visit Niagara Falls (not achieved as bus itinerary did not fit in with other plans) travel across Canada, visit my brother in Northern Ontario, see Winnipeg, Calgary Tower, Calgary Stampede (missed that one) visit Vancouver (also missed that as bus arrived on a Sunday and most things closed in 1979) Visit San Francisco, Flagstaff, Amarillo, Nashville Grand Old Opry (missed this one because the Bus Company from Amarillo was Trailways and they lost my rucksack and a suitcase that I had bought and filled with many presents)