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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:13 PM
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Poll question: If you had a chance to relive the last ten years...
knowing then what you know now...

would you do it?

Please elaborate as to why or why not.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:18 PM
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1. Of course
Because I could avoid some serious mistakes.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:26 PM
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5. Even though I too could avoid some serious mistakes...
I voted "no" because I would have talked myself out of taking some very important and enlightening risks.
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wish_I_could_vote Donating Member (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:40 PM
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13. I am at a very good point in my life
but I went through an awful lot of crap to get here, most of it 7 years ago, so, no, I would not want to live it over again.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:19 PM
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2. Yup
I had these boots and I forget what brand it was and I really want another pair
:(
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:21 PM
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3. No, because I have read Timequake
And, even though people had to relive the last ten years, they didn't get to change anything at all. Everything had to be done exactly the same way...

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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:25 PM
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4. If I could go back 15 years....
I would NOT have gotten married the second time! I don't care if it did allow me to "network" my way to where I am now, it was (and still is) pretty painful...

But since it's only 10 years, I would have stuck to it the first time I said "Fuk dis Sheeyit!"
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candy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:28 PM
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6. I wouldn't have retired-I would have worked 5 more years.
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:29 PM
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7. Yeah
There are a few things I regret doing (rather, not doing), such as:

Being more physically active. Yes, I've lost some weight :D but I'm still well overweight. Perhaps I could have been an athlete, maybe in football or wrestling.

Standing up for myself. I wasn't one of the most outgoing people in school.

I won't dwell in the past, though.
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nini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:30 PM
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8. NO
the last 10 years have been the most difficult and heartbreaking of my life.

NO WAY.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:30 PM
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9. I would do it but do it differently
Very differently.
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Kurt Remarque Donating Member (709 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:34 PM
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10. somebody has to go back....
and talk the dems in florida out of that butterfly ballot in 2000!
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cmf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:36 PM
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11. Yes
10 years would be perfect - I was just entering college 10 years ago. I would have worked harder and majored in something different. Plus it would be fun to do college all over again. :)
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VoteDemocratic2004 Donating Member (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 12:38 PM
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12. Hell no!
If I could go back one year and relive it I would.

My whole life has been destroyed and I am picking up the pieces as I type this.
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Cybergata Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 03:07 PM
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16. I'm Sorry!
I've had my live destroyed and reborn again a few times myself. I know how difficult it can be. Just always BELIEVE IN YOURSELF and that you deserve all the good possible in life. I always look on my times of great hardship as a time for growth and new awareness. It helps me a lot, at any rate. Send me a private message if you need someone to talk to. Nancy :hippie:
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Cybergata Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 03:01 PM
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14. I would relive my 20s and some of my 30s
...but my 40s were great, and I've already had a great year in my 50s....well except for having my house cracking into two parts!

I think a person's 20s are so very difficult. I had a lot of tragedy in my early 20s, but there was some tragedy in my later years. I just found it easy to deal with the second, third, fourth.... times around.

:hippie:
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cheezus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-04 03:04 PM
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15. Yes, but I'd do everything EXACTLY the same
because I'm very happy where I'm at now, and any little change in my past could ruin that (it's raining donuts!). Nonetheless, it would be fun to relive it.
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