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What did YOU want to be when you grew up?

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GILLSKI
Posts: 1250 - Karma: 361
I wanted to be a Soldier or firefighter, Im about to be sworn into the Fire Dept and I'm taking the FDNY test in February. So I'm actually living out something Ive wanted to do which makes me quite happy.


So what did you want to do? and what do you now?
Aug 25 2011 11:43PM
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[evan]
Posts: 5628 - Karma: 117
i wanna be a pro skier
Aug 25 2011 11:44PM
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MicroMix
Posts: 297 - Karma: 48
The very best, like no one ever was.
Aug 25 2011 11:46PM
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1337
Posts: 31054 - Karma: 29,248
doctor, then about 10 i decided i wanted to be like my dad and be an engineer. Applying to engineering schools soon, so I too am living a childhood dream :D
Aug 25 2011 11:46PM
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Flying~Squirrel
Posts: 6494 - Karma: 192
pilot in the airforce. see "i hate my eyes thread"

also a skydiver, astronaut, ferry crewman, mechanic, and archaeological.
Aug 25 2011 11:47PM
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.squirrely.
Posts: 7563 - Karma: 7,546
I still am growing up and now something in the ski industry that pays well and allows me to ski a lot and when actually working be doing ski related stuff.

When I was younger I wanted to be a pro baseball player
Aug 25 2011 11:48PM
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Jamestown
Posts: 4002 - Karma: 51
Just wanted to do some...

Aug 25 2011 11:48PM
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bustinthejus
Posts: 2419 - Karma: 74
I see what you did there...


I'm pretty sure when I was a little kid I told my parents I wanted to be a taxi/bus driver so I could drive to China hahaha
Aug 25 2011 11:48PM
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Mr.Luke
Posts: 2441 - Karma: 166
13 its obvious
Aug 25 2011 11:48PM
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Afeld
Posts: 3516 - Karma: 85
Astronaut. They cancelled the space program when they heard though. That hurt
Aug 25 2011 11:48PM
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GILLSKI
Posts: 1250 - Karma: 361
thats what you wanted to be when you were five years old?
Aug 25 2011 11:48PM
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Anathema
Posts: 21048 - Karma: 5,061
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Aug 25 2011 11:49PM
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Fun_dip
Posts: 2623 - Karma: 913
I wanted to play football for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Why? I have no idea since I have no connections to Philadelphia nor do I know anyone who does.
Aug 25 2011 11:49PM
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JIBpsy^^
Posts: 2851 - Karma: 36
I wanted to be a marine biologist, then an arcitect, now i am kind of split between Some type of engineer, Or entepeneur. My dream is to make a savings then retire from whatever job i have at like 45 and open an art studio.
Aug 25 2011 11:52PM
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swd
Posts: 475 - Karma: 12
I feel like it's bad that i laughed at this
Aug 25 2011 11:53PM
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Funnel
Posts: 7816 - Karma: 1,531
Astronaut, baker, truck driver, and pilot in no specific order. Needless to say I have moved on to desire a business major in college.
Aug 25 2011 11:53PM
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[evan]
Posts: 5628 - Karma: 117
I'm serious. Isn't that what you all wanted/want to be? Maybe I could work hard and be a lwyer or a doctor and have 2 kids and a hot wife and have a $200,000 sallary, but all i really want to do is ski. of course a job is mandatory, but if i can ski till im 30 proffesionally and live off of that then why not.
Aug 25 2011 11:56PM
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Chubz.
Posts: 13918 - Karma: 25,661
I think OP wanted to be a repost, it came true!


But maybe its not, idk i remember some one making a thread about it.




But ill contribute nonetheless.


I wanted to be a professional skier so bad when i was like 10, but that dream came to an end. Now i want to one day open up my own ski shop, hopefully it will come true!
Aug 25 2011 11:58PM
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XtRemE11
Posts: 5680 - Karma: 246
i wanted to be everything, any time i played a sport i wanted to go pro, i wanted to be a soldier, a cowboy/mountain man, a fighter pilot, an astronaut, and a race car driver.
im working on the later, if that doesnt work, id really like to go for being a fighter pilot, if im not too old by then. and then i figure when im older, ill get a place with a lot of land in the mountains, and get to be a mountain man too. so yeah, hopefully atleast a couple of my dreams work out.

never wanted to be a pro skier that bad, just do it for fun.
Aug 25 2011 11:58PM
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JIBpsy^^
Posts: 2851 - Karma: 36
Yea to paraphrase Atmosphere " Your young enough to mix love with career goals"
Aug 25 2011 11:59PM
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.Hugo.
Posts: 17360 - Karma: 28,485
going to school for this currently
Aug 25 2011 11:59PM
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colleenator
Posts: 885 - Karma: 60
doctor - brain surgeon - architect - now, who the fuck knows
Aug 26 2011 12:00AM
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JIBpsy^^
Posts: 2851 - Karma: 36
nice how do you like it so far? I still am considering it an option.
Aug 26 2011 12:02AM
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Kenyon
Posts: 232 - Karma: 716
When i was young i wanted to be a policeman but now I want to move out west when im older and have a job hopefully ski related that i enjoy and lets me ski often.
Aug 26 2011 12:02AM
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dispatchQ_main
Posts: 2619 - Karma: 629
Astronaut
or Famous.


Still can become both. Being famous is soo much harder than i thought.
Aug 26 2011 12:02AM
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[evan]
Posts: 5628 - Karma: 117
nothing is impossible, look at rob gaffney, maybe he doesnt get out as often as his friends, but hell, hes more invloved in skiing than most other people of his age, and especially his career. M.D.? And still helping the sport to evolve?

Hell that doesnt sound too bad to me. All it takes is work right?
Aug 26 2011 12:03AM
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crab_pretzel
Posts: 3919 - Karma: 622
a fighter jet pilot
Aug 26 2011 12:05AM
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Dwarftosser1
Posts: 2602 - Karma: 951
. And I kinda of still wanna be one haha
Aug 26 2011 12:06AM
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.Hugo.
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I fucking love it. The worst part is taking general bio classes because you have to learn about genetics and all that and im not very good with that stuff. But as you get more into the more specified classes it gets a lot better. It helps that I find all of it super interesting and that all my life I have loved everything about water and the life in it.
Aug 26 2011 12:07AM
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JIBpsy^^
Posts: 2851 - Karma: 36
So make it your goal to make enough to retire by thirty five then ski bum it until your knees have no cartalidge left. All i am saying is dont hedge your bets on going pro in skiing. yea to some point you can accomplish whatever with work but going pro in skiing along with alot of other things also takes luck.
Aug 26 2011 12:09AM
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PartyHon
Posts: 2019 - Karma: 425
when i was little i wanted to be a pilot

now im leaning towards a filming career in the ski industry. Since im planning to go to MSU id be more than stoked to film with TSP. but i still need alot more experience
Aug 26 2011 12:37AM
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californiagrown
Posts: 9794 - Karma: 2,014
wanted to be a pro baseball/football player. Then graduated high school and wanted to be a park ranger...then realized they made no money and they lived like a hermit for thhe most part, so i became a civil engineer.
Aug 26 2011 12:51AM
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Mr.Luke
Posts: 2441 - Karma: 166
A park ranger is what you do after you retire from your first career
Aug 26 2011 12:54AM
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buddychaps
Posts: 1817 - Karma: 583
i wanted to be an entomologist (study of bugs) my dad told me about it when i was a kid and it sounded cool. also i was overly confident i would become a pro skateboarder
Aug 26 2011 12:54AM
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Jaimee.
Posts: 846 - Karma: 87
Police Officer
Olympic Figure Skater
Detective
Famous Singer
Crime Scene Investigator
Forensic Scientist
Pharmacist (went into pre-pharm last year, decided against that one)

Currently, I have a few things I kind of want to do but don't have my heart set on anything. I haven't any idea what career paths are actually out there.
Aug 26 2011 12:56AM
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-emile-
Posts: 6613 - Karma: 8,592
Stock broker , then pro hockey player , then architexlct , then marine biologist and broker again
Aug 26 2011 12:56AM
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ShreddAZ
Posts: 2548 - Karma: 41
going U of U...then to Wharton at U of penn....straight to wall street
Aug 26 2011 12:59AM
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.AR6rider.
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Always wanted to be a doctor. Still do. Will be in a few years.
Aug 26 2011 1:00AM
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ShreddAZ
Posts: 2548 - Karma: 41
running hot dog stands is a lifestyle.
Aug 26 2011 1:04AM
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gus555
Posts: 4170 - Karma: 34
I think i wanted to be a pro skateboarder, but now i wanna be a phototgrapher for nation geografic.....that would be so sick
Aug 26 2011 1:08AM
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Campeador
Posts: 7516 - Karma: -1,227
A heli-skiing instructor

or a lawyer, maybe I can do both.
Aug 26 2011 1:12AM
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mommy
Posts: 12072 - Karma: 59
tony hawk's penile massus
Aug 26 2011 1:20AM
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ButteredToast.
Posts: 6459 - Karma: 2,570
"People used to ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I'd tell them, 'Gee, I dont think I really want to do that.'"

-Bear Grylls
Aug 26 2011 1:26AM
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alyssssssa
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mermaid
Aug 26 2011 1:27AM
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jblaski
Posts: 5566 - Karma: 1,078
As a child, I wanted to be a pro baseball/football/basketball player. Once I got into late middle school and early high school, I decided I wanted to become an orthopedic surgeon for a pro sports team. I realized a little later, that I didn't really want to go through all the schooling. I had several family members, including my dad, who were firefighters, so I went in that direction. I spent 6 years as a firefighter, then decided to go into the ski industry full time on a large scale. Now I've realized that the ski industry sucks balls, and I'll be going back into firefighting ASAP.
Aug 26 2011 1:47AM
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bustinthejus
Posts: 2419 - Karma: 74
Haha oh I was just referring to the fact that everyone makes fun of you for being 13 and you phrased that in the present tense...
Aug 29 2011 1:37AM
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Proletariat.
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Lenin
Aug 29 2011 1:38AM
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paige.
Posts: 1932 - Karma: 924
I'd pay attention in genetics class. That stuff is becoming more and more integrated w the rest of biology and if you're looking into the research side of marine biology you'll want it.
Aug 29 2011 2:19AM
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RZcrew
Posts: 366 - Karma: 2,211
a princess
Aug 29 2011 2:31AM
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d00d
Posts: 2687 - Karma: 7,086
poop :)
Aug 29 2011 2:33AM
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.AR6rider.
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Congratulations, you've succeeded!
Aug 29 2011 2:34AM
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