Skills you want to learn

[Az]

Oh, and yes, Arabic language would be cool.
Also, flying a helicopter.

[Pekka]

Azazel, cool. I'd like to learn survivor skills others than the terrain I'm used to (forrest of many kinds, winter) like desert, the mountains.. that would be something I like. Hey, maybe you can teach me surviving in your conditions and I teach you surviving in here . Then we can also exchange knowledge on weapons handling and martial arts too.

About tantric sex.. let's not go into that one.

[Az]

When the world order will collapse, I'll contact you, Pekka.

[C0ckney]

when the world order collapses, you'll have a hard time getting on poly

[Pekka]

Sure. Even when nukes fly, and it's total armageddon and huma race is disappearing, I'll still be reading my PMs.

[Ted Striker]

Oh yes, flying a helicopter of light plane and speaking some kind of middle eastern language would be cool.

I want to get a pilots license but the only time I have is on the weekends.

[Az]

The world order won't collapse with an Armageddon of two countries. it will collapse in Civil war.

[Zopperoni]

I'm currently reading about various subjects:
- forensic research;
- php and mysql; and
- casino blackjack strategies.

[Ted Striker]

you'll pick up php and mysql pretty quickly and if you don't want to code something yourself there is almost always something already out there that will have the function you want...

[Grandpa Troll]

I love to write, fiction, I guess thats why I enjoy Civ-type games.

I would however like to learn more composition skills/grammar skills/better vocabulary.

I wish i had not quit school at 16.

I would love to get more basic skills of math and english.

But, @ 44 I still try learning-as-I-go

Additionaly, I have enjoyed trying to write some code, would love to learn more!

Peace

Grandpa Troll

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
you'll pick up php and mysql pretty quickly and if you don't want to code something yourself there is almost always something already out there that will have the function you want...

Cool

I'll be at work seven of the next nine days, so I'll have plenty of time and opportunity to read and screw around with it.

[Hueij]

Skills?

At 48 you lost a lot of opportunities, but if I could do it all over again:

-to be able to draw as good and to write stories as good as Carl Barks
- to be able to read ancient Egyptian
- to be able to sing as Sinatra
- to be able to just write one story like Edgar Allen Poe

And after all that all I have to do is die and be forgotten...

[Paul Hanson]

I'd like to learn Dutch, and hopefully I'll get a decent start when I do a course on it at uni next year.

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Paul Hanson
I'd like to learn Dutch, and hopefully I'll get a decent start when I do a course on it at uni next year.

Doe het niet! Je weet niet waar je aan begint...

[ajbera]

Hueij and Grandpa Troll, you're never too old to expand upon a knowledge base or build a brand new one. Regret over not starting sooner only helps in that it spurs you *not* to hesitate to learn things *now.* You don't have to write/paint/code for a living, or create anything saleable; you have to be willing to do it for it's own sake, or for a more complete you.

I used to write and draw all the time as a kid, kept it up through college and beyond, but it's something I haven't done for a few years. I'm starting to exercise those skills again, and will try to keep at them this time. At the very least I used to create art to amuse myself and my friends; I really want to be able to do it again.

Aside from brushing off long-unused talents/knowledge, I'd like to learn another language (possibly Italian), learn a coding language, learn statistics, learn locksmithing, expand upon my cooking skills, and possibly joining the volunteer ambulance service.

You're only too old to learn when you're dead.